Archives for April 21, 2017

Provost & Faculty Senate Spring Awards Ceremony Tuesday, April 25

From WesternToday:

The Provost & Faculty Senate Spring Awards Ceremony will be Tuesday, April 25, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Wilson Library Reading Room.

The event honors faculty award recipients for the 2016-2017 academic year, including:

  • Millie Johnson, Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award
  • Mark Staton, Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Janelle Leger, Paul J. Olscamp Research Award
  • Paqui Paredes Mendez, Peter J. Elich Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Brittanie Lockard, Ronald Kleinknecht Excellence in Teaching Award.

All faculty are invited.

Click here for a detailed invitation and here to reply online.

 

This Week in Faculty Governance: 4/24-4/28

Academic Coordinating Commission: Tuesday 4/25 — Agenda

  • Next Steps for General Education Improvements

See also the motion passed at the April 3 Faculty Senate Meeting:

A motion to endorse the four identified priority areas contained within the Academic Coordinating Commission (ACC) report on Recommended Improvement to General Education and refer the recommendations back to ACC and its standing committees with instructions to further develop these recommendations including consideration of resource implications, time to degree, and programmatic autonomy passed.

Senate Extended Education Committee: Tuesday 4/25 — Agenda

See also the SEEC 2017 Recommendations to Faculty Senate to be acted on at the Faculty Senate Meeting of Monday, May 1

University Planning and Resources Council: Wednesday 4/26 — Agenda