2.0 Call of the Roll was automatic. The previous minutes were approved. John will be sending future senate agendas to all faculty. He distributed two extensive lists of curriculum changes recently approved by the Executive Committee. Provost Minahan then distributed and discussed current campus budget- related information.
Concerns are for next year, in particular with regards to flat to lower recruiting.
The Provost said that the next significant timepoint for budget information will be the 4th week of next term. Meanwhile, Dr. Templeton can be reached at Teaching Research, Todd 242 if you have questions or interest. She strongly encouraged as much faculty use of CTL as possible and said, in three years, if CTL is under- utilized there would be no reason to pursue renewal funding. The Senate approved that the current wording of the proposal be amended to the new names to reflect this new vote so subsequent voting could take place. These included grammatical corrections and pluralizing the terms publication, exhibit, performance, etc. in the purpose statement.