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Senate wraps up 2008/09 academic year
During its last meeting of the 2008/2009 academic year, Senate received the annual reports of its standing committees, along with a brief overview of the accomplishments of the past year and some ideas for the academic governing body’s priorities for next year.
In addition, Senate approved a pilot project to try an alternative approach to its scheduling for 2009/2010. With the exception of Oct. 6, meetings will move to Mondays, and the start time will be 5:30 p.m. Senators were told the time change will better accommodate students and faculty who have a 7 p.m. class. The efficacy of this schedule will be reviewed in the latter part of the next academic year.
Senators were asked to participate in a deliberative discussion to review different versions of proposed revisions to the bylaws of the Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS).
Among the issues is whether BUGS should make recommendations to Senate about the addition or elimination of specializations within degree programs or whether the board should retain the authority to approve such changes as it does now.
Senators were asked to provide feedback, and BUGS will take into consideration the input as it formulates a final version, which will come back to Senate for consi deration in the next session.
In other business, Senate approved changes to the admission requirements for the bachelor of commerce and the Guelph-Humber bachelor of applied science (early childhood major) degrees.
In addition, senators received an update on the progress in implementing recommendations from the 21st-century curriculum report.
Senate also finalized the membership of the selection committee for the position of associate vice- president (research) agri-food and partnerships.
Chaired by Prof. Kevin Hall, vice-president (research), the committee consists of OAC dean Rob Gordon; CBS graduate student Jordan Wilcox; Rose MacQueen, a staff member at the Central Animal Facility; Prof. Cate Dewey, chair of the Department of Population Medicine; Prof. Mike Lindinger, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences; and Prof. Amar Mohanty, Plant Agriculture.