Senate Agenda - September 19, 1997

1:00 p.m., Friday, September 19, 1997

Room 224, University College

(NOTE NEW DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION)

1. Minutes of the Meeting of June 19, 1997

2. Report of the President

• President's Priorities for 1997-98
  
• Planning for the 1998-99 Budget

3. Enquiries

4. Reports of Committees:

• Operations/Agenda - EXHIBIT I
  
• Nominating - EXHIBIT II
  
• Academic Policy and Admissions - EXHIBIT III
  
• University Planning - EXHIBIT IV
  
• Honorary Degrees Committee - EXHIBIT V
  

5. Announcements and Communications - EXHIBIT VI

6. New Business

7. Adjournment

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SUMMARY OF AGENDA ITEMS - SEPTEMBER 19, 1997

REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

FOR INFORMATION

• President's Priorities for 1997-98
  
• Planning for the 1998-99 Budget

OPERATIONS/AGENDA COMMITTEE

FOR ACTION

1. Senate Membership - Student Constituencies
   
2. Election Procedures - Nomination of Faculty Representatives
   
3. Composition of Senate Committees
   
   • University Council on Animal Care
     
   • Animal Use Subcommittee
     
   • Senate Nominating Committee
     
   • Senate Committee on University Planning

Order of Fall Convocation 1997

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

FOR ACTION

1. Nominating Subcommittee - Senate Representative from the General Community
   
2. Council of the Faculty of Communications and Open Learning - Representative from the General Community
   
3. Honorary Scrutineers - Senate Elections
   
4. Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Admissions (SCAPA)
   
5. Senate Review Board Academic (SRBA)
   
6. Senate Sabbatical Leave Committee (SSLC)
   
7. Senate Sabbatical Leave Appeal Committee (SSLAC)
   

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC POLICY AND ADMISSIONS (SCAPA)

FOR ACTION

1. Admission Requirements for the Faculty of Science
   
2. Release of Information Concerning Scholastic Offences: Letters to Students
   
3. UWO Teaching Awards - Regulations and Guidelines

FOR INFORMATION

1. Scholarship/Prize/Award Conditions (Undergraduate Awards)
   
2. OSOTF Designated Awards (previously approved)
   
3. Eligibility Requirements for OSOTF Awards

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PLANNING (SCUP)

FOR ACTION

1. Alternate Thesis Format
   
2. Policy on Time Limits for Completion of Graduate Degrees
   
3. Policy on Undergraduate Students Taking Graduate Courses
   
4. Policy on Courses for Special Graduate Students who are not Degree Candidates
   

FOR INFORMATION

1. Electronic Formats for Graduate Theses
   
2. Scholarship/Prize/Award Conditions (Graduate Awards)
   
3. Faculty of Graduate Studies Credentials Process
   
4. Annual Report on the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies Appraisals of UWO Graduate Programs
   
5. Provost's Statistical Summary - Faculty Appointments by Gender

REPORT OF THE HONORARY DEGREE COMMITTEE

FOR INFORMATION

Honorary Degree Recipients for Fall Convocation

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

Standard Report for Information