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Acts of the Senate
August 2015 – June 2016

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June 14, 2016
Approval of nominees for Senate Committees, academic year 2016-17.

May 17, 2016
1. Approval of the Modification to the Course Withdrawal Policy.

2. Approval of the Policy on the use of Copyrighted Materials-Part 2, final draft.

3. Approval of the proposed policy authorizing lecturer class faculty to teach graduate courses and serve on graduate student committees.

4. Approval of the Handbook revisions regarding Cluster Hires.

5. Approval of the nominees for the Senate Committees for academic year 2016-17.

April 19, 2016
No acts were passed. Modification to the schedule adjustment to recognize a later class withdrawal dates was posponed to a later meeting date.

March 22, 2016
1. Approval of the Resolution against AL HB12 (campus concealed carry permits).

2. Approval of the 2018–19 academic calendar.

3. Voted in nominees for Rules Committee are: Greg Schmidt, Traci O'Brien, and Melody Russell.

February 16, 2016
Approval of the replacement nominee for the Academic Computing Committee.

January 19, 2016
Approval of replacement Senate committee members.

November 17, 2015
1. Approval on the Policy on Undergraduate Certificates. UG Certificate Policy (pdf)

2. Approval of Faculty Handbook Revisions.
3.6.5.E -- Dept. and Dean Recommentations (word)
3.9.1–3.9.3 Termination faculty/appt. draft (word)

October 20, 2015
1. Approval of the Nominees for Senate Committee replacements.

September 22, 2015
1. Apporved the Nominees for replacements to Senate committees.

2. Approval of the Policy on the Creation of Copyright Materials final draft.

August 25, 2015
1. Approval of the Nominees for Senate committee replacements.

2. Approval of the Constitutional change to the Senate University Writing Committee for a compositional change to the membership.

Last Updated:June 15, 2016