1. When:Wednesday, April 5, 2006 Where:Outside Union Time:Noon - 2:30 pm Cost:FREE 2006 Grand Marshal Week 9 th Annual Faculty Senate/Provost Office sponsored “BBQ” Hot Dogs Hamburgers Veggie Burgers Soda

2. Faculty Senate Slate 2006-2007 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Vice President Larry Kagan Bruce Nauman Recording Secretary Steve Breyman SENATORS ArchitectureNing Xiang EngineeringJacob Fish Science NEED CANDIDATE Senator-at-Large Jim Adams Senator-at-LargeNEED CANDIDATE

3. PROMOTION AND TENURE COMMITTEE ManagementRobert Baron At-LargeLinnda Caporael Charlie Malmborg John Schroeder PLANNING AND RESOURCES COMMITTEE H&SSTamar Gordon Management Bill St. John ScienceNEED CANDIDATE

4. CURRICULUM COMMITTEE H&SSJune Deery At-LargeKevin Craig Mary Anne Waltz ELECTION COMMITTEE H&SSAudrey Bennett Library Connie Fritz HONORS COMMITTEE Architecture Paul Calamia H&SSDon Vitaliano

5. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ** CURRENT WORDING in the Constitution: II.A.i. For the purposes of Senate business, the term "Faculty" includes persons having the title Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Assistant Professor, Librarian, Archivist and Assistant Archivist, and also includes those retired from these positions.

6. ** PROPOSED AMENDED WORDING in the Constitution: II.A.i. For the purposes of Senate business, the term "Faculty" includes persons having the title Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, CLINICAL PROFESSOR, CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, Research Assistant Professor, Librarian, Archivist and Assistant Archivist, and also includes those retired from these positions.

7. MID-TERM ASSESSMENT RESOLUTION "Resolved that: Each course syllabus will identify the mechanisms that are used to provide students with assessment of their progress during the semester. By mid-semester, students should receive some form of assessment that indicates their standing in the class. The mechanism of assessment can be determined by each faculty member and does not imply a letter grade."

8. ELECTION TIMELINE 3/29/2006General Faculty Meeting - Tentative Slate Presented 3/31/2006Last day to accept nominations 4/3/2006 Ballot distributed via email 4/10/2006Voting Ends 4/12/2006Faculty Senate Meeting - Election Results Announced