Minutes of the Meeting of the University Senate, October 16, 2025

Abstract

A. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: Graduate School Curriculum Submissions; Undergraduate Curriculum Submissions; Senate Committee (Co)Chairs update; Senate General Education Revision Ad Hoc Committee Update; ADA Title II Team update | B. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES of September 18, 2025 | C. OLD BUSINESS: Senate Intercollegiate Athletics Committee for committee membership changes (approved); University Senate Steering Committee request to create a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Senate Committee (approved) | D. NEW BUSINESS: Procedural Motion to staff Senate Standing Committees; motion from Campus Development and Environment Committee (CDEC) to change committee membership (approved); motion from University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction (UCUI) to change the Undergraduate Residency Requirement Policy in the Undergraduate Catalog to reduce the undergraduate residency requirement from 45 credits to 30 credits; motion from University Committee on Undergraduate Instruction (UCUI) to change the charge specific to faculty appointments (approved) | E. GOOD AND WELFARE: Physician Assistant program to start in January 2026. | F. ADJOURNMENT