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Agenda Digest

December 9, 1998

Present: Edward Ayers, David Gies, Jahan Ramazani, Kathryn Neeley, Rebecca Kneedler, Janet Horne, Patricia Werhane, Miles Townsend, Richard DeMong, Louis Bloomfield, Peter Low

Ed Ayers, Chair of the Faculty Senate, called the meeting to order at 12:00 noon, in Newcomb Hall, Conference Room 481. Mr. Ayers welcomed everyone, and he ask Richard DeMong, Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee, to report on the progress of the proposed Bachelor of Liberal Studies program.

Mr. DeMong gave an update on the work of Academic Affairs Committee and the Executive Council toward approving the proposed adult degree program, which will be offered through the Division of Continuing Education. He reported that the Academic Affairs Committee is ready to support the program, contingent upon budget reviews, which will include tuition and fees and consultation with the three deans who are involved in the program. The deans involved are Melvyn Leffler, Arts & Sciences, Richard Miksad, Engineering, and Carl Zeithaml, Commerce. Also, suitable acronyms for each of the courses still need to be decided.

Mr. DeMong distributed a memo he has written, which will accompany an Executive Summary that outlines the BLS program. He said the BLS Committee has addressed the Academic Affairs Committee's original concerns with the program. Specifically, he mentioned the paragraphs that address where the faculty, advisors and mentors for the BLS program will come from, projected enrollment figures, who will be able to take the BLS classes, and the financial goal of the BLS program.

The members of the Executive Council approved the BLS program, and the program will go before the full Senate on December 10, 1998.

Peter Low gave a brief report on the upcoming visit by H.H. Sheikha Mouza.

Mr. Ayers led a discussion regarding a message from Bill Crutchfield, a member of the Board of Visitors, and the proposed name change of Clinch Valley College. It was decided that Mr. Ayers would draft a response to Mr. Crutchfield's message. He will let Mr. Crutchfield know that the Council discussed the issue, with a variety of views. Mr. Ayers will ask Mr. Crutchfield to meet with the Executive Council for further discussion on the name change.

Mr. Ayers asked the group how the meetings with residence halls are going, and he asked that everyone send him a brief e-mail message after their meetings with the halls.

The meeting adjourned at 1:38 p.m.

Submitted by Marva A. Barnett, Secretary of the Faculty Senate.