1. The Bookstore Committee offers the following motions:
A. That UNCW increase its annual contribution to bookstore scholarships from $2,750/year to $10,000/year, this latter figure representing approximately 5% of UNCW's annual revenue from bookstore activities.
[Motion 06-08-27]
B. that the Senate approve a reassignment of Bookstore Scholarships to academic units as shown in attachment: [Motion 06-08-28]
2. Budget Committee.
3. Evaluation Committee.
4. The Steering Committee offers the following motion:
that UNCW establish the Richard Veit Award for Contributions to Shared Governance and Academic Freedom with the following provisions:
criterion: This is an occasional award for extraordinary service in shared governance and academic freedom.
eligibility: any member of UNCW community, excluding current officers of UNCW Faculty Senate; no one may receive the award more than once.
process: confidential, written nominations may be submitted at any time to the Steering Committee of the UNCW Faculty Senate; a single nomination endorsed by 2/3 of Steering Committee will be presented to the UNCW Faculty Senate for consideration in executive session; a majority vote by secret ballot in the Senate confers the award.
award: recipients will receive a one-time award of $1,000 from the university; their names will be recorded. [Motion 06-08-29]
5. The Department of Earth Sciences, Geography and Geology offers the following motion:
That the Senate postpone discussion on changing Basic Studies until the campus generates sufficient assessment data on individual programs and on Basic Studies, based on the campus-wide assessment initiative, to determine the need for basic studies reform and its impact on existing programs. [Motion 06-08-30]
6. The Steering Committee offers the following motions:
A. that the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in the Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:
(3h) The Freshman Experience
UNI 101 -- Freshman Seminar
UNI __?__ -- The Edge
UNI __?__ -- Learning Community Integrative Seminar
UNI __?__ -- Life of the Mind
HON 110 – Honors Freshman Seminar [Motion 06-08-31]
B. that the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:
(3h) CAP 495 [Motion 06-08-32]
C. that the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:
(0h) 1 diversity-related course
(0h) 1 global issues course
(0h) 1 oral competency course
(0h) 1 computer competency course [Motion 06-08-33]
D. That the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:
(3h) ENG 109 (future ENG 101)
(3h) ENG 110 (future ENG 102) or other writing-intensive literature-based course
(0h) 3 writing emphasis courses from across the curriculum to be taken after completion of ENG 109-110; at least one course must be from the major. [Motion 06-08-34]
E. That the Senate endorse the following portion of the template contained in Basic Studies Revision Task Force Proposal of Spring 2006:
(3h) Mathematics and Statistics
(3h) Quantitative and Logical Reasoning
(2h) Physical Education
(3h) Foreign Language
(through 201 in language from high school or through 102 if new language)
(3h) Fine Arts
(3h) History
(3h) Philosophy
(6h) Social Sciences – from two disciplines
(7h) Natural Sciences – 1 from each category; one must be a laboratory course
biological sciences
physical sciences
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(45h) [Motion 06-08-35]
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