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GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MINUTES OF THE FACULTY SENATE: TOPICAL INDEX through October 5, 2007 (Minutes prior to September 1994 available from the Faculty Senate Office, 3-2990; [email protected]) Academic Advising (30 January 1985; 1 May 1985) Academic Advising Center (7 April 1982) Academic Affairs (23 October 2002) Academic Appeals Committee (9 April 1997) see also: Committee Report Index Academic Calendar • Add/Drop Period (30 January 1985; 6 March 1985; 15 November 1989; 24 January 1990; 17 April 1991; 13 November 1991) • Cancellation of Classes (20 April 1988) • Class Schedules (10 December 1997) • Classes during President Merten’s Inauguration (22 January 1997) • Columbus Day (11 April 2001; 13 November 2002; 1 February 2006; 22 February 2006) • Comparison with Other State and Local Universities (12 October 2005, 2 November 2005) • Fall Semester Start Date (1 February 2006) • General (30 April 1980; 13 November 1985; 17 January 1996; 9 April 1997; 7 May 1997; 5 April 2000; 13 November 2002, 1 February 2006, 22 February 2006, 8 March 2006, 5 April 2006; 3 May 2006 incl. Appendix) • Global Education Programs, Impact of Changes Upon (5 April 2006) • Labor Day (1 February 2006; 22 February 2006; 8 March 2006) • Laboratory Sessions, Impact of Changes Upon (22 February 2006; 5 April 2006) • Make-up Days (27 April 1983) • Martin L. King Day (26 March 1986; 28 September 1988; 16 November 1988; 17 February 1993; 9 December 1998; 10 March 1999; 31 March 1999; 1 February 2006; 22 February 2006) • Monday-Wednesday-Friday Scheduling Initiative (4 April 2007) • Reading Days (19 February 1992; 18 March 1992; 9 April 1997; 7 May 1997; 13 November 2002; 1 February 2006) • Religious Holidays (4 December 1985; 18 February 1998; 18 March 1998) • Summer Session (18 October 2006) • Spring Break (8 November 1995) • Spring Semester Start Date (15 December 1993; 26 January 1994; 6 April 1994; 9 December 1998; 10 March 1999; 31 March 1999; 11 April 2001; 1 February 2006; 22 February 2006) • Thanksgiving (6 December 2000; 11 April 2001; 22 February 2006) Academic Integrity/Standards (9 October 2002; 23 October 2002; 13 November 2002; 9 April 2003; 19 November 2003; 24 March 2004; 17 November 2004) Academic Policies Committee – see Committee Report Index Academic Progress Task Force (5 March 2003, 9 April 2003, 1 October 2003, 21 January 2004) Academic Semesters (1 December 1982; 23 April 1986) Academic Structure • Joint Faculty-Administration Commission on Academic Structure (15 February 1984; 7 March 1984; 30 January 1985) • President Merten’s Remarks (18 February 1998) • Senate input/responsibilities (6 December 1995; 17 January 1996; 14 February 1996; 6 May 1998; 10 March 1999) Academic Units • Academic Unit Profiles (9April 2003; 1 October 2003; 29 October 2003; 3 December 2003; 24 March 2004) Page 1 of 16 11/16/2007 • Guidelines for New/Special Units (30 April 1980) • “Outsiders” as Heads of Academic Units (29 October 2003; 19 November 2003) • Review of Units (9 October 1996) Administrative Activities Reports (4 December 2002; 5 March 2003) Administrative Handbook (17 November 1993; 26 January 1994; 23 February 1994; 6 April 1994; 19 October 1994; 11 October 1995) Admissions • Achievement Test Scores (25 January 1989) • Committee (18 April 1990; 12 November 1997); see also Committee Report Index • Foreign Students (19 March 1980) • Policies (5 May 1982) • Reports by Dean Andrew Flagel (3 May 2006; 2 May 2007) • Transfer and Continuing Ed Students (19 March 1980; 20 February 2002) Affirmative Action (20 March 1991; 27 October 1993) Alcohol Program (9 December 1998) Allocation of Senators (27 January 1988; 8 May 1991; 26 January 1994; 23 February 1994; 14 February 1996; 10 April 1996; 5 March 1997; 17 September 1997; 12 November 1997; 18 March 1998; 31 March 1999; 5 April 2000; 26 April 2000; 21 March 2001; 20 March 2002; 5 March 2003; 9 April 2003; 24 March 2004; 7 April 2004; 23 March 2005; 22 February 2006; 4 April 2007) American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (3 May 2006) American Cultural Heritage Week (11 November 1998) Americans with Disabilities Act (9 December 1998, 6 October 2004; 26 January 2005) Anniversary of the Faculty Senate (7 April 2004) Announcements at Faculty Senate meetings (9 December 1992) Annual Senate Letter (29 October 2003, 17 November 2004) Aquatic and Fitness Center (16 February 2000) Athletic Council (17 April 1991; 14 April 1993); see also Committee Report Index Attendance Policy (8 March 1995; 12 April 1995; 23 October 2002) Awards Committee – see Committee Report Index Banner System (7 May, 2003; 1 October 2003) Benefits • Benefits Task Force (19 February 1992) • Disability Income Protection (25 February 1987; 22 April 1987) • General Information (25 September 1991; 18 March 1992; 15 April 1992) • Optional Retirement Program (20 March 1991; 18 February 1998; 9 December 1998; 23 January 2002) • Retirement Proposals (12 October 2005; 22 February 2006; 5 April 2006) • TIAA/CREF (6 April 1983; 24 October 1990; 14 November 1990; 20 February 1991; 23 January 2002) BIS Program – see also Committee Report Index • Allocation of Resources (28 April 1982; 20 March 1991) • Bachelor of Arts Proposal (14 April 1993) • BIS Committee Charge (4 May 1994; 5 March 1997) • Experimental Learning (16 November 1988; 22 March 1989; 21 October 1992) • Faculty Advisors (10 March 1982; 7 April 1982; 28 April 1982) • Faculty Input (20 March 1991) • General Education Requirements (21 October 1992) • Grades (9 December 1981) • Location (28 April 1982) Page 2 of 16 11/16/2007 • Maintenance of Standards (28 April 1982; 21 October 1992) • Minimal GPAs (10 December 1980) • Operations (21 March 1990; 20 February 1991; 8 May 1991) • Residence Requirement (21 October 1992) Board of Visitors • And CAS/SCS Reorganization (23 March 2005) • Censure by the Faculty Senate (18 May 2000) • Each Visitor Adopts School/Unit to Represent (13 April 2005) • Faculty and Academic Standards Committee (9 October 2002; 3 September 2003; 1 October 2003; 5 May 2004; 8 September 2004) • And the Faculty Handbook (12 February 2003; 26 February 2003) • Faculty Representation (28 January 1981; 21 March 1984; 11 November 1998; 27 January 1999; 4 October 2000; 6 December 2000; 24 January 2001; 21 February 2001; 11 April 2001; 23 January 2002; 20 February 2002; 20 March 2002; 10 April 2002; 12 February 2003; 8 September 2004; 7 September 2005; 12 October 2005, 30 November 2005, 8 March 2006; 18 October 2006; 7 March 2007) • Faculty Rewards and Incentives Task Force (6 December 2000; 21 February 2001; 21 March 2001; 5 December 2001; 20 March 2002; 3 April 2002; 4 December 2002) • And Football at GMU (4 March 1998; 18 March 1998) • General (20 October 1999; 2 February 2000; 26 April 2000, 3 September 2003; 6 September 2006) • And General Education (26 April 2000; 3 May 2000; 18 May 2000; 4 October 2000) • Legal Authority (13 November 1985; 5 May 1999; 15 September 1999) • Meeting Reports (28 January 1987; 1 May 1996; 4 October 2000; 21 March 2001; 23 January 2002) • And New Century College (17 February 1999; 10 March 1999) • Ombudsman (22 January 2003) • Rector Church (11 April 1984) • Rector Dewberry (26 January 2005; 13 April 2005; 5 April 2006; 7 March 2007; 2 May 2007) • Rector Meese (12 February 2003, 7 April 2004, 5 May 2004) • Rector Volgenau (Visitor 7 March 2007) • Relations/Communication with the BOV Committee (3 May 2000; 6 December 2000; 11 April 2001, 5 May 2004); see also Committee Report Index • Resolution of Appreciation (13 November 2002, 30 November 2005) • Resolution of Congratulations and Commendation on the 30th Anniversary of the Faculty Senate (5 May 2004) • Review of President Merten (15 April 1998) • And ROTC (5 May 1999) • Special Meetings (14 February 1996) • Standing Committees (17 February 1999; 10 March 1999) • And Teacher/Course Evaluations (12 November 1997) Bookstore (5 December 1984; 20 April 1988; 12 November 1997; 15 April 1998; 27 January 1999; 31 March 1999; 5 May 1999; 7 November 2001; 1 May 2002) Braddock Road GMU Sign (24 January 2007) Broadside (8 September 1982; 13 February 1985; 6 March 1985) Budget • Access to budget documentation (27 January 1982, 9 April 2003) • And Academic Programming (22 January 2003) • Budget Allocations, Motion on (2 November 2005) • Budget and Resources Committee (5 March 2003, 5 May 2004); see also Committee Report Index; Budget Committee Creation (4 December 1996); replaced by Budget and Resources Committee Page 3 of 16 11/16/2007 (5 May 2004) • Budget Conference Committee (9 March 1983) • Budget Crisis Ad Hoc Committee (8 February 2002; 20 February 2002; 20 March 2002; 1 May 2002; 25 September 2002; 9 October 2002; 23 October 2002; 13 November 2002; 4 December 2002) • Budget Cuts/Announced 2007: (5 September 2007) • Budget Cuts/Crisis (20 March 1991; 25 September 1991; 22 January 1992; 8 February 2002; 20 February 2002; 20 March 2002; 25 September 2002; 9 October 2002; 23 October 2002; 4 December 2002; 9 April 2003; 3 December 2003) • E&G (Education and General) Funds Distributed to Schools (1 February 2006) • Faculty Advisory Committee on the Budget – see Committee Report Index • FTE formulas (27 January 1982) • And Information Technology (8 December 1999; 20 February 2002; 13 November 2002) • University Budget Committee – Faculty Senate Representative on (7 April 2004; 5 May 2004) Buildings (20 April 1988; 8 March 1995) • Sources of Funding for Construction (12 October 2005) Business Education Self-Governance (11 September 1996; 9 April 1997) Bylaws of the Faculty Senate (12 September