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General Faculty Meeting Agenda ( November 30, 2012)

GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

Office of Academic Affairs

M E M O R A N D U M

TO:	All Faculty
FROM:	Brian U. Adler Vice President for Academic Affairs
SUBJECT:	General Faculty Meeting
DATE:	November 30, 2012

Student Success Center, Room 2417
Friday, November 30th 2012 - 10:00 A.M.

1. Call to Order and remarks by David Hunter

2. Approval of Minutes of April 27th 2012

3. Remarks by the President

4. Remarks by the VPAA

5. Updates on SACS from Dr. Bryan Davis

6. Remarks from Dr. Elizabeth Gurnack QEP

7. Reports by Committees:

Academic Affairs
Academic Grievances
Athletics
Business and Finance
Faculty Affairs
Graduate Affairs
Institutional Effectiveness
Institutional Review Board
Instructional Technology
Scholarships & Financial Aid
Student Affairs
University and Alumni Relations

8. New Business

Academic Integrity Policy
- (1) Motion from Faculty Senate to adopt the Academic Integrity Policy
Academic Proposals
- (1) College of Arts and Sciences
  - (a) Department of History and Political Science
    - (1) Other Curriculum Change: addition of teacher certification to the existing political science major. Motion from Faculty Senate to approve curriculum change
Graduate Affairs
- (1) Academic Programs
  - (a) School of Education
    - (1) Reactivate M.Ed Early Childhood Education
    - (2) Reactivate M.Ed Middle Grades with major in Language Arts
    - (3) Reactivate M.Ed Middle Grades with a major in Mathematics
    - Motion from Faculty Senate to approve program reactivations
- (2) Graduate faculty
  - Renewal of graduate faculty
  - Approval of new graduate faculty

9. Announcements

10. Adjourn