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                           UNIVERSITY SENATE MINUTES
                               October 11, 1999

The University Senate met at 3:43 p.m. in the lower level of Seasons at Rose 
Creek, 1500 Rose Creek Parkway E, in Fargo with Dr. M. McCourt presiding 
and the following members present:  Baiocchi, T. Christensen, V. Clark, 
T. Colville, Corry, Danbom, Elias, Esslinger, Gerst, Gessel, Hageman, 
V. Hatlen, Hershberger, S. Jacobson, D. D. Johnson, K. Kellogg, Leitch, 
Mahalingam, Martens, McCaul, D. Miller, J. A. Miller, Nawrot, R. O'Connor, 
Pieri, Riley, Rokke, Rottman, R. C. Schnell, W. Slanger, Slobin, Stammen, 
Steffenson, M. Coon, G. Haas, L. Hanson, D. Larson, S. Listopad, B. A. Olson, 
and M. Schnell.

Substitutes:  Elias for Grafton, J. Venette for P. Jensen, J. M. Jones for 
Macintosh, Berry for M. Robinson, P. Schwarz for J. Schwarz, K. Bold for 
D. Thompson, and Steele for Wiesenborn.

Previous Minutes

The minutes of September 13, 1999, were approved as distributed.

General Announcements

1.  President Chapman's Visits to Campus Units

Vice President Schnell announced that President Chapman will begin his visits
to units and continue to schedule them to March 2000.

2.  Faculty Development Initiative

Discussion centered on an inquiry about the total amount of funding and if 
there will be a deadline for faculty to submit requests.

Academic Affairs Committee Report

E. Deckard, committee chair, introduced the curricular recommendations and 
announced two course title corrections on the Academic Affairs recommendations
list.

MOTION (Colville/M. Schnell): to approve the curricular recommendations with 
the exclusion of the x9x number changes.  MOTION PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
Approved recommendations are shown in the attachment.

The Academic Affairs committee was directed to explore possible options 
related to the common course numbering of undergraduate x9x courses at the 
300 and 400 levels.

Adjournment

MOTION (B. A. Olson/Pieri): to adjourn the meeting.  MOTION PASSED BY 
UNANIMOUS CONSENT.  The meeting adjourned at 4:12 p.m.

Alberta M. Dobry, Ph.D.
Secretary

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