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Office of the Dean of Faculty

Connecting & Empowering Faculty

Faculty Senate – October 11, 2017

We meet in 120 Physical Sciences (see map). This room is right off the main atrium. Normally we meet at 3:30-5:00PM

Final Agenda:

Call to Order – C. Walcott (1 minute)

DOF ANNOUNCEMENTS (15 minutes)

Faculty Handbook Project, Modifying the Campus Code, Work-Life Survey Results, Social Science Review, Elections, DoF Mass Emailings – C. Van Loan

On The Expanded New Student Orientation (15 minutes)

Peggy Arcadi, Director, New Student Programs

Learning Management Systems Evaluation project[15 min]

Vice provost Julia Thom-Levy

An Overview of Cornell’s Bias Assessment and Review Team  [20 minutes]

Vijay Pendakur , Dean of Students

UFC-Sponsored Resolution and Vote: On Recent Racial Incidents  [15 minutes]

Professor Durba Ghosh

Background:

Cornell Sun (Sept 18)
Cornell Sun (Sept 20)
Chronicle of Higher Education  (Sept 21)
Cornell Sun (Sept 27)
Cornell Sun (Sept 28)
President Pollack’s Statement
Provost Kotlikoff and VP Lombardi Statement
Black Student Union demands.

Good and Welfare [10 minutes]

Professor Eric Cheyfitz    Statement
Professor Yuval Grossman

Meeting Minutes

POWERPOINT SLIDES