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Faculty Senate – March 9, 2022

Agenda
March 9, 2022; 3:30-5:00PM
Physical location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Zoom location: Contact your department Faculty Senator for the zoom link.

Meeting PowerPoint slides

 Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Land Acknowledgement
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [1 minute]

 Call to order
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [1 minute]

Approval of Minutes: February 9
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture [2 minutes]

New General Counsel, Vice President Donica Thomas Varner, visits the Senate
Presentation [10 mins]
Q&A [15mins]

Senate Announcements and Updates
Eve De Rosa, Dean of Faculty [5 minutes]
Q&A [5 minutes]

Committee Report: Part-Time Bachelor’s Degree for Non-traditional Students
Committee on Academic Freedom and the Professional Status of the Faculty  —  Member, J. Ellen Gainor, Performing and Media Arts [5 minutes]
Senate Discussion [10 minutes]

Provost’s Response – March 9, 2022
Provost’s response clarification – March 21, 2022

Cornell Academic Materials Program
Cornell Bookstore: Michael Ramsey, Academic Materials Manager, James F. Best, Assistant Director, Merchandising & Inventory Planning, and Shannon Austic, Senior Manager of Ecommerce, Retail Marketing & Communications [10 minutes]
Senate Discussion [15 minutes]

Proposal Presentations

Inclusion and Prioritization of a New Natatorium in the ‘Do the Greatest Good’ Capital Campaign – revised version
Resolution Presentation — Senator Ashleigh Newman, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences; Senator Mary Katzenstein, Emeritae/i [5 minutes]
Vote results with comments: 89 Yes, 7 No, 3 Abstain, 32 DNV

Good of the Order [5 minutes]
Senator Richard Bensel, Government

Adjournment [1 minute]
Senate Speaker Jonathan Ochshorn, Architecture

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