I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
III. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MARCH 2, 2005 FS MEETING
IV. PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Steve Cunningham will be attending to discuss pension proposals.
V. ITEMS FOR FACULTY SENATE CONSIDERATION
A. Faculty Personnel Advisor.
VI. CONSENT AGENDA
VII. REPORTS FROM ADVISORY COMMITTEES
A. FAC to IBHE – Joseph “Buck” Stephen – report.B. BOT Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Personnel Committee – Joseph “Buck” Stephen and Ferald Bryan – report.
C. BOT Finance, Facilities, and Operations Committee – Paul Stoddard and Xueshu Song – report.
D. BOT Legislation, Audit and External Affairs Committee – Donna Smith and Shey Lowman — report.
E. BOT – Paul Stoddard – report.
VIII. REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES
A. Academic Affairs – David Lonergan, Chair – no report.
B. Economic Status of the Profession – Radha Balamuralikrishna, Chair – report.
1. “Report Calls for a More Flexible Tenure Process” – see article from The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 25, 2005.
C. Resource, Space and Budget – C. T. Lin, Chair – no report.
D. Faculty Rights and Responsibilities – Joseph “Buck” Stephen, Chair – no report.E. Rules and Governance – Augden Windelborn, Chair – report.
1. Change in Order of Business. ACTION ITEM
F. Elections and Legislative Oversight – Gretchen Bisplinghoff, Chair – no report.
IX. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
A. Letters from Joseph “Buck” Stephen, Shey Lowman, Donna Smith to Michael Madigan, Tom Cross, and Robert W. Pritchard.
B. Letter from The Faculty Senate of Eastern Illinois University discussing state pension system.
X. NEW BUSINESS
XI. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM THE FLOOR
XII. INFORMATION ITEMS
XIII. ADJOURNMENT