Academic Senate

Order of Business

1. Minutes
   1. Regular Meeting of November 30, 2021
2. Announcements by the President
   • President Michael V. Drake is unable to attend
3. Announcements by the Chancellor at Riverside
   • Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox and will address the Division
4. Announcements by Vice Chancellors
   • Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Watkins will address the Division
5. Announcements by the Deans or other Executive Officers
   1. Secretary-Parliamentarian: Election Results
6. Announcements by the Chair
7. Special Orders
   1. Consent Calendar*
      1. In Memoriam
         1. Professor Francis Carney, Emeritus
         2. Professor Hal Bridges, Emeritus
         3. Professor Jack Vickery, Emeritus
         4. Professor Jorge Silva-Risso, Emeritus
         5. Professor Emerita Theda Shapiro, Emeritus
         6. Associate Professor William Dunlop
   2. Degree reports, received and placed on file**
   3. Annual Reports of committees, recieved and placed on file
      1. Committee on Academic Personnel
   4. Regular Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties, received and placed on file
      1. Committee on Courses - Course approvals
      2. Committee on Courses - Instructor approvals
      3. Committee on Courses - Courses not offered for four or more years
      4. Committee on University Extension - Course/Instructor approvals
      5. Executive Council - Campus Naming - N/A
      6. Executive Council - Endorsed Endowed Chair Proposals - N/A
      7. Executive Council - Items approved in lieu of the Division
         • 1. Proposed Changes to Graduate Division Regulations of the Riverside Division Extension of COVID-19 Related Modification through Winter 2022(GR1.5.7, GR5.4)
         • 2. Proposed Changes to Regulations of the Riverside Division, Extension of COVID-19 Related Modifications through Fall 2021 (Grading System Regulations R1.1.4, R1.1.5, R1.1.6, R1.2.2, R1.8.1)
8. Report of the Representative to the Assembly
   1. Assembly Meeting, December 8, 2021
9. Report of Special Committees
   1. None
10. Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties
    1. Graduate Council - Recipient of the 2020-2021 Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
    2. Graduate Council 3rd Round-Proposed changes to GR4 Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, GR4.5 Qualifying Examination, Qualifying Committee and Advancement to Candidacy and GR4.6 Dissertation Requirements.
    3. Executive Committee of the Bourns College of Engineering Revised Proposal for a Proposed Bachelor of Science in Robotics Engineering
    4. Executive Committee of the School of Business proposal for an Undergraduate Major in Actuarial Science
    5. Executive Committee of the School of Business proposal to rename the UCR Ph.D. in Management to Ph.D. in Business Administration
    6. Committee on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Proposed Resolution on Centrality of Academic Freedom Relative to Content Pertaining to Critical Studies
11. Petitions of Students
    1. None
12. Unfinished Business`
    1. None
13. University and Faculty Welfare
    1. UCR Sustainability Efforts
14. New Business
    1. None

Appendix: Academic Senate Committee Attendance Report, 2020-2021

February 16, 2022

F. Xu, Secretary-Parliamentarian
Riverside Division of the Academic Senate

*Approval of all items on the Consent Calendar requires a single unanimous vote called for as the first order of business under Special Orders. At the request of any member of the Division, any such item must be withdrawn and considered in its regular order on the agenda [bylaw 4.1.2].

**Reports received and placed on file "are received as presented and require no further action" [bylaw 4.1.3]. Only the reporting committee can change or withdraw these reports; however, at the request of any member of the Division, a report will be moved into its regular order on the agenda (Item 10. Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties) where it may be discussed, and motions relating to the report may be offered.