May 24, 2022 Division Meeting

University of California Academic Senate
Regular Meeting of the Riverside Division

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Zoom
1:00 PM


Order of Business

  1. Regular Meeting for February 22, 2022
  2. Announcements by the President
    • President Michael V. Drake is unable to attend
  3. Announcements by the Chancellor at Riverside
    • Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox is unable to attend
  4. Announcements by Vice Chancellors
      Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Elizabeth Watkins will address the Division and present the Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement to faculty recipients:
    1. Associate Professor Adler Dillman, Nematology
    2. Professor Manuela Martins-Green, Molecular,Cell & Systems Biology
  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 Charles Halberg, Emeritus
        2. Professor Christopher Robertson, Emeritus
        3. Professor Dan Gallie, Emeritus
        4. Professor Donald Erwin, Emeritus
        5. Distinguished Professor James Press, Emeritus
        6. Distinguished Professor John Letey, Emeritus
        7. Associate Professor Emeritus John Keith Oddson, Emeritus
        8. Professor Lewis Weathers, Emeritus
      2. Approval of Curricula Changes
        1. BCOE - Data Science Major
        2. BUS - Business Administration Major (BSAD) Admissions Change
        3. BUS - Business Administration Major (BSAD
        4. BUS - Business Administration Minor
        5. CHASS - Business Economics and Economics Change of Major Criteria
        6. CHASS - Chinese Major
        7. CHASS - Chinese Minor
        8. CHASS - Creative Writing Major
        9. CHASS - Creative Writing Minor
        10. CHASS - Japanese Major
        11. CHASS - Japanese Minor
        12. CHASS - Labor Studies Minor
        13. CHASS - Music Major
        14. CHASS - Music Minor
        15. CHASS - Theatre, Film, & Digital Production Major
        16. CHASS and CNAS - Neuroscience Major
        17. CNAS - Biochemistry Major
        18. CNAS - Chemistry Major
        19. CNAS - Chemistry Minor
        20. CNAS - Environmental Science Major
        21. CNAS - Environmental Science Minor
        22. CNAS - Earth and Planetary Sciences Change of Major and Continuation Criteria
        23. CNAS - Earth and Planetary Sciences Major
        24. CNAS - Earth and Planetary Sciences Majors
        25. CNAS - Geology Major
        26. CNAS - Geophysics Major
        27. SOE - Education Major
        28. SOE - Education Minor
        29. SPP - Public Policy Major
        30. SPP - Public Policy Minor
      3. Proposed Catalog Change(s) - Updates to the International Baccalaureate/Advanced Placement Credit Pages for 2022-2023 AY
    2. Degree reports, received and placed on file**
    3. 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 and Endorsed Endowed Chair Proposals
      6. Executive Council - Items Approved in Lieu of the Division
        1. Extension and Enactment of COVID-19 Temporary Modification of Suspension of Senate Regulations and/or Policies Through Spring 2022: R1.1.4, R1.1.5, R1.1.6, R1.2.2, and R1.8.1
        2. Extension and Enactment of COVID-19 Temporary Modification of Suspension of Senate Regulations and/or Policies Through Spring 2022: GR1.5.7 and GR5.4
  8. Report of the Representative to the Assembly
    1. Assembly Meeting, February 9, 2022
  9. Report of Special Committees
    1. None
  10. Reports of Standing Committees and Faculties
    1. Committee on Distinguished Campus Service - recipients of the 2021-2022 Distinguished Campus Service Award
      1. Professor Jingsong Zhang, Biochemistry
      2. Associate Professor Katherine Kinney, English
    2. Committee on Distinguished Teaching - recipient of the 2021-2022 Distinguished Teaching Award
      1. Professor Bahram Mobasher, Physics and Astronomy
    3. Graduate Council - recipient of the 2021-2022 Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
      1. Professor Yolanda Moses, Anthropology
    4. Faculty Research Lecturer Committee - recipient of the 2022-2023 Faculty Research Lecturer Award
      1. Distinguished Professor Julia Bailey-Serres, Botany & Plant Sciences
    5. Committee on International Education Proposed Changes to Charge of the Committee on International Education Bylaw 8.15.1., 8.15.2
    6. Committee on Library and Information Technology Proposed Changes to Charge and Name of the Committee on Library & Information Technology to Committee on Information Technology
    7. Committee on Library and Information Technology Proposed Changes to Charge and Name of the Committee on Library & Information Technology to Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication
    8. Committee on Planning & Budget Proposed changes to Committee on Planning & Budget Bylaw 8.18.01
    9. Executive Committee of the Bourns College of Engineering Proposal for a Master of Science Degree in Computational Data Science
    10. Executive Committee of the Bourns College of Engineering Proposal for a Minor in Data Science
    11. Executive Committee of the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Proposal for a Department of Black Study
    12. Executive Committee of the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences Proposal for a Program of Graduate Studies in Astronomy for the Ph.D. Degree
    13. Executive Committee of the School of Medicine Proposed Changes to School of Medicine Bylaw ME 05.03
    14. Executive Committee of the School of Medicine Proposed Changes to School of Medicine Bylaw ME
    15. Graduate Council Proposed Update to UCR Regulation 5 – Procedures for the Appeal of Grades
    16. Undergraduate Education Proposal for the Formalization of Division Status for Undergraduate Education
  11. Petitions of Students
    1. None
  12. Unfinished Business
    1. None
  13. University and Faculty Welfare
    1. Memorial to the Regents on Fossil Fuel Combustion
  14. New Business
    1. None
  15. May 17, 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.