2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meetings

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes - Pending

Unfinished Business:

1. Motion: Accept the Report of the One-Time Program Prioritization - CRC/GAAC - Pending 
   1. Report: New Program Prioritization List - CRC/GAAC
2. Motion: American Sign Language, Certificate (New Program) - Pending 
3. Motion: Legal Assisting, Certificate (New Program) - Pending 
4. Motion: Tribal Governance, Bachelor of Arts (New Program) - Pending 
5. Motion: Data Science, Bachelor of Science (New Program) - Pending 
6. Motion: Aerospace Engineering, Master of Science (New Program) - Pending 

New Business: 

1. Motion: Clarify the Catalog Language Regarding -92 Seminar Courses - Pending 
2. Motion: Eligibility of Department Chairs - Pending 
3. Motion: Updated Regular and Substantive Interactions (RSI) guidelines - Pending 

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes

New Business:

1. Motion: Development of a one-time prioritization list for new programs - Approved
2. Motion: Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation, Graduate Certificate (New Program) - Approved
3. Motion: Updates in Preparation for Course Program of Study (CPoS) - Approved
4. Resolution: UAF Bookstore Bundle Program - Faculty Senate Approved
   1. Memo: Response from Interim Chancellor Sfraga

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes

Consent Agenda

1. 1. Motion: Deactivation of Geophysics, MS - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   2. Motion: Deactivation of Geophysics, PhD - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   3. Motion: Deactivation of Geoscience, MS - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   4. Motion: Deactivation of Geoscience, PhD - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   5. Motion: Deactivation of Atmospheric Sciences, MS - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   6. Motion: Deactivation of Atmospheric Sciences, PhD - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   7. Motion: Deactivation of Medical/Dental Reception Certificate - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   8. Motion: Deactivation of Drafting Technology Certificate - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   9. Motion: Deactivation of Medical Office Reception, Occupational Endorsement - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   10. Motion: Deactivation of Rural Surface Water Quality Testing, Occupational Endorsement - Approved
       1. Courseleaf

Old Business:

1. Resolution Regarding Faculty Pay 9 over 12 months -  Faculty Senate Approved
2. Resolution: PATH support - Faculty Senate Approved

New Business :

1. 1. Motion: American Sign Language, Certificate (New Program) - Returned to committee
      1. Courseleaf
   2. Motion: Economics, Minor (New Program) - Approved
      1. Courseleaf
   3. Motion: Senate Role of FR Administrator - Deferred
      1. Extension Request Memo
      2. Faculty Senate President approval of extension
   4. Resolution: Against the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” - Faculty Senate Approved
   5. Resolution: Support of Improved Communication Regarding the Essential Anonymity of Student Evaluation of Instruction - Faculty Senate Approved

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes

New Business: 

1. Motion: History Unit Criteria - Approved
   1. UNAC Unit Criteria Letter
   2. Unit Criteria
      
2. Motion: High School Core Curriculum in the Baccalaureate Admissions requirements - Chancellor Acknowledged
   1. Memo: Interim Chancellor Sfraga's Response to Faculty Senate Motions and Resolutions
3. Resolution on Peer Unit Committee Composition - Faculty Senate Approved
   1. Memo: Interim Chancellor Sfraga's Response to Faculty Senate Motions and Resolutions
4. Resolution regarding Faculty Pay 9 over 12 months - Rolled over to the next meeting on Monday, November 3, 2025.
5. Resolution: PATH support - Rolled over to the next meeting on Monday, November 3, 2025. 
6. Resolution: Protest and Challenge the Cancellation of Awarded Title III Funding for Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Programming - Faculty Senate Approved
   1. Memo: Interim Chancellor Sfraga's Response to Faculty Senate Motions and Resolutions

• Agenda
• Recording
• Meeting Minutes