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Notice of Meeting
Dalhousie University Senate

Monday, June 10, 2013
4:00pm - 6:00pm
University Hall, Macdonald Building

Agenda

Presentation of Academic Teaching Awards:

Alumni Association Award of Excellence for Teaching
-Arunika Gunawardena, Department of Biology

Sessional and Part-Time Instructor Award of Excellence for Teaching
-Florian Bail, Department of Political Science
-Owen Willis, International Development Studies

President's Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
-Christina Lord, Department of Biology
-Laura Ruth Albrecht, Department of Chemistry
-Marcel Peloquin, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

1.    Approval of Agenda
2.    Consent Agenda
2.1.    Approval of Draft Minutes of May 13, 2013 Senate Meeting
2.2.    Senate Discipline Committee: Revision to Terms of Reference
2.3.    Senate Planning and Governance Committee Nominations
2.4.    Senate Nominating Committee Nominations
        Motion:  THAT items 2.1 - 2.4 be approved by Consent.
3.    Matters Arising from the May 13, 2013 Senate Minutes
4.    Chair of Senate's Report
5.    President's Report

FOR APPROVAL    
6.    IN CAMERA: Senate Honorary Degrees Committee: Nominations
        Speaker: Tom Traves, Chair, Senate Honorary Degrees Committee
7.    Senate Academic Programs and Research Committee: New Program Proposal: Bachelor of Science, Medical Science
        Speakers: Tom Marrie, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
                          Sandra Walde, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science              
8.    Senate Planning and Governance Committee:
8.1.    University Academic Appointments:
8.1.1.    New Academic Appointments Policy
8.1.2.    Revised Policy on Senior Administrative Appointments
8.1.3.    Policy Addressing appointments in Medicine
        Speakers: Karen Crombie, University Legal Counsel
                         Jasmine Walsh, Director, Academic Staff Relations
                         Tom Marrie, Dean, Faculty of Medicine
8.2.    Proposal for the New School of Performing Arts, Faculty of Arts and
Social Sciences
        Speaker: Donna Rogers, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences


FOR DISCUSSION    
9.   Question Period
10. Other Business