To: Faculty Assembly Members and all CLAS Faculty From: Anita

To:
Faculty Assembly Members and all CLAS Faculty
From:
Anita Jung, Chair of the Faculty Assembly
RE:
Faculty Assembly Agenda: April 22, 2015
Please note that today’s agenda calls for two meetings. Regular business will be conducted
in the first meeting, with adjournment at its conclusion. The organizational meeting for the
2015-2016 Faculty Assembly will occur next, with the nomination and election of new FA
officers. Faculty Assembly members elected during the CLAS spring elections have been
invited to attend. Please join the Faculty Assembly in welcoming its new members.
Faculty Assembly
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
2520D UCC (University Capitol Centre)
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Announcements
Minutes from March 25, 2015
Update from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Dean Chaden Djalali
Update regarding lecturer appointments and review, Executive Associate Dean Raúl
Curto
Proposal for an undergraduate minor in Translation for Global Literacy, Professor
Denise Filios, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, and Aron Aji, Director, MFA in
Literary Translation
Discussion of desirable qualifications for the next University of Iowa President with UI
Presidential Search Committee members Professor Gigi Durham, School of
Journalism & Mass Communication and Department of Gender, Women’s & Sexuality
Studies and Dr. Alexandra Thomas, Faculty Senate President
Update from the CLAS Strategic Planning Committee, Professor Chris Cheatum,
Department of Chemistry
Updates from Faculty Assembly subcommittees
Adjournment of the regular meeting
2015-2016 Organizational Meeting Agenda
1. Welcome to the newly elected members of the Assembly: Chair, Professor Anita Jung
Group I
Nathan Platte, Music
Stephen Voyce, English
Group II
Yasmine Ramadan, French & Italian
Ana Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Spanish & Portuguese
Group III
Rodica Curtu, Mathematics
Randall McEntaffer, Physics & Astronomy
2. Nomination of new FA officers: Professor Chris Cheatum, Department of Chemistry, of
the Faculty Assembly Nominating Committee introducing Professor Glenn Storey,
Departments of Classics and Anthropology, as candidate for secretary, Professor Ana
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Department of Spanish & Portuguese as candidate for vice
chair/chair elect, and Professor Russell Ganim, Division of World Languages, Literatures
& Cultures, as candidate for chair. Nominations are also welcomed from the floor.
3. Election of the new FA officers
4. Discussion of structure and role of Faculty Assembly Diversity Committee
5. Adjournment of the organizational meeting
Faculty Assembly Schedule 2014-2015
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 in Seminar Room 2520D UCC
(University Capitol Centre)
September 17 October 15
November 12 December 17
January 28 February 25
March 25 April 22
Faculty Assembly Schedule 2015-2016
Wednesday, 3:30-5:00 in Seminar Room 2520D UCC
(University Capitol Centre)
September 16 October 14
November 11 December 16
January 27 February 24
March 30 April 27