Past Meeting Documents

Meeting documents from the past year are available below. To view older materials, please visit Scholar Commons. 

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Date	Meeting Type	Documents [pdf]	Video	Keywords (hidden column)
June 2, 2021	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Proposal to Amend UofSC Columbia Undergraduate Bulletin "Transfer Admission" Section [pdf] Proposal to Amended UofSC Columbia Undergraduate Bulletin "International Admissions" Section [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses Report [pdf] Experiential Learning Opportunties (ELO) Courses [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development Courses Report [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development Projects Report [pdf] Report on Copyright Policy (ACAF 1.35) [pdf] Frequently Asked Questions about the  new UofSC Copyright Policy (ACAF 1.35) [pdf] 2022-2023 Bulletin Change Proposal [pdf] Faculty Senate Bylaw Changes [pdf]	June 2, 2021 Recording Part 1 June 2, 2021 Recording Part 2
May 14, 2021	Special Called Meeting of the Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Overview of Carolina Online Program Approval Status [pdf] Carolina Online Program Approvals [pdf] Carolina Online Program Notifications to CHE [pdf] A Resolution to Restore Confidence in the Presidential Selection Process - approved [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	May 14, 2021 Recording
April 27, 2021	General Faculty	Agenda [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee Recommended Changes to Faculty Manual [pdf]	April 27, 2021 Recording
April 7, 2021	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Admissions: -Proposal to Establish Admission Requirements for Carolina Online [pdf] -Proposal to Revise Behavioral/Criminal Infractions Policy for Carolina Online [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses: -Statement Regarding Concurrences [pdf] -Committee on Curricula and Courses Report [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development: -Committee on Instructional Deveopment Report [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee: -Faculty Manual Proposals [pdf] Recommendation for the University of South Carolina to Fully Fund the Cost of Health Insurance Premiums for All Graduate Student Workers [pdf] Proposed University Committment to Freedom of Expression [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf]	April 7, 2021 Recording
March 3, 2021	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Admissions: -Statement of Support for Extending Test Optional Policy Through Fall 2023 [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses: -Committee on Curricula and Courses Report [pdf] Experiential Learning Opportunity (ELO) courses [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development: -Committee on Instructional Development Report [pdf] -Proposal to Amend the List of Instructional Method Codes that Require Approval for Distributed Learning [pdf] -Proposed Amendment to Blanket Approval for Online Course Delivery during the COVID-19 Emergency [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee: -Faculty Manual Proposals [pdf] -System Faculty Leadership Council Bylaws  [pdf] Nominees for Elected Committees [pdf] Recommendation to Divest the University of South Carolina from the Fossil Fuel Industry [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	March 3, 2021 Recording
February 3, 2021	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses Report [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development Report [pdf] Proposed Changes to Faculty Manual [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	February 3, 2021 Recording
December 09, 2020	Special Called Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Report of the ad hoc committee on Unit Level Governance [pdf] Report of the a hoc committee on curriculum approval process improvements [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	December 9, 2020 Recording
December 02, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Admission - BA-Palmetto Admission Change Request [pdf] - Adult Learner Policy Change Request for Military with 2 years of service [pdf] - Readmit Policy Change [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses - C&C Committee Report [pdf] - CIEL Approved ELOs from March 2020-October 2020 [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Intellectual Property Committee [pdf] Committee on Scholastic Standards and Petitions - Graduation Policy Change [pdf] - Classification of Students Policy Change [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	December 02, 2020 Recording
November 04, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee - Resolution [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	November 04, 2020 Recording
October 07, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses [pdf] Proposal to Meet the Reach Act Requirement [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Committee on Intellecutual Property [pdf] Senate Steering Committee [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	October 07, 2020 Recording
September 09, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Committee on Scholastic Standards and Procedures: Second degree Additional Major Bulletin Proposal [pdf] Faculty Advisory Report: Bylaws Changes [pdf] Resolution [pdf] 2020 Revision [pdf] Annual Report - 2019-2020 Committees Reports Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	September 09, 2020 Recording
September 02, 2020	General Faculty	Agenda [pdf] Faculty Manual Change - University Committee on Professional Track Faculty [pdf] Faculty Manual Change - Graduate Faculty [pdf] Faculty Manual Change - Faculty Budget Committee [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	September 02, 2020 Recording
June 03, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Admissions [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee Faculty Manual: Graduate Faculty [pdf] Faculty Manual: Committee on Professional Conduct [pdf] Faculty Manual: Bylaws of the Faculty Senate [pdf] Faculty Manual: Ad hoc Committee on Non-Tenure Track Faculty [pdf] Faculty Budget Committee [pdf] Faculty Senate Information Technology Committee [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	June 03, 2020 Recording I June 03, 2020 Recording II
April 15, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses [pdf] Experiential Learning Opportunities [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Committee on Scholastic Standards and Petitions [pdf] Bio of Faculty Senate Chair-Elect Candidate Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	April 15, 2020 Recording
April 01, 2020	Special Called Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Senate Sterring Committee [pdf] Committee on InDev Proposal [pdf] Committee on InDev Checklist [pdf] Committee on InDev Report [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	April 01, 2020 Recording
March 04, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Senate Sterring Committee [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] Committee on Scholastic Standards and Petitions [pdf] Faculty Advisory Committee [pdf] Faculty Senate Information Technology Committee [pdf] Faculty Welfare Committee [pdf] Ad Hoc Committee on Attendance Policy [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	March 04, 2020 Recorded Video
February 28, 2020	Special Called Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] SACSCOCO Letter to President Caslen [pdf] AGB Report [pdf] ModernThink Comparative Data on Shared Governance [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	February 28, 2020 Recorded Video
February 5, 2020	Faculty Senate	Agenda [pdf] Beyond the Classroom Matters Ad Hoc Committee [pdf] Committee on Curricula and Courses [pdf] Committee on Instructional Development [pdf] My UofSC Experience Policy Draft [pdf] By Law Change [pdf] Information Technology Committee [pdf] Faculty Welfare Committee [pdf] Record of Attendance [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	February 5, 2020 Recorded Video
Sept 04, 2019	General Faculty	Agenda [pdf] Minutes [pdf]	Sept 04, 2019 Recorded Video
April 30, 2019	General Faculty	Agenda [pdf] Minutes [pdf] Provost's Annual Report to Faculty: 2017-2018 Tenure and Promotion Cycle [pdf]	April 30, 2019 Recorded Video