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Highlights of the College Park Senate meeting on February 15, 2007

1. Report of the Executive Committee
   • Revised Plan of Organization has increased undergraduate representation in Campus Senate by three seats, to one representative for every 1000 undergraduates.

2. Report on Fall 2006 Undergraduate Enrollment by College
   • AGNR-Agriculture and Natural Resources 681
   • ARCH-School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation 232
   • ARHU-Arts and Humanities 2,949
   • BMGT-The Robert H. Smith School of Business 2,777
   • BSOS-Behavioral and Social Sciences 4,247
   • CLFS-Chemical and Life Sciences 2,171
   • CMPS-Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences 1,103
   • EDUC-Education 651
   • ENGR-The A. James Clark School of Engineering 2,436
   • HLHP-Health and Human Performance 1,053
   • JOUR-Philip Merrill College of Journalism 500
   • LTSC-Division of Letters and Sciences 4,274

3. Reports from Senate Committees
   • Proposal to Rename the Ph.D. in Library and Informational Services as the Ph.D. in Information Studies
   • Proposal to Establish a New Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Population Studies
   • Tenure Delay Policy. There is an automatic extension of the tenure clock for the birth of a child. The Senate previously voted to interpret this liberally, but the President rejected the amendment as too vague. New, more explicit, language was suggested by the legal department and passed by the Senate.

4. New Business
   • There will be a day long Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID) on April 12. Students can give oral or poster presentations just like a conference; something is due March 16. There will be awards, for and need faculty to evalute (which may require about two hours per faculty member). Look for GRID at www.gsd.umd.edu
   • The Maryland legislature is studying whether to allow unions to collect fees from non-union members. Senate Bill 111; House Bill 129.
   • There is a committee looking into changes to Tuition Remission, but the actual changes were not discussed. Supposedly this mostly affects staff members.
   • The Middle States review of the university is March 4-7. There is some interesting and informative material at www.ms07.umd.edu

Clyde Kruskal