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Highlights of the College Park Senate meeting on May 11, 2006

1. Report of the Outgoing Chair (Adele Berlin)

2. Report of the Chair (Jim Gates)
   • Gates promised to be open to suggestions.

3. Announcement of the Results of the Election for Chair-Elect
   • William Montgomery (School of Music) was elected

4. Special Elections
   • Senate Executive Committee
   • Committee on Committees
   • Athletic Council
   • Campus Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC)
   • Council of University System Faculty (CUSF)

5. Reports of the Senate Program, Curricula, and Courses Committee (James Baeder, Chair)
   • School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation moved to add a Masters degree in Real Estate Development (MRED)
   • College of Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to rename the Department of Biological Resource Engineering as the Department of Environmental Science and Technology
   • College of Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to rename the Department of Natural Resources and Landscape Architecture (NRSL) as the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA)

   All three motions passed.

6. Report of the Task Force on Faculty Life and Professional Success (Joel Cohen, Chair)
   • Task Force on Faculty Life and Professional Success moved to change University policy to grant each faculty member an automatic one-year delay of the tenure clock for childbirth or adoption. Faculty may also request one-year delays for other personal circumstances. Normally a maximum of two one-year delays will be granted. The automatic one-year delay applies regardless of gender.
   • A motion was raised on the floor for an amendment to apply a liberal interpretation of "parenthood" for applying the one-year delay of tenure clock policy.

   Both motion and amendment passed.

Chau-Wen Tseng