Duke University - Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

                 Arts & Sciences Council

Elected by the Arts and Sciences faculty, the Council serves as the faculty's primary institution for governance. The purpose is to represent the faculty and advise the Deans of Arts and Sciences and Trinity College with respect to:

• Arts and Sciences priorities;
• faculty development;
• support and policy for faculty research, teaching, and administrative facilities;
• department and unit organization within the Arts and Sciences faculty;
• areas of interaction between graduate and undergraduate programs (e.g., teaching assistantships, budgets, and training); and
• other matters of concern to the Arts and Sciences faculty.

With particular respect to Trinity College, the Council determines and implements the broad objectives of undergraduate education and considers all matters affecting the academic and residential environments of students, making recommendations and adopting regulations where appropriate. The Council meets monthly during the academic year.

  Arts & Sciences Council Agenda

                 April 12, 2012

    3:30-5:00 / 139 Social Sciences

1) Call to Order: Ruth Day (Chair, Arts & Sciences Council)
2) Updates & Information

3) Bylaws Revision (attached)
    Oversight of Council Elections
    (Discussion & Vote)

4) Undergraduate Teaching Innovation Updates:
    Duke Immerse & Duke Intense Global
    Steve Nowicki (Dean of Undergraduate Education)

5) Duke IDEAS
    Susan Roth (Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies)
    Andrew Janiak (Duke IDEAS Steering Committee)

6) Dean’s Update
     Laurie Patton (Dean of Arts & Sciences)

7) State of the Council: Implications for Faculty Governance
     Ruth Day (Outgoing Chair, Arts & Sciences Council)

**** RECEPTION in the Council room after the meeting****