A student representing the Student
Forum has been invited to speak at Thursday's faculty meeting about the AAC
semester proposal, it was announced at Wednesday's faculty meeting by Clifford
Brown, chair of the Faculty Executive Committee.
Meanwhile, Dean of Faculty
Christie Sorum has sent a letter to parents of students explaining the possible
switch to semesters. Her letter and other information on the issue can be found
at a new web site: http://www.union.edu/calendardiscussion.
With faculty this week discussing
the most recent AAC proposal, a motion was expected at Thursday's meeting to
revisit the issue of length of semester, according to Brown.
“According to the procedures we
are operating under, the [current] AAC proposal … is non-amendable,”
Brown said. “To make any change, it would have to be sent back to
the AAC and then brought back to the floor for a vote.”
Brown said the FEC decided to
proceed with the debate as planned but “then allow a motion to this effect to
be brought to the floor on Thursday at the end of the debate, with reasonable
time to discuss it.”
If the AAC makes a change, the new
proposal could be discussed at a faculty meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 12, Brown
said, with a vote possible shortly after that.