SUBJECT:

October 11, 2016 Representative Assembly Meeting

Dear Colleagues:

Our first meeting of the 2016-17 academic year is scheduled for Tuesday, October 11th at 3:30 p.m., in the Garren Auditorium of the Biomedical Sciences Building (first floor). The Notice of Meeting (agenda) and all pertinent documents may be found at the following two locations.

(1) On the Senate’s homepage under Assembly/Council Meetings, on the lower right side of the page: http://senate.ucsd.edu.

(2) On the Representative Assembly-Schedule page:
http://senate.ucsd.edu/committees/representative-assembly/schedule.

The Chancellor will address the Assembly at this meeting. Other speakers include Clifford Kubiak, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, who will present a proposal for UCSD to transition to NCAA Division 1 non-football; and Caprece Speaks-Toler, Compensation Director & Interim Benefits Director, and Jacqueline Edwards, Former Benefits Director (retired-recalled), who will discuss the 2017 Healthcare Changes and the UC Survivor’s Benefit for Domestic Partners. In addition, proposals to create a new MS in Drug Development & Product Management and to discontinue a five-year BA/MS degree in Psychology will be presented.

If you are a Representative Assembly member and cannot attend next week’s meeting, please be sure to notify your alternate to do so in your stead. Your participation matters. I look forward to seeing you on October 11th.

Sincerely yours, Kaustuv Roy Chair Academic Senate, San Diego Division