Holiday Observances for College Employees
All eligible classified and unclassified employees may observe the following holidays in academic year 2005–2006 without charge to accruals:
| Labor Day |
Monday, September 5, 2005 |
| Columbus Day |
Monday, October 10, 2005 |
| Election Day* |
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 |
| Veterans Day |
Friday, November 11, 2005 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
Thursday, November 24, 2005 |
| Christmas Day** |
Sunday, December 25, 2005 (Observed Monday, December 26, 2005) |
| New Year's Day** |
Sunday, January 1, 2006 (Observed Monday, January 2, 2006) |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
Monday, January 16, 2006 |
| Lincoln's Birthday* |
Sunday, February 12, 2006 (Observed Monday, February 13, 2006) |
| Washington's Birthday |
Monday, February 20, 2006 |
| Memorial Day |
Monday, May 29, 2006 |
| Independence Day |
Tuesday, July 4, 2006 |
By law, holidays that fall on Sunday are observed on Monday.
*Election Day and Lincoln's Birthday (observed Monday, February 13, 2006) have been designated as "floating holidays" in lieu of fixed holidays for all employees except those represented by Council 82. UUP-represented employees observe Election Day on the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 25. Classes are scheduled on both floating holidays, so all other eligible employees will receive credit for a holiday on those dates and may arrange with their supervisors to use them on a date of their choice before the holiday recurs.
** Classified employees who work on Sunday as a regularly scheduled workday in their workweek will observe Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and Lincoln's Birthday on Sunday, December 25, 2005, January 1, 2006, and February 12, 2006, respectively.
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2005–2006 College Senate Meetings
The College Senate will meet at 3:00 p.m. in E. H. Butler Library 210 on the following dates:
Fall 2005
September 16
October 14
November 18
December 9
Spring 2006
February 10
March 10
March 31
May 5
These dates are also posted on the College Senate Web site and Academic Calendar distributed by Academic Affairs.
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Senate Standing Committees
The College Senate always needs faculty and staff
representation on its standing committees. Below are the names of committees and brief descriptions of their basic
missions. If you wish to serve on a committee for the 2005–2006 academic
year, please print this form and return it
to the College Senate Office, Cleveland Hall 211.
Academic Plan
Assumes leadership in the intermediate- and long-range planning of the overall academic function of the college. Areas include the mission of the college, master plan, regionalism, enrollment projections, and accreditation.
Budget and Staff Allocation
Gathers, analyzes, and recommends criteria for all data and policies needed to determine budget and staff allocations.
Bylaws and Elections
Conducts necessary elections provided for in the bylaws to ensure proper representation on the College Senate. Recommends changes in the bylaws designed to facilitate the democratic governance of the college.
Curriculum
Receives, reviews, and recommends approval or nonapproval of all courses and programs offered by the college, consistent with Senate policies and procedures.
Instruction and Research
Concerns itself with aspects of policy that relate to the improvement of instruction and the development of services and resources necessary to carry out or enhance instruction and research.
Professional Welfare
Responsible for matters concerning faculty and staff welfare and well-being.
Standards for Students
Reviews and recommends policies dealing with student admission, readmission, retention, and probation, as well as with graduation standards for undergraduate and graduate students.
Student Welfare
Examines matters and recommends policy concerning aspects of student life.
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