March 20, 2026
UNDERGRADUATE COUNCIL
MINUTES
March 20, 2026
2:30 p.m.
Upchurch Conference Room, BELL 3162
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Voting: Jackie Mosley, Laurence Hare, Judith Anne Garretson Folse, Timothy Yeager, Matthew Ganio, Kevin Hall, Manuel Rossetti, Megan Hull, and Muskan Taori
Non-Voting: Suzanne Kenner, Gina Daugherty, and Lisa Kulczak
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Voting: Garry McDonald, Ethel Goodstein, Chris Schulte, Cory Butts, Ellen Urton, Rhett Hutchins, and Chris Goering
Non-Voting: Ed Bengtson, Lindsey Aloia, and Tiffany Murphy
GUESTS: None
Chair Matt Ganio called the meeting to order at 2:30 p.m.
I. The minutes for the February 27, 2026, meeting were approved.
II. Old Business:
A. None
III. New Business:
The following programs on the CIM Program Report were reviewed by the Council. The approved program proposals will be forwarded for consideration at the Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for April 8, 2026.
A. Program Proposals
Additional details on program proposals can be viewed at: https://nextcatalog.uark.edu/programadmin/. Search for the program(s) you want to view. If the program is still in workflow,
you will see a date and time of Undergraduate Council approval in the Approval Path
along the RH side of the page. If the program has completed all approval steps and
is "at rest", you can still view prior proposals by clicking on the links in the History
section along the RH side of the page.
1. Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences
a. None
2. Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design
a. None
3. Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
a. None
4. Sam M. Walton College of Business
a. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Economics – BECOBS-BECO – Business Economics: Business Economics Concentration
b. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Economics – BECOBS-IECB – Business Economics: International Economics and Business Concentration
c. Proposed undergraduate program change for the Sam M. Walton College of Business, Department of Management – GBUSBS – General Business, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
5. College of Education and Health Professions
a. None
6. College of Engineering
a. None
7. Honors College
a. None
B. Consent Agenda
All course proposals were approved without opposition. The approved courses listed
on the CIM Course Report will be forwarded for consideration at the Faculty Senate
meeting scheduled for April 8, 2026.
1. Course Proposals (PDF Report)
Additional details on course proposals can be viewed at:
https://nextcatalog.uark.edu/courseadmin/. Search for the course(s) you want to view. If the course is still in workflow,
you will see a date and time of Undergraduate Council approval in the Approval Path
along the RH side of the page. If the course has completed all approval steps and
is "at rest", you can still view prior proposals by clicking on the links in the History
section along the RH side of the page.
IV. Additional Items/Announcements:
A. Chair Matt Ganio congratulated our undergraduate student representative, Muskan Taori, on being one of two finalists from the University of Arkansas in the 2026 Harry S. Truman Scholarship competition.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:08 p.m.
Next Meeting: April 24, 2026 (agenda deadline is April 10, 2026)