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Memorandum
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RE:
Name Change for School of Kinesiology: DATE:
Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
(SCUP 08-21)
John Waterh
Chair, SCUP
Vice PresiçX(Academic
June 16, 2008
At its June 11, 2008 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the name change for the
School of Kinesiology to Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology. The
name change will be effective April 1, 2009.
Motion
That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors, the name change for
the School of Kinesiology to Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology. The
name change will be effective April 1, 2009.
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School of Kinesiology
ATTENTION
John Waterhouse, VP-A
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Peter Ruben, Director, Kinesiolo
RE
School of Kinesiology Name Change
DATE Ma y
29, 2008
TIME
12:25
On March 17, 2008, the School of Kinesiology membership overwhelmingly
voted in favour of the following motion: "Upon entry to the Faculty of Science
the School of Kinesiology will change its name to the
Department of
Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology,
and that the School will
initiate the process of the new name." According to the School's Constitution,
any change to the Constitution must be supported by at least a 2/3rds majority.
This motion was supported by an 82% majority of School members (23 in
favour,
5
opposed).
The rationale behind this initiative has been previously expressed and has
received unofficial support from the Deans of FAS and Science, as well as the
Chairs of MBB and Biology. The process by which our School chose this new
name was comprehensive, and took into account a wide range of stakeholders
from within SFU as well as from the greater community.
The name change initiative arose from a School retreat, in October 2006, held
to respond to anticipated pressures of the SFU restructuring initiative, the
Faculty of Health Sciences, and the changing nature of our own faculty
member research interests. At that time, a strong majority of School members
supported the view that our current name does not adequately reflect the
breadth of our academic or research activities. There was also strong support
for the idea that a different name would attract more, and a wider variety of,
both student and faculty applications. Consequently, an
ad hoc
reformulation
committee was formed to investigate both the name issue and programmatic
structure.
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The reformulation committee's recommendation regarding a new name for our
unit took into account the results of an informal School poll, feedback from
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stakeholders both within and outside the SFU, and careful consideration
regarding our desired future path. The reformulation committee also looked at
other similar programs across North America. The School poll indicated that
the strong majority of our School members wanted to pursue a name change. A
large number of school members and other stakeholders wanted to preserve
Kinesiology in the name. This factor, as well as the regional recognition of
SFU Kinesiology as a strong and vibrant undergraduate program, indicated that
it was important to include Kinesiology in the name and consider double-name
alternatives. "Biomedical Physiology" was chosen because it was felt to be less
over-arching than other possibilities (thereby avoiding overlap with other units
at SFU) and more complementary to the "Kinesiology" name. "Biomedical
Physiology" was chosen to be first in the new name to emphasize our area of
new growth, assist in attracting international students (especially graduate
students), expand our profile with undergraduate students interested in
postgraduate professional schools, and to help attract top quality faculty.
Our School membership requests the matter of our unit's name change to be
addressed by the appropriate Senate committee for consideration and approval.
We would be happy to provide additional documentation upon request.
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This is to confirm that the Director ofKinesiology sought support from the
other Schools in FAS for the School ofKinesiology's proposed name change to
the Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, effective April 2009.
The motion was supported, with-no objections, by the Dean and the Directors
of FAS Schools.
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Brian Lewis
Dean
Faculty of Applied Sciences
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April 21, 2008
Kinesiology
At the April 8, 2008 meeting of the Dean's Advisory Committee, the Chairs of the
Departments in the Faculty of Science discussed the proposed name change of your
School from the School of Kinesiology to the Department of Biomedical Physiology and
Kinesiology. The committee of Chairs and Dean unanimously supports this name change,
to take effect when the School moves to the Faculty of Science.
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John O'Neil
Dean, Faculty of Health sciences
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Name change, School of Kinesiology
I am writing to support the name change proposed by the School of Kinesiology
to the Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology. I have reviewed
this proposal with the Faculty Executive Committee in FHS and there was
unanimous support expressed for the proposal at the meeting of May 7, 2008.
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