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            "text": "Senator Wang reported that the committee has a new secretary, Yun Jiang. There were no proposals at the last meeting, so they discussed the program review process and a program approvals document that is forthcoming. He said that Dr. Graves' work with the committee has been very helpful, and he hopes Dr. Schneller will be able to continue that or designate someone to fill that role."
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            "text": "PCC Chair Gary Stratton reported that, at its last meeting, the committee approved the Resolution on University Governance. Since then, they have also worked on a resolution regarding the upcoming presidential search to make sure that Dr. Aaron Thompson knows what our wishes are regarding faculty representation. He presented the text of this resolution that was approved by his committee:"
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            "text": "Whereas the last Presidential Search Committee had no regular faculty representation and had only a quasi-administrator (a division chair) representing faculty;"
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            "text": "Whereas the last Presidential Search Committee refused to put the faculty's consensus choice for finalist, Dr. Aaron Thompson, on the list of finalists, in defiance of a full-faculty resolution;"
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            "text": "Whereas the last Presidential Search lacked transparency in how faculty input was used, if at all, in its decision to hire a candidate whose record was marred by financial impropriety in his previous appointment as a college president;"
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            "text": "Be it resolved that Faculty Senate is requesting that at least two regular teaching faculty nominated by Faculty Senate, in addition to the Faculty Regent, be appointed to the Presidential Search Committee currently being formed, and that this Committee make a commitment to fairness and transparency in the upcoming presidential search process."
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            "text": "Dr. Stashia Emmanuel inquired why this needed to be a resolution? Why can’t this be communicated directly by the Senate President?"
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            "text": "Dr. LeChrista Finn asked what is the intent of this resolution? Why is it needed? Why does this have to be so formal?"
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            "text": "Senator McCutchen asked how does this relate to Executive Committee’s prospective meeting with Dr. Thompson? Can we poll the faculty on this resolution?"
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            "text": "Senator Collum noted that the executive committee does not have a meeting with Dr. Thompson scheduled yet, and the Board of Regents is meeting October 16."
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            "text": "Dr. Finn said that poll numbers, such as the one done on a prior resolution, don’t reflect the whole faculty because everyone doesn’t get all the information."
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            "text": "Dr. Helen Smith noted that in the past Faculty Senate documents, including action items and resolutions coming from the committees, were distributed directly to all faculty, not just to deans and chairs."
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            "text": "Dr. Finn further asked whether this resolution would be seen as an endorsement of Aaron Thompson for KSU president. She suggested that we delete his name from the text."
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            "text": "Dr. Peter Smith said that the background here is that during the last presidential search, when Kim Sipes was Senate President, there was widespread concern about the search process that resulted in a faculty vote of no-confidence in the Board of Regents and its Chair. That all began with a request for more faculty representation on the search committee that was turned down by the Board."
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