Minutes of Faculty Senate, 11/28/16 Meeting 123 Hathaway Hall
SenatorsReba Rye (at large) E
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)Rita Sharma (Math & Sci) E
Ken Andries (AFE)Kimberly Sipes (at large)
Nancy Capriles (BSS)Peter Smith (LLP)
Rene Desborde (Business)Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW)
Gary Elliott (WYS) EChangzheng Wang (at large)
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE)
Caroline Gibson (FIAR) AEx Officio Members and Guests
Cindy Glass (BSS)Chandee Felder (Senate Admin)
William Graham (EDU)Tierra Freeman (BSS)
Robert Griffin (FIAR) AElgie McFayden (Faculty Regent)
Buddhic Gywali (AFE)James Obielodan (Grad Director)
Dantrea Hampton (Library)Donavan Ramon (WYS)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci)Cynthia Shelton (WYS)
Ashok Kumar (at large)Mara Merlino (BSS)
Vikas Kumar (AQU)Tom Webster (AFE)
Li Lu (Math & Sci)Ralph Williams (SGA President)
Rebecca McCoy (Nursing) AFariba Bigdeli-Jahed (MASC)
Joe Moffett (LLP)Abdul Turay (Business)
Narayanan Rajendran (at large)
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:13 pm. Fourteen senators were present.
2. Approval of agenda
The agenda was approved unanimously.
3. Approval of minutes
The Minutes for the 11/14/2016 meeting were unanimously approved as distributed.
4. Senate President Report – Kim Sipes
Faculty Senate President Sipes returned to the need for members for committees listed in the Committee Book. Last week the nominating committee of Ken Andries and Ashok Kumar was established. They are now in the process of getting the election prepared and a call for nominations will go out soon. There will be a meeting on Tuesday, 12/6 at 11:00 am for nominations, which will be followed by online voting.
In meantime other committee members were established.