Minutes of Faculty Senate, 11/14/16 Meeting 123 Hathaway Hall

Senators

Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)Peter Smith (LLP)
Ken Andries (AFE)Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW) A Changzheng Wang (at large)
Nancy Capriles (BSS)Ex Officio Members and Guests
Rene Desborde (Business)Candice Jackson (VP Academic Affairs)
Gary Elliott (WYS) EChandee Felder (Senate Admin)
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE)Tierra Freeman (BSS)
Caroline Gibson (FIAR)Elgie McFayden (Faculty Regent)
Cindy Glass (BSS)James Obielodan (Grad Director)
William Graham (EDU)Donavan Ramon (WYS)
Robert Griffin (FIAR)Cynthia Shelton (WYS)
Buddhi Gywali (AFE)Jennifer Miles (Distance Education)
Dantrea Hampton (Library)John Sedlacek (AFE)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci)Mara Merlino (BSS)
Ashok Kumar (at large)
Vikas Kumar (AQU) A
Li Lu (Math & Sci)
Rebecca McCoy (Nursing)
Joe Moffett (LLP)
Narayanan Rajendran (at large)
Rita Sharma (Math & Sci)
Reba Rye (at large)
Kimberly Sipes (at large)

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 3:14pm. Fourteen were senators present.

2. Approval of agenda

The agenda was approved unanimously.

3. Approval of minutes

The Minutes for the 10/31/2016 meeting were approved unanimously as distributed.

4. Senate President Report – Kim Sipes

Faculty Senate President Sipes reported that a new Senate Parliamentarian would need to be elected since Alice Collins has left the university. Chair Andries nominated Dantrea Hampton, who accepted. With no other nominations, President Sipes asked for a motion to close nominations, which passed unanimously. Senator Hampton will serve as the new Senate Parliamentarian.