Minutes of Faculty Senate, 8/22/16 Meeting 123 Hathaway Hall

SenatorsPeter Smith (LLP)
Abdullah Alhurani (Nursing) AKimberly Sipes (at-large)
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)Steve Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW)
Ken Andries (AFE)Changzheng Wang (at large) A
Nancy Capriles (BSS)
Gary Elliott (WYS) E
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE) AEx Officio Members and Guests
Cindy Glass (BSS)Aaron Thompson (President)
William Graham (EDU) ACandice Love Jackson (Acting VPAA)
Robert Griffin (FIAR)Deneia Thomas (Assoc. VP)
Buddhic Gywali (AFE)Elgie McFayden (Faculty Regent)
Dantrea Hampton (Library)Kirk Pomper (Interim Dir. Land Grant)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci) EJohn Sedlacek (AFE)
Robert Hebble (Math & Sci)Cynthia Shelton (WYS)
Ashok Kumar (at large)Bekele Tegegne (Library)
Vikas Kumar (AQU)Bruce Griffiths (Math & Sci)
Li Lu (Math & Sci)Fariba Bigdeli-Jahed (Math & Sci)
Joe Moffett (LLP)LeChrista Finn (AFE)
Narayanan Rajendran (at large)John Poole (Pearson)
Reba Rye (at large)Michlene Healy (Pearson)

1. Call to Order

Faculty Senate President Sipes called the meeting to order at 3:12pm. A show of hands was requested to indicate number of senators present. Twelve people raised their hands.

2. Approval of Agenda

President Sipes asked for approval of the agenda. A senator made the motion and another seconded it.

3. Introduction of Senators and Non-Senators

President Sipes asked for senators to introduce themselves. After all had done so, President Sipes thanked everyone for service. Non-Senators, Ex-officio members, and guests also introduced themselves.

4. Overview of forthcoming issues

President Sipes noted that Senate has much work to do this year. She announced that APC and PCC would work together on several issues, including updating the Faculty Handbook and reviewing processes for Tenure and Promotion, program review, Post-Tenure Review, and