Faculty Senate Report September 2021 Board Meeting Dr. Phillip H. Clay Jr. - Senate President

Items worked on and approved in committee's:

The Academic Policy Committee has begun discussions on:

• Central advising and how this model will be implemented and monitored.
• Academic Calendar, and making sure it was up to date and published early
• Streamlining the learning outcomes and the evaluation process, of which will include more faculty interaction with the assessment committee
• The difficulty in hiring qualified adjuncts
• Lastly, how to improve transcript evaluation for transfer students

The Budget and Academic Support Committee began discussions on:

• The impact of the Departmental and Classroom Survey spreadsheets of which each academic unit was to complete, to highlight the needs and wants of each academic unit.
• The committee also continued discussions on strategies for writing grants and bringing scholarships to the university.
• The committee is planning to have Dr. Walston attend meetings to develop a professional development opportunity for the faculty as a whole.
• The committee had further discussions concerning Indirect Cost Recovery Incentive Programs, that led to manual revisions/updates of which will carry over into the current semester.
• The committee is planning to send out a survey to students and faculty in reference to adding + or - to the grading system.
• Lastly, the committee had brief conversations concerning course fees and technology challenges our students are facing living off campus.

The Curriculum Committee has begun discussions and reviewing:

• Actions items from last semester and have they been implemented
• Procedures for proposals for program and/or program changes
• Classroom safety and the importance of curriculum being available online.