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KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY

Regular Meeting of the

Board of Regents

Academic Affairs Committee Meeting

April 25, 2014

10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Board Room – Academic Services Building

Frankfort, Kentucky

## MINUTES

Regent Karen Bearden, Chairperson called the Academic Affairs Committee meeting of the Kentucky State University Board of Regents to order at 10:30 a.m. on April 25, 2014. Regent Karen Bearden asked the secretary to call roll:

Regent Karen Bearden, Present

Regent Mindy Barfield, Absent

Regent Julian Jeter-Davis, Present

Regent Syamala Reddy, Absent



A quorum was declared.

Action: A motion was made to convene a closed session to discuss personnel matters pursuant to the Kentucky Open Meetings Act. The motion was made by Regent Jeter-Davis and seconded by Regent Henry. The motion passed.

The Academic Affairs Committee discussed personnel matters. No action was taken in closed session.

The Academic Affairs Committee reconvened in Open Session at 10:37 a.m.

The report affirms that Academic Affairs and Land Grant faculty and staff remain dedicated to teaching, research, and service.

Action: A motion for the approval of the Academic Affairs Committee's January 25, 2014, minutes was made by Regent Jeter-Davis and seconded by Regent Bearden. The motion passed and the minutes were approved.

Action: A motion for approval of the recommendations for faculty tenure and/or promotion was made by Regent Jeter-Davis and seconded by Regent Bearden. The motion passed.


<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Faculty</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>School/ Division</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Nature of Application</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Action</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Collum, Danny</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>LLP</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Cruz, Minerva</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>PUA/SW/CJ</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Associate Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Cruz, Minerva</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tenure</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Davis, G. Todd</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>LLP</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Downing, Beverly</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>EDU</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Downing, Beverly</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tenure</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Hayden, Arthur</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>PUA/SW/CJ</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Associate Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Hayden, Arthur</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'></td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tenure</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Nowrouzi-Kashan, Fariba</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>MS</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Early Tenure</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr></table>

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<table border=1 style='margin: auto; word-wrap: break-word;'><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Rajendran, Narayanan</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>MS</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Rye, Reba</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Fine Arts</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Tate, Debbra</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Library</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Assistant Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr><tr><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Unuakhalu, Michael</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>COS</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Promotion to Professor</td><td style='text-align: center; word-wrap: break-word;'>Approved</td></tr></table>

Action: A motion to approve granting the President authorization to confer the degrees at the May 10, 2014 commencement ceremony was made by Regent Jeter-Davis and seconded by Regent Bearden. The motion passed.

The Academic Affairs’ Committee meeting adjourned at 10:58 a.m.

Submitted by:

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Dr. Beverly Downing, Interim Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs

Approved by:



Kann Bearden

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Regent, Karen Bearden, Chairperson

Approved with no corrections

Academic Affairs Committee



___. Approved with corrections