Kentucky State University Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes March 19, 2021 Submitted by Danny Collum, Senate Secretary
Call to Order
Approval of Agenda [5 minute time limit]
Agenda was approved as submitted.
3. Approve Meeting minutes from 3/5/2021 [5 minute time limit] Senators Donavan Ramon and Jennifer Ballard-Kang need to be added to senators present for the meeting. Minutes approved with that amendment.
4. Faculty Senate President Report [5 minute time limit]
Finals Week is (May 1-6)
b Finals grades due @ 5pm- May 10th
Good Friday- University Closed- April 2nd
Spring Commencement – May 7^{th}
In addition, President Clay urged all faculty who haven't yet to get vaccinated.
In addition, President Clay urged all faculty who haven't yet to get vaccinated. From his meeting with Interim Provost Yates, President Clay reported that they followed up on the status of action items from Fall 2020. He also noted that the interim provost has announced that all summer school classes will be face-to-face, using a hybrid-flex model. The interim provost has set a goal of having 60 percent of current freshmen enrolled in summer school. The interim provost also announced that all degree programs must have an advisory board. Interfolio training is forthcoming for faculty who need it. Also, the interim provost asked President Clay to impress upon faculty the importance of timely responses to all student communications.
From last week’s Executive Committee meeting, President Clay reported that APC is working on a policy for faculty and student exchange programs and reviewing the current five-year academic calendar. There was also discussion of questions about the university’s grant process, enforcement of course enrollment caps and the use of fulltime faculty overloads for uncovered sections. Committee members also reported continuing problems with the synching between Blackboard and WIRED.
Faculty Senate President Clay also reported that he met with University President Brown. In that meeting they discussed the work being done to get classrooms ready for face-to-face instruction and President Brown’s hope to “repopulate the campus.”
Finally, any questions about the provost search process should be referred to Candace Raglin in Human Resources.
5. Faculty Regent Updates [5 minute time limit]
a. Regent Joe Moffett
A special called meeting is scheduled for April 6, probably to deal with the audit problems discussed in Dr. Moffett's last report. Otherwise there is no news from the Board of Regents.