Faculty Senate Minutes
Kentucky State University
March 5 2021
Submitted by Danny Collum, Secretary
1. Call to Order 9:01 a.m.
2. Approval of Agenda
2. Appro Agenda approved as submitted.
3. Approval of Minutes from 02-19-2021
In attendance list, “Sharon McGhee” should be “Sharon McGee.” Margaret Coulson-Clark should be added to attending guests. Ibukun Ogunande is no longer at KSU, so is not an “absent” senator.
Minutes were approved with these corrections.
4. Faculty Senate President's Report President Phillip Clay
Staff are working on getting Covid-19 vaccinations done on campus. You should receive an email asking if you want to sign up.
From his meeting with Interim Provost Yates, President Clay noted that work is underway on Covid-compliant model classrooms for face to face instruction. Faculty members are urged to make sure that student concerns are addressed in a timely manner. All faculty should upload grades to Blackboard. Some students have reported that they are enrolled in courses on Blackboard that have no assignments posted.
From last week's Executive Committee meeting, President Clay reported that the Faculty Recognition Committee needs appointments from administrators, and he will pursue those. APC is working on international exchange policy and BASC is working on grants policies.
Dr. Clay also met with President Brown and SGA President Kirk Miller. At that meeting the SGA president asked for the establishment of more professional organizations within academic disciplines for students.
Announcements: March 6 to 11 is midterm exams. Midterm grades will be due March 15.
5. Faculty Regent Report Regent Joe Moffett
The Board held its quarterly meeting March 4.
Action items: Approval of many faculty candidates for tenure and/or promotion.
Congratulations to all! Approval of audit was delayed by failure of the KSU Foundation to submit its audit. Instead a resolution was passed calling on the Foundation to submit the audit within a week. If the Foundation doesn’t come through, the university will submit its audit reporting the Foundation’s non-compliance. Issued a Request for Proposals for banking services. Updated the contract with Holiday Inn (which includes Fairfield Inn). Approved a requirement for employees to complete a form certifying that they have no “conflict of commitment.” Purpose of this is to identify, for instance, full-time employees who might have another full-time job. Approved a nepotism policy.