3. Approval of Minutes of the 11 February 2019 Faculty Senate Meeting: The minutes were approved with the following changes: Leigh Whittinghill was present. On page 4, under the PCC report, the last point was made by a Senator, not a Guest, and the Fiscal Year is from July 1 to June 30 of the following year.

Next week will be the next Board of Regents meeting, on the 7th and 8th of March. Moffett will be making his 3-minute report on the Senate's progress to the Board.

Soon, in March, the standing elections committee will be reconvened. We need to vote for representatives for the Academic Appeals Committee, the Graduate Appeals Committee, at-large Senate positions and the Faculty Regent position. The elections will be in April.

Apparently, candidates for Tenure and Promotion have not yet received their letters from the President's office. Candidates were to have been notified by February 1st. Moffett asked the Provost last week and learned that the President had told the Provost that the letters were being completed by the General Counsel, who was waiting for the President to return and sign them. So hopefully, they will be arriving shortly.

A Senator asked, does the Board meeting agenda include the T&P votes on its agenda? Moffett replied that usually T&P candidates are voted on at the March Board meeting. He added that apparently, there is one application that is slowing down the process, but he told the Provost about his concern that the calendar be adhered to. He has also mentioned to other members of the Provost's team that this delay is problematic in a lot of ways.

5. Budget and Academic Support Committee: Chair Phillip Clay reported on the following issues:

At their last meeting, the committee dove more deeply into the University Instructional Budget. Regarding instructional spending, KSU is not going in a positive way: instructional spending has gone down. The committee wants to know why other universities have a higher instructional budget.

The committee looked at the issue of stipends for coordinators. In some departments, there are potential accreditation issues where a coordinator is designated.

The committee also discussed where instructional funding is needed: faculty compensation and educational support.

Mofett asked Clay if the committee was considering a resolution to put before Senate. Clay said yes, but the committee was waiting for more information: it would be more effective to have the instructional budget itemized so they could determine what to ask for.

The committee discussed the need for professional development for grant writing.

6. Curriculum Committee: Chair Leigh Whittinghill reported on the following issues:

FSCC 18-19-24 New graduate courses in Interdisciplinary Intelligence Studies: This action item proposes the creation of five new courses in Interdisciplinary Intelligence Studies for the Interdisciplinary Behavioral Science Master's Program. Similar courses are already being taught at the undergraduate level. These courses will be at the same time, but have higher-level content. VOTE: Voice Vote – unanimous yes with no abstentions.