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## Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
The fourth regular meeting of the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate will took place on Monday, October 7th, 2019, at 3:10pm in 123 Hathaway Hall. The minutes for the meeting are as follows:
1. Call to Order
a. President Smith called meeting to order at 3:13 pm
2. Approval of Agenda [5 minute time limit]
a. Motion was made to approve agenda as amended, all were in favor.
3. Approval of Minutes of 9/23/2019 Senate Meeting [5 minute time limit]
a. Motion was made to approve senate minutes from 9/23/2019, all were in
Mr. Arlen Sims, Assistant to V.P. Special Student Engagement [5 minute time limit]
a. Food Bank on campus. 4th floor of the student center. Form for students to fill out on third floor. 3-5 Tuesday/Thursday, and 1-3 Friday. Need donations. Flyer was handed out in the meeting. Best place to drop off is the office. Student center 320. The students can apply to receive items on Wired Account.
b. Two minutes were added for discussion (all were in favor)
c. The school of agriculture will try to get involved in some way or form, and Dr. Andres volunteered to be a Liason between the BRED Basket and School of agriculture Senate President Report [5 minute time limit]
a. Travel fund reminder. Next deadline is 16th of October. Then the following will be the 12th of November.
b. Encourage students to attend Founders Day Convocation. Faculty will need to be there in full academic regalia.
c. Having conversation with President Brown 10/22, please email Dr. Smith with any conversation points you wish her to discuss with Dr. Brown.
6. Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay [10 minute time limit]
a. Discussed faculty pay and asked for copy of slides from Encampment and State of the University Address.
b. Trying to discuss future salary planning
c. Redoing classroom features survey. Committee has contacted Paul Cable to discuss facilities further.
7. Academic Policies Committee – Jason Keeler [10 minute time limit]
a. Committee continued working on syllabus template. Ken Semmens is holding a meeting Lauren Graves to get guidance on template for committee.
b. The committee is working on a 5 year academic calendar for the university.
c. Committee brought forth an Action Item to formally adopt the mini-mesters to the academic calendar including winter-mester (online only), May-mester, two 4 week summer sessions, and two 8-week sessions per fall and spring semester, which will run congruently with the typical 15 week semester.
i. Action item voted on and approved all were in favor.
8. Professional Concerns Committee – Monica Valentine [10 minute time limit]
a. Looked into language of job duties of coordinator and looked at tracking documents that have been moved before and comparing them to the handbook.
9. Curriculum Committee – Leigh Whittinghill [15 minute time limit]
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a. College of Ag is adding new Statistics course to the list of courses that meet the environmental science requirement. Course is being taught already, but now there are more options to fill requirements. 19-20-02 Action item is to approve addition to the curriculum ladder. All were in favor
b. Changing PHS 201 and 202 (action item 19-20-03) course description to reflect the laboratory component of the course. All were in favor.
c. Creation of KSU 186 (action item 19-20-04) in support of our QEP. This is combined version of HUM 101 and 201. A friendly amendment to change the course offering to the course each semester (vote made, all were in favor, except 1 nay.)
i. Vote was held to add 5 minutes, all were in favor.
ii. Vote was made for action item 19-20-04, with the friendly amendments in the document and the one added during senate. All were in favor.
d. Action item 19-20-05, General Education Requirements
i. Concerns about 300 level course in the core, because if a student comes in with core complete they may not meet the correct number of 300 or 400 level to graduate with a degree. The student may need to take a 300-400 level elective to graduate.
ii. Motion to approve, all were in favor.
10. Faculty Elections – Call for Nominees [5 minute time limit]
a. Need faculty members to participate in several faculty committees. Faculty Appeals Committee needs a nomination, Faculty Post-Tenure Review Committee needs nominations (these are one year appointments),
11. Faculty Ombudsman Report [10 minute limit]
a. No news to report, but will have a meeting with President Brown in the next few days.
12. Other Business [5 minute time limit]
a. No other business was presented.
13. Adjournment
a. Meeting was called to adjournment at (4:10pm, all were in favor)
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| NAME | Sign - In | Department | Committee/Office |
| Shawn Lucas | Present | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC |
| Richard Cristan | Present | Ag, Communities, and Env | BASC/Vice Chair |
| Leigh Whittinghill | Present | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC/Chair |
| Ken Semmens | Present | Agu and Aquatic Sci | APC/Vice Chair |
| Herman Walston | Present | Fam and Cons Sci | BASC |
| Johnathon Sharp | Present | Soc and Beh Sci | CC/Secretary |
| Mara Merlino | Present | Soc and Beh Sci | BASC |
| Jyotica Batra | Present | Math and Comp Sci | PCC/Vice Chair |
| Clifton Wise | Present | Math and Comp Sci | BASC |
| Keith McCutcheon | Present | Hum and Perf Arts | APC |
| Helen Smith (President) | Present | Hum and Perf Arts | |
| Sharon McGee | Present | Library | PCC/Secretary |
| Monica Valentine (Parliamentarian) | Present | Pub Admin | PCC/Chair |
| Emmanuel Amadife | Present | Gov, Pol, and Justice Studies | CC |
| Rene Desborde | Present | Bus and Tech | BASC |
| Jason Keeler (Secretary) | Present | Edu and Hum Dev | APC/Chair |
| Phillip Clay (Vice President) | Excused | Edu and Hum Dev | BASC/Chair |
| Alexander Lai | Present | Nat Sci | APC |
| Bruce Griffiths | Present | Nat Sci | APC |
| Lisa Turner | Present | Nur and Health Sci | PCC |
| Bobby Walter | Present | At-Large (Library) | APC/Secretary |
| Stephen Graham-Hill | Present | At-Large (Bus and Tech) | APC |
| Debbra Tate | Present | At-Large (Library) | BASC/Secretary |
| Allison Young | Absent | At-Large (Ag, Communities, Env) PCC | |
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| Non-Senator Committee Members |
| Farida Olden | | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC |
| Nkechi Amadife | Present | Library | PCC |
| Maheteme Gebremedhin | | Ag, Communities, and Env | APC |
| Buddhi Gyawali | | Ag, Communities, and Env | PCC |
| Peter Smith | Present | Hum and Perf Arts | PCC |
| Guests |
| PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY | Department | Position |
| Arlen Sims | Student Affairs | |
| Gary Stratton | Bus. And Tech | |
| Tierra Taylor | BSS | |
| David Shabazz | LLP | |
| Joe Moffett | Regent | |
| Christina McManu (hard to read writing) | AG | |
| Ken Andries | CACE | |
| Erik Brooks | CHSS | |
| Abdul Turay | CBCS | |
| James Obielodan | SBT | |
| Kirk Pomper | AG | |
| Wilfred Reilly | BSS | |
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| NAME | Sign - In | Department | Committee/Office |
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| Shawn Lucas |  | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC |
| Richard Cristian | Ag, Communities, and Env | BASC/Vice Chair |
| Leigh Whittinghill | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC/Chair |
| Ken Semmens | Aqu and Aquatic Sci | APC/Vice Chair |
| Herman Walston | Fam and Cons Sci | BASC |
| Johnathon Sharp | Soc and Beh Sci | CC/Secretary |
| Mara Merlino | Soc and Beh Sci | BASC |
| Jyotica Batra | Math and Comp Sci | PCC/Vice Chair |
| Clifton Wise | Math and Comp Sci | BASC |
| Keith McCutcheon | Hum and Perf Arts | APC |
| Helen Smith (President) | Hum and Perf Arts | |
| Sharon McGee | Library | PCC/Secretary |
| Monica Valentine (Parliamentarian) |  | Pub Admin | PCC/Chair |
| Emmanuel Amadife | Gov, Pol, and Justice Studies | CC |
| Rene Desborde | Bus and Tech | BASC |
| Jason Keeler (Secretary) | Edu and Hum Dev | APC/Chair |
| Phillip Clay (Vice President) | Edu and Hum Dev | BASC/Chair |
| Alexander Lai | Nat Sci | APC |
| Bruce Griffiths | Nat Sci | APC |
| Lisa Turner | Nur and Health Sci | PCC |
| Bobby Walter | At-Large (Library) | APC/Secretary |
| Stephen Graham-Hill | At-Large (Bus and Tech) | APC |
| Debbra Tate | [F4] | At-Large (Library) | BASC/Secretary |
| Allison Young | At-Large (Ag, Communities) | PCC |
| Swagata Banerjee |  | At-Large (Bus and Tech) | CC/Vice Chair |
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| Non-Senator Committee Members |
| Farida Olden |  | Ag, Communities, and Env | CC |
| Nkechi Amadife | Library | PCC |
| Maheteme Gebremedhin | Ag, Communities, and Env | APC |
| Buddhi Gyawali |  | Ag, Communities, and Env | PCC |
| Hum and Perf Arts | PCC |
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| Guests |
| PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY | Department | Position |
| Ariew Sims | | Student ARRANS | Special Assist to VP |
| Curry Stratten | Curry Stratten | BUS & Technology | |
| Tiesra Taylor | Tiesra Taylor | BBS | Cheese |
| David Shabazz | David Shabazz | LLP / SCIFA | Africain |
| Joe McFett | | Illinois | |
| Christina McManor | Christina McManor | College City | Americano� Arector |
| Ken Andrini | Ken Andrini | CACE | Aerial Pace |
| T. Cuk Brith E.EANDRINDOCKS | CHS AND MONORS | DEAN |
| —ABDUL W. TURIN | |  | — |
| JAMES D'IELONAN | | | LITERATURE |
| Sir A. Pomper | | | CITAR |
| Wifield Reilly |  | | |
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