Next, President Clay announced contact info for Covid 19 information, especially the campus email covid19@kysu.edu. He also noted that protective and sanitizing supplies can be obtained from Facilities. email issac.vett@kysu.edu.
In his meeting with the provost, President Clay reported that they discussed getting all the university-wide committees appointed and operating. They also discussed the need for faculty volunteers to work with the advising office, possible flat rate for graduate-level tuition, the CREE and Atwood institutes, transfer agreements with other schools, CDC guidelines, curriculum guides and the development of a new strategic plan.
The Executive Committee is getting all committee and Senate documents posted on Teams so that they are accessible to all faculty. They discussed the possibility of getting Dr. Aaron Thompson to attend one of the Executive Committee meetings, and issues with the four-day class schedule. President Clay also noted that the SGA president has been invited to attend all Senate Executive Committee meetings.
October 9 is the 2021 Homecoming 3K Walk and Run for Breast Cancer.
Senator Griffiths noted that October 12 is now a holiday on the Academic Calendar.
Dr. Clay announced that Midterms are Oct 2-8: Homecoming is Oct 8-10. Last day for students to submit work for an incomplete grade from Spring & Summer 2021 is Oct 8. Academic Holiday is Oct 11 (Columbus Day), Midterm grades are due Oct 13. Founders' Day [at the time of the meeting] was to be Oct 15. [Later changed to October 8]. Last day to drop course with a "W"- Oct 22.
Faculty Regent Updates [5 minute time limit-
Dr. Herman Walston-NA
General Education Update, [5 minute time limit]
Bruce Griffiths – NA
Administration Updates [5 minutes each]
Nurse Todd- Safety
On behalf of Dr. Deams and Dean Sims, she announced that midterm study spaces had been created in the Student Center. She announced that Facilities is focusing its efforts on the residence halls. In staff and faculty office areas, contractors are only emptying trash that is put into hallways and cleaning bathrooms. Cleaning supplies are available from Issac Yett. Regarding Homecoming events, the mask requirement will be the same for Homecoming events as for everything else on campus. Masks are required at all times indoors and in large groups outdoors. Alumni will be required to mask on the shuttles. Masks will be provided upon request. There are new dates for testing and vaccination clinics on campus: October 2 and 23 and November 13. As of today, people 65 and up, the immunocompromised and frontline workers are eligible for Pfizer boosters six months after the second dose. All university employees are considered frontline workers.
University College is hoping to implement a 2+2 advising model, meaning students have an advisor from University College for the first two years and one from the faculty in their major for the last two years. Review of this plan is going on now. It would begin Fall 2022, which means beginning with pre-registration April 1, 2022.