At this point in the meeting each of the five nominees for faculty regent (Alexander Lai, Kristopher Grimes, Wilfred Reilly, Herman Walston and Peter Smith) presented their qualifications for the position and their vision for how they would represent faculty on the Board of Regents.
Kristopher Grimes is chair of APC this year. Buddhi Gyawali is Vice-Chair and Rozina Johnson is Secretary. Priorities for the year include: advising, academic calendar, evaluation process, hiring faculty, evaluation of transfer transcripts.
Changzheng Wang continues as chair. The committee needs another member. A top priority will be following up on past approved action items that have not been implemented.
Gary Stratton reported that PCC will begin by picking up unfinished matters from last year, and he encouraged faculty to submit any new concerns to him for the committee's consideration and possible action.
Jennifer Ballard-Kang is Acting Chair due to illness of Dr. Novelo. She reported six projects on the BASC agenda: Grant training, a plus-minus grading system, recovery of indirect costs from grants, course fees, technology needs of students and monitoring and having input regarding the university's financial crisis.
On that last point, CFO Greg Rush has agreed to meet with the committee on September 24.
Reminder that the Faculty Regent election will take place online Monday 8 a.m. to Wednesday 4:30 p.m.
Meeting closed at 11:15 a.m.