Minutes of Faculty Senate, 9/26/16 Meeting 123 Hathaway Hall
SenatorsNarayanan Rajendran (at large)
Abdullah Alhurani (Nursing) AReba Rye (at large)
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)Kimberly Sipes (at large)
Ken Andries (AFE)Peter Smith (LLP)
Nancy Capriles (BSS)Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW)
Alice Collins (Nursing)Changzheng Wang (at large)
Rene Desborde (Business)
Gary Elliott (WYS) E
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE)Ex Officio Members and Guests
Caroline Gibson (FIAR)Mara Merlino (BSS)
Cindy Glass (BSS)Tierra Freeman (BSS)
William Graham (EDU) AShelia Stuckey (Library)
Robert Griffin (FIAR)Jennifer Miles (Distance Edu)
Buddhian Gywali (AFE)Chandee Felder (Senate Admin)
Dantrea Hampton (Library)Abdul Turay (Business)
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci)Elgie McFayden (Faculty Regent)
Robert Hebble (Math & Sci)Tom Webster (AFE)
Ashok Kumar (at large)James Obielodan (Grad Director)
Vikas Kumar (AQU)Donavan Ramon (WYS)
Li Lu (Math & Sci) ECynthia Shelton (WYS)
Joe Moffett (LLP)Fariba Bigdeli-Jahed (Math & Sci)
1. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 3:12pm. At that time, fourteen senators were present.
2. Approval of agenda
A motion to approve the agenda was made and seconded. It passed unanimously.
3. Approval of minutes
Minutes from the 9/12/16 Faculty Senate meeting were passed with no amendments.
4. Report of the Academic Policies Committee – Joe Moffett
Chair Moffett said that at APC’s last meeting, two items were discussed. The first was a proposal from Suzette Polson. Dr. Polson found that language that indicated how many IGS courses transfer students must take was missing in the most recent catalogue. The last time this language appeared was in 2012-13 catalogue, and there did not appear to be