Kentucky State University Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes September 17, 2021
Senate was called to order with a quorum at 9:01 a.m. Senate Secretary noted to attendees, for their information, that a representative of the local news media was in the meeting
Senator Collum was recognized and moved to add to the agenda consideration of a resolution expressing the response of the faculty to the dismissal of Staff Regent Chandee Felder. He asked that this item be placed on the agenda after administrative updates. The Senate President expressed his view that this was a matter for the Staff Senate. Senator Hannemann spoke with a point of order noting that according to Roberts’ Rules of Order, the presiding officer may not participate in debate.
The motion to add the item to the agenda was seconded and approved without opposition.
With that amendment, the agenda was approved unanimously.
However, President Clay noted that, in keeping with his agreement with the Acting President of the University, the additional item would not be discussed in the presence of news media representatives until a representative of the university media office joined the meeting.
Mara Merlino and Margery Coulson-Clark need to be added to the guest attendance list. Nurse Todd asked that the minutes clarify that Covid tests in August included athletics. These corrections were made and the amended minutes were approved unanimously.
President Clay urged all attending to be vaccinated for Covid 19 if they have not yet and noted the phone number, website and email address for Covid information. He reported that in his last meeting with Provost Hamilton they discussed the status of all the university wide committees. The provost also asked him to communicate to faculty that the mode of delivery for our courses must be as it was posted on WIRED at the beginning of the semester. They also discussed faculty participation in the advising process, graduate tuition rates and ideas for Centers of Excellence on the KSU campus. The provost also urges all faculty to be prompt in communicating with students.
The Executive Committee, in its weekly meeting, discussed the status of past action items that were approved but have not been implemented and the possibility of inviting Dr. Aaron Thompson to an Executive Committee meeting..