is an education initiative. Allison Young, professor of family and consumer sciences, has a CDC grant to do vaccine education, along with the Franklin County Health Department. Keith Wicker in biology is also participating in this. In October there will be a vaccination clinic at Streetfest October 8. All three Covid 19 vaccines will be offered, and boosters if those have been approved by then.
The September 15 blood drive was very successful. There will be another in the spring. Nurse Todd noted that the Faculty Senate should consider offering some kind of community service credit to students for participation in blood drives.
Current CDC protocol says that if you have symptoms and get a rapid test, even if the rapid test is negative, you must go ahead with a PCR test that goes to the lab. Results for these are currently taking 48-72 hours. The person must quarantine while awaiting PCR results.
Email Nurse Todd with any questions about any of these matters. Also, she reminded us that class excuses are privileged information protest by FERPA and HIPA, the privacy laws for educational and medical records respectively.
A senator asked about the very low vaccination rate among students, and Nurse Todd replied that this is partly a problem with reporting. There are probably students who were vaccinated before they came to school who haven't submitted a record of that to Student Health. As part of the vaccine promotion campaign we will be asking students to upload their vaccination card. We currently have 40 percent of the student body confirmed as fully vaccinated. We're behind UK and U of L, but we're working on it.
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Dr. Coulson-Clark- Advising
Dr. Coulson-Clark reported that University College is looking at best practices for advising and the software that is needed to implement those. She is also going to the National Academic Advising Association for ideas. Input from the faculty is welcome!
Dr. Schneller Academics/Research /Accreditation & Assessment
Dr. Schneller encouraged all faculty to keep working with her and Micah Glenn on grants possibilities. She is also working with Dr. Walston on plans for grant training. Senator McCutchen noted that training should cover all stages of the grants process including pre- and post-.
Dr. Schneller said that she is hoping to create a cadre of faculty who can do training in their units. We should also consult the Sponsored Programs website and the FAQ for much of the necessary grants information.
Senator Gyawali asked if there could possibly be incentives for grantwriting, such as course releases. Dr. Schneller replied that it would have to go through the academic unit and the provost.
8. Senate Committee Reports [5 minutes each]
a Academic Policy Committee report [5 minute time limit]
Senator Grimes reported that APC is looking at class scheduling problems and particularly the impact of the four-day academic week. He said that there are some problems with this, especially for the STEM areas. They want to bring this discussion to the Faculty Senate.