Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

03-04-2022

Meeting began, with a quorum, at 9:02 a.m.

Proposed agenda was approved unanimously.

Minutes were amended to reflect the fact that Nkechi Amadife is a Senator not a Guest. Also Joy Cole and Randy Nichols need to be added as Guests. With those amendments, the minutes were approved unanimously.

President Clay reminded faculty of the contact points for COVID-19 information: (855-598-2246) and COVID19@kysu.edu. Also, all faculty who haven't are urged to upload proof of vaccination status at the ADP website.

In his meeting with the provost, President Clay reported that they discussed the report of the ad hoc committee on budget cuts and the upcoming budget meeting.

There was no Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting this week. President Clay is meeting Acting President Stamps next week and with SGA President Jason Robinson in the near future.

Next, President Clay announced that we needed two Faculty Senate representatives for the Honorary Degree Committee. Changzheng Wang and Shawn Lucas volunteered for this service.

All standing committees are being constituted and will meet at least once this semester. A guest asked if there is a single place to look for a list of those committees and their composition. Dr. Clay replied that he would send out the committee handbook to deans to distribute to faculty.

The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents, scheduled for Thursday March 3, was cancelled by a phone call from the chair Tuesday. There was a full agenda for the meeting and all the preparatory documents for the meeting had been distributed. On Wednesday, there were news reports of the introduction of Senate Bill 265 regarding the composition of the Board.

There will be no student activities during midterm week. Student Engagement is hosting study spaces around campus that week.