progress include requests to the Library of Congress for the university archives, one centered on child health and one for the preservation of Jackson Hall.
HERF applications (for federal pandemic relief funds) will be opened soon. There is a link on the website for seeking Title III professional development money. Travel for this purpose may or may not be approved.
There was an Assessment Committee meeting, and faculty will be hearing from them soon. Program reviews for CPE are upcoming. In addition, we are charged with developing a CPE Kentucky Graduate Profile that will include benchmarks for learning and professional skills. Frederick Williams and Tonika East are taking the lead on this. KSU has applied to join the Student Success Collaborative.
In developing program goals and learning outcomes please note that PLOs need to line up with CPE expectations.
Vice-Provost Schneller also noted on behalf of the provost that the announcement about students moving out November 8 came from student affairs. She suggested that the Faculty Senate Executive Committee might want to establish a liaison with student affairs to avoid such communication mishaps in the future.
The 2020-2021 catalog is now on the KYSU website. At its last meeting APC discussed the problem that early move out date will cause for in-person teaching and did more work on the survey regarding the four-day class schedule. Senator Grimes noted that the survey only needs provost approval to go forward. Please respond when you get it.
Curriculum Committee discussed a proposed certificate program in Public Affairs Journalism. The committee suggested revisions and it will be back at the next meeting.
A senator asked if all Curriculum Committee forms are in Teams. Chair Changzheng Wang said that some forms are stuck in limbo as a result of the university presidential change. Anyone who needs help with the forms should contact him.
PCC is working on a faculty mentoring program. Committee decided that there is no need for further action or discussion on the matter of the ten-years-experience requirement for full professor. The language of the handbook is clear and sufficient.
The committee also discussed the problem of having enrollment caps honored during registration. It was also suggested that perhaps Acting President Stamps and Vice-President Rush should hold some kind of state of the university presentation, especially for students, since rumors about the school’s future are sowing confusion.
There followed an extensive discussion between Dr. Margery Coulson-Clark and various senators and guests regarding the course caps issue, where responsibility for it lies and how to remedy the problem in the future. One conclusion was that new software, approved by the Board,