All incoming students were tested for Covid-19 and some were sent home. The majority of our athletes are now vaccinated for Covid-19. SIAC is requiring this vaccination. Kentucky's state vaccination rate is low, so masks are mandatory and important. Vaccine clinics will be offered on campus throughout the semester. We are following CDC guidelines for quarantine and isolation. There is no quarantine for vaccinated people. If you are vaccinated and think you could have come in contact with the virus, get tested. Call Candace Raglin and Nurse Todd if your care provider tells you to quarantine.

A senator asked if there is any information on the vaccination rate of our campus community-faculty, staff and students. Nurse Todd said that hasn't been compiled yet, but it will be.

University College is working with chairs to get enough sections of required classes for all the new students.

Dr. Graves reminded faculty that learning outcomes assessment reports are due in her office by September 15.

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Dr. Berkley King, Vice-Provost for Academic Affairs, introduced himself to the Senate and guests. He said that his role in academic affairs would focus especially on advancing faculty careers and representing the provost to the faculty. He will also oversee the tenure and promotion and faculty credentialing processes. The best way to communicate with him will be by kysu.edu email.

Provost Leroy Hamilton made his first presentation to the KSU Faculty Senate. He said that he is excited about the work ahead as provost. He has been on job for nine weeks and has already met with many faculty, staff and students. He pointed out that his career has taken him from adjunct faculty to provost, hitting every point in between. He noted that he has served in a faculty senate himself, and that he still considers himself faculty.

In the these first weeks of his tenure, he has been looking at the Faculty Handbook to make sure we are in compliance and are doing all that we can to support faculty. He pointed out that for the past few years, and continuing this year, student enrollment at KSU has been increasing, but the numbers of faculty have been decreasing. We need to address that, he said. Also on his agenda is revisiting the advising model and strengthening it and finding ways to take the mystery out of our curriculum maps for students.

He also recognized the need to address the problem of faculty salary compression and low salaries. While acknowledging that KSU has financial problems, he said that our faculty salaries make it easy for us to lose our best people. He mentioned a recent faculty opening that came across his desk that proposed to pay $40,000 per year for a tenure track assistant professor. He