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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

September 9, 2022

Submitted by Keith McCutchen, Faculty Senate President

Call to Order

Meeting was called to order with a quorum present at 9:03 am.

Approval of Agenda

Agenda was approved as presented without opposition.

Motioned – Mara Merlino

Seconded - Fariba Kashan

Approval of Minutes

Minutes were approved with modifications to senator's names:

Motioned – Changzheng Wang

Seconded – Charles Nichols

Faculty Senate President's Report President Keith McCutchen

• Overview of Faculty Senate Committees and responsibilities.
• Letter sent to KSU President during summer requesting the reinstatement of Tenure and Promotion. (Letter provided to Faculty/Senate)
• Uploaded Faculty Senate Constitution (overview PDF provided to Faculty/Senate)

Academic Affairs – Provost Hamilton (Slide Presentation Made Available)

• Number of Faculty has shifted from 122 to 107
• Work to reduce overloads
• Instructional Cost-Savings Strategies Face to Face 62%, Web Based 38%
• 1,832 Students
• Performance Rubric Completed (Performance not compliance)

Nurse's Report – Lisa Turner

• New Nurse Practitioner is nurse Megan Turner

Office of Online Learning – Dr. Dailey

• Interfolio is a tool, a digital portfolio
• Two sides to Interfolio: Dossier and the Tenure Promotion/Review

Student Engagement Dean of Students, Charles Holloway

• Intern V.P. Appointed, Dr. Bridgette Goldman
• Student Ombudsman position reinstated, Ms. Sophia Rucker-Taylor

Dual Credit – Dr. Kristopher Grimes

• Change in leadership
• Students purchase textbooks
• Classes are following the KYSU schedule
• Positive response to Dual Credit by the High Schools
• Changes made to comply with SACSCOC
• Submitted a $600,000.00 Grant for Dual Credit

Faculty Regent Report Regent Herman Walston

• Finance Committee Met
• Enrollment as of the 7^{th} was 1,452 Students
• 1,139 Full-Time
• 192 Part-Time
• 77 Graduate School students
• 470 Freshman
• 207 Cleared
• Dates for Grant Writing Workshop: Sept. 27th and 29th

Election of sub-committee officers

ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE

• Chair: Kristopher Grimes
• Vice-Chair:
• Secretary: Whitney Lawrence

BUDGET AND ACADEMIC SUPPORT COMMITTEE

• Chair: James Obielodan
• Vice-Chair: Rozina Johnson

• Secretary: Lisa Turner

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CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

• Chair: Changzheng Wang
• Vice-Chair: Shawn Lucas
• Secretary: Yun Jiang

PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE

• Chair: Swagata Banerjee
• Chair: Dharma Khatiwadi
• Secretary: Bobby Walter

Adjournment

The Faculty Senate adjourned at 10:48

Attendance:

Senators

Barbara Witty

Changzheng Wang

Fariba Kashan

Keith McCutchen

Shawn Lucas

Bobby Walter

James Obielodan

Whitney Lawrence

Mara Merlino

Keturah Nix

Tom Webster

Buddi Gyawali

Phillip Clay

Fabriba Bigdeli-Jahed

Nkechi Amadefi

Kristopher Grimes

Noel Novelo

Rozina Johnson

Dharma Khatiwadi

Deena McGaughey – Summers

Swagata Banerjee

Lisa Turner

Guest

Absent:

Mary Barr