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Call to Order

(President Helen Smith Called meeting to order at 3:12pm)

Approval of Agenda [5 minute time limit]

No change to agenda.

A motion to vote to approve agenda was made, seconded, and all were in favor.

Approval of Minutes of 9/9/2019 Senate Meeting [5 minute time limit]

No changes added during senate meeting. One change was made during the week, which consisted of correcting a senator's absence to show it was an excused absence.

A motion to vote to approve minutes was made, seconded, and all were in favor.

Dr. Lucian Yates, Interim Provost and V.P. of Academic Affairs [10 minute time limit]

Dr. Yates was unable to attend the meeting.

Bruce Griffiths, Chair of Liberal Studies Core Curriculum Committee [5 minute time limit]

Bruce Griffiths reported on an informational session on what the Core Curriculum Committee has been working on.

Mr. Griffiths showed a proposed initial list of courses for the general education core, with the idea of allowing courses to be added with approval later. Forms are being created for approval process.

Many more course options were added to the general education, so students could utilize high level courses as general education courses. This keeps the students from having to regress in their learning before moving forward.

Committee created a blocking system for the arts and humanities courses that incorporates two paths (foreign languages or humanities).

Question was raised about QEP and how it was integrated, and Mr. Griffith's noted that QEP was not integrated because the courses do not exist yet, but they could be added once the courses are developed and approved.

Question about MAT 115 or 115A, can an “or” be added instead of just MAT 115A, answer was the committee could look into it.

Question from the floor: Why were certain courses removed if those courses were previously approved from curriculum? This might hurt certain curriculum for majors, as certain courses were used to double dip in the general education and major courses. This item will be discussed further in the Core Curriculum Committee.

5 minutes were added by vote of senate. All were in favor.

Question from the floor: Humanities course list was sent around the university this summer for courses that would satisfy this requirement. This new setup might hinder those courses the freshman were enrolled in by university advising. Mr. Griffith was unsure about the matter raised in this question and stated that the committee could look into it.

Question from the floor: What changes were made, was asked from floor. Answer the major changes that were made consisted more of a reorganization by blocks, according to Mr. Griffith.

Also courses were added to create a more favorable and flexible core curriculum for the students.

Vote to extend another 5 minutes. All were in favor.

Question from the floor: Is there a possibility of having a college specific core curriculum requirement? Answer, this might not create a cohesive general education core if each college had its own specific core.

Mr. Griffiths stated: Not specifically eliminating any courses from catalogue, but making a cohesive list for the general education requirement.

It was asked that Core Curriculum Committee to check pre-requisites for the IGS courses before general education core is approved.

Questions from floor. Have the IGS courses been proved of their usefulness? And what qualifies someone to teach these courses.

IGS courses will probably be moved to their most closely aligned areas within the university, since the university doesn't have an IGS department.

Question from the floor. Is there a reason for the limiting of the number of courses the students need.

Answer no there isn't a specific limitation rule, but it is recommended to have a small number of courses for accreditation processes.

If more questions about Core please attend Curriculum Committee meeting in Hathaway Hall 232 at 3:10pm Monday 9/30/2019.

Faculty Senate President Report [10 minute time limit]

President Smith discussed EDURisk training. Faculty need to complete by October 18th. Students will also need to complete these trainings.

National Association of African American Studies and Affiliate is calling for student presentations at their national conference in Dallas. Prize money for student research.

Did a review of important dates on academic calendar. Please make sure to review academic calendar.

There is a new attendance function in blackboard. Emails should have been sent to faculty from Deans and Chairs.

University Forum Meeting

CPE- contract with Gray and Associates, looking at program reviews and program cost effectiveness.

Book orders due by October 15^{th}

Banner 9 Upgrade complete. Wired upgrade coming in 11/15.

We have a Winter term and May-mester this year.

Faculty Committee positions need to be filled in

Tenure and Promotion Committee

Faculty Appeals Committee

Faculty post-tenure review committee

Committee Book needs to be updated. Maybe create a committee that fixes the committee book. Working with Provost and President on this idea.

Graduate Council needs to be updated and consolidated because there are several variations of what it is supposed to be made up of.

Coordinators are being discussed in the Provosts Office and trying to understand the possible payment for those positions.

Professional Concerns Committee – Monica Valentine [10 minute time limit] a. Committee reviewed a tracking document with the faculty handbook.

Dr. Valentine sent notes that were provided at faculty senate meeting. Those notes can be seen in the next five bullet points.

PCC was asked by the Faculty Senate President to review a PCC Tracking Document that was approved by the Committee and sent to the full body of the Senate for comment in Fall 2017. It is my understanding that since then, it passed Senate, but was sent back by Academic Affairs with questions. On September 16, 2019, PCC reviewed this Tracking Document along with the most recent Faculty Handbook with revision date of August 27, 2019. Section 1.5.9 Appointment of Acting Academic Administrative Officers and Section 2.1.4 Administrators with Faculty Rank were reviewed.

It was brought to the attention of the committee that individuals holding Interim Chairperson Positions could not be in that capacity for longer than 1 year.

It was brought to the attention of the committee that the following language no longer exists: "No academic administrative officer shall be assigned to an academic unit without being interviewed and approved by the unit faculty." Thus, the new language suggests that interim, administrative positions with faculty rank could be appointed without approval by faculty members in the unit.

After discussion on the topic, the committee would like to ask

PCC is still reviewing tracking document items from 2011 and 2017 and we are still gathering information based on what was presented to us. We will continue to give you updates.

Academic Policies Committee – Jason Keeler [10 minute time limit]

Committee continued to look at syllabus template. Dean Deams generated an attendance policy statement for syllabus template.

Want to work on a 5 year calendar plan for university

Waiting to work on template for curriculum ladder and course mapping. Will start after adoption of new General Core Requirements.

Curriculum Committee – Leigh Whittinghill [5 minute time limit]

Committee did not meet this week.

Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay [10 minute time limit]

Continued to discuss faculty evaluation and merit pay. Faculty evaluation document not found in faculty handbook.

Looking at doing a facility inventory update.

Will look at merit pay in other universities in next meeting.

Faculty Ombudsman Report [10 minute limit]

Met with President Brown last week. Discussed merit pay and President Brown wants to have it take place in near future. President liked merit pay better than across the board salary raises.

SACSCOC faculty appeals for out of field positions with not be known until Dec 10th of this year. Out of field issue might be resolved by taking several courses at another institution to get the 15-18 hours required to be accredited in their discipline.

Ombudsman and others are holding a registering to vote campaign with community partners.

Question from floor. Does the Faculty Evaluation document have implication on the faculty merit pay? I was assumed so that the faculty evaluation would have an impact on merit pay. Then faculty questioned the use of a faculty evaluation document that has been circulated but not implemented in all colleges.

Other Business [5 minute time limit]

Michelle Singletary visiting KSU tomorrow 11am – 1pm

September 26 Autism training in HH Auditorium.

Sunday 29th 4:30pm Sunday Music Showcase

Adjournment

Vote, seconded and all in favor at 4:27pm.