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Minutes of Faculty Senate 4/11/17 Meeting 101 Bradford Hall

SenatorsChangzheng Wang (at large)
Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci)
Ken Andries (AFE)Ex Officio Members and Guests
Nancy Capriles (BSS)VPAA Candice Jackson
Rene Desborde (Business)Mara Merlino
Gary Elliott (WYS) ECynthia Shelton
Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE) ERoosevelt Shelton
Caroline Gibson (FIAR)Tierra Freeman
Cindy Glass (BSS)Al Level
William Graham (EDU)Marlin McKay
Robert Griffin (FIAR)Donavan Ramon
Buddhi Gywali (AFE)Nkechi Amadife
Dantrea Hampton (Library)Faculty Regent Elgie McFayden
Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci)Victoria Bruce
Ashok Kumar (at large)Helen Smith
Vikas Kumar (AQU) AGavin Washington
Li Lu (Math & Sci)Jae Won Kim
Patti Marraccini (Nursing)Staff Regent Derrick C. Gilmore
Rebecca McCoy (Nursing) EJohn Sedlacek
Joe Moffett (LLP)Kirk Pomper
Narayanan Rajendran (at large)Associate VP Deneia Thomas
Reba Rye (at large)LeChrista Finn
Rita Sharma (Math & Sci) AAssistant General Counsel Christina Leath
Kimberly Sipes (at large)David Shabazz
Peter Smith (LLP)Registrar Marquettia Bivens
Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW) A

1. Call to Order

Changzheng Wang (at large)

The meeting was called to order at 11:04 am. Fifteen Senators were present.

2. Approval of agenda

A senator made a motion for FCC's item to be moved before the standing committee reports. Concern was expressed that action items might not be addressed if they are not placed first as per senate guidelines. Three voted for the motion; seven voted against; the remainder abstained.

President Sipes requested that Other Business be added to the agenda. The motion passed unanimously.

3. Report of the Curriculum Committee – Ken Andries