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The second regular meeting of the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate will take place on Monday, September 9th, 2019, at 3:10pm in 123 Hathaway Hall. The proposed agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Agenda [5 minute time limit]
3. Approval of Minutes of 8/19/2019 Senate Meeting [5 minute time limit]
4. Dr. Pernella Deams, Dean of Student Engagement and Campus Life [5 minute time limit]
5. Mr. Daryl Love, Associate Vice President of Career Services and Professional Development [5 minute time limit]
6. Faculty Senate President Report [15 minute time limit]
7. a.Performed by President Smith at 3:13
8. a.No changes to agenda
9. b.Vote held for approval of agenda: moved, seconded, all were in favor
10. a.Vote held for approval of minutes: moved, seconded, all were in favor
11. a.Works under Dr. Greenfield
12. b.Rolls
13. i.To work with student leadership and student groups
14. ii.Conduct officer
15. iii.Works with health of students in collaboration with Nurse Todd, Dr. Clay, and others
16. c.Working on a statement for university syllabi and health excuses.
17. d.If faculty want to see specific excuse for student, faculty may contact Dr. Deams office and the office can provide specific excuse
18. e.Working to add more mental health counselors/social workers to help students
19. a.Served with Valvoline and is currently serving on Fayette County School Board while also working as Career Services and Professional Development
20. b.Discussed purpose of office. Examples: cover letters, resumes, how to dress, building brands, making connections.
21. c.The career services management platform “Handshake” for the university was announced. Can be utilized for an internships and career placement. Connect at kysu.joinhandshake.com
22. d.Career fair will be October 23rd. Several employers invited already, but would like faculty to reach out to other employers and contact Mr. Love with those in mind.
23. a.Review of topics approved last year
24. i.Decrease general core credits. Dropped from 43 to 32 hours. General education core committee is still discussing courses for the core requirements.
25. ii.Policy about use of technology, APC will be asked to look at this.
26. iii.Faculty Handbook consultant was brought in by the Board of Regents. Faculty Senate Leaders were consulted in several

different meetings. Consultant will bring forth recommended edits for the faculty handbook. Then Consultant will bring forth recommendations for HR policies.

• iv.Need a review of DEA and can we use Interfolio for making this easier for tenure and promotion. Working on making a tenured faculty committee that will review this area
• v.Coordinators are being discussed and committee being formed.
• vi.University Forum – first business meeting will be this Wednesday.
• Academic Policies Committee – Jason Keeler [10 minute time limit]
• a.Committee re-voted on Academic Calendar update that was created in last year's committee. However, President Smith found that a previous senate policy was created to have the University and Academic Calendar be aligned, so the calendar was updated based on this past policy and then submitted to the University as a whole and updated on the website by the registrar.
• b.Committee is working on a common syllabus template for the university
• c.Other works that will need to be addressed this year.
• i.Common curriculum ladder/course mapping template
• Waiting for general education committee update to complete this task
• Professional Concerns Committee – Monica Valentine [10 minute time limit]
• a.Committee discussed an action item on how chairs should be elected or appointed. Should the chair-person be tenured or at least tenure-track. Discussed coordinators.
• Curriculum Committee – Leigh Whittinghill [10 minute time limit]
• a.Committee action item to reinstate graduate tracking document (Code: FSCC 19-20-01). Vote held to approve tracking document. Moved, seconded, all were in favor.
• Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay [10 minute time limit]
• Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay [10 minute time limit]
• a.Committee discussed classroom inventory. Will complete another inventory this year. Discussion was held about veteran faculty base pay compared to new faculty. Discussion of merit pay and the evaluation form handed out during spring semester of last year.
• Faculty Regent Report [10 minute time limit]
• a.Regent reported that no actions were completed. Discussion was had about the following
• i.Faculty pay bandwidth discussion. There is a need to understand the range of salaries within a rank or department or other category.
• ii.DFW discussion about courses that had 30-40% DFWs.
• iii.A list of faculty instructional workload was presented to the Board of Regents.
• iv.Projected graduation rate for 2015 cohort is 28% 4 year grad; projected 5 year: 37% and 6 year 42%
• v.Precollege academy had 59 students total, of which 58 came to campus. 40 at GPA 2.0 or above; 21 at 3.0; 4 at 4.
• vi.Brand Identity rolling out new logos and items

• vii.Enrollment increased by 70% compared to last year. This year's enrollment is 2020, compared to a little over 1700 last fall.
• viii.Talking about building a new residence hall with a new cafeteria. Several barriers need to overcome first. This would be a private/public partnership building.
• ix.Motion to add 5 minutes, moved, seconded, all were in favor.
• x.Budget showed a decrease in revenue with an increase in expenditure compared to approved budget outcomes
• xi.Institution needs to decide if KSU want to be a part of the KERS system by April. This mainly affects staff.
• xii.12. Faculty Ombudsman Report [10 minute limit]
• a.Ombudsman spoke about his role on campus as serving faculty.
• b.Ombudsman reported 20% of indirect costs will go back to faculty member. Below are questions from faculty for ombudsman to take back to cabinet.
• i.When do funds need to be spent buy?
• ii.How was it communicated about the structure of these funds being distributed?
• iii.How can funds be utilized?
• iv.How are chairs and deans relying information to faculty member doing the grant.
• c.First meeting with President Brown will take place tomorrow. Contact ombudsman if you need assistant.
• Other Business [5 minute time limit]
• a.Kentucky State Professional Travel Fund has been reinstated this year.
• b.September 17 celebrating Constitution Day. Will be passing out pocket Constitution, having guest speaker, and allowing students to do poster session.
• c.College teaching books available for faculty members.
• Adjournment
• a.Vote held, moved, seconded, and all were in favor.

Sign in table and sheets are posted below.

Minutes completed by Dr. Jason Keeler

NAME Sign - In Department Committee/Office

Shawn Lucas Present Ag, Communities, and Env CC

Richard Cristan Present Ag, Communities, and Env BASC/Vice Chair

Leigh Whittinghill Present Excused absence Ag, Communities, and Env CC/Chair

Ken Semmens Present Agu and Aquatic Sci APC/Vice Chair

Herman Walston Present Fam and Cons Sci BASC

Johnathon Sharp Present Soc and Beh Sci CC/Secretary

Mara Merlino Absent Soc and Beh Sci BASC

Jyotica Batra Present Math and Comp Sci PCC/Vice Chair

Clifton Wise Present Math and Comp Sci BASC

Keith McCutcheon Absent Hum and Perf Arts APC

Helen Smith (President) Present Hum and Perf Arts

Sharon McGee Present Library PCC/Secretary

Monica Valentine (Parliamentarian) Present Pub Admin PCC/Chair

Emmanuel Amadife Present Gov, Pol, and Justice Studies CC

Rene Desborde Present Bus and Tech BASC

Jason Keeler (Secretary) Present Edu and Hum Dev APC/Chair

Phillip Clay (Vice President) Present Edu and Hum Dev BASC/Chair

Alexander Lai Present Nat Sci APC

Bruce Griffiths Present Nat Sci APC

Lisa Turner Absent Nur and Health Sci PCC

Bobby Walter Present At-Large (Library) APC/Secretary

Stephen Graham-Hill Present At-Large (Bus and Tech) APC

Debbra Tate Present At-Large (Library) At-Large (Ag, Communities, Env) BASC/Secretary

Allison Young Absent Absent PCC

Swagata Banerjee Present At-Large (Bus and Tech) CC/Vice Chair

Non-Senator Committee Members

Non-Senator Committee Members

Farida Olden Absent Ag, Communities, and Env CC

Nkechi Amadife Present Library PCC

Maheteme Gebremedhin Present Ag, Communities, and Env APC

Buddhi Gyawali Present Ag, Communities, and Env PCC

Peter Smith Absent Hum and Perf Arts PCC

DATE: 9/9/19

NAME Sign - In Department Committee/Off

Shawn Lucas Ag, Communities, and Env CC

Richard Cristan Ag, Communities, and Env BASC/Vice Chair

Leigh Whittinghill Youghang Whittinghill Ag, Communities, and Env CC/Chair

Herman Walston Aqu and Aquatic Sci APC/Vice Chair

Ken Semmens Fam and Cons Sci BASC

Herman Walston-Ken Simms Soc and Beh Sci CC/Secretary

Johnathon Sharp Soc and Beh Sci BASC

Mara Merlino Math and Comp Sci PCC/Vice Chair

Jyotica Batra Math and Comp Sci BASC

Clifton Wise Hum and Perf Arts APC

Keith McCutcheon Hum and Perf Arts

Helen Smith (President) Hum and Perf Arts

Sharon McGee Library PCC/Secretary

Monica Valentine (Parliamentarian) Pub Admin PCC/Chair

Emmanuel Amadife Gov, Pol, and Justice Studies CC

Rene Desborde Bus and Tech BASC

Jason Keeler (Secretary) Edu and Hum Dev APC/Chair

Phillip Clay (Vice President) Edu and Hum Dev BASC/Chair

Alexander Lai Nat Sci APC

Bruce Griffiths Nat Sci APC

Lisa Turner Nur and Health Sci PCC

Bobby Walter At-Large (Library) APC/Secretary

Stephen Graham-Hill At-Large (Bus and Tech) APC

Debbra Tate At-Large (Library) BASC/Secretary

Allison Young At-Large (Ag, Communities, E) PCC

Swagata Banerjee At-Large (Bus and Tech) CC/Vice Chair

Non-Senator Committee Members

Farida Olden Ag, Communities, and Env CC

Nkechi Amadife NIKE Chi Amadife Library PCC

Maheteme Gebremedhin Ag, Communities, and Env APC

Buddhic Gyawali Ag, Communities, and Env PCC

Peter Smith Hum and Perf Arts PCC

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