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Minutes of Faculty Senate 4/3/17 Meeting
112 Hathaway Hall
| Senators | Joe Moffett (LLP) |
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| Ibukun Amusan (Math & Sci) E | Narayanan Rajendran (at large) E |
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| Ken Andries (AFE) E | Reba Rye (at large) E |
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| Nancy Capriles (BSS) | Rita Sharma (Math & Sci) E |
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| Rene Desborde (Business) A | Kimberly Sipes (at large) |
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| Gary Elliott (WYS) | Peter Smith (LLP) |
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| Maheteme Gebremedhin (AFE) | Stephen Ulrich (PUA, CJ, SW) E |
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| Caroline Gibson (FIAR) | Changzheng Wang (at large) A |
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| Cindy Glass (BSS) | |
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| William Graham (EDU) | Ex Officio Members and Guests |
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| Robert Griffin (FIAR) | VPAA Candice Jackson |
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| Buddhic Gywali (AFE) E | Mara Merlino |
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| Dantrea Hampton (Library) E | Jo Anne Rainey |
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| Jens Hannemann (Comp Sci) | Cynthia Shelton |
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| Ashok Kumar (at large) | Roosevelt Shelton |
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| Vikas Kumar (AQU) A | Erin Gilliam |
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| Li Lu (Math & Sci) A | Michael Weaver |
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| Patti Marraccini (Nursing) | Tierra Freeman |
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| Rebecca McCoy (Nursing) | |
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President Sipes called the meeting to order at 3:20pm. Since only eleven senators were present there was no quorum and business couldn't be conducted until more members arrived. President Sipes suggested senators and guests discuss relevant issues in the meantime.
VPAA Jackson noted that the ad hoc committee on advising needed to meet. She also observed the given the lack of quorum at present, more senate meetings may need to be scheduled to be sure action items are completed before the end of the term.
Discussion ensued regarding hard and soft deadlines for items to come through senate, particularly from the curriculum committee. The Registrar needs to be notified that more items may arrive since she had set last week as the deadline for item inclusion in the new catalogue. Dr. Jackson said that adding new items to the catalogue will be easy given its electronic format.
President Sipes outlined the process by which new senators are elected and officers installed. Problems with the process were noted since college deans once played a role in certain processes