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Senators Ex Officio Members and Guests Present

Griffin, Robert Fine Arts

Gyawali, Buddhi at-large

Liu, Zhanping Computer Science

Smith, Peter LLP

BSS Tierra Freeman BSS

Nursing Hunt Butler Fine Arts

Assefa, Tibebe Elgie McFayden Faculty Regent

Alhuani, Abdallah Math & Sciences Mara Merlino BSS

Amusan, Ibukun AFE Karen Heavin MASC

Andries, Ken BSS

Capriles, Nancy BSS

Glass, Cindy BSS

Graham, William Education

Griffis, Bruce Math & Sciences

Kumar, Ashok at-large

Landy, Tucker Whitney Young

Moffett, Joe LLP

Ray, Andrew Aquaculture

Ross, Scott Fine Arts

Rye, Reba at-large

Sharma, Rita Math & Sciences

Sipes, Kim at-large

Tope, Avinash AFE

Ulrich, Stephen PUA,SW,CJ

Wang, Changzheng at-large

Representative needed from Nursing

The eleventh regularly scheduled meeting of the AY 2015-16 Faculty Senate was called to order at 3:13 pm on Monday, March 21, 2016, Hathaway Hall Room 123. The agenda was approved and Faculty Senate minutes of February 29, 2015 were approved with two friendly amendments.

Chair Andries presented the following Action Items that were discussed and passed:

FSCC 15-16-06 from LLP passed unanimously by voice vote with one course number correction. The proposed changes to the English Major program would add courses to the English Major Core requirements which are currently within menu options, and it would change course prerequisites. A new track within the major in Professional Writing will be added.

FSCC-15-16-23 from Business passed unanimously by voice vote. Adds two courses to the KSU Catalogue that are part of the degree requirements as passed in 2012.

FSCC-15-16-24 from Business passed unanimously by voice vote. Updates School of Business general education requirements adopted in Fall 2012 to University-wide General Education Requirements.

FSCC-15-16-25 from Math passed unanimously by voice vote. Add to the KSU Catalogue the correction that the pre-requisite general education mathematics course for MAT204 should be a C or better in MAT115/MAT176.

FSCC-15-16-26 from AFE passed by voice vote with one abstention. Creates 8 new coursed in AFE necessary to create the new option certificate in Veterinary Technology.

FSCC-15-16-27 from AFE passed by voice vote with one abstention. Creates new option under the AFE degree titled “Veterinary Technology” as a new degree certification under existing degree. This degree option will require 125 credit hours for graduation.

Chair Ross reported President Burse acknowledged in the special called Board of Regents meeting that he had built the FY1516 budget on an inaccurate enrollment projection of 1890 students. Revenue is dropping as scholarship is increasing with the 4.0 full scholarships received by 117 students Spring 2016. The recruitment firm, Scannell & Kurz, has a goal of 600 new Freshmen for Fall 2016. At the current time KSU has 190 students who have accepted with intent to enroll. About 1,300 have been admitted and historically 3-4% of that number can be expected to actually enroll and attend. The recruitment firm Scannell & Kurz's contract is not pay per performance. President Burse said if they did not produce then he will not renew the 4 year contract.

Other aspects of the fiscal situation at KSU were discussed including the question of how much Scannell & Kurz and The Registry are being paid for their work and where that money is coming from.

Chair Kumar re-presented FSPCC 01-15-06 that was passed by senate last year on midterm grades. It passed unanimously by voice vote.

APC Chair Moffett presented the FY1617 Academic Calendar. It passed with one nay vote. A Senator objected to the necessity of building the Academic Calendar around Homecoming instead of the opposite.

Senate discussed the option to drop students for nonattendance, with clear syllabi statements. APC will continue this discussion.

Regent McFayden reported his concern about the closed session of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents at the Special Called meeting. He does not know what the topic of discussion was. He asked that faculty be cautious when sending him complaints because he does not want to have to recuse himself from voting due to previous knowledge and dialogue. He said the Endowed Chairs could be brought on board relatively soon. KSU's Diversity Plan was discussed in the Board of Regents meeting and Academic Affairs will be moving forward to address deficiencies.

Regent McFayden does not know the cost of the consultants and said the Board had not voted on them. He said that it seems the Registry will be doing exactly what the Board is supposed to do. The Senate discussed the pros and cons of hiring Scannell & Kurz, the recruitment firm. One non-Senator said they have a proven track record according to President Burse and a Senator pointed out that they will be in competition with themselves as they take on more Kentucky schools. Another Senator said that the recruitment season is over for practical reasons and the goal will be even more difficult as a result.

A Senator reported that President Burse said in the Special Called Board meeting that Whiney Young is not really an Honor’s Program since they do no recruit their own students and that he wants to re- design the curriculum.

The meeting adjourned at 4:41 pm

Minutes Submitted by: Reba Rye, Faculty Senate Secretary