===== PAGE 1 ===== The fifth regular meeting of the 2019-2020 Faculty Senate will took place on Monday, October 28th, 2019, at 3:10pm in 123 Hathaway Hall. The meeting minutes are as follows: 1. Call to Order a. President Smith called the meeting to order at 3:12pm 2. Approval of Agenda [5 minute time limit] a. Motion was made to approve agenda, all were in favor. 3. Approval of Minutes of 10/7/2019 Senate Meeting [5 minute time limit] a. Corrections to add Leigh Whittinghill to present, and the misspelling of Ken Andries. b. Motion was made to approve the minutes from 10/7/2019, all were in favor 4. Faculty Senate President Report [15 minute time limit] a. Meeting with President i. Search for permanent Provost will begin next semester and will follow faculty handbook. ii. Issue of keeping low enrolled courses on the calendar. University may pay for the courses as overloads on top of faculty load to keep students on track for graduation, if faculty are willing to instruct the course. iii. President will ask Academic Affairs to look into compensation for independent studies. These will most likely be paid differently from the low enrolled course. 1. The issue is if the course is on the books to teach and only 1 student is in the course, it would be an independent study. This designation would be one type of compensation and if the course was a low enrolled course the faculty would be compensated differently. iv. Discussed issue of contracts coming out late, and having faculty unaware of being reappointed. This issue will be looked into by Academic Affairs. v. Faculty will be getting raises in the spring, but the manner in which the raises occur has not been decided. vi. President Brown's requests 1. Develop action item for APC to work on the committee book 2. Distinguished Professor Issue. This is a one-year appointment. A committee is working on this developing the definition and development of the award. Dr. Schneller will keep the senate informed. 3. APC needs to look at how many honorary degrees within a year. Legal counsel is checking into other institutions to compare the numbers of degrees. 4. President Brown stated he wants the Faculty Senate meetings to be very open and feels the presence of the President closes those doors sometimes. He is willing to attend any meeting the Senate asks him to attend. vii. Faculty/student affairs task force on student attendance issues. Dr. Schneller presented that a committee will be put together to try to address the issue of students not coming to class. 1. Please email Senate President Smith with anecdotal or statistical data on attendance in classes. ===== PAGE 2 ===== 5. Curriculum Committee – Leigh Whittinghill [5 minute time limit] a. Action Item CC_19_20_06. School of Business wants to create BUA 120: Business and Society. Motion was made to table voting until next full senate meeting, so that senate could review documents. All in favor, except 3 nays. b. Action Item CC_19_20_07. School of Education and Human Development degree name change from Physical Education (non-teaching) to Exercise and Sports Studies. Motion was made to approve, all in favor. c. Action Item CC_19_20_08. Name change of HIS 362 from Hispanic American History to Latinx American History. Motion made to approve, all were in favor. 6. Budget and Academic Support Committee – Phillip Clay [5 minute time limit] a. Discussed salaries through email. 7. Academic Policies Committee – Jason Keeler [5 minute time limit] a. APC is updating the Academic Calendar Creation Policy. b. APC is working on a 5 year calendar, with several members completing drafts for the next 5 years. c. APC is finishing the syllabus template, which should be voted on and brought to the Faculty Senate before the end of the semester. 8. Professional Concerns Committee – Monica Valentine [5 minute time limit] a. Did not meet, but have been reviewing documents not completed in the past v 9. Faculty Ombudsman Report [10 minute limit] a. Law Schools having recruiting events on campus. 2-4 pm tomorrow in Hathaway Hall 123. b. Asked for donations to The Bred Basket to help students in need. c. Email ombudsman if you have any issues you want to bring to president. 10. Other Business [5 minute time limit] a. Dr. Schneller, later this week the strategic plan survey will be sent out later this week. Please make sure to complete it and encourage others to complete it. i. COPLAC membership. Group to provide connections to other smaller liberal arts universities. ### 11. Adjournment a. Meeting was called to adjournment at 4:07pm, all were in favor. ===== PAGE 3 =====
NAMESign - InDepartmentCommittee/Office
Shawn LucasAbsentAg, Communities, and EnvCC
Richard CristanAbsentAg, Communities, and EnvBASC/Vice Chair
Leigh WhittinghillPresentAg, Communities, and EnvCC/Chair
Ken SemmensPresentAqu and Aquatic SciAPC/Vice Chair
Herman WalstonPresentFam and Cons SciBASC
Johnathon SharpPresentSoc and Beh SciCC/Secretary
Mara MerlinoPresentSoc and Beh SciBASC
Jyotica BatraPresentMath and Comp SciPCC/Vice Chair
Clifton WisePresentMath and Comp SciBASC
Keith McCutcheonAbsentHum and Perf ArtsAPC
Helen Smith (President)PresentHum and Perf Arts
Sharon McGeePresentLibraryPCC/Secretary
Monica Valentine (Parliamentarian)PresentPub AdminPCC/Chair
Emmanuel AmadifeAbsentGov, Pol, and Justice StudiesCC
Rene DesbordePresentBus and TechBASC
Jason Keeler (Secretary)PresentEdu and Hum DevAPC/Chair
Phillip Clay (Vice President)PresentEdu and Hum DevBASC/Chair
Alexander LaiPresentNat SciAPC
Bruce GriffithsPresentNat SciAPC
Lisa TurnerPresentNur and Health SciPCC
Bobby WalterPresentAt-Large (Library)APC/Secretary
Stephen Graham-HillAbsentAt-Large (Bus and Tech)APC
Debbra TatePresentAt-Large (Library)BASC/Secretary
Allison YoungAbsentAt-Large (Ag, Communities, Env)PCC
Swagata BanerjeePresentAt-Large (Bus and Tech)CC/Vice Chair
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Non-Senator Committee Members
Farida OldenAbsentAg, Communities, and EnvCC
Nkechi AmadifeAbsentLibraryPCC
Maheteme GebremedhinPresentAg, Communities, and EnvAPC
Buddhi GyawaliAbsentAg, Communities, and EnvPCC
Peter SmithAbsentHum and Perf ArtsPCC
GuestsDepartment
Tierra TaylorBSS
Ken AndriesCACE
Davis ShabazzLLP
Joe MoffettLLP
Beverly SchnellerAA
Gary StrattonCBCS
Kim SipesAA
Abdul TurayCBCS
James ObielodanSBT
Lauren GravesAA
Wilfred ReillyBSS