since none of his colleagues who were directly involved with IGS were in the Senate meeting, he moved to table the proposal.

Dr. Freeman-Taylor said that these action items should have gone out to all faculty with the announcement of the Senate meeting as had been regular practice in past years.

The Senate voted on the motion to table this action item. The vote was 15 in favor of tabling it, none opposed and one abstention.

The next curriculum action item from BSS was to institute a new course, BSS 415 Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. This course will be part of a minor in Cultural Diversity Studies that will be coming as a program proposal soon.

This new course proposal was approved unanimously.

PCC is focusing on development of a mentoring program that is still in process. The Ad Hoc Budget Crisis Committee is still working. Also, PCC has a letter addressing the suspension of tenure and promotion that is being held pending legislative budget action.

Budget and Academic Support Committee – Senator Jennifer Ballard-Kang

Dr. Herman Walston visited the last meeting and shared plans for the upcoming grants training workshop for faculty. The workshop will be Friday April 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Contact Dr. Walston or any BASC member for details.

BASC is following HB 250 carefully. Also this semester, the committee will be meeting with a Frankfort city government representative about possible partnerships with the city on future events.

There was no other business.

The Senate adjourned at 10:07

Senators