October 11, 2017
Faculty Senate Minutes
October 11, 2017 (Approved)
Chair, Kevin Hall
Secretary, Linda Jones
Attendance ( A-absent; otherwise, present)
Faculty Senate Officers and Senators
| OFFICERS | Kevin Hall Kathleen Lehman |
Fran Hagstrom Tom Jensen |
Robert Brady | Linda Jones | John Pijanowski (A) |
| COLLEGE OR SCHOOL | |||||
| School of Architecture | Frank Jacobus (A) | ||||
| School of Law | Uche Ewelukwa Ofodile (A) | ||||
| Library | Stephanie Pierce (A) | ||||
| Walton College | Rajiv Sabherwal (A) | TBD (A) | TBD (A) | TBD (A) | |
| College of Engineering | Paneer Selvam (A) | Manuel Rossetti (A) | Justin Chimka | Kevin Hall | |
| Bumpers College | Ioannis E. Tzanetakis | Kate Shoulders (A) | Bruce Ahrendsen | Navam Hettiarachchy | Don Edgar |
| College of EDHP | Chris Goering | Kaitlin Gallagher | Kristin Higgins (A) | Stephanie Lusk | Lisa Bowers (A) |
| Fulbright College | Anna Zajicek (A) Hope Christiansen (A) Myria Allen (A) William Quinn |
James Gigantino Fred Spiegel (A) Ravi Barabote (A) Calvin White |
Weston Wilkerson (A) Shauna Morimoto (A) Dennis Brewer Denise Beike (A) |
Suresh Kumar Thallapuranam (A) Stephen Caldwell James Lampinen |
Matt McIntosh (A) Kathy Comfort (A) Michael Landman (A) |
| At-Large Members | Cheryl Murphy Luti Salisbury Tom Jensen |
Kelly Hammond Deborah Korth Karen Sebold |
David Gay Michelle Gray (A) |
Norm Dennis (A) Neil Allison |
Timothy Kral Don Johnson |
| Non-Voting Senators in Administration | |||||
| Joe Steinmetz (A) Kathy Van Laningham Kim Needy Lynda Coon |
Jim Coleman (A) Don Judges Matthew Waller (A) Melissa Harwood Rom (A) |
Ro DiBrezzo (A) Charles Robinson (A) Michael Miller Julie Cromer |
Jim Rankin (A) Lona Robertson John English (A) John Fagg |
Terry Martin Peter MacKeith (A) Stacey Leeds |
Suzanne McCray (A) Todd Shields (A) Carolyn Henderson Allen (A) |
I. Call to Order - Kevin Hall
The meeting was called to order at 3:30 p.m.
II. Roll Call
Roll called!
III. Approval of Agenda
Agenda approved
IV. Approval of Minutes of September 13, 2017
Minutes approved
V. Reports
A. Provost's Report - No report given; the Provost is away in Rome.
B. Faculty Senate Chair - Kevin Hall
Agenda is light - but don't feel too secure about this! Things coming up:
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- John Delery - a Chancellor's Fellow - He is to lead a panel to look at policies and procedures with regards non tenure track faculty. Important work. Have submitted some names of folks to serve from the Faculty Senate. May see things come our way by the spring semester.
- Looking at Promotion and Tenure policies and procedures. Will deliver a charge to the P&T committee to take a comprehensive look at our APT policies on this campus, with a focus primarily on tenure and tenure track. New software may be coming our way that can help with annual review, and potentially with tenure and promotion as well.
- Also looking at the Teaching Council and their work on teaching evaluation.
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VI. Announcements
Just under 30,000 for the United Way Campaign. Still hope to meet our goal.
The Fall meeting of the Campus Faculty will take place on Thursday, October 26 th from 3:30 – 4:30pm in Giffels Auditorium. Topic - Gun Law on Campus.
VII. Old Business
VIII. New Business
A. Consent Agenda: The following items are referred by the University Course and Programs Committee and/or the Graduate Council for review and action by the Faculty Senate at its meeting scheduled October 11, 2017:
1. Course Change proposals – including graduate classes approved by theUniversity Course and Programs Committee on August 4, 2017 as well as undergraduate classes on September 22, 2017 and the Graduate Council on August 17, 2017: (PDF Report).
2. Informational items –
a. Applied Sustainability Center – deletion (2a_APPL SUST Ctr – Admin Unit Deletion –Ltr of Notification, 2a_Applied Sustainability – Closing Document).
b. RFID Research Center – deletion (2b_RFID Res Ctr – Admin Unit Deletion – Ltr of Notification, 2b_RFID Center Closing Letter).
IX. Adjourn
3:48 adjournment