Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
February 25, 2020
The meeting was called to order at approximately 12:45 p.m., with FASC Senate President Jim Brown presiding. There are 43 Senators, including two officers and five senators-at-large. Of the 43 voting members, 35 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of January 28, 2020 was made. The motion to approve the minutes with the correction was Voting record: 36 ayes, 0 opposed, 0 abstention.
- Courses and Programs presented by Alex Roche Chair of the APC for approval by the Senate:
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Courses presented for approval by APC to Faculty Senate February 25, 2020 |
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Department |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
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Nay |
Abstention |
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Dean’s Office |
50:090:180 |
MCAT Preparation |
3 |
New |
35 |
0 |
0 |
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Economics |
50:220:497 |
Honors Program in Economics |
3 |
New |
35 |
0 |
0 |
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Economics |
50:220:498 |
Honors Program in Economics |
3 |
New |
35 |
0 |
0 |
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- New Business
- Dan Hart and Loree Jones discussed equity program, University’s efforts to promote cultural fairness, preparations for new president.
- Potential scheduling grid changes
- Bi-laws Change
- Roles of committees within Faculty Senate.
- Meeting with Howard to discuss steering committee responsibilities (president, vice-president, secretary).
- Full faculty can make changes, Faculty Senate can make recommendations (FASC=Faculty Arts & Sciences, CCAS=Faculty Senate).
- Faculty Senate requires 30-60 members, 1 senator for every 5 full-time faculty members.
- Discussion to change roles of Senators-at-Large if needed.
- Potential build-in of student representatives.
- Discussion to determine what committees should/should not exist.
- Committees are required to submit reports at the end of every year.
- Committees are required to elect their own Chairs. If one is not selected by a certain date, Faculty Senate can appoint a Chair.
- bylaws-revised-10-2015.pdf
- New Business
- Faculty Life and Student Life continued discussion of safety and policing concerns on campus.
- Equity pay raises.
- Larry Gaines to discuss budget issues
The meeting adjourned at 1:46 p.m.
Present: Andrew Abeyta, Craig Agule, Ross Allen, Margery Amdur, Holly Blackford, James Boucher, Kate Cairns, Courtney Cavanaugh, I-Ming Chiu, Jinglin Fu, Angelica Gonzalez, Julie Griepenburg, Osama Hamed, Michael Hayes, Tim Knievel, George Kumi, Kris Lindenmeyer, Paul Lisicky, Susan Mokhberi, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Sylvia Perez-Cortez, Xingyun Qi, Erin Robinson, Ira Roseman, Dan Semenza, Marien Solesio, Stass Shpanin, Carol Singley, Zara Wilkinson, Anthony Wright; Officers: Jim Brown, Shauna Shames
Absent (Senators): Paul Bernstein, Cynthia Clark, Sara Leshen, Haisheng Li,
Explained Absent (Senators): Suneeta Ramaswami, Jillian Sayre
Optional and noted (Faculty Senators-At-Large and University Senators):
Senators-at-Large: (present) Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky, Joan Mazelis, Laura Napolitano
Senators-at-Large: (absent) Jean-Louis Hippolyte,
Present (Invited Guests):
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________