Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
January 27, 2021
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:20 a.m.., with FASC Senate President Jim Brown presiding. There are 43 Senators, including one officer and five senators-at-large. Of the 43 voting members, 34 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of December 9, 2020 was made. The motion to approve the minutes with the correction was Voting record: 34 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 October 28, 2020 |
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Department |
Course # |
Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
Aye |
Nay |
Abstention |
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Sociology |
50:070:314 |
Legal Anthropology |
3 |
New |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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Chemistry |
50:115:430 |
Biomolecular Forensic Science |
3 |
New |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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Chemistry |
50:115:431 |
Biomolecular Forensic Lab |
1 |
New |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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English |
50:192:232 |
Computational Thinking |
3 |
New |
34 |
0 |
0 |
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- Proposed Amendments to Bylaws for Budget & Planning
- How to make committee more powerful
- Broad discussion on how to improve committees in general
- Requires full faculty vote
- 3 committee members selected, 3 appointed by Dean
- Up to 2 students and staff
- Think of college as a whole instead of a department by department basis
- Work directly with the Dean
- Report details of annual budget to Faculty Senate
- Send amendments to Howard as a courtesy
- Recommend certain number of meetings annually to discuss budgeting
- How to make committee less advisory
- Request budget committee be involved in initial and rough drafts
- Specifying more elements of budget
- Request X number of days to respond to budget requests
- Work with Dean to create, revise, evaluate, and approve budgets
- Funding for recitation for large classes has been implemented
- New Business
- Vaccination policies
- Fall 2021 opening plans
The meeting adjourned at 12:11 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Margery Amdur, Holly Blackford, Kendra Boyd, I-Ming Chiu, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Grasso, Julie Griepenburg, Rafey Habib, Osama Hamed, Nicole Karapangiotis, George Kumi, Debashis Kushary, Sara Leshen, Haisheng Li, Nathan Link, Paul Lisicky, Susan Miller, Tamara Nelson, Sylvia Perez-Cortes, Suneeta Ramaswami, Erin Robinson, Jovanna Rosen, Jillian Sayre, Dan Semenza, Stass Shpanin, Marion Solesio, Zara Wilkinson, Anthony Wright; Officers: James Boucher, Jim Brown, Beth Rabinowitz
Absent (Senators): Paul Bernstein, Courtney Cavanaugh, Marie Chevrier, Xingyun Qi, Ira Roseman,
Explained Absent (Senators): Rick Demirjian, Angelica Gonzalez, Susan Mokhberi
Senators-at-Large: (present) Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky
Senators-at-Large: (absent) Andrew Abeyta, Nathan Fried
Present (Invited Guests): Alex Roche, Jennifer Thiel
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________