Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
December 15, 2021
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:20 a.m.., with FASC Senate President Bill Fitzgerald presiding. There are 33 Senators, including 3 officers and four senators-at-large. Of the 40 voting members, 37 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of November 17, 2021, was made. The motion to approve the minutes was Voting record: 37 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 November 17, 2021 |
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Course Title |
Credit Value |
New/ Revision |
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Abstention |
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Biology |
50:120:383 |
Parasitology |
3 |
New |
37 |
0 |
0 |
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English & Communications |
50:354 |
Medievalist Ruins in the Movies |
3 |
New |
37 |
0 |
0 |
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- No Confidence Vote of Chancellor & Provost
- Still in negotiation with President Holloway to set up a meeting
- Requesting input on how meeting should run
- Same format as meeting with Chancellor Tillis
- Requesting small group of faculty to coordinate meeting
- Tillis is making significant effort to address collective expression in no confidence votes
- Meeting with Tillis held where he discussed no confidence votes, pay equity concerns, and fiscal year ’23 hiring plan
- No communication from Provost
- Interim leadership until January 2023
- Faculty needs to come together and express principles and actionable reforms to improve shared governance
- Faculty Senate Subcommittees
- Shared Governance
examples
- Guidelines on formation of search committees
- Guidelines for evaluation and retention
- Proposal for how faculty can provide input in strategic planning rather than consultants
- Faculty diversity initiative
- Assessment of existing programs
- Recommendation for new initiatives
What bodies responsible for vetting and approving of new programs
- Transparent Leadership
examples
- Creating fora for continued dialogues with Chancellor and Provost
- Presentation of Chancellor and Provost to Faculty Senate when introducing budget
- 4-5 people on each committee
- Room for Faculty Senate to be more vocal
- Changes to bylaws to improve shred governance
- All changes to bylaws must take place a full faculty vote
- Request greater input from full faculty
- Volunteers requested
- Shared governance: Paul Jargowsky, James Rushing, Lorri Minnite
- Transparency Leadership: Bill Firzgerald, Beth Rabinowitz, Susan Miller
- New Business
- NTT and other non-tenure trach faculty concerns with sensitive votes
- Put mechanism in place to provide anonymity in both in-person and Zoom meetings
- What are the fears junior faculty are facing?
- Is Faculty Senate a place for non-tenured faculty?
- Meeting with President Holloway in February
The meeting adjourned at 12:26 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Margery Amdur, Paul Bernstein, Margaret Betz, Holly Blackford, James Boucher, Kendra Boyd, I-Ming Chiu, Lauren Daniel, Iman Dehzangi, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Grasso, Rafey Habib, Aaron Hostetter, Evan Jewell, Haisheng Li, Rufan Luo, Randy Mershon, Susan Miller, Lorraine Minnite, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Xingyun Qi, Jovanna Rosen, James Rushing, Stass Shpanin, Carol Singley, Marien Solesio, Sarah Tosh, Zara Wilkinson, Anthony Wright; Officers: Bill Fitzgerald, Beth Rabinowitz, Julie Griepenburg
Absent (Senators): George Kumi, Harry Rhea
Excused Absent (Senators): Osama Hamed
Present Senators-at-Large: Andrew Abeyta, Bart Everts, Nathan Fried, Paul Jargowsky
Absent Senators-at-Large: (absent)
Excused Senators-at-Large: (absent)
Present (Invited Guests): Alex Roche
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________