Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
January 26, 2022
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 42 voting members, 26 were present. A quorum was met.
- A motion to approve the minutes of December 15, 2021, was made. The motion to approve the minutes was Voting record: 26 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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- Faculty Senate Subcommittees
- Shared Governance
- 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 (updated)
- Shared governance: Paul Jargowsky, James Boucher, Lorri Minnite
- Transparency Leadership: Bill Fitzgerald, Beth Rabinowitz, Susan Miller
- Carnegie Status Classifications
- Dan Hart preparing appeal
- Requesting R3 designation
- Believed to be accounting issue
- Advent of Oracle finance system in 2017 made tracking problematic
- Meeting with President Holloway in February
- Open a forum for questions for President Holloway (Google doc)
- Dynamics of on-line vs. in-person classes
- Hiring initiatives, long-term funding and how it is being allocated
- Long standing critical need vs. diversity hiring
- Small group requested to put together questions
- New Business
- Dean’s Search
- Full faculty meeting in April to discuss bylaws
The meeting adjourned at 12:26 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Paul Bernstein, Margaret Betz, Holly Blackford, James Boucher, Kendra Boyd, I-Ming Chiu, Iman Dehzangi, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Grasso, Osama Hamed, Evan Jewell, George Kumi, Haisheng Li, Rufan Luo, Jovanna Rosen, James Rushing, Carol Singley, Sarah Tosh, Zara Wilkinson, Anthony Wright; Officers: Bill Fitzgerald, Beth Rabinowitz, Julie Griepenburg
Absent (Senators): Margery Amdur, Aaron Hostetter, Susan Miller, Lorraine Minnite, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Harry Rhea, Stass Shpanin,
Excused Absent (Senators): Lauren Daniel, Rafey Habib, Debashis Kushary, Randy Mershon, Xingyun Qi, Marien Solesio
Present Senators-at-Large: Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky
Absent Senators-at-Large: (absent) Andrew Abeyta, Nathan Fried
Excused Senators-at-Large: (absent)
Present (Invited Guests): Alex Roche
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________