Meeting of the CCAS Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
September 19, 2022
The meeting was called to order at approximately 11:20 a.m., with CCAS Faculty Senate President Beth Rabinowitz presiding. There are 44 Senators, including 3 officers and 3 senators-at-large. Of the 44 voting members, 32 were present. A quorum was met.
- Courses and Programs presented by Alex Roche Chair of the APC for approval by the Faculty Senate:
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- Dean Griffin came to speak to the Senate and answered faculty questions pertaining to fiscal year budgets, campus deficits, and enrollment issues
- Jillian Sayre introduced the Workload Survey created last year and explained what the goals were
o relaunch original teaching overload survey that would collect information on teaching and mentoring above contracted course load
- The President stated that a new website was being created for the Senate
- President made an appeal to ask colleagues to fill open committee seats, especially APC which was unable to present courses
- President asked for suggestions for how to ensure there are student reps on the Senate
o There was a brief discussion of the desirability of having student reps
o The matter was tabled for a future meeting
- President read a request of a faculty member that all faculty respect the Mask Mandate
- James Boucher presented a brief introduction to the amendments of the by-laws that had been made earlier but still had not been formally passed
- Jim Brown informed the Senate of the interim Provost’s unilateral discission to disband the Undergraduate Research Committee
o Jim agreed to provide a written description of what had occurred for the Senate
- A new sub-Committee was formed to review the by-laws and provide suggestions for how to increase faculty input and improve liaisons with the administration
o James Boucher, Chair
o Lori Minnite, Susan Miller, Lorrin Thomas and Beth Rabinowitz, members
The meeting adjourned at 12:20 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Paul Bernstein, Margaret Betz, Holly Blackford, James Boucher, Jim Brown, I-Ming Chiu, Lauren Daniel, Iman Dehzangi, Jamie Dunaev, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Geneva, Anthony Grasso, Julie Griepenburg, Osama Hamed, Nick Kapur, George Kumi, Haisheng Li, Randy Mershon, Lorraine Minnite, Kayla Preito-Hodge, Xingyun Qi, James Rushing, Stass Shpanin, Lorrin Thomas, Jeff Wang, Zara Wilkinson; Officers: Beth Rabinowitz, Susan Miller, Jovanna Rosen
Absent (Senators): Margery Amdur, Aaron Hostetter, John Wall
Excused Absent (Senators): Sean Duffy, Chris Fitter, Ana Laguna-Smith, Nate Wright
Present Senators-at-Large: Bart Everts, Nathan Fried
Absent Senators-at-Large: (absent)
Excused Senators-at-Large: (absent) Paul Jargowsky
Present (Invited Guests): Alex Roche
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________