Meeting of the Faculty Senate
Approved Minutes
November 18, 2020
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 October 28, 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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English |
50:842:330 |
The Rhetoric of Style |
3 |
New |
34 |
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- Bylaws Revisions-ADHOC Committee Meeting
- Committee consists of Jim Brown, Beth Rabinowitz, and Susan Miller
- Descriptions of Arts & Sciences committees
- Discussion to request meeting with Howard regarding budgeting priorities
- Report from Tim Knievel in Sakai
- 2 potential amendments
- Offer annual report or meeting with Dean when faculty offers specific requests
- Planning and budget committee to have more power in budget process (advise & approve budgets)
- Amendments require full faculty vote
- 25% of faculty can request meeting with Howard to which he is required to call
- Amendments cannot conflict with university policy
- Review policies of other campuses
- How to get more faculty and students involved in budgeting process
- Faculty would like to have more say how money is allocated
- Discussion on what role faculty could play in investigating what amendments are appropriate for budgeting
- Option 1: slight amendment to bylaws that the advisory roles are more specific. Vote:19.
- Amend bylaws so current committee can have more approval authority on budgets. Vote:22.
- Unpaid student internships
- Request possibility of dismissal of unpaid student internships
- Provide support for students partaking in unpaid internships
- To be discussed at a later date
- New Business
- RCM maintaining funding at similar level
- Costs high, revenue flat
- University president is reviewing
- Committee met (Paul Jargowsky, Larry Gaines, Mike Palis, Monica Adya) to request more details for formulas used in allocation process for cost centers
- Survey pertaining to problems at RCM will be sent
- Future Business
- Meeting with Howard to discuss budget process
The meeting adjourned at 12:11 p.m.
Present: Ross Allen, Margery Amdur, Paul Bernstein, Holly Blackford, James Boucher, Kendra Boyd, I-Ming Chiu, Jinglin Fu, Anthony Grasso, Julie Griepenburg, Rafey Habib, Osama Hamed, Nicole Karapangiotis, George Kumi, Haisheng Li, Joanie Mazelis, Susan Mokhberi, Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn, Xingyun Qi, Beth Rabinowitz, Suneeta Ramaswami, Jovanna Rosen, Jillian Sayre, Dan Semenza, Stass Shpanin, Carol Singley, Marion Solesio, Zara Wilkinson, Anthony Wright; Officers: Jim Brown
Absent (Senators): Debashis Kushary, Sara Leshen, Susan Miller, Ira Roseman,
Explained Absent (Senators): Angelica Gonzalez, Tamara Nelson, Silvia Perez-Cortez,
Senators-at-Large: (present) Andrew Abeyta, Rick Demirjian, Bart Everts, Paul Jargowsky
Senators-at-Large: (absent) Nathan Fried
Present (Invited Guests): Alex Roche, Jennifer Thiel
Drafted by Kelly Esterly, ________________________________