Meeting Minutes: January 10, 2019

Faculty Senate Minutes

Regular Meeting

January 10, 2019

The Faculty Senate was called to order by Jeannette Mageo, Chair on Thursday January 10 2019 in FSHN T101 at 3:30 p.m. Fifty-three (53) members were present with seventeen (17) absent and six (6) nonvoting members present.

Minutes of  November 15, 2018 meeting were approved as circulated.

1. Announcements (Information items).
   1. Information Items.
      1. Minor Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibit B) 
      2. The Executive Officers met with the President on November 26, 2018
      3. The Executive Officers met with the Provost on November 27, 2018 and December 18, 2018
2. Announcements (Reports)
   1. Remarks by Chair
   2. Remarks by Greg Crouch and Judi McDonald
   3. Remarks by Chris Keane
3. Additions or Changes to the Agenda – none
4. Agenda Items (Action Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve changes to the Faculty Manual – Professional Leave (Exhibits  C   C1  ) D. Yost
      1. Motion Carried
   2. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve changes to the Faculty Manual – Annual Review: Intensive Review, Results (Exhibits  D   D1) D. Yost
      1. Motion Carried
   3. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve changes to the Faculty Manual – Annual Review (Exhibits  E  E1) D. Yost
      1. Motion Carried
   4. Recommendation from the Faculty Affairs Committee to approve changes to the Faculty Manual – Advancement in Rank (Exhibits F  F1) D. Yost
      1. Motion Carried
   5. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #5 (Exhibit G )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. Motion Carried
   6. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #6 (Exhibits H  H1) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
   7. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the proposal to Drop MBA Certificates – Stakeholder Leadership, Technology Management (Exhibits I ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. Motion Carried
5. Agenda Items (Discussion Items).
   1. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve Graduate Major Change Bulletin #6 (Exhibit J )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   2. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the Protein Biotechnology Revised Graduate Certificate (Exhibits K   K1)  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   3. Recommendation from the Graduate Studies Committee to approve the MS Environmental Science Revised Plan (Exhibits  L   L1  )  D.Call/A.Dimitrov
      1. No Discussion
   4. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the Undergraduate Major Change Bulletin #7 (Exhibits  M  M1 ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   5. Recommendation from the Academic Affairs Committee to approve the UCORE Bulletin #2 (Exhibit N ) – K. Hildenbrand
      1. No Discussion
   6. Recommendation by Research and Arts Committee to approve the Center for Arts and Humanities (Exhibits O  O1  O2 )  T.Barry/B. John Mariadoss
      1. No Discussion
6. Constituents’ Concerns.
   1. CAHNRS grants staff is under supported and appears to not retain staff. Services of monitoring grants and contacting funders for billing being missed. Delays causing extra work for faculty.  Chair asked this be concern be documented on the website for additional follow up
   2. Detailed transcript of concerns and resolutions are on the Faculty Senate Website.
7. Adjournment.                                                     

                      The meeting adjourned at 4:22 p.m.

                                              Amy Nielsen, Executive Secretary