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Meeting Minutes: April 17, 2025

MINUTES

The Faculty Senate met on Thursday April 17, 2025, in French Admin Faculty Senate Conference room 344B and via Zoom. Fifty-one (51) senators were present, four (4) vacancies with thirty-four (34) absent, and twenty-one (21) non-voting members. The meeting was called to order by Tracy Klein, Senate Chair, at 4:16 pm. 

Guest Presentations (30 minutes):

Compliance & Risk – Sharyl Kammerzell, Associate Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer – Risk & Compliance Update Presentation

  1. Call to Order: 4:16 pm
  2. Approval of minutes from April 3, 2025, Faculty Senate meeting (PDF).
    1. Approved by unanimous consent.
  3. Additions or changes to the agenda
    1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion items 1 through 4 from discussion to action items. A. Dimitrov seconded
    2. (Item 2024.10.17_429_COC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits 429A, 429B)
    3. (Item2024.10.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 516A).
  4. Announcements
    1. Legislative affairs – S. Bollens
    2. Board of Regents Update – J. McDonald
    3. Reports
      1. Remarks by Faculty Senate Executive Committee
        1. T. Klein, Faculty Senate Chair
        2. E. Shelden, Immediate Past Chair
        3. K. Roberts, Chair Elect
        4. M. Hudelson, Executive Secretary
  5. Information Items
    1. (Item #2025.04.17_522_Steering) Move the Pre-Licensure Master’s Program to the Department of Foundational Practice and Community-Based Care in the College of Nursing (Exhibit 522A, 522B)
    2. (Item #2025.04.17_524_CRP) Minor Change Bulletin No. 7, Courses (Exhibit 524A)
  6. Agenda Items
    1. Action Items
      1. (Item #2025.04.03_476_Steering) 2025-2026 Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule(476A, 476B)
        1. Motion passed; 44 Approve, 1 Reject
      2. (Item #2025.03.20_506_FAC) Proposed description of Community Faculty (Exhibits 506A, 506B)
        1. Motion passed; 49 Approve, 0 Reject
      3. (Item 2025.04.03_507_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section I.B.4, Short-Term Faculty description (Exhibits 507A, 507B, 507C)
        1. Motion passed; 23 Approve, 21 Reject
      4. (Item #2025.04.17_509_Steering) Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Steering Committee for the Steering Committee to carry out all necessary Faculty Senate functions during the period of May 16, 2025, through August 15, 2025.
        1. Motion passed; 46 Approve, 1 Reject
      5. (Item 2025.04.03_510_GSC) Recommendation of Pre-Licensure Plan under Masters of Nursing program (Exhibits510A, 510B)
        1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
      6. (Item 2025.04.03_511_FAC) Proposed changes to the Faculty Manual Section III.E, Termination of Employment (Exhibits511A, 511B, 511C)
        1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
      7. (Item 2025.04.03_513_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding forms for tenure and promotion (Exhibits513A, 513B, 513C, 513D this document speaks to both item #513 and #514)
        1. Motion rejected; 21 Approve, 22 Reject
      8. (Item 2025.04.03_514_FAC) Proposed amendment to the Faculty Manual Section III.C.8, Advancement in Rank regarding transparency of the tenure and promotion process (Exhibits514A, 514B, 514C, 514D, 514E*, 514F*, 514G)
        1. Motion amended to replace language in exhibits 514B and 514c with language in 514E* and 514F*; final amended motion passed; 44 Approve, 1 Reject
      9. (Item #2025.04.03_515_Steering) Proposed amendment to Article III, Section 2A of the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws regarding ties in executive elections (Exhibit515A)
        1. Motion passed; 39 Approve, 1 Reject
      10. (Item #2025.04.03_520_CRP) Professional Health Sciences Major Change Bulletin No. 1, Courses (Exhibit520A)
        1. Motion passed; 41 Approve, 0 Reject
      11. Approval of Undergraduate Degrees: I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those undergraduate students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025
        1. Motion passed; 37 Approve, 0 Reject
      12. Approval of Graduate and Professional Degrees: I move that the university faculty recommend to the president and the Board of Regents that, effective at the closing dates for each graduating class, those graduate and professional students who have completed degree requirements and whose names remain on the “Official List of Degree Candidates” be advanced to the degrees set above their names as members of the classes of Spring 2025, Summer 2025, and Fall 2025
        1. Motion passed; 45 Approve, 1 Reject
      13. (Item 2024.10.17_429_CoC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits429A, 429B)
        1. Motion passed; 40 Approve, 0 Reject
      14. (Item #2025.04.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit516A)
        • Motion passed; 39 Approve, 0 Reject
      15. (Item #2025.04.17_517_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rule 4.d. (Exhibit517A)
        1. Motion passed; 41 Approve, 0 Reject
      16. (Item 2025.04.17_521_CoC) Recommendation of new members to Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit521A)
        1. Motion passed; 40 Approve, 0 Reject
      17. (Item 2025.04.17_523_Steering) Proposal to create a BA degree in Economic Sciences (Exhibits523A, 523B, 523C, 523D, 523E, 523F)
        1. Motion passed; 33 Approve, 3 Reject
    2. Discussion Items
      1. (Item 2024.10.17_429_CoC) Proposal to establish Faculty Compensation Committee (Exhibits 429A, 429B)
        1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 1 to action items. A. Dimitrov seconded.
        2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
      2. (Item #2025.04.17_516_AAC) Addendum No. 1 to Undergraduate and Professional Major Change Bulletin No. 9, Requirements (Exhibit 516A)
        1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 2 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
        2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
      3. (Item #2025.04.17_517_AAC) Proposal to Revise Rule 4.d. (Exhibit 517A)
        1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 3 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
        2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
      4. (Item 2025.04.17_521_CoC) Recommendation of new members to Faculty Senate Committees (Exhibit 521A)
        1. J. Barber motioned to move discussion item 4 to action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
        2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
      5. (Item 2025.04.17_523_Steering) Proposal to create a BA degree in Economic Sciences (Exhibits 523A, 523B, 523C, 523D, 523E, 523F)
        1. A. Prera motioned to move discussion item 5 to an action item. A. Dimitrov seconded.
        2. Motion passed; 47 Approve, 0 Reject
  7. Constituent Concerns:
  8. Adjournment:

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