MINUTES
Reynolds #210 2/18/2016
Agenda Topics
- Senators in Attendance: Tim Wise, Sheila Pearson, Neelie Dobbins, Ron Smith, George White, Denise Moseley Pat Clanton, Stacy Clanton, Alec Testa, John Hutchens, Abdel Bachri, Shane Warrick, Becky Parnell, Copie Moore.
- Call to Order
Reading of Proxies- Denise Moseley was proxy for Sara Day, and Stacy Clanton was proxy for Juping Wang.
- Approval of Minutes
Abdel Bachri moved to approve the minutes of the January 21 meeting and Shelia Pearson seconded the motion.
- New Business
Josh Jenkins and Kelsey Urgo reported that ALLUSERS and ALLSTUDENTS will be disabled on April 1st. Training for new email procedures will be provided.
Tim Wise reported on behalf of the Commencement Committee that the committee recommends a change to two undergraduate graduation ceremonies beginning with spring graduation. In the spring ceremony, the College of Education and the College of Liberal and Performing Arts will be included in the first ceremony, and the College of Business and College of Science and Technology will be included in the second ceremony. The School of Graduate Studies will remain unchanged with a separate ceremony before the other two. Stacy Clanton moved to approve, and George White seconded the motion to change to two graduation ceremonies. The motion carried. The Handbook Committee will meet to determine language to reflect changes in the Faculty Handbook.
George White submitted five proposals on behalf of the AQIP Quality Council Regarding Faculty Credentials and HLC Requirements (see attached). A motion was made by George White and seconded by Copie Moore to refer all five of the proposals to the Faculty Handbook Committee for consideration.
George White presented a Committee Report and Recommendation from the Performance Review Committee concerning promotion and tenure procedures. The recommendation was referred to the Faculty Handbook Committee.
- Old Business
Stacy Clanton reported that the ad hoc Reserved Parking Committee, made up of representatives from Faculty Senate, University Police, Student Government, and the office of the VP for Finance met. Reflecting concensus reached by the committee, Stacy Clanton moved the following: that item 2 of the most recent version of the policy be changed in the following way: “2. Upon discovery that his or her reserved parking spot has been taken by someone without authorization, the owner of the spot may do the following: call the contracted towing company and ask that the vehicle be towed to the physical plant, and call campus police so that a citation may be issued to the driver of the vehicle”; that item 3 of the most recent version be eliminated; and that the Faculty Senate urge the administration to work with student government to solve concerns related to getting a car out of impoundment when the business office is closed.” The motion was seconded by Alec Testa and passed by unanimous voice vote.
- Adjournment- meeting adjourned at 5:00.
