Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Meeting Details:
Fiscal Year: FY2025
Date:
Time: 3:15 pm
Location: Zoom
Minutes Recorded By: Suzanne Scales
Minutes Approved on:
Attendance—
Attending Members
J Delgado
Megan Sheldon
Josh Arpin
Sean Seyer
Frank Weinhold
Roberta Schwartz
Samuel Brody
Marike Janzen
Jason Matejkowski
Kristi Neufeld
Muhammad Raza
Misty Heggeness
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
Sean Seyer
Matt Jacobson
Anne Patterson
Lorin Maletsky
Samantha Simmons
Gene Parker (iPhone)
Joe Walden
Colin McRoberts
Other Attendees
Suzanne Scales
Shayla Murphy
Caleb Snider
Kim Warren
Jeff Chasen
Reports—
Faculty Senate Report
Reporter: Sam Brody
Sam reported the following.
- He attended KBOR> The Council of Faculty met. There is a project that makes it possible for KBOR to adopt a policy to allow people to get tuition assistance at other institutions. There is a survey going out. Sam encouraged those who have benefited from tuition assistance to take the survey.
- FacEx met. A call for the Faculty Rights Board went out. The response was good, and appointments will be made. We still need a JD. We will look at a CODE change proposal about
- Virtual Town Hall. Administrators talked about research funding. …
University Senate Report
Reporter: Josh Arpin
Josh reported the following.
- SenEx met on Tuesday. There are several items we are working on. We have a proposal from a committee in the College proposing changes to the Grade Replacement Policy.
- Dual Employment Policy. KU HR made some changes due to Fair Labor changes. We are trying to find out how we can help.
- There will be more dialogue on Excused Absences Policy.
- We are working on a letter about the Gateway District. Send questions to Josh.
Unfinished Business —
There was a discussion on research funding issue.
Comments/questions:
- Is there a discussion about academic freedom taking place around the K-12 issue?
- A private major grant was lost in Astronomy and Physics that was focused on DEIB. This will affect graduate students.
- The Union has information on Academic Freedom on the website. There was a proposal that was agreed upon.
- The changes are going to affect students’ planning for next year. What information are students getting?
There was a discussion about whether the CODE should be updated to specify a liaison to UAKU.
Another change to the CODE is the FRB membership and the AAUP member.
Another CODE change is if “tenured “can be changed to “non-tenured” for the Faculty Rights Board Committee. There was a discussion on this. This will be discussed at FacEx and return to the next Faculty Senate meeting.
CORE 34. The Chancellor has not brought up the CORE 34 issue with KBOR, as other issues are more pressing. Sam asked for feedback on how he should deliver the CORE 34 Faculty Senate letter to KBOR. Suggestions were to deliver it in person, if possible. There was a discussion about the future of CORE 34.
Meeting adjourned.