Approval of Previous Minutes —

A correction is requested regarding minutes from Feb 10. Items listed under “unfinished business” should be “new business.” This will be corrected. Minutes approved with that correction. 

Student Senate Report

The Big 12 on the Hill trip to Washington DC was canceled due to severe weather. 

Student leadership had planned to advocate for financial aid and agriculture-related legislation affecting Kansas. 

Staff Senate Report

• Staff Senate leadership had meeting with Provost. 
• Topics discussed included the Docking Institute Staff Satisfaction Survey and recommendations. Results will soon be published and distributed to staff. 
• Also discussed was the Great Colleges to Work For survey, ICE activity on campus, Kansas Bathroom Bill, and orientation to the incoming provost. 

University Senate Report

There are upcoming candidate interviews for the Dean of the School of Education and Human Sciences during the first part of March. 

New Business —

Technical edits for ex-officio member on AP&P from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (Article X, Section 2: Membership): 

• Request to change the Director of Student Academic Services in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences to the Assistant Dean for College Undergraduate Academic Services in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. 

• Motion to vote on this technical edit regarding representative from College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Jessica Chilcoat motions, Kim Conard seconds. Motion passes.

The ex-officio representation from Academic Affairs will be sent to the AP&P Committee for additional information, as requested by University Senate. 

The Staff Senate Technology Committee is looking at the governing groups and technology committees at KU. There was discussion regarding the Generative AI Task Force Committee and Enterprise Systems leadership group. There aren’t many staff members or governance representatives, and the Technology Committee wanted to bring forward to SenEx for discussion. 

A question arose regarding graduate student representation, as graduate students need to start adapting to research ethics and using AI, and consider privacy implications of using AI tools. 

The AI Task Force has changed to the AI Privacy and Risk Council. There are a few faculty members from both campuses along with chief officers. This group may not be setting policy, but it may be helpful to get additional information. 

There was brief discussion surrounding textbooks and finding additional options for possible textbook adoptions. 

Meeting adjourned.