Approval of Previous Minutes —

Approval of Minutes from July 8, 2026: Erik Lundquist motions to approve the minutes from July 8. Missy Somers seconds. Minutes approved without objection. 

Student Senate Report

Elections for student representatives to SenEx will be at the next assembly meeting on Sept 15. 

Staff Senate Report

Staff Senate met in early August for its annual retreat. Topics during the retreat included:

• Leadership and priorities for the upcoming year  
• Having a campus presence and getting out into the community  
• Promoting sustainability, stewardship, and campus beautification: 
  • Working with Facilities and Operations on a project sponsored by Staff Senate and staff members.
• The Staff Senate presidents from KBOR institutions have been invited to have breakfast with KBOR this fall: 
  • KBOR initiated this invitation. 
  • The Staff Senate presidents for KBOR institutions are USS – UPS Council members as well. 

Faculty Senate Report

The Faculty Senate committees are now staffed and ready to start the semester.

The upcoming year is anticipated to be a year of policy changes in relation to the union. 

KBOR has a new president which started at the beginning of August. 

University Senate Report

University Senate has invited state and federal leaders to come speak:

• Cindy Holscher, democratic nominee for Kansas governor, has accepted an invitation to come speak at University Senate on Thursday, September 3. 
• The republican governor nominee has also been invited but a date has not been confirmed. 
• Roger Marshall and Adam Hamilton have also been invited to speak. 
• Larry has also reached out to U.S. Department of Education regarding a possible presentation by Linda McMahon. The invitation is tentatively being considered, although a date has not been established.  

Larry had lunch with Chancellor Girod. Chancellor Girod plans to visit with University Senate as well. 

University Senate would like to continue engaging with university leadership and elected officials throughout the semester. 

New Business —

Julie Myer: Chair of International Affairs Committee

• Julie Myer speaks to SenEx to share a few updates surrounding the international community at KU including the role of International Student Services. 
• Julie also goes over some of the charges with SenEx, particularly related to the charge of reviewing and making recommendations surrounding how ISS and KUIA work with international KU graduates to find jobs after graduation.  

There is discussion that these components are out of scope of the committee.

• There is also discussion that student health insurance is also out of scope of this committee. 
• Motion to approve the changes that Julie proposes and remove these components from the charges. Eric Lundquist motions to approve. Missy Somers seconds. Approved by SenEx without objection. 
• These changes will be sent to University Senate. 

Charlotte Tritch: Chair of Academic Policies & Procedures Committee 

• Charlotte Tritch speaks to SenEx about the charges for the AP&P Committee.
• A suggestion is made about incorporating the chairs in updating the charges prior to the summer meeting. 
• The charges for the committee are significant but not completely clear. 
• The specific charge of “Evaluate the impact of the Excused Absences Policy on constituent workload. Explore what education and university resources can be implemented to facilitate the process. Review the make-up quiz of Article II, Section 2.5” is broad and likely should not fall specifically on this committee. 
• Overall, charges 2 and 3 seem difficult for the committee to address without clarification. 
• Charges 1 and 4 are more specific so that the committee can work with the Office of the Registrar. 
• The request is for the charges to be streamlined for the committee to realistically achieve. The committee also works with program discontinuances in the fall, which is a substantial charge.
• If the charges are going to remain with the AP&P committee, the request is for clarity. 
• Charlotte will make some edits to the charges, and an updated version will be sent back to SenEx

Meeting adjourned.