University Senate Meeting Minutes
Meeting Details:
Fiscal Year: FY2025
Date:
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Zoom
Guest Speaker: Callie Long and Mark Reiske
Minutes Recorded By: Shayla Murphy
Minutes Approved on:
Attendance—
Attending Members
- Josh Arpin Marissa Marshall
- Sam Brody Teri Chambers
- Kim Conard Jason Matejkowski
- Sarah Wilson Merriman Camille Chaffin
- Robert Eppler Frank Weinhold
- Jennifer Roberts Brian Moss
- Brendan Mattingly Jonathan Grant
- Mary Dykmann Samantha Bishop Simmons
- Muhammad Raza Nathan Binshtok
- Jessica Chilcoat Bozenna Pasik-Duncan
- Sasha Sharman Brendan Falen
- Margaret Bayer Robert Eppler
- Evanna Dominic Liz Barton
- Jeremy McLeod Poppy DeltaDawn
- Masoud Darabi Wyatt Haywood
- Trina Weekly Danielle Hemingson
- Chris Wallace
- Mugur Geana
Other Attendees
- Mark Reiske
- Callie Long
- Suzanne Scales
- Jeff Chasen
- Caleb Snider
- Shayla Murphy
Approval of Previous Minutes —
Approval of December 5, 2024, minutes: No objections or comments. Chris Wallace motions to approve.
Kim Conard seconds the motion. Minutes approved by acclamation.
Guest Speaker Presentation —
Guest Speaker: Callie Long and Mark ReiskeCallie Long, Vice Chancellor for Operations and Mark Reiske, Director of Facilities Planning & Development
Reports—
Student Senate Report
Reporter: Brendan Falen: Undergraduate and Graduate
- Had first undergraduate student council meeting of 2nd semester - passed bill to fund KU Opera and its productions.
- Preparing for Higher Ed Day and Bill 12 On the Hill Conference in Washington DC.
- Josh received e-mail regarding Student Resolution on the updated Dual Employment on Campus policy which specifies that students are not to have both an hourly and salaried position (on campus) at the same time -- Josh will reach out to get additional context.
- This is due to KBOR policy and benefits compliance.
- Student Senate will be having Student Fee hearings so that all units that receive student fees may present to the Student Fee Committee their funding requests. This helps determine how student fees are allocated.
Staff Senate Report
Reporter: Teri Chambers
• Teri attended Strategic Alignment Meetings – found those helpful and enlightening.
• Caitlin Day Wedel presented at the December Staff Senate meeting. Ed Hudson plans to present at the January Staff Senate meeting.
Faculty Senate Report
Reporter: Samy Brody
- Sam went to the Board of Regents meeting this month and met with Council of Faculty Senate Presidents.
- They are working on an awards process for Faculty of the Year Award and having the award include all faculty rather than limiting to only tenure-track faculty.
- Working on tuition assistance to be expanded at the KBOR level rather than only institutional level. A survey will be going out soon.
- Core 34 Letter: should this be an open letter?
- Faculty Senate has not met yet this semester. Sam will likely have more updates after meeting with Faculty Senate.
University Senate Report
Reporter: Josh Arpin
- Josh reminds about end-of-the-year University Senate reports. Josh plans to work on those too.
- The Environmental and Sustainability Committee has been approved by Provost and currently with Chancellor. Charges have been drafted by Student Senate and sent to Josh.
- Josh plans to visit with Chancellor about Gateway District and some community concerns. Chancellor may have additional insights. If there are questions, please send them to Josh.
- The Fall Semester calendar for 2025 will be updated so the semester starts a week earlier and also ends a week earlier on December 12, 2025. This has gone through approvals, including KBOR, so it’s official on the website.
- Excused Absence Policy is in the works with some options.
New Business —
No new business