Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda

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Faculty Senate Meeting
Thursday, September 23, 2021 -- 3:45 p.m.

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Copy of Agenda

A.  Approval of August 26, 2021 Minutes:

1.  Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes 8.26.21

B.  Officer Reports

1.  Chair - Julie Lee

2.  Vice-Chair - Janet Applin

a. Vice Chair Report - September 2021

3.  Secretary - April Murphy

C.  Standing Committee Reports:

1.  Academic Quality, Francesca Sunkin, Chair: (Report posted)

2.  Budget and Finance, Guy Jordan, immediate past chair: (No report)

3.  Colonnade/General Education, Patricia Todd, Chair: (No report)

a.  Colonnade Information Jennifer Hanley & Molly Dunkum

4.  Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities, Tisha Jaggers, Chair: (No report)

5.  Graduate Council, Martha Day, Chair: (No report)

6.  Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Liz Sturgeon, immediate past chair: (No report)

D.  Other Committee/Organization Reports:

1.  Faculty Handbook, Juie Shadoan: (No report)

2.  Coalition of Senate and Faculty Leadership (COSFL), Robin Ayers, Chair:  (No report)

3.  American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Susan Eagle, Chair:  (No report)

4.  Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Molly Kerby, Chair (No report)

"WKU will be hosting the CPE Higher EDquity conference here on our campus, November 16 & 17. Please encourage your departments and colleagues to submit session proposals for the conference when the call is announced.”

E.  Advisory Member Reports:

1.  Faculty Regent, Shane Spiller

2.  Provost, Bud Fischer

a.  Information Item: Faculty Ombudsperson

3.  SGA President, Matthew Wininger

F.  Old Business:

G.  New Business:

1.  Academic Affairs Policy 1.4014 on Substantive Change

2.  Susan Eagle, discussion item: vaccine mandates

3.  Bruce Schulte, Strategic Plan Implementation Committee

4.  David Oliver, Director Environmental Health & Safety, COVID Taskforce Update