Faculty Senate Minutes 

May 6, 2020 

Held via Teams due to Covid 

 

Attending: Matt Hoch, Donna Azodi, Cristina Rios, Ashley Dockens, Ashwini Kucknoor, Berna Tokgoz, Brian Williams, Carmen Doering, Cengiz Sen, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Chris Martin, Chun-Wei Yao , Cindy Cummings, Cynthia Pipkins, Dorothy Sisk, Edgard Pujols, Eric Shannon, Eunjin Kwon, Garrick Hardin, Gwinyai Muzorewa, JP Nelson, Jim Armacost, Jennifer Fowler, Jeremy Shelton, Jing Zhang, John McCollugh, Joe Kruger, Kaye Shelton, Kelli White, Larry Osbourne, LeAnn Chisholm, Melissa Riley, Pat Heintzelman, Paul Hemenway, Praphul Joshi, Sarah Tusa, Serder Ilban, Suying Wei, Sujing Wang, Tim McCoy, Travis Prokop, Trina Nolen, Vivek Natarajan, Xenia Fedorchenko, Yueqing Li 

 

Call to Order: 3:36 p.m. 

 

Approval of the Minutes: A motion was made by Sarah Tusa. It was seconded by Jeremy Shelton and passed. 

 

President’s Report: 

• There will be a 3-step process to reopen campus. 
• We are establishing a task force to help small businesses. 
• Awards will be sent out soon. 
• The July mini will only be for labs and internships. 

• The university is looking into getting some Zoom licenses. 

 

Academic Issues: The committee will be discussing the laptops for incoming students policy. 

 

Budget and Compensation: No report 

 

Faculty Issues: No report 

 

Events: No report 

 

Research and Creative Activity: Although the committee is excited about going online for applications and such, as of right now there is no funding and everything is in limbo. 

 

Handbook: the committee is meeting on Friday. It will be the last meeting regarding the separation of policies and procedures. 

 

F2.08: No report 

 

Investigation: the committee is supposed to pick up some information on Monday. 

 

Student Success: No report 

 

New Business: 

• Thank you for reviewing the committees and councils list. 
• There were a lot of issues with groups that have not met in years. For example, the Promotion Review committee hasn’t met in two years, and we have other grievance processes in place. Perhaps we need an appellate body for all of the grievance issues instead of separate groups. 
• Graduate faculty membership expirations are possibly on hold. The information online needs correction. This is being followed up on. 
• Could the university secure a device/app for tracking Covid? There are free systems available. 

• We are moving to Yuja from Kaltura. 
• We may need some meetings during the summer due to the Covid situation. 

Elections: 

• The election was conducted via Microsoft forms. Jennifer Fowler was uncontested for president. Ashley Dockens was uncontested for Secretary. 
• The vice-president slot had three nominees: Cheng-Hsien Lin, Dorothy Sisk, and Paul Hemenway. 

• Cheng-Hsien Lin won with 27 votes to 7 for Dorothy Sisk and 8 for Paul Hemenway. 

 

Adjournment: 

Jim Armacost made a motion to adjourn. It was seconded by Chris Martin and passed.  

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 p.m.