I. Monthly Meetings:

A .Senate meetings [summary and expanded minutes posted on Senate web page]

B.  Faculty Senate Executive Committee meetings [minutes posted on Senate web page]

C. Faculty Senate Executive Committee meetings with President Garrison and Provost Capilouto [minutes posted on Senate web page]; Senate identifies topics for discussion

II. Faculty Representation to University Committees – nomination of Senators and appointment by President Garrison [Academic Programs Council; Athletic Advisory Committee; Campus Planning Committee; Commission on Status of Women; Diversity Advisory Council; Faculty Enrichment Committee; Fringe Benefits Committee; Undergraduate Programs Council; University Safety Committee; University Biosafety Committee; University Radioisotopes and Radiation Safety Committee; University Chemical Safety Committee]

III. Senate Representing Faculty on Provost Appointed Committees [Chair, Chair-elect, Past Chair and Senators are appointed as needed for committees formed to address specific topics]; examples include Textbook Committee, Gender Equity Committee, Research related committees-InfoEd; Council for Translational Research; Enterprise Risk Management Plan

IV. Recommendations Submitted to Provost Capilouto

A. July 2009 – Written grievance procedures at the unit level be included in unit Faculty Handbooks; Provost communicated with Deans to encourage that unit level grievance procedures be written and included in unit handbook

B. August 2009 – Addition of Faculty Senate to the UAB Organizational Chart; Provost/President approved August 31, 2009

C. August 2009 – Status of vacation accrual, sick time accrual and holidays and that no changes be made to decrease the number of days defined in current policies; topic under discussion by UAB Fringe Benefits Committee

D. August 2009 – Accrual methods and documentation standardized process for faculty; under consideration by Human Resources

E. September 2009 – Senate support for University to implement a Policies and Procedures Library; this online library was implemented August 2010 http://www.uab.edu/policies

F. November 2009 – Addition of shared governance language to the Faculty Handbook; under review by Provost with Senate Executive Committee

G. November 2009 – Senate requested discussions concerning the UA System Ethics Hotline to address revisions to the guidelines and the information on the web site and the processes; discussions are ongoing http://www.uab.edu/ethics/

H. March 2010 – Procedure for evaluated administrators to give feedback to constituents by implementation of feedback process; to be implemented following fall 2010 evaluations of President, Provost, Deans

I. March 2010 – Creation of Policies and Procedures Library Advisory Committee; Advisory Committee is being appointed and will be chaired by Ms. Teresa Bragg, UAB Compliance Officer as of September 2010; Senate and FPPC representatives to this advisory committee

J. August 2010 – Revisions to Faculty Handbook concerning faculty representation to Faculty Policies and Procedures Committee based on formation of College of Arts and Sciences; amendments to Faculty Senate Bylaws to address membership of the FPPC; pending review by Provost

K. August 2010 – Amendments to Faculty Senate Constitution as to faculty representation to the Senate from the College of Arts and Sciences; pending full faculty vote and approval by Provost

L. September 2010 – Amendments to Faculty Senate Constitution as to Standing Committees; separate Curriculum Committee and Research Committee to be able to more specifically address undergraduate curriculum topics and to address research infrastructure concerns

V. Senate Activities August 2009 - Present

A. August 2009 – Open Forum Senate meeting identification of topics of concern for faculty; topics addressed by Senate during the year; report posted on Senate web page

B. October 2009 – First University Faculty Forum – topics of faculty concern identified and addressed during the year; summary report posted on Senate web page

C. October 2009 - Senate sponsored State of the University Address by President Garrison

D. October 2009 – Senate sponsored IDEA administrator evaluations completed for department chairs

E. October 2009 – Senate appointed Ad Hoc Research Committee to address issues identified at the Faculty Forum; report is available on Senate web page; OGCA open session meetings are one follow up action to recommendations

F. November 2009 – Senate conducted elections for faculty representatives to CAS Decanal Search Committee

G. December 2009 – Senate elections {Senators and FPPC representatives} process initiated; completed in March 2010

H. January 2010 – June 2010 – Faculty Development Grants Program activities by the Research Subcommittee of C&R; review of proposals and submission of rankings submitted to Associate Provost; recipients for 2010 are posted on Senate web page

I. April 2010 – Senate conducted Health Benefits Survey; results presented to Fringe Benefits Committee

J. May 2010 – Annual reports for Senate committee activities – posted on Senate web page

K. June – July 2010 – newly elected officers, senators’ orientation; identification of goals for year

L. August 2010 – Shared governance survey with results to be released at the October 1, 2010 Faculty Forum

M. October 2010 – Second University Faculty Forum on October 1, 2010

N. October 2010 – Senate sponsored IDEA administrator evaluations to be conducted for President, Provost and Deans

O. October 2010 – Senate conducting full-time faculty vote on Constitution amendments