There will be a Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, October 8, from 7:30-9:15 a.m. in Volker Hall, room 302 at 1670 University Blvd.
Chair of the Faculty Ria Hearld will give her monthly report. Provost and Senior Vice President Pam Benoit, will give her quarterly report along with Q&A and faculty collaboration session. Provost Benoit will answer and questions regarding the Quarterly Ethics Hotline and Faculty Grievances Report. Melinda Cotten, Associate Vice President Research Business Operations, will present a collaboration session regarding the proposed grant submission deadline procedure being discussed within the RANG & IRAP assessment findings and timeline. Q&A, collaboration, and faculty advisement time will be included in each session.
The first reading of and Q&A regarding the Faculty Policies & Procedures Committee-proposed FAQ for Conflict Resolution, an appendix to the UAB Faculty Handbook, will be led by Dan Givan, chair of the Faculty Policies & Procedures Committee.
Senate Committee Chairs will report on committee activities. Important information coming out of select university-wide committees will be shared.
An open forum time for faculty to raise concerns, ideas, and suggestions and to make suggestions regarding items the various Faculty Senate Standing Committees should address, is also on the agenda.
A full agenda is available on the Faculty Senate document website. Attendance is open to all UAB faculty, students, and staff. Attendees are free to come and go as their schedule allows. Breakfast refreshments will be available starting at 7:00 a.m.
If you need parking for the meeting, you may park in Lot 5A, across University Blvd from the Rec Center, between Volker Hall and the Hill Student Center. Enter on 16th street (side near Volker Hall). Take a ticket when you enter the lot and keep your ticket in your car. Then, at the meeting, please take a parking voucher, available next to the sign-in sheet. You will need both the ticket and the voucher to exit the lot without paying.
For the Open Forum and Q&A/Faculty input portions of the meeting: You may raise your question or comment by raising your hand or you may text it to a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee (number will be furnished at meeting), for them to raise anonymously on your behalf. If you prefer a more private setting to raise your concern or suggestion, please contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Ria Hearld, at