The Faculty Senate will be meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday 2/8 morning 7:30-9:15am.

Faculty may attend the Zoom meeting as a guest- please refer to the email you receive from your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison, for Zoom link and information (also available on the agenda, posted on the Faculty Senate website, click on white button labeled “Meeting Minutes & Agendas” and follow important log-in instructions).

During the meeting, faculty have the opportunity to indicate their questions, input, faculty-advice, concerns, ideas, feedback, etc., by texting such, to a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee– their cell phone number will be posted in the chat box, at the (Zoom) meeting. Alternatively, you may utilize the “raise your hand” Zoom feature to be recognized to speak, by the Faculty Senate Chair.

If you prefer a more private setting to raise your concern or suggestion, please contact your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison (listed as Liaison on the Faculty Senate Roster page), or, contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Agenda

(Items and Order Subject to Change)

• Call to Order
• Recognition of Visitors (Non-members of the Senate)
• Recording Declaration (Recording of the Senate is NOT Permitted)
• Chair’s Report – Tapan Mehta
• Senate Committees Reports & Faculty/Senate Representatives on University-wide Committees Reports
  • Undergraduate Curriculum – Ria Hearld
  • Graduate Curriculum – Daniel Smith
  • Curriculum – Ana Oliveira
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Nabiha Yusuf
  • Faculty Development – Mike Bertram
  • Faculty Policies and Procedures – Dan Givan
  • Finance – Jamey Worrell
  • Governance and Operations – Emma O’Hagan
  • Research – Karen Cropsey
  • Senate-Representatives’ Reports to the FSEC – Tapan Mehta; Mike Sloane; Senators-at-Large
• Presentation - Collaboration Sessions
  • President Ray Watts – President’s Update
  • Ralph Zottola, AVP, IT-Research Computing - Services Overview
  • Catherine Crowe, David Hofmann, and Justin Lampley - International Student Arrival and Support
• Old Business
  • Update on AL House Bill 8/ House Bill 11 – Mike Sloane
• New Business
  • Announcement- Faculty Senate Election Nominations – Kelly Hill
  • IDEA Surveys for Administration distributed to faculty – Jamey Worrell
  • Childcare – Current access and availability and plans for expansion – Brian Burnett
• Open Forum & Suggestions of items that Senate Committees Could Address
• Announcements
  • FS Research Committee Mtg - Wed 2/9, 2:00 pm, via Zoom
  • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the Provosts - Varies, based on availability
  • FS Finance Committee Mtg - Tues 2/15, 10:30 am, via Zoom
  • FS Governance & Operations Cmte Mtg Wed - 2/16, 12:00 pm, via Zoom
  • FS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Mtg - Wed 2/16, 2:00 pm, via Zoom
  • FS Curriculum Committee Mtg - Thurs 2/17, 9:00 am, via Zoom
  • FS Faculty Development Committee Mtg - Thurs 2/17, 1:00 pm, via Zoom (May be changed)
  • Faculty Policies & Procedures Cmte Mtg - Fri 2/18, 7:30 am, via Zoom
  • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the President - Varies, based on availability
  • Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) Mtg - Tues 2/22, 12:00 pm, via Zoom
  • FSEC’s Meeting with the President and Provost - Tues 3/1, 8:00 am, via Zoom
  • FS Graduate Curriculum Committee Mtg - Tues 3/1, 1:00 pm, via Zoom
  • FS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Mtg - Wed 3/2, 8:15 am, via Zoom
  • Faculty Senate Meeting - Tues 3/8, 7:30 am, via Zoom
• 9:15am - Adjournment

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or agenda items, you may contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), or the Associate Chair of the Faculty Senate, Kelly Hill (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). Agenda items and order are subject to change.