The Faculty Senate will be meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday morning, May 12, 7:30-9:15 a.m.

For protection against “Zoom-bombing” and to avoid technical difficulty caused by too many participants on the meeting, we will be utilizing a password to enter the meeting. Faculty may request, by Monday, to attend as a guest. If you would like to attend as a guest, please contact Faculty Senate Office, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Monday at 2:00 p,m,, to request the password in order to be able to attend. We will need to limit the number of guests to avoid overwhelming the bandwidth and creating technical difficulty. Minutes from the meeting will be sent to all faculty as soon as possible.

All faculty can email their questions, concerns, ideas, etc., before the meeting, by Monday at 5:00 p.m., to Senate Chair Ria Hearld (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) or Senate Associate Chair, Claudio Busettini (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

Faculty attending the meeting may also text their anonymous questions, input, concerns, ideas, etc., during the meeting to Senate Chair-Elect Mike Sloane or Senator-at-Large Kelly Hill — their cell numbers will be given in the chat box. Zoom details:

1. Everyone please turn off their video (you can use a still picture), so we avoid technical difficulty.
2. If we experience difficulty due to too many persons, the Chair in that instance may need to ask some guests to exit the meeting.
3. Everyone please sign in upon entering meeting, by typing into chat.
4. To everyone in attendance: if you would like to speak, please type a request to speak in the chatbox, to everyone, in order for Chair Hearld to recognize you/allow you to speak.

Chair of the Faculty, Ria Hearld will give her monthly Chair’s report and update. The following persons will give an update on COVID-19 with a Q&A and faculty collaboration session: Provost and Senior Vice President, Pam Benoit; UAB President, Ray Watts; Senior Vice President for Finance & Administration, Allen Bolton; Senior Vice President Medicine & Dean School of Medicine, Selwyn Vickers; Vice President for Research, Chris Brown. Other Administrators may be available to answer questions or concerns.

Mike Sloane, Chair-Elect, will announce and welcome new incoming Senate members (term begins Sept 1) and report regarding Faculty Senate elections results.

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 that the various Faculty Senate Standing Committees should address, is also on the agenda. Faculty attending the meeting would text any anonymous questions, input, concerns, ideas, etc., during the meeting, to Senate Past-Chair Jamey Worrell or Senator-at-Large Kelly Hill– their cell numbers will be given in the chat box.

If you prefer a more private setting to raise your concern or suggestion, please contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate Ria Hearld at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling (205) 934-1670 to make arrangements to attend an upcoming Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting or to simply share your concern or suggestion with her.