Senate Agenda, September 21, 2018

All fall semester meetings start at 10:00 am in DW 1001.

1. Call to order
2. [5 minutes] Approval of April 2018 Minutes [LINK]
   • a. These minutes have the Senate PTR Committee Reappointment Dossier guidelines which will become policy if not amended today. [LINK]
   • b. These minutes have the Senate Athletics Committee’s approval of Women’s Soccer team starting 2019. [LINK].
3. [2 minutes] Welcome; Introduce the current executive committee
4. [1 minute] Senate Members – Introduction of Associate Faculty Voting Members for 2018-19 – Vincci Kwong
   • [TBA]
5. [2 minutes] Senate Committees
   • Updates on committee assignments – call for volunteers – email Vincci Kwong <vkwong@iusb.edu>
     • Required: R&D (1 – EDUC); CDC (2 – ARTS/B&E/LIB);
     • Optional: Academic Affairs (1); Curriculum (2); Faculty welfare (1);
6. [15 minutes] Special Election
   • PTR Committee (Current members: CLAS, LIB, CHS)
     • Nomination – 1 PTR Committee Tenured Faculty – 2 year term
       • Kwadwo Okrah (Prof, Teacher Education, Education) – Interim Appointment
     • Nominations – 1 PTR Committee Tenure-Probationary Non-Voting – 1 year term
       • Joseph A. Campbell (Asst Prof, Counseling and Human Services, Education)
       • Young Suk Lee (Asst Prof, Integrated New Media, ARTS)
   • Faculty Misconduct Committee – 1 Alternate Member – 2 year term (Current Members: ARTS, CLAS, CHS, EDUC, LIB)
     • Nomination – Alex Meisami (Asso Prof, Finance, B&E)
   • Senate Executive Committee – 1 At-large member; 1 year term; (Current Members: ARTS, CLAS, LIB)
     • Nomination – Mallory Edmondson (Clinical Asst Prof, Dental Educ, CHS)
7. [5 minutes] Constitution Revisions and Updates – Steven Gerencser
   • Discussion and Voting on the Constitution Updates introduced in April 2018 Senate Meeting. [LINK]
8. [1 minute] Center For Excellence in Research and Scholarship (CERES) – Josh Wells
   • Brief report of activities for CERES, a call for faculty to enroll in the IU Experts and Pivot databases, and an invitation to the first CERES skills workshop on October 8, 5-9 pm, Wiekamp 1265. [LINK]
   • https://news.iu.edu/iu-experts
   • https://research.iu.edu/collaborate.shtml
9. [2 minutes] General Education Co-Directors Video Introduction. [LINK]
10. [7 minutes] Carnegie Engaged Campus Application and Carnegie Engaged Campus Task Force – Elizabeth Bennion
    • “The Carnegie Engaged Campus Task Force would like to remind deans and chairs to complete the community engagement survey by Oct 1st that they received in August. These data will be critical for a successful application for the Carnegie Engaged Campus Classification.  Task force member Elizabeth Bennion will be present to answer any questions that faculty or administrators have about the survey, or other aspects of the task force’s work.”
11. [3 minutes]  Ad Hoc Committee on Campus-Supported Childcare – April Lidinsky and Susan Cress
    • Acknowledgement of Committee’s work. Updates on timeline, space conversations, business plan (with partners) in progress. Take questions.
12. [5 minutes] Student Engagement Roster – Doug McMillen and Michelle Rosemond
    • Importance of the SER for student retention and how it is being used on campus to help students
13. [5 minutes] Interim Chancellor Jann Joseph
14. [5 minutes] Interim EVCAA Linda Chen
15. [20 minutes] General Education taskforce – Cathy Borshuk, Jennifer Muniz, and Julie Elliott
    • Agenda [LINK]
16. [3 minutes] President’s remarks
17. [2 minutes] Announcements and motion to adjourn