Auburn University Senate
April 16, 2024
3:30 p.m. 
Via Zoom: https://aub.ie/senatezoom
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AGENDA
Establish a Quorum
Approval of the Senate Meeting Minutes from March 19, 2024

Remarks and Announcements
University Senate Chair: Lisa Kensler
President: Chris Roberts
Provost: Vini Nathan

Action Items

Vote re: Faculty Handbook Changes
Presenter: Mitchell Brown

1. College P&T Committees (pdf)
2. Administrator Hiring Guidelines (pdf)

Vote re: Motion made by Roy Hartfield
Presenter: Roy Hartfield

Whereas salary disparities are compounded when not corrected, the Senate hereby requests that the administration and Board of Trustees reconsider the 2-year calendar proposed by the president to conduct a study before correcting the salary imbalances of especially the past two raise cycles.


Vote re: Senate Committee Membership (Nominations from Rules Committee)
Presenter: Linda Gibson-Young

Nominees for Senate Committees (pdf)

Committee Reports

Faculty Salaries and Welfare, Tuition Benefits
Presenter: John Beckmann & Matthew Hoch

Survey Results re:Tuition Benefits (pdf)
FSW Dependant Undergraduate Tuition Benefits (pdf)

Proposal for Teaching Professor Series (replacing Lecturer Series)
Presenter: Ash Curtiss & Rachel Prado, Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee

Draft - Teaching Faculty Proposal (pdf)
Teaching Professor Title Series presentation (pdf)

Information Item

Employee Mental Health Resources
Presenter: Ann Shore, Executive Director, Payroll and Employee Benefits

presentation (pdf)

New Business
Lisa Kensler, Senate Chair

Adjournment
Lisa Kensler, Senate Chair