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Acts of the Senate
August 2023 – June 2024

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June 11, 2024

Presenter, Chi-hsuan Wang made a proposal to withdraw the policy change to the Student Academic Grievance and send back to committee. There was no objection by unanimous consent and approved to withdraw the motion.

Nominees for Senate Committee passed. Y=44, N=0, A-0

Motion presented by Sen. Christine Schnittka passed. Y=36, N=7, A=1

May 14, 2024

Tuition Benefits had an amendment [to add in transferable to other institutions of higher education to the last sentence of the proclamaition.] that did not pass; Y-10, N-67, A-1
so, the original motion to consider the proposed tution benefits did pass. Y-44, N-29, A-3

Teaching Professor Series: Motion to amend the proposal to add the following sentence to the end of Section G, “Criteria for Appointment and Promotion”:
“For faculty appointed without a terminal degree, a terminal degree should not be a requirement for promotion.”

Rationale:
This adds to the guidelines in Section G that those hired without a terminal degree can be promoted without a terminal degree. This does not change the guideline that new hires should have a terminal degree, although it also remains the case that individual departments are responsible for specifying “the criteria appropriate for appointment, evaluation, renewal, and promotion” of non-tenure track teaching faculty.
Y=52, N=22, A=3

Vote on motion that was amended: Do you support the Non-Tenure Track Committee's motion to replace the Lecturer Title Series with the Teaching Professor Title Series as detailed in their report [and amended]?
Y-62, N-15, A-1

April 16,  2024

Faculty Handbook changes:
1) College P&T Committees. Sent back to Faculty Handbook Committee (FHC). Y-53, N-8, A-7
2) Administrator Hiring Guidelines: withdrawn by FHC due to conflict with previous 2021 policy. Chair and Senate approved with unanimous consent.

amended motion by Roy Hartfield – passes. Y=39, N=18, A=6;
Whereas salary disparities are compounded when not corrected, the Senate hereby requests that the administration and Board of Trustees shorten the 2-year calendar proposed by the president to conduct a study before correcting the salary imbalances of especially the past two raise cycles.

Nominees for Senate Committees (pdf) passes Y=56, N=1, A=1

March 19, 2024

Motion to create a permanent Senate Committee [RISE] passed [60-yes, 10-no, 4-abstain].

Nominees for (3) 2-year term Rules Committee members, passed. [Birdsong,61-yes; Miller, 54-yes, Werner, 55-yes, 1-no, 0-abstain]
1-year replacement passed [Leousis, 69-yes, 1-no, 0-abstain]

Candidates for Senate Committee replacement members passed. [61-yes, 1-no, 2-abstain]

Vote to suspend the rules allowing faculty other than senators to discuss Salary Study in response to motion passed in November 2023 meeting, passed.  [37-yes, 21-no, 4-abstain]

Motion to move last item to the April meeting, passed. [46-yes, 5-no, 1-abstain]

February 20, 2024

Motion to accept the Childcare Report. Passed [70-yes, 2-no, 1-abstain]

Faculty Salaries and Welfare Report raising match for 403(b).Passed [60-yes, 9-no, 2-abstain]

Motion to accept COSAM letter related to NTTF.Passed [60-yes, 5-no, 3-abstain]

Nominations were taken from the floor for Rules Committee member nominations. Bios for Rules Committee nominees may be viewed for your consideration.

January 23, 2024

No actions.

November 14, 2023

#3-A motion to recommit the Teaching Track Series back to the Non Tenure Track Faculty Committee. Passes [36-Y, 32-N, 5-A] 

#4-Amendment for Senator of Economics Motion. The Senate Requests that the Faculty Salary and Welfare Committee further investigate the raises and increases in compensation for administrators and staff versus the faculty and present at a future Senate Meeting. Passes [44-Y, 16-N, 0-A]

#5-Amended Motion re: raises and increases. The Senate Requests that the Faculty Salary and Welfare Committee broadly investigate the raises and increases in compensation for administrators and staff versus the faculty compensation overall and present at a future Senate Meeting. Passes [49-Y, 17-N, 2-A]

#6-Motion requesting discussion of salary information. Passes [42-Y, 15-N, 3-A]

October 17, 2023

Approval of Senate committee replacement nominees [65-Y, 0-N, 0-A]

AY Calendars for the following years passed.

2025-2026 [63-Y, 1-N, 0-A]

2026-2027 [68-Y, 0-N, 0-A]

Vote for Motion on Senate Policy Advisory Committee passed [61-Y, 3-N, 4-A]

September 19, 2023

Vote on Senate Committee nominees passed. [71-Y, 2-N, 1-A]

August 30, 2023

Vote on use of Zoom for Senate meetings passed. [70-Y, 5-N]

Vote on Senate Committee nominees passed. [70-Y, 0-N, 1-A]

Last Updated: June 12, 2024