Minutes of the Auburn University Senate Meeting
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
238 Broun Hall
3:30 P.M.
A full transcript is available for this meeting.

Attendance Record
Senate Officers:
Daniel Svyantek, Chair; Don Mulvaney, Secretary; Michael Baginski, Secretary-Elect; James Goldstein, Immediate-Past Chair

Absent: Chair-elect; Beverly Marshall

Administration: George Flowers, Dean of the Graduate School; Janaki Alavalapati, Dean, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science; Richard Hansen, Dean Harrison School of Pharmacy; Bobby Woodard, VP for Student Affairs; Jim Witte for Betty Lou Whitford, Dean College of Education

Absent, not sending substitute:
Taffye Clayton, VP & Assoc. Provost of Inclusion and Diversity; Kelli Shomaker, VP Business and Finance and CFO; Royrickers Cook, Associate Provost and VP for Outreach; Paul Patterson, College of Agriculture

Ex-Officio
Emmett Winn for Provost Boosinger;  Bonnie MacEwan, Dean of Libraries; Julia Wiard, Interim Director for IDSC for the University College; Lucretia Tripp, Steering; Michael Tillson, Steering;  Jared Russell, Steering Committee

Absent, not sending substitute:  Lawrence Hamberlin, A&P Assembly Chair; Jacqueline Keck, SGA President; Tenchi Smith, GSC President; Charlene Thomas, Staff Council Chair; Committee; Lisa Kensler, Steering Committee.

Senators, by Department: 
Absent, not sending substitute: 
Lisa Miller, Accountancy; Werner Bergen, Animal Sciences; Anthony Moss, Biological Sciences; Ann Beth Presley, Consumer and Design Sciences; L iliana Stern, Economics;  David Held, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Latif Kalin, Forestry & Wildlife Science; Daniel Wells, Horticulture; Alan Walker, Management; Dora Bock, Marketing; Daniel Mackowski, Mechanical Engineering; Eric Marcus, Philosophy; Michael Fogle, Physics; Cathleen Erwin, Political Science; Ken Macklin, Poultry; Jeff Welborn, Lieutenant Colonel, ROTC Air Force; Lieutenant Colonel Roshun Steele, ROTC Army

Attending or Represented by Substitute
Brian Thorow for Anwar Ahmed, Aerospace Engineering; Patricia Duffy for Michelle Worosz, Ag Economics and Rural Sociology; Paul Brown, ACES; Chad Faradori, Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology; Rebecca O'Neal-Dagg, Architecture; Rebecca O’Neal-Dagg, Architecture; Allyson Comstock for Kathryn Floyd, Art; Cliff Defee, Aviation Management; Yi Yang, Biosystems Engineering; Mark Tatum, Building Science; Bryan Bechingham, Chemical Engineering; Doug Goodwin, Chemistry; Cliff Large, Civil Engineering; Ed Youngblood, Communication and Journalism; Allison Plumb, Communication Disorders; David Umphress, Computer Science and Software Engineering; Charles Chen, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences; Melody Russell, Curriculum & Teaching; Forest Smith, Drug Discovery and development; Jung Won Hur, Educational Foundations, Leadership; Jitendra Tugnalt, Electrical & Computer Engineering; James E. Ryan, English; Lee Colquit, Finance; Ash Bullard, Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture; Zachary Zuwiyya, Foreign Lang & Literatures; Ming-kuoo Lee, Geology & Geography; Kimberly Garza, Health Outcomes and Research Policy; Monique Laney, History; Katrina Akande, Human Development and Family Studies; Carlton Lay, Industrial Design; Mark Schall, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Andreas Kavazis, Kinesiology; Greg Schmidt, Library; Dmitry Glotov, Mathematics and Statistics; Matthew Hoch, Music; David Crumbley, Nursing; Yee Ming Lee, Nutrition, Dietetics, & Hospitality Mgmt.; Chippewa Thomas, Outreach; Vicky van Santen, Pathobiology; Spencer Durham, Pharmacy Practice; Tracy Witte, Psychology; Malti Tuttle, Special Ed. Rehabilitation Counseling/School Psych.;Kimberly McCadden for CaptainWillie Billingslea, ROTC Navy; Arianne Gaetano, Socio/Anthro/Social Work; Robin Jaffe, Theatre; Annette Smith, Veterinary Clinical Sciences;  EMD for Andrew Chicoine for Captain Willie Billingslea, ROTC Naval; Arianne Gaetano, Socio/Anthr/Social Work; Robin Jaffe, Theatre; Annette Smith, Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

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Minutes
At 3:40 PM, Chair Dan Svyantek called the meeting to order and reminded the members of the senate or substitute for a senator to sign in in the back of the room and for substitutes to sign in by printing his/her name on the 2nd column by the senator. He also reminded the Senator rules about speaking at Senate meetings. A quorum requiring 45senators was established.

The minutes of the November 14, 2017 Senate meeting were approved without modification by voice vote.

Remarks and Announcements
Office of the Provost or President
Both President Leath and Provost Boosinger were away from campus and unable to attend. 
Questions:  None

Comments by University Senate Chair, Daniel Svyantek
Chair Svyantek introduced the Senate officers, administrative assistant Laura Kloberg and Jim Witte as parliamentarian. 

• Chairman commented on the Senate leadership’s exploration of anonymous ways to execute the "What's On Your Mind" process whereby senators are encouraged to submit ideas for discussion topics, offer shared concerns, make suggestions and/or levy requests from Senate leadership. The goal is to be more proactive in the work of the Senate and to keep in touch with what is important to the faculty and staff personnel of the university.
• He discussed a new process for transfer credit vetting of international students.

Agenda Information Items:

• Kelley Taylor, Director of Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity and Title IX coordinator presented an update on issues of harassment, protected classes, title IX issues and responsible employee’s policy.  The latter states faculty are responsible to report potential Title IX violations to the Title IX Coordinator. Ed Youngblood, Senator, Communication and Journalism had several clarification questions regarding student assignments and reporting based on them. Tracy Witte, senator, Psychology had questions on behalf of licensed counselors on campus and obligations to report. Kelley indicated that if one is functioning in the role of licensed counselor at that time then they are exempt in that role.
• John Mason, VP for Research and Economic Development gave a clarifying update on the recently announced PAIR as part of President Leaths interest in positioning AU as a Carnegie R1 institution. Winie Laney, senator History expressed concern over people finding each other to establish collaborations.
• Steven Taylor, ADR, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering presented an update on the upcoming series of symposia “This is Research” starts with the Student Symposia on March 26. A faculty symposium has not had a date set yet for this fall. He encouraged faculty to have students submit abstracts and for faculty to volunteer to serve as judges.

Unfinished Business:
Dan Svyantek, Senate Chair
None

New Business: 
Dan Svyantek, Senate Chair 
None
Dan Svyantek, Senate Chair, declared adjournment of the meeting at 4:39 pm.