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Attendance Record
Senate Officers:
Daniel Svyantek, Chair; Chair-elect; Michael Baginski, Secretary-Elect Beverly Marshall; James Goldstein, Immediate-Past Chair
Administration: Betty Lou Whitford, Dean College of Education; Amy Wright for Paul Patterson, Dean College of Agriculture;

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; 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

Ex-Officio: Nancy Noe, Interim Dean of Libraries; Michael Tillson, Steering; Jared Russell, Steering Committee;

Absent, not sending substitute: Bill Hardgrave, Provost; Dane Block, SGA President; Tenchi Smith Elizabeth Devore, GSC President; Charlene Thomas, Staff Council Chair; Lawrence Hamberlin, A&P Assembly Chair; Lucretia Tripp, Steering Committee: Lisa Kensler, Steering Committee;

Senators, by Department:
Absent, not sending substitute:
Anwar Ahmed, Aerospace Engineering; Paul Brown, ACES; Chad Faradori, Anatomy Physiology and Pharmacology; Rebecca O’Neal-Dagg, Architecture; Anthony Moss, Biological Sciences; Mark Tatum, Building Science; Cliff Lange, Civil Engineering; Ann Beth Presley, Consumer and Design Sciences; Forest Smith, Drug Discovery and Development; Jung Won Hur, Educational Foundations, Leadership; Jitendra Tugnait, Electrical & Computer Engineering; David Held, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Lee Colquit, Finance; Wayde Morse, Forestry & Wildlife Science; Ming-kuo Lee, Geology & Geography; Daniel Wells, Horticulture; Carlton Ley, Industrial Design; Andreas Kavazis, Kinesiology; Greg Schmidt, Library; Alan Walker, Management; Daniel Mackowski, Mechanical Engineering; Chippewa Thomas, Outreach; Eric Marcus, Philosophy; Jeff Welborn, Lieutenant Colonel, ROTC Air Force; Roshun Steele, Lieutenant Colonel, ROTC Army; Captain Willie Billingslea, ROTC Navy; Annette Smith, Veterinary Clinical Sciences.

Attending or Represented by Substitute
Lisa Miller, Accountancy; Joseph Molnar for Michelle Worosz, Ag Economics and Rural Sociology; Jacek Wower for Werner Bergen, Animal Sciences; Chuck Hemard for Kathryn Floyd, Art; Yi Yang, Biosystems Engineering; Allan David for Bryan Bechingham, Chemical Engineering; Doug Goodwin, Chemistry; Ed Youngblood, Communication and Journalism; Allison Plumb, Communication Disorders; Kai Chang, Computer Science and Software Engineering; Charles Chen, Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences; Melody Russell, Curriculum & Teaching; Alan Seals for Liliana Stern, Economics; John Bolton for James E. Ryan, English; Ash Bullard, Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture; Pedro cebollero for Zachary Zuwiyya, Foreign Lang & Literatures; Kimberly Garza, Health Outcomes and Research Policy; David Lucsko for Monique Laney, History; Scott Ketring for Katrina Akande, Human Development and Family Studies; Mark Schall, Industrial and Systems Engineering; Dora Bock, Marketing; Dmitry Glotov, Mathematics and Statistics; Matthew Hoch, Music; David Crumbley, Nursing; Michael Greene, Nutrition, Dietetics, & Hospitality Mgmt.; Vicky van Santen, Pathobiology; Spencer Durham, Pharmacy Practice; Michael Fogle, Physics; Cathleen Erwin Political Science; Ken Macklin, Poultry Science; Tracy Witte, Psychology; Malti Tuttle, Special Ed. Rehabilitation Counseling/School Psych.; Cliff Defee, Systems and Technology; Arianne Gaetano, Socio/Anthro/Social Work; Robin Jaffe, Theatre.

Also attending, not a senator or a substitute senator: Jennifer Kerpelman, Interim VPR.

Minutes
Chair Dan Svyantek called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm. He 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 Senate about rules for speaking at Senate meetings. A quorum requiring 44 senators was not established since only 36 senators were recorded as present. Minute approval will be deferred to the next meeting of the Senate.

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

Talked about the strategic planning process led by two faculty members - Beth Guertal, professor in the Department of Crop, Soils and Environmental Sciences, and chemical engineering professor Bruce Tatarchuk .
Provided Mike Baginski with his final thoughts as chair in the form of a Top 10 list.

Agenda Action Items:
None due to failure to reach a quorum.

Agenda Pending Action Item:
James Goldstein, Past-Chair, presented a recommendation as an information item (in the absence of a quorum) regarding Department Bylaws. He discussed some reasons for the creation of bylaws and typical items for departments to consider when creating bylaws. He reiterated that bylaws are not required and are obviously not a University –wide practice and should never violate the faculty handbook or university or college policies. A motion will be made to adopt the recommendations of the report and voted on in the August meeting.

Mike Baginski, Chair-elect asked for a show of hands for those that had bylaws in their departments – about half raised their hands.

Questions:

Dan Svyantek, Senate Chair
Unfinished Business: none

New Business: none
Dan Svyantek, Senate Chair
passed the gavel to Mike Baginski and he declared adjournment of the meeting at 4:06 pm.