Faculty Senate Meeting

When

3 – 5 p.m., Oct. 7, 2024

Where

Old Main Silver and Sage Room
  1. Call to order. 
     
  2. Approval of the Agenda: Vice Chair of the Faculty, Presiding Officer Mona Hymel (5 minutes) Please note that time limits will be enforced with Presiding Officer’s discretion to allocate a total of 30 minutes to be distributed to individual items as necessary. 
     
  3. Approval of the minutes for the September 9, 2024 Faculty Senate Meeting. (2 minutes)
     
  4. Open Session. Keiron Bailey, Laura Meredith, Senator Jamey Rogers, Senator Lucy Ziurys. Time limit is 2 minutes. Maximum number of speakers is four. No comments or votes will be taken. (8 minutes)
     
  5. Statement from the Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
     
  6. Welcome to President Suresh Garimella (10 minutes) Pending Senate Approval
     
  7. Report from the Provost – Interim Provost Ron Marx (10 minutes)
     
  8. Old Business
    A. Workload Issues, Secretary of the Faculty, Katie Zeiders (10 minutes)
    B. Response to letter from Mark Stegeman and Mae Smith – UWGEC Chair, Jeremy Vetter (5 minutes)
    C. Review of faculty governance work products on centralization, Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
     
  9. New Business 
    A. Access to Information: Public Records and FOIA request issues, Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (5 minutes)
    B. Political Activities: Rules and Requirements, Senator Ted Downing (5 minutes)
    C. Draft Resolution on a First Read of Resolution on condemning hate speech: Rights and Responsibilities – Chair of the Faculty, Leila Hudson (10 minutes)
    D. Statement and Update from Gen Ed ad hoc committee – Chair Mark Stegeman (10 minutes)
    E. Research funds and budget changes: Elimination and freezing of IDC funds and fixed cost funds – Interim Provost, Ron Marx (10 minutes)
     
  10. Written reports from the President, Provost, Faculty Officers, APPC, RPC, SAPC, DEI, Constitution and Bylaws Committee, SGRC, Graduate Council, Undergraduate Council, SPBAC, ASUA, GPSC, UArizona Staff Council, Gen Ed Office with UWGEC, CLCK Proposed Implementation Timeline, Proposed CLCK Models to be discussed October 9, UWGEC, C11 (2 minutes)
     
  11. Adjournment at precisely 5:00 p.m.

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