FACULTY SENATE MEETING AGENDA
September 21, 2021
3:30 PM
Presentation by Advancement (Allison Leitner and Bob Pierce)
Presentation by Benefits Committee (Erica Shumate, Lurethia James, and Jay Haley)
Presentation by GET (Andre Denham, Erik Peterson, and Chapman Greer) re: GET Feasibility Study / Proposed Models
Roll Call and Quorum Check – (Barb Dahlbach)
Approval/Correction of the Minutes for August 17th – (Barb Dahlbach)
President’s Report – (Chapman Greer)
- COVID Town Hall Sept. with Provost Dalton and Dr. Ricky Friend
- BoT meeting 9.16.21-9.17.21
- Senate Sub-Committee Agendas for 2021-2022 (see final page)
Vice President’s Report – (Matthew Hudnall) – No Report
Secretary’s Report – (Barb Dahlbach)
- Update on resignations, vacancies, and committee assignments
Senate Committee Reports:
- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – (Lyndell McDonald & Luke Niiler)
- Faculty & Senate Governance – (Ibrahim Çemen & Jeri Zemke)
- Jeff Weddle as Faculty Ombudsperson candidate
- Academic Affairs – (Rona Donahoe & Babs Davis)
- The Academic Affairs Committee discussed the following during its 9/7/21 meeting
- Academic Misconduct Policy revision
- Academic Program Review Council proposal
- The Academic Affairs Committee discussed the following during its 9/7/21 meeting
- Community & Legislative Affairs – (Joy Burnham & Steven Yates) – No Report
- United Way campaign promotion
- Redistricting public input meetings underway (https://www.alabamanews.net/content/uploads/2021/08/q/a/2021-Legislative-Reapportionment-Public-Hearings-Final.pdf)
- Neighborhood Partnership Meeting, August 25, 2021
- Brewer Porch Luncheon: Details forthcoming
- Faculty Life – (Heather Elliott & Ruth Ann Hall)
- Met 9.7.21 with HES’s Children’s Program to move forward with a childcare recommendation
- Financial Affairs – (Mary Stone & Byung-Cheol Kim)
- Report on meeting with Matt Fajack’s Office 9.13.21
- Research & Service – (Shanlin Pan & Douglas Bish)
- Work with IT / SC committee to aid in software acquisition process for Faculty
- IT & Strategic Communications – (Patrick Kung & Nathan Loewen)
On 08-13-2021 The entire subcommittee met with Monica Watts and Ryan Bradley
Ryan Bradley is now the VP for Strategic Communications. Our sub-committee recommends that FS invite Ryan to meet and address the Senate. Additionally, we learned the following:
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- External and internal communications:
- Faculty should know StratCom is who sends out all UA communications, which often depend on approval from UA leadership.
- StratCom does substantial work to produce all UA media related to COVID. We recommend that FS ensure our constituents better know the significant extent of that ongoing work.
- Websites:
- Faculty sites will remain with CIT, not managed by Strat Comm.
- The ua.edu home page is part of a plan to make UA websites “turn-key” and therefore easier to build, manage, and sustain. We see this as an important development for continuity during staff and faculty changes.
- The website architecture also integrates the alert system and ensures ADA accessibility
- StratComm developed an incredible amount of media for faculty use. See “resources/downloads” on left menu at Brand Guidelines – | The University of Alabama (ua.edu)
- Faculty should know StratComm created an on-campus professional network of developers with knowledge to share/help across campus. (Campus communicators/Trending Tide/Web Developers Network). Hiring and retaining web-developers remains a challenge (pay scale is at odds with moving to Tuscaloosa; thus remote hires are continuing)
- External and internal communications:
- Student Life – (Jennifer Dempsey & Amy Traylor)
- Report on meeting with VP Pope
- Report on meeting with SGA President Jillian Fields
Reports from Other Committees
Old Business
New Business
Reminders
- Next SC meeting: October 19th – Venue: Zoom. Link will be sent out with the Oct 2021 Agenda
Adjourn