FACULTY SENATE MEETING AGENDA

December 8, 2020

3:30 PM – ZOOM Meeting

 

Speakers:       Dr. James Reeves, Director of the UMC’s F/S Behavioral Health Clinic

Campus Culture Taskforce Report – Kelly Guyotte

 

Roll Call and Quorum Check – (Barb Dahlbach)

Approval/Corrections to the Minutes for November 17th(Barb Dahlbach)

President’s Report – (Rona Donahoe)

  • Presidential Advisory Committee Update
  • PSA Resolution Update
  • Faculty Response to Provost Dalton’s Spring 2021 Guiding Principles
  • SGA Toy Drive – Steering Committee Challenge: https://give.ua.edu/

(Type: ‘Faculty Senate, PSA, OCTSA Joint Service Projects Support Fund’ into Search Box)

Vice President’s Report – (Chapman Greer) – No Report

Secretary’s Report – (Barb Dahlbach) – No Report

 

Senate Committee Reports:

 

  • Research & Service – (Ajay Agrawal & Kelly Shannon-Henderson)
  • Graduate Enrollment Update
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Lyndell McDonald & Ignacio Rodeño)
  • New co-chair
    • Path Forward report (Dr. Taylor)
    • Post-doc fellowships for underrepresented minorities (Dr. Messina, Dr. Sidje)
    • Inclusive holiday displays
  • Academic Affairs – (John Vincent & André Denham)
    • New Co-Chair

 

  • IT & Strategic Communications – (Matthew Hudnall & Patrick Kung)
    • OIT Meeting Summary
      • UA data center in Gordon Palmer has an aging power system that limits growth.  Planning to add more power and redundant power.
      • The UA HPC is moving out of Gordon Palmer to Ridgecrest, where there would be more power to manage the existing HPC and install the new HPC they are getting from a recent NSF CC* grant.
        In the future, plan to have a hybrid HPC model that uses on campus facility with cloud services (GovCloud).  OIT will prepare a description that faculty could use in grant applications.
        UA online directory is moving behind authentication soon.  Access for people on campus (VPN) is a possibility that will be looked at.
      • Below are ways that instructors can control media downloads for the various tools supported by UA:
  • Student Life – (Jennifer Dempsey & Ruth Ann Hall)
    • Amazon Wish List for REACH Program Students:

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/291HVG3RP5OYT

 

  • Faculty Life – (Susan Appel & Christopher Lynn) No Report

 

  • Faculty & Senate Governance – (Ibrahim Çemen & Jeri Zemke) – No Report

 

  • Financial Affairs – (Rainer Schad & Mary Stone) – No Report

 

Reports from Other Committees

 

Old Business

 

New Business

 

Reminders:

  • Faculty Senate meeting: January 19th (ZOOM)

 

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