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Faculty Council Minutes

2024-2025 Faculty Council Meeting Minutes

CAL Faculty Council Meeting

Location: WebEx
Time: April 15th, 2025, 4-5:20 p.m.
Voting members = 41
Quorum = 22

Attendance

Present (36): Al Hariri, Alam, Allred, Baltus, Christman, Damschroder, Dudley, Edgington, Feldmeier, Fitzgerald, Foss, Grazzini, Kim, Kinsey, Kistner, Layng, McBane, Mezo, Miner, Moteleone, Mossblad, Mungo, Nelson, Nemeth, Rouillard, Sakowski, Semaan, Smirnov, Smith, Stauch, Taylor, Wang, Ward, Yamazaki, Zeigler, Zych

Absent (4): BeattyMedina, Bland, Amialchuk, Alamina,

Guests聽Lawrence, Sullivan, Gregory, Cheng, Keith, Pryor, Lingan, Shinaver

Call to Order

  • Approval of the agenda; Second; Motion approved.
  • Approval of the minutes April 1st ; Second; Motion approved.

Dean鈥檚 Report (Dean Melissa Gregory)

  • She is the acting Dean of Education as we move to the merger.
  • Provost sent out helpful info about SB1.
  • Enrollment is approximately where it was this time last year.

Executive Committee Report (Jami Taylor)聽

  • Discussed merger and the need for temporary bylaws and permanent bylaws to be the first order of business next year.
  • Discussed transition to the new council.
  • Wrapped up the business of this year.

Faculty Senate Report (Gaby Semaan)

  • EC Report - Reminded people that elections are still going on;
  • IRB committee is working with the medical college;
  • Hiring policy updated regarding faculty being excluded from committees if they are to report to that position;
  • Provost candidates on campus this week.
  • (Sound cut out on my end at this point);
  • Provost report
    • Mentioned updates regarding summer proposals;
    • Received program reallocation report;
    • Seeking guidance from OHED regarding low-enrolled programs;
    • Over the summer, there will be lots of work concerning DEI elimination;
    • Faculty evals will need to be reviewed to confirm they allow diversity in the classroom;
  • The curriculum committee reported that the leadership minor is housed in engineering, though that did not come from them.

Graduate Council Report (Kristen Keith)

  • Presentation from IR on PhD graduates
  • Metrics to keep R1
    • Need 20 PhD grads per year over 3 years
    • 50 mill in research dollars
  • Honored grad students who had been nominated by faculty (two from CAL);
  • Grad Council reported the Midwest Symposium went well;
  • Will some of our international grad students get deported?
  • SEVIS-if they lose this they have to leave, but if they lose their visa, that can be fixed as long as they don鈥檛 leave;
  • Please review nepotism policy.

Elections Committee Report (Sam Nelson)

  • Everyone eligible is nominated for CCAP essentially;
  • Really need nominations in almost all areas, both tenure and lecturers.

Bylaws/Constitution Committee Report (Jami Taylor)

  • Constitution passed;
  • A copy of the proposed temporary bylaws is circulating among the committee.

Curriculum Committee Report (Anthony Edgington)

  • See the curriculum report for course modifications that were up for voting.
  • All programs and course mods were called to vote, and all passed.

Old Business

  • Constitution passed
    • Next comes the provisional bylaws.
  • Make sure departments send reps in so we know who the council is.
  • Will fill out the executive council in the last meeting, following the bylaws.
    • A few other positions will also get filled.
    • And chairs for standing committees.
  • The last meeting of the semester will be in the CPA in person.
  • Need as close to a full roster as possible;
  • Probably going to be meeting in person next year to help with knowing new colleagues and as a directive from the administration.
  • Check the policy coming out of HR about faculty needing to be in person for service, which, according to AAUP, the policy should not include faculty;
  • Dr. Rebecca Schnieder will be Senior Associate Dean focused on Education;
  • SB1 will most likely lead to the elimination of some programs;
  • The Dean has been trying to meet with the programs most likely impacted.
  • May want to pursue some possibilities of innovative majors;
  • 10 programs identified that won鈥檛 be immediately impacted, but we don鈥檛 know what those are.
  • Can鈥檛 rely on exemptions, but the language for them exists in the law, but we don鈥檛 have much information on that. It is likely to be restrictive.
  • The Office of Legal Affairs is happy to help work through hypotheticals for SB1.

Adjournment

  • Motion to adjourn meeting; Seconded, Vote passed.