There will be a Faculty Senate meeting on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 from 7:30-9:20 am in Volker Hall, room 302 at 1670 University Blvd, to the left of Lister Hill Library.

Chair of the Faculty, Mike Wyss, will give his monthly report. Provost Pam Benoit will give a quarterly report along with a Q&A and collaboration session. Chris Brown, Vice President of Research, will present a collaboration session regarding the UAB Grand Challenge. John Jones, Vice President for Student Affairs and Mary Wallace, Assistant Vice President for Student Experience, will present a collaboration session regarding student career services. Curt Carver, Vice President for Information Technology/ Chief Information Officer, will present a collaboration session regarding new advances in IT as UAB. A Q&A and faculty advisement time will be included in each session.

Senate Committee Chairs will report on committee activities. Senate representatives will report on the activities of university-wide committees. An open forum time for faculty concerns and suggestions is also on the agenda.

A full agenda is available on the Faculty Senate document website. Attendance is open to all UAB faculty, students and staff. Attendees are free to come and go as their schedule allows. Breakfast refreshments will be available.

If you need parking for the meeting, you may park in Lot 5A, across University Blvd from the Rec Center, between Volker Hall and the Hill Student Center. Enter on 16th street (side near Volker Hall). Take a ticket when you enter the lot and keep your ticket in your car. Then, at the meeting, please take a parking voucher, available next to the sign-in sheet. You will need both the ticket and the voucher to exit the lot without paying.