The Faculty Senate will be meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday, August 10, 7:30-9:15 a.m.

Faculty may attend the Zoom meeting as a guest- please refer to the email you receive from your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison, for Zoom link and information (also available on the agenda, posted on the Faculty Senate information page: click on white button labeled “Meeting Minutes & Agendas” and follow important log-in instructions).

During the meeting, faculty have the opportunity to indicate their questions, input, faculty-advice, concerns, ideas, feedback, etc., by texting such, to a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee– their cell phone number will be posted in the chat box, at the (Zoom) meeting. Alternatively, you may utilize the “raise your hand” Zoom feature to be recognized to speak, by the Faculty Senate Chair.

If you prefer a more private setting to raise your concern or suggestion, please contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Mike Sloane, at sloane@uab.edu.

Agenda

(Items and Order Subject to Change)

• Chair’s Report – Mike Sloane
• Senate Committees Reports & Faculty/Senate Representatives on University-wide Committees Reports
  • Curriculum – Joe March
  • Research – Karen Cropsey
  • Faculty Development – Ken Gunnells
  • Finance – Mike Bertram
  • Governance and Operations – Emma O’Hagan
  • Faculty Policies and Procedures – Dan Givan
  • Undergraduate Curriculum Committee – Doug Moellering
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee – Daniel Smith
  • Senate-Representatives’ Reports to the FSEC – Mike Sloane; Ria Hearld; Senators-at-Large
• Presentation-Collaborations Sessions
  • Provost Update and Collaboration Session – Provost Benoit
  • Mental Health Resources and new BWell App – Angela Stowe, Director UAB Student Counseling Services
• New Business
  • Educational Programs and Innovation Consortia (EPIC) and ASSET: Continuity plan?
• Open Forum & Suggestions of items that Senate Committees Should Address
• Announcements
  • Multiple term-transition announcements – Mike Sloane
    • Term changes September 1; Senate Committee appointments; UWC appointments; Thank You; Orientation; SALs; President’s Reception

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or agenda items, you may contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Mike Sloane at sloane@uab.edu, or the Associate Chair of the Faculty Senate, Claudio Busettini at cbus@uab.edu. Agenda items and order are subject to change.