The Faculty Senate will be meeting, via Zoom, on Tuesday, November 9 at 7:30-9:00 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 website, 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 your school’s Faculty Senate Liaison (listed as Liaison on the Faculty Senate Roster page), or, contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta at Tapan@uab.edu.

Agenda

(Items and Order Subject to Change)

• Call to Order
• Recognition of Visitors (Non-members of the Senate)
• Recording Declaration (Recording of the Senate is NOT Permitted)
• Chair’s Report – Tapan Mehta
• Senate Committees Reports & Faculty/Senate Representatives on University-wide Committees Reports
  • Undergraduate Curriculum – Ria Hearld
  • Graduate Curriculum – Daniel Smith
  • Curriculum – Ana Oliveira
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Nabiha Yusuf
  • Faculty Development – Mike Bertram
  • Faculty Policies and Procedures – Dan Givan
  • Finance – Jamey Worrell
  • Governance and Operations – Emma O’Hagan
  • Research – Karen Cropsey
• Presentation - Collaboration Sessions
  • Jonathan E. Miller, Asst. VP for Research Regulatory Oversight & Adam McClintock, Director of Institutional Review Board – IT-IRB Review Process; IRB: Improving turnaround time, changes, challenges, backlog, initiatives around research processes and experience
  • Frank Messina, Faculty Athletics Representative - Faculty Athletics Representative’s Annual Report
• Old Business
• New Business
• Open Forum & Suggestions of items that Senate Committees Should Address
• Announcements
  • FS Faculty Development Committee Mtg: Wed, Nov 10, 2:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the Provosts: Varies, based on availability
  • FS Finance Committee Mtg: Tues, Nov 16, 10:30 a.m., via Zoom
  • FS Governance & Operations Cmte Mtg: Wed, Nov 17, 12:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • FS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Mtg: Wed, Nov 17, 2:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • FS Curriculum Committee Mtg: Thurs, Nov 18 , 9:00 a.m., via Zoom
  • FS Faculty Development Committee Mtg: Thurs, Nov 18, 1:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • Faculty Policies & Procedures Cmte Mtg: Fri, Nov 19, 7:30 a.m., via Zoom tentative
  • Senate Officers’ Mtg with the President: Varies, based on availability
  • Faculty Senate Executive Committee (FSEC) Mtg: Tues, Nov 30, 12:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • FSEC’s Meeting with the President and Provost: Tues, Dec 7, 8:00 a.m., via Zoom
  • FS Graduate Curriculum Committee Mtg: Tues, Dec 7, 1:00 p.m., via Zoom
  • FS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Mtg: Wed, Dec 1, 8:15 a.m., via Zoom
  • Faculty Senate Meeting: Tues, Dec 14, 7:30 a.m., via Zoom
• 9:15 a.m.: Adjournment - The November Senate meeting will be adjourned by 9 a.m.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting or agenda items, you may contact the Chair of the Faculty Senate, Tapan Mehta (tapan@uab.edu), or the Associate Chair of the Faculty Senate, Kelly Hill (kltb@uab.edu). Agenda items and order are subject to change.