Category Archives: Faculty Senate Meetings

For Academic Year 2025-2026, Faculty Senate meetings will be held at 12:00pm in the Chancellors Suite.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact our Graduate Assistant, Brendan Kendra, at Brendan.Kendra@student.shu.edu, or Faculty Senate Executive Secretary, Kelly Shea, at kelly.shea@shu.edu.

Meeting of November 14th

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Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum:
  2. Call to Order:
  3. Communications from the Provost:
  1. Remarks from the Provost:
  2. Communications from Professor Mark Horowitz on course evaluations
  3. Approval of the minutes of the October Meeting
  4. Executive Committee report
  5. Administrative Committees with no reports
  • Benefits Committee
  • Budget Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee
  • Rank and Strategy Committee
  • Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
  • Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  1. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
  1. Committees with No Reports
  • Calendar Committee
  • Faculty Grievance Committee
  • Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
  • University Core Curriculum Committee
  1. Old Business
  2. Committee Motions:

Compensation and Welfare Motion on Merit Pay

Faculty Guide interpretation on constituting departmental hiring committees

Faculty Guide interpretation on “face-to-face” informal conciliation meetings

PRC Motion to Approve the Occupational Therapy Review

  1. New Business
  2. Adjournment:

Meeting of October 17th

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AGENDA
Meeting of the Faculty Senate

1.Sign in for Quorum:

2. Call to Order:

3. Communications from the Provost:

4. Remarks from the Provost

5. Communications from Paul Fisher on TLTC and Library Renovations

6. Approval of the minutes of the September Meeting

7. Executive Committee report 

8. Administrative Committees with no reports

  • Benefits Committee
  • Budget Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee
  • Rank and Strategy Committee
  • Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
  • Travel Policy Advisory Committee

9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

  • Compensation and Welfare Committee report
  • Faculty Development Committee report
  • Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
  • Instructional Technology Committee report
  • Library Committee report
  • Program Review Committee report

10. Committees with No Reports

  • Academic Facilities Committee
  • Academic Policy Committee
  • Admissions Committee
  • Calendar Committee
  • Faculty Grievance Committee
  • Graduate Studies Committee
  • Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
  • University Core Curriculum Committee

11. Old Business

12. Committee Motions

13. New Business

14. Adjournment:

 

Meeting of September 19th

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Meeting of September 19th

Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum:
  2. Call to Order:
  3. Communications from the Provost:
  1. Approval of the agenda
  2. Awarding of the Albert Hakim Medal to Dr. Ines Murzaku, Department of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences.
  3. Approval of the minutes of the June Meeting
  4. Executive Committee report
  1. Administrative Committees with no reports
  • Budget Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee
  1. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
  • Instructional Technology Committee report
  • Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
  1. Committees with No Reports
  • Academic Facilities Committee
  • Academic Policy Committee
  • Admissions Committee
  • Calendar Committee
  • Compensation and Welfare Committee
  • Faculty Development Committee
  • Faculty Grievance Committee
  • Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
  • Graduate Studies Committee
  • Library Committee
  • Program Review Committee
  • University Core Curriculum Committee
  1. Communications from the Provost
  2. Old Business
  3. Committee Motions
  1. New Business
  2. Adjournment:

Meeting of June 5th

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Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum:
  2. Call to Order:
  3. Communications from the Provost:
  4. Communications from the Provost
  1. Approval of the agenda
  2. Approval of the minutes of the May Meeting
  3. Executive Committee report
  4. Administrative Committees with no reports
  • Benefits Committee
  • Budget Committee
  • Environmental Sustainability Committee
  • Rank and Strategy Committee
  • Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
  • Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  1. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
  • Academic Policy Committee report
  • Admissions Committee report
  • University Core Curriculum Committee report
  1. Committees with No Reports
  • Academic Facilities Committee
  • Calendar Committee
  • Compensation and Welfare Committee
  • Faculty Development Committee
  • Faculty Grievance Committee
  • Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee
  • Graduate Studies Committee
  • Instructional Technology Committee
  • Library Committee
  • Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
  • Program Review Committee

12.Old Business

13. Committee Motions:

14. New Business

15. Adjournment:

Meeting of May 9th

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Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum:
  2. Call to Order:
  3. Remarks from the President
  4. Remarks from the Provost:
  5. Communications from the Provost
  6. Elections
  7. Approval of the agenda
  8. Approval of the minutes of the April Meeting
  9. Executive Committee report
  10. Administrative Committees with no reports
    • Benefits Committee
    • Budget Committee
    • Environmental Sustainability Committee
    • Rank and Strategy Committee
    • Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
    • Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  1. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
      • Calendar Committee report
      • Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
      • Graduate Studies Committee report
      • Instructional Technology Committee report

11. Committees with No Reports

  1. Academic Facilities Committee
  2. Academic Policy Committee
  3. Admissions Committee
  4. Compensation and Welfare Committee
  5. Faculty Development Committee
  6. Faculty Grievance Committee
  7. Library Committee
  8. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee

12.Old Business

  1. Committee Motions
  1. New Business
  2. Adjournment:

Meeting of April 11th

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April 11th 2025, Meeting of the Faculty Senate

1. Sign in for Quorum:

2. Call to Order:

3. Provost Remarks

4. Communications from the Provost:

  1. 2024-2025 FS-7 Approval of PRC Program Review of the Environmental Studies Program
  2. 2024-2025 FS-14 Approval of APC Motion on Applied Behavior Analysis

5. Approval of the agenda

6. Approval of the minutes of the March Meeting

7. Executive Committee report

8. Administrative Committees with no reports

  1. Benefits Committee
  2. Budget Committee
  3. Environmental Sustainability Committee
  4. Rank and Strategy Committee
  5. Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
  6. Travel Policy Advisory Committee

9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

  1. Academic Facilities Committee report
  2. Academic Policy Committee report
    1. Forensic Accounting Proposal
    2. Wealth Management Proposal
  3. Calendar Committee report
  4. Compensation and Welfare Committee report
  5. Faculty Development Committee report
  6. Faculty Guide and Bylaws Committee report
  7. Instructional Technology Committee report
  8. Library Committee report
  9. Program Review Committee report
    1. -Academic Approval Processes Chart Clean
    2. -Academic Approval Processes Chart Revision

10. Committees with No Reports

  1. Admissions Committee
  2. Faculty Grievance Committee
  3. Graduate Studies Committee
  4. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
  5. University Core Curriculum Committee

11. Old Business

12. Committee Motions

13. New Business

14. Adjournment:

Meeting of March 14th

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Agenda
March 14th 2025 Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum:
  2. Call to Order:
  3. Remarks from the Provost
  4. Communications from the Provost
    2024-2025 FS-12 Approval of Admissions Committee Motion
  5. Approval of the agenda
  6. Approval of the minutes of the February Meeting
  7. Executive Committee report
  8. Administrative Committees with no reports
    a. Benefits Committee
    b. Budget Committee
    c. Environmental Sustainability Committee
    d. Rank and Strategy Committee
    e. Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
    f. Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
    a. Academic Policy Committee report                                                                           -Applied Behavior Analysis Program Proposal                                                           -Law and Philosophy Joint Program Proposal
    b. Compensation and Welfare Committee report
    c. Faculty Guide and Bylaws report
    d. Graduate Studies Committee report
    e. Instructional Technology Committee report
  10. Committees with No Reports
    a. Academic Facilities Committee
    b. Academic Integrity Committee
    c. Admissions Committee
    d. Calendar Committee
    e. Faculty Development Committee
    f. Faculty Grievance Committee
    g. Library Committee
    h. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
    i. Program Review Committee
    j. University Core Curriculum Committee
  11. Old Business
  12. Committee Motions

Academic Policy Committee Motion on Applied Behavior Analysis

Academic Policy Committee Motion on Law and Philosophy Joint Program

Compensation and Welfare Committee Motion on Course Cancelation

Faculty Guide Article 11 Second Reading

Faculty Guide Article 12 First Reading

Faculty Guide Article 13 First Reading

13. New Business

14. Adjournment:

Meeting of February 21st

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AGENDA

February 21, 2025, Meeting of the Faculty Senate

1. Sign in for Quorum:

2. Call to Order:

3. Remarks from the Provost

4. Communications from the Provost

5. Approval of the agenda

6. Approval of the minutes of the January Meeting

7. Executive Committee report

8. Administrative Committees with no reports

a. Benefits Committee
b. Budget Committee
c. Environmental Sustainability Committee
d. Rank and Strategy Committee
e. Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
f. Travel Policy Advisory Committee

9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees

a. Academic Facilities Committee report
b. Admissions Committee report
c. Compensation and Welfare Committee report
d. Faculty Development Committee report
e. Faculty Guide and Bylaws report
f. Graduate Studies Committee report
g. Instructional Technology Committee report
h. Library Committee report
i. Program Review Committee report
j. University Core Curriculum Committee report

10. Committees with No Reports

a. Academic Integrity Committee
b. Calendar Committee
c. Faculty Grievance Committee
d. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee

11. Old Business

12. Committee Motions

13. New Business

14. Adjournment:

Meeting of January 24th

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AGENDA

January 24th, 2025, Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum
  2. Call to Order
  3. Remarks from the Provost – Dr. Katia Passerini
  4. Guest Speaker – Dr. Alyssa McCloud, Executive Vice President for Enrollment Management and Recruitment
  5. Communications from the Provost
    2023-2024 FS-28 Approval of Academic Integrity Motion
    2023-2024 FS-32 Approval of Comp and Welfare Motion
  6. Approval of the agenda
  7. Approval of the minutes of the December Meeting
  8. Executive Committee report
  9. Reports of Administrative Committees
    a. Benefits Committee
    b. Budget Committee
    c. Environmental Sustainability Committee
    d. Rank and Strategy Committee
    e. Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
    f. Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  10. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
    a. Admissions Committee report
    b. Calendar Committee report
    c. Faculty Development Committee report
    d. Graduate Studies Committee report
  1. Committees with No Reports
    a. Academic Facilities Committee
    b. Compensation and Welfare Committee
    c. Faculty Grievance Committee
    d. Faculty Guide and Bylaws
    e. Instructional Technology Committee
    f. Library Committee
    g. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
    h. Program Review Committee

12.Old Business
13. Committee Motions
Executive Committee Motion

14. New Business
Faculty Senate Motion

15. Adjournment

 

Meeting of December 6th

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AGENDA
December 6th, 2024, Meeting of the Faculty Senate

  1. Sign in for Quorum
  2. Call to Order
  3. Communications from the Provost
  4. Provost’s Response to Motions
    2023-2024 FS-3 Approval of PRC report
    2024-2025 FS-2 Reapproval of Article 10
    2024-2025 FS-5 Reapproval of Article 10
  5. Approval of the agenda
  6. Approval of the minutes of the November Meeting
  7. Executive Committee report 
  8. Reports from Administrative Committees
    a. Benefits Committee
    b. Budget Committee
    c. Environmental Sustainability Committee
    d. Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee
    e. Travel Policy Advisory Committee
  9. Reports of Standing and Special Committees
    a. Academic Facilities Committee report
    b. Compensation and Welfare Committee report
    c. Faculty Development Committee report
    d. Program Review Committee report
    – Existing Chart
    – Academic Approval Chart Revised
    – PRC Review ENVL
  10. Committees with No Reports
    a. Academic Policy Committee
    b. Admissions Committee
    c. Calendar Committee
    d. Faculty Grievance Committee
    e. Faculty Guide and Bylaws
    f. Graduate Studies Committee
    g. Instructional Technology Committee
    h. Nominations, Elections, and Appointments Committee
    i. Program Review Committee
    j. Library Committee
    k. University Core Curriculum Committee

11.Old Business

12. Committee Motions
a. Program Review Committee
– PRC Motion to Approve Revisions to the Academic Approval Processes Chart
– PRC Motion RE: ENVL Review

13. New Business
Motion: To go into a Committee of the Whole for the purpose of discussing the proposed new faculty lounge.
– Faculty Lounge Proposal

  1. Adjournment