April 13, 2026

Faculty Senate Agenda – April 13, 2026

 

Item No.

Item

1.

Call to Order

2.

Roll Call

3.

Approval of the Agenda

4.

Approval of the March 16, 2026, Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes 

5.

Chair’s Remarks

6.

Provost’s Remarks

7.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Elections (ongoing throughout the meeting)

Click on candidate to access the information provided by the candidate:

Chair: Casey Boyd-SwanDave Kaplan

Vice Chair: Ann Abraham

Secretary: Ed Dauterich

At-Large: Tina BhargavaDavid DeesAaron MaguireLauren Vachon

8.

EPC Action Items (presented by the EPC Chair):

 

COLLEGE OF APPLIED AND TECHNICAL STUDIES (presented by Dean Peggy Shadduck and Assistant Professor Tim Long)
1. Applied Organizational Leadership - A.B.A.S.

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Establish 90-credit bachelor’s degree (fall 2026) 

 

GRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Erica Eckert and Melissa Zullo)
2. Leave of Absence for Graduate Students

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Revise policy 
3. Undergraduate Students Enrolling in Graduate Courses

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Revise policy 
UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Joanna Liedel and Dirk Remley)
4. Academic Dismissal - Undergraduate

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Revise policy 
5. Academic Dismissal Appeal - Undergraduate

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Establish policy 

 

6. Posthumous Degrees

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Revise policy
GRADUATE DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL (presented by Associate Dean Kelly Cichy)

 

 
7. Transfer of Graduate Credit

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Revise policy

9.

Old Business:

Action Items:

 

1. Provost’s Response to Course Scheduling Report and Provost’s Response

Course Scheduling Report (from Course Scheduling Committee at previous Faculty Senate meeting)

Provost’s Response

2. Attendance Policy (presented by Student Ombuds Amy Quillin)

Explanation of Changes

Clean Version

Markup Version

3. Kent Core Update (view EPC proposal passed in January here)

Big Six Outcomes (scroll to bottom of page 9 in attached document)

Faculty Oversight Committee (scroll to pages 10-13 in attached document)

Discussion Item:

 

1. Kent Core Update (presented by Senator David Dees)

Course Distribution Options (attachment showing options)

10.

New Business

Peer Evaluations (presented by Director Jennifer Marcinkiewicz)

Document 1

Document 2

11.

Additional Items – Brief budget summary (presented by Interim Senior VP Jeannie Reifsnyder)

12.

Announcements / Statements for the Record

13.

Adjourn

 

Additional Items:

EPC Action Items Passed by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee on Behalf of Faculty Senate (all items can be elevated to voting items by a motion from a senator):

 

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
School of Health Sciences (presented by Associate Professor Natalie Cain-Bish)
  1.  
Nutrition Outreach Center

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Relocate to College of Public Health (fall 2026)
School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences (presented by Associate Professor Maureen Blankemeyer)
  1.  
Human Development Center

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Inactivate center
GRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Erica Eckert and Melissa Zullo)
  1.  
Course Privilege for Doctoral Students

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Inactivate policy
UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Joanna Liedel and Dirk Remley)
4 Critical Reading Strategies Placement

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Revise policy 
5 English Placement

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Revise policy 
6 Foreign Language Placement

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Revise policy 
7 Mathematics Placement

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Revise policy 
8 Placement Assessments

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Establish policy 
9 Registration

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Revise policy 
10 University Readiness Standards

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Revise policy 
       

 

 

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes (click on the links to go to individual minutes):

3-11-26

3-25-26