MINUTES
Reynolds #205 9/15/2016
Agenda Topics
- Senators in Attendance: Tim Wise, Sheila Pearson, Shane Warrick, George White, Jennifer Louden, Charles Young, Stacy Clanton, Rhaelene Lowther, Abdel Bachri, Ganna Lyubartseva, Alec Testa, Denise Moseley, Patricia Clanton, Svetlana Paulson, and Shawn Young.
- Call to Order-
Reading of Proxies: Jennifer Louden for Neelie Dobbins.
- Approval of Minutes
Approved April 21 minutes, motion by White and 2nd by Pearson. Received amended March 17 minutes.
- Special Orders of the Day
Remarks from Dr. Testa
Offered opening words. Topics to consider in the future are analysis of inversion and compression of salaries.
Remarks from Dr. Rowsam
Discussion of the AQIP Executive Council as overseer of the AQIP process.
Action items taken last year included: Data-informed decision making, enrollment sustainability, and the “Mentor” software pilot project.
Action items this year to be addressed: complaint request process, new software for data-informed decisions, “Livetext” changes, and work on alignment issues for program outcomes and goals.
Requests senators to join in on action projects.
Remarks from Dr. Berry
Reserve Fund for University needs to increase.
2% COLA is possible.
Freshman to Sophomore retention at 66%. Overall enrollment up 15.3%, 2nd highest rate in school history.
Columbia Hall is open and about 95% full, Magnolia Hall will open in October at 70% capacity.
Working with ARAMARK to expand cafeteria by 210 seats.
SAU Tech freshman class is up but retention is an issue.
- New Business
Shawn Young seated as a new at-large senator.
Elected Svetlana Paulson as new vice president of Senate.
Appointed senators to standing committees
Handbook: Mosely, Wise, S. Clanton, and Bachri
Parking: Louden, Pearson, Lowther, and Lyubartseva
Budget: White, Warrick, Young, and Moore
Appointed senators to committees as liaisons
See attached list
- Old Business
None
- Adjournment
