April 2023 Steering Agenda
AU Steering Agenda
Agenda
04/11/2023 | Via Zoom | 3:30 PM
Meeting will open 15 minutes prior. Feel free to join early.
Attendance
Members: Mark Carpenter (Chair), L. Octavia Tripp (Secretary), Dan Svyantek (Immediate Past-Chair), Lisa Kensler (Chair-Elect), Linda Gibson-Young (Secretary-Elect), Vini Nathan (Interim Provost), Evelyn Hunter (Rules Appointee), Robert Norton (Presidential Appointee), Danilea Werner (Rules Appointee), Robert Cochran (Presidential Appointee), and Laura Kloberg (Admin. Support for the Senate).
Special Guests: Mitchell Brown, Chair of the Senate Faculty Handbook Review Committee. Ash Curtiss, NTTF Committee Chair.
Steering Agenda (times are approximate)
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3:30: Welcome and Call to order
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3:30: Discussion/approval of Steering Minutes from March 7, 2023.
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3:35: Welcome new members of the Senate 2023-2024 Leadership (Lori Eckhardt, Chair-Elect, and Jaena Alabi, Secretary-Elect)
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3:40: Senate Business:
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Mark Carpenter/Lisa Kensler, public access to Senate committee reports.
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Mark Carpenter/Lisa Kensler, Administration Policy on Policies, PolicyonPolicies.pdf (auburn.edu)
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Ash Curtiss, NTTF Committee Chair and Senior Lecturer in Chemistry/Biochemistry.
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Mitchell Brown and/or Norman Godwin, changes to the Faculty Handbook.
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Octavia Tripp, Rules Committee Chair, Senate Committees Nominations.
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4:05: Discussion, edit, and approval of Senate Agenda for 4/18/2023 at 3:30 p.m.
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4:10: Unfinished or New Business?
Mission
The Steering Committee acts on behalf of the AU Senate on matters requiring attention between meetings of that body and assists the chair of the Senate in setting the agenda for Senate meetings. In addition, it is concerned with the academic affairs of the University, with particular attention given to the need for developing and recommending policies under which these affairs are conducted. It works closely with other Senate committees to aid them in their assignments.