May 2023 Steering Agenda

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, Robert Cochran (Presidential Appointee), and Laura Kloberg (Admin. Support for the Senate).

Special Guests: Bart Prorok, Chair, Ad Hoc PTR Audit Committee; Mitchell Brown, Chair of the Senate Faculty Handbook Review Committee.  

Steering Agenda (times are approximate)

1. 3:30: Welcome and Call to order

2. 3:31: Discussion/approval of Steering Minutes from April 11, 2023.

3. 3:32: Norman Godwin, News/Updates from Provost

4. 3:33: Senate Business:

   1. Bart Prorok, Ad Hoc PTR Audit Committee.

   2. Tripp, Rules Committee Chair, Senate Committees Nominations.

   3. Tripp/Godwin, Steering Members Rotating off:  Danilea Werner, Bob Norton

   4. Mitchell Brown and/or Norman Godwin, changes to the Faculty Handbook.

   5. Linda Gibson-Young, Campus Safety.

   6. Lisa Kensler, Update on Senate Parliamentarian Search.

5. 3:58: Discussion, edit, and approval of Senate Agenda for 4/18/2023 at 3:30 pm

6. 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.