FACULTY COUNCIL 
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 
3:30 – 5:15 pm 
Executive Boardroom (2390), University Capitol Centre 

AGENDA 

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approvals
    1. Meeting Agenda          Decision
    2. Faculty Council Minutes (April 8, 2025)          Decision
    3. Draft Faculty Senate Agenda (September 16, 2025)          Decision
    4. Committee Appointments (Craig Just, on behalf of Committee on Committees)
      • Hope Metcalf (Law) to fill the unexpired term of Alison Guernsey (Law) on the Faculty Senate, 2025-27
      • M. Asghar Bhatti (Civil & Environmental Engineering) to fill the unexpired term of Jennifer Fiegel (Chemical & Biochemical Engineering) on the Faculty Senate, 2025-26
      • Knute Carter (Biostatistics) to replace William Story (Community & Behavioral Health) on the Faculty Senate, Fall 2025
      • James Wo (Sociology & Criminology) to replace Frederick Solt (Political Science) on the Faculty Senate, Spring 2026
      • Patricia Groves (Nursing) to the Conflict of Interest in Employment Committee, 2025-28
      • Joshua Lens (Health, Sport, & Human Physiology) to the Presidential Committee on Athletics, 2025-30 Decision
  3. New Business
    1. Councilor and Officer Introductions
    2. Call for an Election to Fill the Vacant Office of Vice President (Ed Gillan, Chair, Rules and Bylaws Committee)          Decision
    3. Executive Session:* Councilor Discussion with Pete Matthes, Senior Advisor to the President and Vice President for External Relations
    4. Faculty Council/Administrative Retreat Discussion/Reactions (Councilors)
    5. President’s Report (Craig Just)
  4. From the Floor
  5. Announcements  
    • The next Faculty Senate meeting will be Tuesday, September 16, 3:30 – 5:15 pm, Senate Chamber, Old Capitol.  
    • The next Faculty Council meeting will be Tuesday, October 7, 3:30-5:15 pm, Executive Boardroom (2390), University Capitol Centre.
  6. Adjournment 

 

*During Executive Session, only Councilors and invited guests remain in the room. Everyone else will be asked to leave until the executive session ends.