Tuesday, September 15, 2026

3:30 – 5:15 pm
Senate Chamber, Old Capitol
  1. Call to Order
  2. Approvals
A.    Meeting Agenda
 		Decision
B.    Faculty Senate Minutes (April 28, 2026) Decision

C.    Committee Appointments (Sarah Vigmostad, Chair, Committee on Committees)

  • Emma Erner (Pharmacy) to fill the unexpired term of Mary Schroeder (Pharmacy) on the Faculty Senate, 2026-29
  • Kimberly Bergen-Jackson (Nursing) to fill the unexpired term of Patricia Groves (Nursing) on the Faculty Senate, 2026-29
  • Kristine Arens (Business Analytics) to fill the unexpired term of Jaron Wilde (Accounting) on the Faculty Senate, 2026-28
  • Jonathan Platt (Epidemiology) to replace William Story (Community and Behavioral Health) on the Faculty Senate, Fall 2026
  • Rachel Maassen (Obstetrics and Gynecology) to fill the unexpired term of Scott Spak (Planning and Public Affairs) on the Campus Planning Committee, 2026-27
  • Brandon Dean (Classics and Religious Studies) to replace Nicole Esposito (Music) on the Council on Teaching, Fall 2026
Decision

 

III.     New Business 
 

  1. Introductions
  2. Recognition of 2026 Brody Award Recipients Professors Ed Gillan and Teresa Marshall (Craig Just)
  3. Senate Photograph
  4. Senate Orientation (Roxanna Curto)
  5. Center for Teaching Update (Anna Flaming, Assistant Provost for Teaching & Learning and Director, Center for Teaching
  6. Review of Division of Student Life Update (Craig Just)
  7. President's Report (Roxanna Curto)
  8. Executive Session*
 

IV.      From the Floor

 

V.       Announcements  

  • The next Faculty Council meeting will be Tuesday, October 13, 3:30-5:15 pm, Executive Boardroom (2390), University Capitol Centre. 

  • The next Faculty Senate meeting will be Tuesday, October 27, 3:30 – 5:15 pm, Senate Chamber, Old Capitol.  

     

 

VI.      Adjournment

 

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