Tuesday, September 16, 2025

3:30 – 5:15 pm
Senate Chamber, Old Capitol

  1. Call to Order
  2. Approvals
    1. Meeting Agenda — Decision
    2. Faculty Senate Minutes (April 29, 2025) — Decision
    3. Committee Appointments (Craig Just, on behalf of Committee on Committees) — Decision
      • 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
  3. New Business
    1. President Barbara Wilson
    2. Election of Faculty Senate Vice President (Committee on Elections) 
      Faculty Senate Vice President
      1. Roxanna Curto (French and Spanish)
      2. Anthony Panos (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
      3. Sarah Vigmostad (Biomedical Engineering)
    3. Presentation of 2025 Michael J. Brody Awards for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University and the State of Iowa (Caroline Sheerin)
    4. President’s Report (Craig Just)
  4. From the Floor
  5. Announcements
    • The next Faculty Council meeting will be Tuesday, October 7, 3:30-5:15 pm, Executive Boardroom (2390), University Capitol Centre.
    • The next Faculty Senate meeting will be Tuesday, October 28, 3:30 – 5:15 pm, Senate Chamber, Old Capitol.
  6. Adjournment