Faculty Council Minutes
2024-2025 Faculty Council Meeting Minutes
CAL Faculty Council Meeting
Location: Web-Ex
Time: March 18, 2025, 4-5:20 p.m.
Voting members = 41 Quorum = 22
Attendance
- Present (37): Alamina, Alam, Al Hariri, Allred, Baltus, Christman, Crookston, Damschroder, Edgington, Feldmeier, Fitzgerald, Foss, Grazzini, Kim, Layng, Rouillard, McBane, Mezo, Miner, Kinsey, Kistner, Moteleone, Mossblad, Mungo, Nelson, Nemeth, Sakowski, Semaan, Smirnov, Smith, Stauch, Taylor, Wang, Ward, Yamazaki, Zeigler, Zych
- Absent (3): BeattyMedina, Bland, Amialchuk
- Guests: Keith, Lawrence, Lingan, Sullivan, Stone, Gregory, Stewart, Snauwaert, Schneider, Benton, Garcia, Oddo, Sabatino, Cheng
Call to Order
Approval of the agenda; Second; Motion Approved (27 Yes, 0 No, 10 Abstain)
Dean’s Report (Dean Melissa Gregory)
- No report, just a call for volunteers for the commencement event on May 2nd, contact the Dean’s office
- Later in the meeting, there were introductions to Megan Stewart from criminal justice and Rebecca Schneider from education. Dean Gregory introduced some staff members as well.
Executive Committee Report (Jami Taylor)
- FOIA request about minutes from 2/18/2025.
- Discussed approval process and amendments to the constitution.
- Discussed how much curriculum business is left.
Faculty Senate Report (Gaby Semaan)
- The Provost asked Deans to identify courses if SB1 gets adopted, but no action will take place other than identification.
- Ammon reported on college curricular changes.
- Student org reports food at Ottawa needs to improve faster, other dining halls have improved.
- Elections reported on senate reps and proportions, but numbers will stay the same for now because the merger has not been completed.
Graduate Council Report (Kristen Keith)
- Dan talked about grade deletion/substitution and gathering information on that.
- There is a new employee in graduate recruitment.
- GA reports that they need volunteers to judge the Midwest Graduate Research Symposium.
- Please come to R1 celebration.
- Int. Pres says make no changes until SB1 becomes law.
- Provost search is underway.
- GA stipends are frozen and we lose students to other schools that can afford more
- We want to keep R1 status, and graduates are necessary for research.
- Int. Pres is interested in pipeline programs and believes they set us apart.
Elections Committee Report (Sam Nelson)
No report
Bylaws/Constitution Committee Report (Jami Taylor)
The constitutional proposal discussed in Old Business.
Curriculum Committee Report (Anthony Edgington)
- See the curriculum report for course modifications that were up for voting.
- All programs and course mods were called to vote, and all passed (27 Yes, 0 No, 10 Abstain)
Old Business
- Constitution Proposal
- Some changes to the curricular proposal doc came from legal/HR as well as low-stakes typos;
- Lots of discussion surrounding lecturer representation on the council, many members voiced their opinions and support for one of the proposed amendments (see folder for details);
- Council voted yes on proposal 3 (25 yes, 0 no, 12 abstain);
- Council voted yes on endorsing the constitution (33 yes, 0 no, 4 abstain);
- Endorsing the constitution doesn’t mean it gets adopted. Still needs to be approved by a simple majority.
New Business
Announcements
Next CAL meeting – April, 1st – WebEx
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn; Seconded; Motion approved (33 Yes, 0 No, 4 Abstain)