Faculty Senate

UToledo Faculty Senate Agenda

September 29, 2026

Hybrid: Webex & Main Campus, Savage 1200A

1. Roll Call: Dr. Sharon Barnes (substituting for Dr. Raghav Khanna, Faculty Senate Executive Secretary) (5 min)
2. Approval of the Agenda (2 min)
3. Approval of the Minutes: April 21, 2026 (2 min)
4. Executive Committee Report: Dr. Renee Heberle, UToledo Faculty Senate President (10 min)
5. Reports:
   
   1. Dr. Mitchell S. McKinney, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs (10 min)
   2. Dr. Sharon Barnes, report on facilities meeting (10 min)
   3. Rob Padilla, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (5 min)
6. Old Business: 
   1. CoPilot and the status of other tools and IT support for faculty and classrooms. Vice-President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer William McCreary will be in attendance to answer questions. (20 min)
7. New Business: 
   1. Dr. Sharon Barnes, on question from the Rocket Roundtable
      1. For consideration: holding seats for students deregistered for lack of payment. (10 min)
   2. From FSEC, on evaluation schedule of Deans
      1. For consideration: suspending evaluations of Deans as scheduled in our by-laws (every two years) in years the Provost’s Office is evaluating Deans for renewal (every five years). (10 min)
8. Items from the floor (10min)
9. Adjournment

Senators arriving late should report to the Faculty Senate Executive Secretary after the meeting to insure their attendance is recorded.

All Senators and guests are asked to please silence their cell phones.

Faculty members have the right to attend meetings and speak to issues before the Senate. In addition, it is urged that faculty make their views known their respective representatives.