Auburn University Senate
March 19, 2024
3:30 pm 
Via Zoom: https://aub.ie/senatezoom
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AGENDA
Establish a Quorum
Approval of the Senate Meeting Minutes from February 20, 2024

Remarks and Announcements
University Senate Chair: Lisa Kensler
University Senate Secretary: Linda Gibson-Young
President: Chris Roberts
Provost: Vini Nathan

Action Items
Motion re: Accept report and recommendation from AU RISE (ad hoc Senate committee for Resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, and Engagement)

Presenter: Hollie Cost, Eve Brantley
Slide Presentation (pdf) White Paper (pdf) Proposed committee structure (pdf)

Vote re: Rules Committee Nominees

Presenter: Linda Gibson-Young
Rules Committee nominees (html)

Vote re: Senate Committee Membership (Nominations from Rules Committee)

Presenter: Linda Gibson-Young
Senate Committees replacement membership (pdf)

Committee Reports
Salary Study from Faculty Salaries & Welfare Committee

Presenters: Duha Tore Altindag, Joseph Majdalani, Michael Stern
(Report follows motion passed in November 2023: The Senate Requests that the Faculty Salary & Welfare Committee broadly investigate the raises and increases in compensation for administrators and staff versus the faculty compensation overall and present at a future Senate Meeting.)
Report (pdf)
Slide presentation (pdf)

Faculty Handbook

Presenter: Mitchell Brown
proposed FHB changes re: Hiring Guidlines (pdf)
proposed FHB changes re: College P&T-committee guidelines (pdf)

Information Item
AU Student Counseling & Psychological Services

Presenter: Joeleen Cooper Bhatia, Associate Director
slide presentation (pdf)

New Business
Lisa Kensler, Senate Chair
Adjournment
Lisa Kensler, Senate Chair