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April 13, 2026

Faculty Senate Agenda – April 13, 2026

Item No.

Item

1.

Call to Order

2.

Roll Call

3.

Approval of the Agenda

4.

Approval of the March 16, 2026, Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

5.

Chair’s Remarks

6.

Provost’s Remarks

7.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Elections (ongoing throughout the meeting)

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Chair: ,

Vice Chair:

Secretary:

At-Large: , , ,

8.

EPC Action Items (presented by the EPC Chair):

COLLEGE OF APPLIED AND TECHNICAL STUDIES (presented by Dean Peggy Shadduck and Assistant Professor Tim Long)
1. Applied Organizational Leadership - A.B.A.S.		Establish 90-credit bachelor’s degree (fall 2026)

GRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Erica Eckert and Melissa Zullo)
2. Leave of Absence for Graduate Students		Revise policy
3. Undergraduate Students Enrolling in Graduate Courses		Revise policy
UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Joanna Liedel and Dirk Remley)
4. Academic Dismissal - Undergraduate		Revise policy
5. Academic Dismissal Appeal - Undergraduate		Establish policy

6. Posthumous Degrees		Revise policy
GRADUATE DEAN’S ADVISORY COUNCIL (presented by Associate Dean Kelly Cichy)
7. Transfer of Graduate Credit		Revise policy

9.

Old Business:

Action Items:

1. Provost’s Response to Course Scheduling Report and Provost’s Response

(from Course Scheduling Committee at previous Faculty Senate meeting)

2. Attendance Policy (presented by Student Ombuds Amy Quillin)

3. Kent Core Update (view EPC proposal passed in January )

Big Six Outcomes (scroll to bottom of page 9 in )

Faculty Oversight Committee (scroll to pages 10-13 in )

Discussion Item:

1. Kent Core Update (presented by Senator David Dees)

Course Distribution Options ()

10.

New Business

Peer Evaluations (presented by Director Jennifer Marcinkiewicz)

11.

Additional Items – Brief budget summary (presented by Interim Senior VP Jeannie Reifsnyder)

Announcements / Statements for the Record

13.

Adjourn

Additional Items:

EPC Action Items Passed by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee on Behalf of Faculty Senate (all items can be elevated to voting items by a motion from a senator):

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
School of Health Sciences (presented by Associate Professor Natalie Cain-Bish)
	Nutrition Outreach Center				Relocate to College of Public Health (fall 2026)
School of Lifespan Development and Educational Sciences (presented by Associate Professor Maureen Blankemeyer)
	Human Development Center				Inactivate center
GRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Erica Eckert and Melissa Zullo)
	Course Privilege for Doctoral Students				Inactivate policy
UNDERGRADUATE POLICIES COUNCIL (presented by Co-Chairs Joanna Liedel and Dirk Remley)
4 Critical Reading Strategies Placement				Revise policy
5 English Placement				Revise policy
6 Foreign Language Placement				Revise policy
7 Mathematics Placement				Revise policy
8 Placement Assessments				Establish policy
9 Registration				Revise policy
10 University Readiness Standards				Revise policy

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes (click on the links to go to individual minutes):