TAMU Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes May 9, 2022
3:00pm Via Zoom
 
http://facultysenate.tamu.edu
The full video recording of the meeting can be accessed on the Faculty Senate website:
https://facultysenate.tamu.edu/Faculty-Senate-Meeting-Recordings

CALL TO ORDER

Speaker Dale Rice called the twelfth meeting of the 39^th session to order at 3:02pm.               Due to ongoing social distancing practices resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the meeting was conducted via Zoom.
 
Senator Andrew Klein will be monitoring the raised hand function and will monitor the chat. Registration function is being used to track attendance
 

GUEST SPEAKER

None
 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

None
 

Speaker Comments

In the interest of time the Annual State of the Senate Address has been deferred to the June meeting, so that there is sufficient time to deal with new business.
 

CONSENT AGENDA

The motion passed to approve the May 9, 2022; Consent Agenda as presented. (Full Consent Agenda with FS#’s can be found under Adjournment below.)

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Core Curriculum Council Couse Report -Attachment C –

The motion passed to approve the Core Curriculum Course Report as presented. (Full CCC Report can be found under Adjournment below.)
 

NEW BUSINESS

1. Presentation of Administrative structural changes for the purpose of input including feedback on proposed name changes.

Interim Provost Tim Scott shared slides showing new structure and answered questions.
College Name Changes:

• College of Arts & Sciences (Formerly College of Liberal Arts).
• New School of Fine Arts, Performance & Visualization.

 
Department-level Name Changes:

• Department of Communication & Journalism (Communication)
• Department of Global Languages & Cultures (International Studies)
• Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management (Health & Kinesiology)
• Department of Socioecological Health (Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences)

 
Questions and comments raised by: Senator Maria Moyna – College of Arts & Sciences, Senator Angie Hill-Price – College of Engineering, Senator Daniel Jimenez – College of Engineering, Secretary Tracy Hammond – College of Engineering, Vice President N.K. Anand – Faculty Affairs, Senator Jorge Alvarado – College of Engineering, Senator Adam Kolasinski – Mays Business School,
 
Senator M. Douglas Benson - Texas A&M Dallas, Senator Annie McGowen – Mays Business School. Senator Rajesh Miranda – College of Medicine,
Speaker Rice stated that the SAP calls for faculty input not approval.
 
 
Speaker Rice thanked Provost Scott and Vice President N.K. Anand for their input.
 
 

1. Presentations from Speaker-Elect, Secretary and Executive Committee Candidates.

Presentations were made by:

Speaker - Elect:

Senator Mark Sicilio – College of Medicine on behalf of Senator Trevor Hale – Mays Business School.
Secretary Tracy Hammond – College of Engineering

Secretary:

Senator Dan Collins – College of Science Senator Janice Epstein – College of Science

Executive Committee:

Senator Mark Burge – School of Law, Senator Rebecca Burns – College of Nursing, Senator Shelley Holliday – College of Architecture, Senator Andrew Klein – College of Geosciences, Senator Robert Mackin – College of Arts & Sciences, Senator Angie Hill-Price – College of Engineering, Senator Mark Sicilio – College of Medicine, Senator Grace Townsend – Texas A&M at Galveston, Senator Jim Woosley- College of Education and Human Development.
Speaker Rice noted that elections for Speaker-Elect would take place starting after the meeting and would last for 2 days, followed by elections for Secretary and then committee as a whole. Presenters were allowed two minutes to give their presentations.
 

Approval of Minutes

Attachment B1 - FS.39.353 Approved
Approval of April 11, 2022, Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes.
Attachment B2 FS.39.354 Approved
Approval of March 21, 2022, Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Attachment B3 FS.39.355 Approved
Approval of February 14, 2022, Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE

Secretary- Tracy Hammond asked the committee if there are any positive actions or concerns related to diversity and inclusion on campus.
Senator Jorge Alvarado – Asked how many Hispanic Students were set to graduate. Speaker Rice responded that the numbers weren’t broken down. Interim Provost Scott said that this information would come from the Registrar’s Office, and he would send a note to Vanessa Heidrick.
Senator Terri Pantuso – Asked what percentage of African American students are not athletes. No response was given.
Senator Yava Jones-Hall – Commented that Prairie View is having first one-week camp with free admission to aim to increase minority enrollment in Veterinary school.
Secretary Tracy Hammond – Commented that the College of Engineering on June 8-9 will have an event to get involved with faculty and engineers from sister schools.
Senator Debjyoti Banerjee – Mentioned that the school of engineering and medicine is now two separate college. Wants to request senate placement.
Speaker Dale Rice responded that this fall would have massive realignment within the Faculty Senate due to the merge of several colleges.
Senator Adam Kolaniski – Wondering how receptive the administration is in receiving more formal feedback in regard to the SAP. Speaker Dale Rice – Senate Leadership has always been sure to take feedback into consideration. Said he would be happy to speak with the Chancellor Sharp about more formal conversation. Interim Provost Scott – Said that he would speak with President Banks and ask her feedback and get back to the senate.
 
Speaker Rice said that he would extend the invitation to President Banks to join the meeting in September.
Senator John Stallone – Stated that the email from President Banks recognized that there was a lot of stress and uncertainty, and she would be addressing issues during her state of the faculty address. He wishes she would discuss these issues now.
Senator Clint Magill – States that his department is small but makes a big contribution to the university. Feels that because a department doesn’t have 500 undergraduates, shouldn’t mean that they are gone. Vice President N.K. Anand stated no decisions have been make based on these metrics.
Senator Andrew Klein read comments from chat – Can we updated on the status of changing the titles of Clinical Faculty as part of the reorganization? Vice President N.K. Anand stated that there was a committee that has begun working on this but he does not have the final report yet.
Question in chat was asked to Interim Provost Scott, due we have any administrative structure between the program deans and department heads for the College of Arts and Sciences? Interim Provost Scott responded that the department heads will report to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
 

ADJOURNMENT

Speaker Rice thanked everyone for joining virtually and reminded everyone to check their emails for ballots. The meeting was adjourned at 4:49pm.
 
 

CONSENT AGENDA GRADUATE COUNCIL

New Courses – Galveston FS.39.356 Passed
 
MARA 690: Maritime Interdisciplinary Studies - Business, Law and Policy
New Courses FS.39.357 Passed
 
MEEN 671: Human Sensing Technologies
 
RWFM 659: Human Dimensions of Parks and Protected Areas
 
STAT 660: Flexible Regression
 
TCMT 630: Organizational Leadership for Senior Technical Leaders
 
TCMT 636: Persuasive Communications for Technical Managers
 
 
Change in Courses – Qatar  FS.39.358 Passed
 
CHEN 610: Humanitarian Engineering
 
 
Change in Courses FS.39.359 Passed
 
CSCE 629: Analysis of Algorithms
 
ECEN 608: Modern Control
 
EDCI 641: The African American Learner in Urban Settings
 
EPSY 632: Social and Emotional Development and Interventions
 
MEEN 686: Composite Materials Processing and Performance
 
MSEN 625: Mechanical Behavior of Materials
 
NUEN 612: Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation
 
 
Change in Courses – Course Inactivation Proposal – Galveston Passed FS.39.360
 
MARB 603: Cetacean Behavior and Behavioral Ecology
 
MARB 606: Advanced Concepts in Marine Population Biology
 
MARB 607: Research and Conservation in Greece-Dolphins, Fisheries and Cultural Heritage
 
MARB 615: Coastal Marine Biology and Geology of Alaska
 
MARB 616: Introduction to Methods in Scientific Diving
 
MARB 617: Research Diving Methods
 
MARB 620: Marine Biological Resources
 
MARB 633: Applied Bioinformatics
 
MARB 635: Marine Invertebrate Zoology
 
MARB 642: Marine Bioacoustics
 
MARB 654: Coastal Plant Ecology
 
MARB 656: Tropical Marine Ecology
 
 
Change in Courses – Course Inactivation Proposal FS.39.361 Passed
 
MEEN 604: Time Frequency Nonlinear Vibration Control
 
MEEN 619: Conduction and Radiation
 
MEEN 623: Tensor Analysis for Engineers
 
MEEN 636: Turbulence: Theory and Engineering Applications
 
MEEN 638: Mechanics of Non-Linear Fluids
 
MEEN 641: Quantitative Feedback Theory
 
MEEN 646: Aerothermodynamics of Turbomachines
 
MEEN 670: Compressible Flow
 
MEEN 678: Aerosol Mechanics
 
 
Change in Programs      FS.39.362 Passed
 
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Department of Agriculture Leadership, Education & Communication MAG-ADEV: Master of Agriculture in Agricultural Development
 
 
Change in Programs FS.39.363 Passed
 
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Department of Agriculture Leadership, Education & Communication
MS-ALEC: Master of Science in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication
 
 
Change in Programs FS.399.364 Passed College of Engineering
Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution
MS-ENTC: Master of Science in Engineering Technology
 
 

UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

 
New Courses FS.39.365 Passed
 
CSCE 439: Data Analytics for Cybersecurity
 
KINE 428: Exercise Biomechanics Laboratory
 
RWFM 336: Research Methods in the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources
 
Change in Courses FS.39.366 Passed
 
BIMS 110: One Health in Action
 
CSCE 434: Compiler Design
 
CSCE 483: Computer Systems Design
 
ECCB 403: Population and Community Ecology
 
KINE 426: Exercise Biomechanics
 
OCEN 344: Reinforced Concrete Structures
 
Change in Courses – Qatar  FS.39.367 Passed
 
CHEN 410: Humanitarian Engineering
 
Change in Courses – Galveston FS.39.368 Passed
 
MARA 201: Foundations of Maritime Cyber Security
 
MARA 212: Business Law
 
MARA 301: Ocean Transportation I
 
MARA 304: Marine Insurance
 MARA 342: Managerial Maritime Finance
 
MARA 345: Maritime and Marine Entrepreneurship Ventures
 
MARA 346: Maritime and Marine Business Plans
 
MARA 347: Launch a Startup
 
MARA 350: Maritime Business Computer Programming and Security
 
MARA 360: Maritime Cybersecurity Issues
 
MARA 363: The Management Process
 
MARA 373: Personnel Management
 
MARA 401: Brokerage and Chartering
 
MARA 402: Inland Waterways
 
MARA 416: Port Operations, Administration and Economics
 
MARA 421: Admiralty Law
 
MARA 424: Intermodal Transportation
 
MARA 435: Labor Law and Policy
 
MARA 440: Global Economy and Enterprise Management
 
MARA 466: Strategic Management
 
MARA 470: Environmental Law
 
MARA 475: Business Leadership
 
MARA 484: Management Internship
 
MARA 485: Directed Studies
 
MARA 489: Special Topics in...
 
MARA 491: Research
 
MARA 493: International Maritime Management Experience
 
 
Change in Courses – Inactivation Proposal - Galveston
MEEN 414: Principles of Turbomachinery FS.39.369 Passed
 
 
Change in Programs FS.39.370 Passed
College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
BS-CVEN-COA: Civil Engineering, BS - Coastal Engineering Track
 
 
Change in Programs FS.39.371 Passed College of Agriculture & Life Science Department of Animal Science
CERT-EQSC: Equine Science - Certificate
 
W&C COURSES FS.39.372 Passed
Courses submitted for C Certification
COSC 440-C: Interdisciplinary Capstone
 
Courses submitted for C Recertification  FS.39.373 Passed
GEOG 215-C: Geospatial Cornerstone
 
MATH 482-C: Research Seminar
 
NURS 424-C: Professional Issues
 
RPTS 402-C: Park Planning and Design
 
 
Courses submitted for W Certification FS.39.374 Passed
 
BAEN 302-W: Biological and Agricultural Engineering Fundamentals II
 
ECMT 463-W: Introduction to Econometrics
 
ECON 318-W: The Economics of Gender and Race
 
ENGL 355-W: The Rhetoric of Style STAT 482-W: Statistics Capstone
 
 
Courses submitted for W Recertification  FS. 39.375 Passed
ASTR 491-W: Research
 
BICH 491-W: Research
 
PHYS 491-W: Research
 
 
POLS 439-W: Foreign Policy Decision Making
 
RELS 420-W: Religion and the Environment
 
RUSS 301-W: Advanced Grammar and Composition I
 
 
 
                                                         End of Consent Agenda                                                             
 
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
 
 
COMMITTEE REPORTS - FS. 39.376 Passed
CORE CURRICULUM COUNCIL COURSE REPORT – Attachment C
Language, Philosophy & Culture
ANTH 210-GE: Social and Cultural Anthropology
Communication
COMM 203-GE: Public Speaking