# April 18th, 2025

#### **ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY**

#### **FACULTY SENATE MEETING**

#### **April 18, 2025**

#### **Reynolds 222**

**Attendees:** Amanda Mohler, Audrey Folsom, Julie King, John Hershberger, Jessica Curtis, Suzanne Melescue, Dwayne Powell, Shanon Brantley, Stephanie Hoeckley, Katie Camden, Trinity Pullam, Rob Williams, Pradeep Mishra, Kristen Sumler, Kim Vickrey, Toccara Carter, Khem Aryal, Paul Finnicum, Richard Segall, Hao Yang Teng, Hung-Chi Su, Guolei Zhou, Eric Dry, Karen Graham, Scott Mangan, Veena Kulkarni

**Proxy Attendees:** Rob Williams proxy for Ibrahim Duyar, Katie Camden proxy for Jamie Pasmore, Rebbecca Wellborn proxy for Rashele Wade, Pradeep Mishra/Karen Graham proxy for Sarah Scott,

**Guests:** Kevin Hennings (parliamentarian)

**Absentees:** Alexandr Sokolov, Zahid Hossain, LTC Morgan Weatherly, Donna Caldwell, Paul Finnicum, DayDay Robinson, Bert Greenwalt, Mark Lewis, Gary Edwards, Ed Salo, Rollin Tusalem, Pradeep Mishra, Argelia Lorence, Savannah Cormier

**The meeting was called to order** at 3:00 pm.

**Order of the Day:** Motion to approve the order of the day by Richard Segall, seconded by Karen Graham, all in favor, motion carried.

**Approval of Minutes:** The motion to approve the April 4th, 2025 meeting minutes by Richard Segall, seconded by Jessica Curtis and Paul Finnicum, all in favor, and the motion was carried out.

##### **New Business**

There are 2 nominations for Faculty Senate President: John Hershberger and Dustin Sullivan

We will hold a Qualtrics vote in 2 weeks. April 28<sup>th</sup> – 30<sup>th</sup> is the voting window. Look for it in an email and the Daily Digest. All faculty can vote. You can only submit your vote once.

##### **Old business** 

##### **Faculty Equity Proposal Discussion**

Please keep giving feedback so that modifications can be made. The draft of the policy was emailed out in early April. We will discuss this again during the first meeting of the Fall semester. It is a lot of work trying to standardize all the terms and requirements. The committee should put forth a letter for equity, in addition to the chair and dean’s letters.

##### **Committee Reports**

None

The meeting was adjourned by Amanda Mohler at 3:09 pm.

Minutes recorded by Audrey Folsom, approved on 9/5/2025 (uploaded to KB 10/14/2025)