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 28th – 30th 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)