Agendas, Minutes, & Meetings
2020 - 2021 Senate Meetings
All meetings of the Faculty Senate begin at 3:10 p.m. Meeting dates are the 3rd Thursdays of each month, while regular classes are in session. To be placed on the agenda, you must contact the Faculty Senate President (Charlene Simmons). All materials must be submitted by noon on the Friday before each meeting.
All meeting materials will be distributed electronically using this website at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting.
Recordings of meetings are available on the Faculty Senate's YouTube channel.
Agendas, minutes and meeting materials from previous years can be found the in the archives.
Fall 2020
July 16, 2020 (called meeting)
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of meeting
- April 16, 2020 meeting minutes
- June 18, 2020 meeting minutes
- COVID Absence Policy
- General Education Statement
- 2020-21 Committees
- Presidential Priorities
August 20, 2020
September 17, 2020
October 15, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of meeting
- COVID-19 Absence Statement - faculty survey results
- COVID-19 Absence Statement - draft of Spring 2021 syllabi statement
- Senate apportionment analysis for Fall 2020
- Results from the faculty survey conducted in Sept. 2020
November 12, 2020 (note date change)
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of meeting
- 9-month Faculty Leave Committee report
- UTC Faculty Senate Resolution on Paid Family and Medical Leave for 9-month Faculty (passed 11/12/20)
- Faculty Rating of Administration Committee proposal
- Honor Code Update - handout
- COVID-19 Absence Statement - final version of Spring 2021 syllabi statement
Spring 2021
January 21, 2020
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Presentation slides
- Recording of meeting
- Undergraduate Academic Standards Committee proposal
- Report on Diversity in Academic Leadership Appointments
- Documenting COVID-19 Impact in EDOs
- Results of faculty survey about COVID-19 & Spring/Fall 2021 semesters
- UTK-UTIA Faculty Senate Resolution on UT Presidential Searches
- UTC Faculty Senate Resolution on UT Presidential Searches (passed 1/21/21)
February 18, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of meeting
- Academic Standard Committee: Proposed catalog language for undergraduate certificates
- Handbook Committee: Proposed changes to section 4.7.1 of the Handbook and side-by-side comparison of current and proposed language.
- NTT Committee: Proposed change to the NTT Committee description in Faculty Senate Bylaws
- NTT Committee: Proposed changes to Faculty Senate Bylaws for Equitable NTT Representation
- Results of Shared Governance Survey
- TUFS Workload Study, Statewide Results: Executive Summary and Full Results
- Tips for Documenting COVID-19 in Faculty EDOs
- Proposal to separate the VC of Research and Dean of Grad School positions (information for discussion).
March 18, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of meeting
- NTT Committee: Proposed changes to Faculty Senate Bylaws for Equitable NTT Representation
- Faculty Senate Exec Committee: Proposed Bylaws Change Related to Handbook Committee
- Faculty Senate Exec Committee: Proposal to Change Senate Bylaws Language related to the Faculty Administrative Relations Committee (FARC)
- Faculty Senate Exec Committee: Faculty Awards Committee (draft)
- Summary of feedback provided at the Faculty Townhall on EDOs
April 15, 2021
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Slides from meeting
- Recording of meeting
- Undergraduate Admissions Committee: Proposal to make ACT/SAT Test Optional
- Faculty Senate Exec Committee: Proposal to Change Senate Bylaws Language related to the Faculty Administrative Relations Committee (FARC)
- Faculty Senate Exec Committee: Proposal to Change Senate Bylaws to Add Honors College as a Division
- Undergraduate Academic Standards Committee: Proposal to change language related to Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) credit
- TUFS Workload Study: UTC results
- Summary of feedback provided at the Faculty Townhall on Handbook
June 17, 2021 (called meeting)
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Recording of Meeting
- COVID-19 Absence Statement for Fall 2021 (draft)
- Survey Results: COVID-19 Absence Statement for Fall 2021
- Faculty Senate Year-End Report
- UT Faculty Workloads in the Age of COVID-19 (executive summary)