Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes: September 10, 2021 (Approved September 21, 2021)
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University of West Georgia Faculty Senate
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2021-09-10
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Faculty Governance , Shared Governance , Faculty Senate Minutes , UWG , Meeting Minutes , Faculty Meetings , University of West Georgia Faculty , Curriculum , Humanities Building Renovation , Covid 19 , Free Speech , Racism , Street Preachers , Mask Mandates , Graduate Student Funding , Cheerleading , Board of Regents , Tenure and Promotion Criteria , High Impact Practices , Faculty Morale , Pedagogy , Post Tenure Review , eSports , College Enrollments , Comprehensive Program Analysis , College Student Recruitment , Preview Day , Graduate Assistantships , Student Advising
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The Faculty Senate of the University of West Georgia, constituted within Academic Affairs, is the primary means through which faculty participate in the shared governance process at the University. This body typically meets once per month to vote on curriculum changes, hear committee reports, and discuss issues that affect faculty. Highlights of this meeting include: an update on the Humanities Building renovation; celebration of cheerleading championships; the first post Covid football game; vaccinations; concerns about enrollment nationwide; comprehensive program analysis; student recruitment efforts via Preview Day; eSports spaces and learning community; street preachers/racism/and free speech on campus; UWG treatment of mask mandates; graduate assistantship allocations; BOR (the State of GA Board of Regents) involvement in promotion and tenure decisions; faculty morale; timeline for modifying post tenure review; High Impact Practices or HIPS (pedagogical strategies that increase student engagement in learning); and restructuring of student advising procedures.
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