Faculty Senate. Agenda and minutes of the meeting of August 23, 2021. -- Faculty Senate Meetings, 2021-2022, v.35

Agenda: (Informal Statements and Proposals) -- (President's Report): COVID FAQs -- Summer Updates -- President's Retreat -- KBOR Update -- Current Mask Mandate -- Provost Search -- (Committee Reports): Rules Committee / Susan Castro -- (New Business): Presentation / Shirley Lefever, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost and Rick Muma, President

Minutes: (Informal Statements and Proposals): Senator Hakansson noted that President Biden signed an executive order on diversity, equity, and inclusion and included under that umbrella accessibility -- (Approval of minutes): May 10, 2021 -- (President's Report): COVID FAQs -- KBOR Update -- Current Mask Mandate -- Provost Search -- (Committee Reports): Rules Committee / Susan Castro -- (WSU President's Report): Update on the fee proposals -- Kansas required to meet "maintenance of effort" requirements for COVID relief money -- Bond resolution for NIRDT -- Deferred maintenance -- President's vision of priorities for 2021 -- (Provost Updates): COVID safety protocols -- KBOR goal of decreasing graduation rate equity gap -- KBOR on transferability of general education -- WSU initiatives -- Faculty encouraged to attend WSU presidential inauguration -- (Questions of President and Provost): COVID related -- Deferred maintenance issue / Senator Billingham -- Priority of education in university goals / Senator Billingham -- (As May Arise): Questions about NTT faculty and market-based compensation

Attachments uploaded separately (copy and paste URLs): 1. Faculty Senate presentation (https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/22282) -- 2. Strategic Plan presentation (https://soar.wichita.edu/handle/10057/22283)