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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Leon Johnson Hall 346

Sept. 2, 2026

3:15pm-4:30pm

I.        Call to Order

a.       Meeting called to order at 3:17pm

b.       Welcome new members! Senate orientation forthcoming.

II.       Fall Semester Greeting and Strategic Plan Presentation – MSU President Brock Tessman

a.       Remarks

b.       Strategic Plan Update

c.       Questions

i.        Will there be a ten-student minimum to open a class?

1.       Will need to learn more and get back to you.

ii.        In responses, will people have the chance to give feedback on the projects, besides a sticker?

1.       Yes

iii.       Initiatives/policies that affect faculty are being put in place without faculty input. Would like to see that improved.

1.      There are multiple approaches to shared governance. Let’s be thoughtful and figure it out. Find a happy medium. There are opportunities for changes in culture on campus.

iv.      Are there specific institutional examples that could be used as examples of those things you want to accomplish through the new strategic plan?

1.       We can find ways to point people in the direction to find the information.

v.       Do you have in mind how you will distribute the budget among the different projects?

1.       We can figure out funding for those most important projects. That just means there will be fewer projects.

III.      Keeper of the Chair’s Vintage transfer ceremony

a.       The transfer was made.

b.       Rob Maher was presented with a plaque for his service to Faculty Senate

IV.       Approval of FS Minutes from April 22, 2026

a.        Suzanne Cowan moves to approve. Jim Meyer seconds.

i.         Any info on lack of info on sabbaticals?

1.        Subject hasn’t been returned to yet but am confident it will. Doug will request the info.

ii.        None opposed. No abstentions. Approved.

V.        Approval of Consent Agenda

a.      Susanne Cowan moves to approve second reads. Marg Hammersla seconds. None opposed. No abstentions. Second Reads ae approved.

Please carefully review second-reading course and program approvals in particular prior to the meeting. Individual courses or programs may be removed from the consent agenda by any Senator’s request, to be considered individually. All items remaining on the agenda will be approved when the consent agenda is approved. 

b.       New Undergraduate Courses-second read

i.        BFIN 465 : Financial Analytics with Python

ii.       EMEC 389 : Mechanical Systems Integration

iii.      EQUH 101 : Horsemanship 1

iv.      LS 336 : Narrative Journeys in Film

c.       New Undergraduate Courses-first read

i.        EELE 111 : Introduction to Printed Circuit Board Development

ii.       LS 338 : The Cultures, Science, and Languages of the Fur Trade

d.      Undergraduate Course Changes-second read

i.       ARCH 253 : Architectural Design I

1.      New learning outcomes

ii.       ARCH 262 : Architectural Graphics II

1.       Credit change from 3 to 2

2.       Changes to learning outcomes

iii.      ARCH 363 : Architectural Graphics III

1.       Credit change from 3 to 2

2.       New learning outcomes

iv.      ARCH 413 : Professional Practice II

1.       Title changed to add the "II"

2.       Credit change from 3 to 2

3.       New learning outcomes

v.       EDU 270 : Integrating Technology into Education

1.       Number change from 370 to 270. (270 and 370 are equivalent in CCN) 

vi.       HORT 231 : Woody Landscape Plants

1.       Title change from Woody Ornamentals

2.       Updated learning outcomes

vii.      HTR 498 : Hospitality Management Internship II

1.       Credit change from 2-12 to 3

2.       Updated learning outcomes

viii.     KIN 498 : Internship

1.       New learning outcomes

ix.      MAS 111 : DAF Heritage and Values II

1.       Title change from Competition and Security

2.       New learning outcomes

x.       PHOT 360 : National Parks Digital

1.       Title change from Yellowstone Digital

2.       Updated learning outcomes

xi.       PSYX 110IS : Honors Intro to Psychology

1.       Credit change from 4 to 3

2.       New learning outcomes

xii.     SOCI 358 : Crime and Inequality

1.       New learning outcomes

e.       Undergraduate Course Inactivations

i.        BIOH 431 : Student Assistant Training for Advanced Human Torso Anatomy (BIOH 409)

1.       No longer offered

ii.       BIOH 433 : Student Assistant Training for Neuroanatomy (NEUR 309)

1.       No longer offered

f.        Graduate Course Reactivations-first read

i.        IMID 505 : Gene Regulation in Human Development, Disease, and Immunity

g.       Graduate Course Changes-second read

i.        EGEN 511 : Engineering Methods for Teachers

1.      Changes to learning outcomes

ii.      PHSX 531 : Nonlinear Optics/Laser Spectroscopy

1.      New learning outcomes

h.      Graduate Program Changes-second read

i.        ACCO-CERT : Graduate Certificate in Addictions Counseling

1.      Addition of an accelerated version

VI.     QCORE Proposal, First Reading – Jayne Morrow, QCORE Director, and Krishna Rupavatharam, Director, Spectrum Lab

a.      Level II BOR Proposal

b.      If you have questions, send them to Doug and he will get them to the group and get the feedback back to senate.

VII.     FYI Items

a.      Gianforte Hall grand opening Thurs Sept. 10 1-5—RSVP

b.       Library Construction update

c.        University Council update

d.       Graduate Council update

e.       Other committee updates

VIII.    Faculty Discussion sessions---off-weeks to Senate meetings, same time/place: call for topics

a.       For all faculty, not just senators and alternates.

IX.      Senators’ Open Conversation

a.       Are Steering meetings open to faculty? Anyone on Seante could attend, but there is no provision for public comment. It is not written in the bylaws. You can always be on the steering committee.

b.       Are centers receiving funding from DOD or other military bodies? Students have an active interest in it. Would like to address it at some point.

c.        Is there a place to look at what the broader impact of a QCORE facility on the campus?

i.        Physics was not consulted about this.

ii.       Centers take some of the funding that departments would get otherwise.

X.       Public Comment

a.       None

XI.      Adjourn

a.       Susanne Cowan moves to adjourn. Marg Hammersla seconds. Meeting adjourned at 4:52pm.