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Faculty Senate discusses university community topics

Megan Ayscue March 13, 2017

Kent State's Faculty Senate held a meeting Monday to discuss various important topics relating to the university community. The Faculty Senate elected Cynthia Kristof as senate representative for the...

Petition for no-confidence vote against provost introduced at Faculty Senate

Emily Mills May 12, 2015

A Kent State professor introduced a petition at Monday’s Faculty Senate meeting calling for a vote of no confidence against Provost Todd Diacon.The petition was created in response to Diacon’s vote...

Faculty Senate approves new major, changes to student dismissal process, post-secondary education

Jimmy Miller May 12, 2015

In its last meeting of 2015, Faculty Senate unanimously approved the creation of a Business Analytics major, lowered the GPA range for dismissal review and established a program to replace the Post-Secondary...

Faculty Senate addresses tenure and promotion concerns

Victoria Manenti April 13, 2015

Faculty Senate members discussed issues surrounding the university tenure and promotion process, approved two new Kent Core courses and elected new officers during their third meeting Monday.Todd Diacon,...

Faculty Senate chair Lee Fox Cardamone addresses the crowd. 

Faculty senate approves new minor requirements, revises grading policies

Victoria Manenti March 9, 2015

Faculty Senate approved the revision of grading policies and undergraduate minor policies during its second meeting of the semester on Monday, March 10.All undergraduate minors will require a minimum of...

Kent State seeks to launch new general business major

Ellie Enselein February 16, 2015

Kent State University is currently in the process of vetting a new general business major within the College of Business, which could first be offered in fall 2016.The general business major would cater...

Faculty Senate addresses student evaluations, enrollment numbers

Jimmy Miller October 13, 2014

Faculty Senate did not vote on resolutions or present business Monday afternoon but presented new insight on assessment of student and faculty experience, student enrollment and the search for a new vice...

Faculty Senate’s co-op program designed with student careers in mind

Kristen Kobe July 26, 2014

Kent State’s Faculty Senate approved a proposal to establish a Cooperative Education Program during its monthly meeting on Monday, July 21. The program, set to begin in fall 2014, would give undergraduate...

Melody Tankersley (center) listens among other faculty senate members at the meeting in the Governance Chambers, March 17, 2014.

Faculty Senate revises admission requirements for incoming freshmen

Nicholas Sewell April 14, 2014

The Faculty Senate approved a proposal Monday to revise admission requirements for incoming freshmen to the university’s main campus and for deferred students at regional campuses who wish to enroll...

Provost’s Fellow Dr. Melody Tankersley (left) discusses topics with members of the Faculty Senate during the monthly meeting, March 10, 2014, in the governance chambers.

Faculty Senate approves center for academic growth in the College of Arts & Sciences

Nicholas Sewell March 10, 2014

The Faculty Senate approved a proposal to establish a center for programs in the College of Arts and Sciences that do not belong to a specific academic department in the college during its monthly meeting...

Provost Todd Diacon speaks at the Faculty Senate meeting, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014.

New policy to award qualified students with associate’s degrees this spring

Nicholas Sewell February 10, 2014

Students who have not yet finished their four-year bachelor’s degree may be awarded an associate’s degree at the end of the semester.Provost Todd Diacon announced Monday at the monthly Faculty Senate...

Chair of Faculty Senate Paul Farrell speaks at a faculty senate meeting held in the Governance Chambers, Oct. 7, 2013.

Faculty ‘frustrated,’ ‘insulted’ with presidential search involvement

Jimmy Miller February 9, 2014

Just before the Board of Trustees announced Beverly Warren as the next president of Kent State Jan. 8, a select few Faculty Senate members were interviewing her on the second floor of Rockwell Hall.“We...