University Council Minutes

09/20/2023 03:30 PM - Tate Theater, Tate Student Center

View Related Documents Online The University Council met on September 20, 2023, in the Tate Theater. A quorum being present, President Jere Morehead called the meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Professor David Shipley, substituting for Parliamentarian Usha Rodrigues, provided remarks regarding voting and debate for the meeting.
 
As the first order of business, a motion to approve the minutes of the April 26, 2023 was made by Janet Westpheling and seconded by Matthew Auer. A vote was called, and the minutes were approved.
 
President Morehead then delivered his report to the Council:

• The president began his report by welcoming members to the first University Council meeting of the 2023-2024 academic year and thanking them for their service. The president stated that he looks forward to working with all members during the year.
• The president then introduced those who help to facilitate Council meetings: Professor Elizabeth St. Pierre, Chair of the University Council Executive Committee; Ms. Fiona Liken, Registrar and Associate Vice President for Instruction, who serves as Secretary of the Council; and Professor Usha Rodrigues of the School of Law, who serves as Parliamentarian.
• The president stated that several new personnel had been named in key leadership positions:
  • Dr. Mark Hunter has been named Dean of the Odum School of Ecology.
  • Professor Gagan Agrawal will lead the School of Computing.
  • Dr. David Odo has been named Director of the Georgia Museum of Art.
  • Dr. Juanita Hicks is the new Associate Vice President for Human Resources.
  • Dr. Andy Borst has taken the helm as the inaugural Vice Provost for Enrollment Management.
  • Mr. David Graves has been named as the new Director of Undergraduate Admissions.
  • Mr. Jeffrey Clark has been named Chief of the University of Georgia Police Department.
  • Ms. Martha Dannenbaum is the new Executive Director of the University Health Center.
• After receiving over 43,500 applications for admission, fall semester 2023 began with an outstanding class of 6,200 first-year students.
• UGA was recently ranked the #20 best public university in the nation by US News and World Report. Niche has ranked UGA at #9 in their listing of top public universities. These rankings point to UGA’s consistent, sustained success as one of America’s premier institutions for higher education.
• The president submitted for inclusion in the minutes the annual Ombudsperson report that was provided by EOO Director Qiana Wilson, whom he met with to discuss the report along with UGA’s ombudspersons Dr. Joseph Bartges, Ms. Anjali Dougherty, and Ms. Charisse Harper.
• This concluded the president’s report to the Council.

The floor was then opened for the following reports:

• Executive Committee, presented by Chair Elizabeth St. Pierre
• University Curriculum Committee, presented by Chair Susan Sanchez
• Student Government Association, presented by President George Moore
• Graduate Student Association, presented by President Abigail Grimes

The following action items were presented to the Council for consideration:

• Susan Sanchez, chair of the University Curriculum Committee, presented the following proposals:
  • Proposal to terminate the Graduate Certificate in Diverse Children's Literature for a Global Society. A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.
  • Proposal to terminate the major in Learning, Design, and Technology (Ph.D.) on the Gwinnett campus only. A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.
  • Proposal to terminate the major in Latin (M.A., Non-Thesis). A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.
  • Proposal to revise Policy 4.06-5, Air Force ROTC Commitment and Summer Break.  A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.
• Barbara Biesecker, chair of the Committee on Statutes, Bylaws, and Committees, presented the following proposals:
  • Second Reading: Proposed revisions to the University Council Bylaws: Staff Council. A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.
  • Second Reading: Proposed changes to the University Council Bylaws: Part I, Section XVIII University Promotion and Tenure Appeals Committee. A vote was called, and the proposal was approved.

The following information items were presented to the Council:

• From the Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost:
  • Dissolution of the Center for Physical Activity and Health
  • Dissolution of Phenomics and Plant Robotics Center
  • New Center for Neurological Disease Research

There was no old business to come before the Council.

During new business, a discussion occurred about a proposal passed by Council during its April 26 meeting regarding revisions to the operating procedures of the Faculty Post-Tenure Review Appeals Committee. Those revisions were submitted to the USG for approval but in light of Board of Regents/USG policy revisions were not approved and have been withdrawn.
 
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:01 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
 
Fiona Liken, Registrar
Secretary to University Council


University Council Member Roster
 

Council Member	Substitute
Addison, Donald
Anderson, Mumbi	(substitute Justin Ingels)
Andrews, Tessa
Archuleta, Kristy	(substitute Swan Chatterjee)
Atkinson, Amber
Auer, Matthew (Ex-Officio)
Ayers, Benjamin (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Henry Munneke)
Bankert, Alexa
Bar-Peled, Maor
Barnett, Kent
Beer, Jenay
Bendle, Neil
Biesecker, Barbara
Blankenship, Sara	(substitute Shelby Dickerson)
Bolshoy, Daniel	(substitute Sarah Frook Gallo)
Boudreau, Maric
Bourlai, Thirimachos
Brocato, John
Cain, Taylor	(substitute Nicole McConnell)
Carlson Welch, Annie	(substitute Demetrius Smith)
Carpenter, Tina
Carter, Samuel
Chapman, Jennifer
Cherkinsky, Alexander	(substitute Elya Zazovskaya)
Chess, Shira
Christ, Margaret
Clark, Bentley
Cleveland, Christopher
Coleman, Jacob
Colson, Gregory	(substitute Berna Karali)
Cook, Michelle
Cotterell, Michael
Coverdill, Jim
Crandall, Shari
Cullen, Thomas
Darley, Andrew
Das, Keshav
Davis, Brad
DeMaria, Don
DeVault, Travis
Duberstein, Kylee
Eggenschwiler, Jonathan
Ehlers, Benjamin
Emerson, Kerstin
Eustace, Joe
Fernald, Gideon
Ferreira, Susana
Forester, Kelsey
Frum, Jennifer (Ex-Officio)
Fu, Joseph
Fulbright, Patrick
Fusco, Rachel
Garrett, Jim	(substitute emiy Adah-Miller)
Gerlach, Chris	(substitute Kyla Sterling)
Glenn, Travis
Gottdenker, Nicole
Graham, Toby (Ex-Officio)
Greene, Dale (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Rhett Jackson)
Grey, Timothy
Grimes, Abigail (Ex-Officio)
Hall, Cassandra
Halper, Edward
Hanawalt, Christina
Harman, Ruth
Harvey, Stephen
Hembree, Savannah (Ex-Officio)
Hester, Jack
Hill, Janette
Hirt, Sonia (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Donnie Longenecker)
Hoffman, Mallory
Hogan, Jamie
Holladay, Steven
Hong, Philip (Ex-Officio)
Housley, Lauren
Hu, Jack (Ex-Officio)
Hunter, Mark (Ex-Officio)
Jackson, Angel
Jackson, Chandra
Jackson, Dailey
Jaskyte Bahr, Kristina
Johnson, Daniel
Jones, Diann
Jones, Shana	(substitute Shana Jones)
Jones, Stephanie	(substitute Ajay Sharma)
Jones, Tom
Jue, Matthew
Kajder, Sara
Ke, Yuan
Kempski, Jeffrey
Krunkosky, Thomas
Lakuriqi, Enkeleida
Lavner, Justin
Leach, Erin	(substitute John Prechtel)
Leahy, Brendan	(substitute Elizabeth Lutz)
Lemons, Derrick
Leo, Donald (Ex-Officio)
Leyting, Jennifer
Liken, Fiona (Ex-Officio)
Little, Laura
Lough, Kyser
Malladi, Anish
Mandal, Abhyuday
Manning, Frank	(substitute Jacckson Merkl)
Marotta, Anthony
Martin-Williams, Jean	(substitute Skip Taylor)
Masciadri, Milton	(substitute Elizabeth Knight)
Mason, Charlotte
Matthews, Paul
McBride, Walt	(substitute Hardin Watkins)
Medeiros, Patricia	(substitute William Miller)
Meskin, Aaron
Miller, Kristen
Mishra, Abhinav
Moore, George (Ex-Officio)
Morehead, Jere (Ex-Officio)
Morris, Kacy
Morrison, Alison
Mundy, Mathew
Muszynski, Artur
Nelson, Scott
Nesbit, Ryan (Ex-Officio)
Netter, Jeff	(substitute Myra Moore)
Newman, Blaise
Nuss, Michelle (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Clive Slaughter)
Okech, David
Pagnattaro, Marisa (Ex-Officio)
Peake, Jason
Peduzzi, Alicia
Perren, Samuel
Peterson, Thomas
Place, Nick (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Josef Broder)
Pontes, Hawkins
Poproski, Ruth
Redmon, Melissa
Reedy, Caroline
Reeves, Nancee
Renwick, Margaret
Rice, Jennifer
Roberts, Jessica
Rogers, Toni
Royer, Angie
Rubenstein, Eric
Ryu, Jennifer
Saba, Corey
Samples, Tim
Sanchez, Susan
Santesso, Esra
Sawyer, Laura
Severns, Paul	(substitute Sophie Usher)
Shaparia, Yuag (Ex-Officio)
Sheagley, Geoffrey
Shelton, Kisha
Shelton, Robin
Shipley, David
Singh, Rakesh
Smith, Caroline
Smith, Kelly (Ex-Officio)	(substitute Michael Fulford)
Smolenski, Craig
Spangler, Denise (Ex-Officio)
Sperling, Lisa
St. Pierre, Elizabeth
Standifer, Brittany
StaRomana, Benny
Stenport, Anna (Ex-Officio)
Stinson, James
Stone, Rebecca
Sullivan, Spencer
Taha, Thiab	(substitute Eman Saleh)
Timian, Viki
Turner, Pamela
Urbauer, Jeff
Vallury, Sechindra
Walcott, Ron (Ex-Officio)
Wang, Linbing
Wang, Yanbing (Ex-Officio)
Westpheling, Janet
White, Elizabeth
Wilson, Victor (Ex-Officio)
Woodson, Brock	(substitute Alysha Helmrich)
Worthy, Sheri
Wright, Bradley
Wurzburg, Elizabeth
Young, Catie
Zhao, Dehai
Zheng, George
Zvonkovic, Anisa (Ex-Officio)

Voting Record of September 20, 2023, Meeting