March 30, 2026 President's Report
Presented by Christopher Stone
Moment of Silence
Workload and T&P Policy Updates
- KBOR allowing a grace period beyond the summer
- Faculty Affairs comm first draft being revised
- AVP Faculty Affairs (Mat) working with Faculty Affairs Comm
- T&P committee review in progress
- Specific KBOR timeline unknown
- Assume Fall 2026
First Year Seminar (FYS) Compensation
- FYS program costs roughly double estimated budget
- Recommended changes provided by Academic Affairs
- Gen Ed Committee reviewed requested changes and collected data
- Stipend for FYS courses will be reduced to minimum ($2,500)
Early Career Faculty Scholars Award Update
- A second track has been added to this award
- Tenure-track/Tenured
- Non-Tenure Track (NTT)
Ombuds Report
- Assisted 25 faculty this year
- None led to formal grievance*
- Wide variety of issues with no pattern to elevate
- Ombuds training April 3rd (23 already signed up)
General Education Change
- Can no longer require diversity content in a program*
- Gen Ed Bucket 7 flagged
- Does not affect courses at this time
- Proposal to remove diversity requirement from Gen Ed and Bucket 7