MEETING AGENDA – 2024/2025 FACULTY SENATE
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Zoom: https://nshe–nevada–edu.zoom.us/j/92049009806?pwd=iKq90Ri8Q9Z7BExELcEb6FaVH8PVBI.1
- Call to Order – Roll
- Approval of Minutes: May 2025
- Open Discussion in lieu of Chair’s Report
- New Business
- Faculty Senate elections overview
- Open Senate Chair position
- For Information only. Website redesign
- Old Business
- Next Meeting Tuesday July 15, at 2:00 PM
- Adjournment
Minutes
2024/2025 FACULTY SENATE
Tuesday, June 15, 2025
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Virtual Meeting-Zoom
1) Call to Order
There was a call to order at 2:07 pm
Roll Call
| A. Present: | |
| (1) Glenn Heath (SCS) | (7) Monica Aguilar (SCS) |
| (2) Cruz Laudenslager (SCS) | (8) Gar Casale (SCS) |
| (3) Crystal Chang (SCS) | (9) Ed Boog (SCS) |
| (4) Eric March (SCS) | (10) Darlene Aranda (SA) |
| (5) Spencer Lewis (SA) | (11) Chelsie Martinez (SA) |
| (6) Jose Quiroga (SA) | (12) Kristi Roberson (SA) |
Absent: Jessica Grauel (SCS), Camille Vega (SA), Marinn Clampit (SCS), Arlene Herrera (SA), Jim Lowe (SCS)
Quorum was established.
2)Approval of Minutes – May 2025
Motion to approve by Spencer and Ed seconded the motion. Minutes were approved. Send any edits or corrections to Cruz.
3) Guest Speaker: Chancellor – No guest speaker
4) Chair’s Reports –
- BOR Meeting May – There was a review of the Board Meeting at the All Hands meeting the previous day, for that reason there was nothing new to report for the Senate meeting. Glenn spoke with Matt who had questions about our Faculty Senate.
- Question: How long has Faculty Senate existed? Answer: Upon looking at the minutes online they date as far back as 1997, which would put the Committee at 30 years. It could be longer, and we will update when we have more information. It may need to generate more and new ideas to be more engaged.
- There was an explanation about what happens to a bill once it has been vetoed, which usually disappears once it has gone through the approval process and then is vetoed.
- An explanation was given about the difference between One-Shot Appropriations and the Operational budgets which include money set aside for buildings and construction.
5) New Business
- Faculty Senate elections:
Spencer was nominated and accepted as Vice Chair; he was unanimously voted in.
Darlene was nominated as Secretary and declined.
- i) Gar was nominated and accepted as Secretary; he was unanimously voted in.
- Alex Kaliq stepped down and we have an open senate position. Please send us names for nominations for the next meeting.
- Notification: Glenn and Cruz met with Bentley and Jessica to discuss a website redesign for Faculty Senate. We will review and decide what changes to make and welcome ideas for the next meeting.
6) Old Business
- Question: Does Faculty Senate have representation or is there an Ad Hoc Committee? Answer: Currently no, however this is something which we need to add as part of our meetings and can form as a sub-committee.
- Question: What kind of representative do we need for a Salary Study? Glenn said he would ask and follow up with Kelly Scherado to ask. As follow-up, Chair of Chairs is on the committee, Jinger Doe jdoe@tmcc.edu.
- Question: Is there any further training we can receive and/or more information about professional training. Answer: Glenn sent a link on the MOR Leadership training which he is currently attending. As follow-up, SCS has acquired a subscription with Udemy online training. Additional information to come on accessing courses through this platform. SCS does have MOR training on its FY26 budget. For SCS staff, this would need to be considered through your Director and approved by CIO.
7) Next Meeting
Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at 2:00 PM via Zoom.
8) Adjournment
Glenn motioned to adjourn. Meeting was adjourned at 3:06 pm.
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