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Faculty Senate – November 18, 2026

AGENDA

November 18, 2026 — 3:30-5:00PM

Physical location: Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall

Contact your unit’s Faculty Senator for the zoom link.

Call to order – Sam Nelson, Senate Speaker

Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ Land Acknowledgement

Approval of Minutes: November 11, 2026

3:35-3:45 p.m.

Near Eastern Studies Department Name Change – Deborah Starr, Near Eastern Studies and Peter Loewen, Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Senate Q&A

3:45-3:55 p.m.

United Way campaign – Brandon Fortenberry, co-chair, United Way Campaign
Senate Q&A

3:55-4:15 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence in grading policy – Steve Jackson, Information Science and Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Jillian Goldfarb, Chair, Educational Policy Committee
Senate Q&A

4:15 – 4:45 p.m.

Artificial Intelligence in Education – Steve Jackson, Information Science and Vice Provost for Academic Innovation
Senate Q&A

4:45-4:55 p.m.

Dean of Faculty Announcements and Updates – Chris Schaffer, Dean of Faculty
Senate Q&A

4:55-5:00 p.m.

Good of the Order – Richard Bensel, Senator, Government; Yuval Grossman, Senator, Physics

Adjournment – Sam Nelson, Senate Speaker

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