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I suspect you [unintelligible]
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jump right into the program to
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Thank you, it's a pleasure to be
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to talk to faculty, it is a
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lot of people here, but I
understand there are a lot of

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people out on the wire. So
thanks for joining us this

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afternoon. I want to welcome
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faculty that... [unintelligible]

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It's great to have you with us,
we look forward to the impact

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that you'll have not just on our
students, on our entire

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university, as well as our
community and state. Thank you

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for joining us, we look forward
to learning more about you and

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experiences that you're bringing
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Thank you very much. Well, first
of all, I want to welcome Jim

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Mattingly to the
[unintelligible]. John, thanks

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for agreeing to represent the
faculty senate, to the

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[unintelligible]. Chris Martin,
thanks for going in as the vice

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president of UF, thanks for your
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year as well. This past year has
been very, very difficult year,

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but also a very rewarding and
successful year. Moving through

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COVID was extremely
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took a while for our staff,
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sure that we could do what we
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students and our colleagues as
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[unintelligible]. So thank you

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for what, as faculty members, or
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would say that was a big big
lift this past year. It's also a

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challenging issue of the
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cannot deal with
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concepts, our budget free speech
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difficult. It's good to see
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engaging in conversations,
helping a solid meeting with

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legislators around the state,
helping them understand the role

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that UNI plays in this state in
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we are after all an institution
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their first job at that state
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I am looking forward to this
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it under the guise of COVID.
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doing the best we can to
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and be able to keep our faculty,
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possible [unintelligible] on the
structures that we can. I really

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appreciate your support the
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students in helping us keep as
safe as possible with the

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circumstances that we are under.
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everyone, pay attention to
what's going on at the federal

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level right now. There's a big
bill out there that's just come

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out. It's the the new human
infrastructure bill. There's a

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lot in there about higher ed,
we'll keep you up to date on

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that as we move through. There's
some exciting things in there.

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There's some things that will
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deal as a university as well,
free community college, what's

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the impact going to be on us
still sorting through that but

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there's increases in Pell
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in there thanks to the
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our office around teacher
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increasing the opportunities for
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development programs, especially
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way that that program is used by
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out. So some really exciting
things happened. I want to touch

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just briefly to give all faculty
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legislative session if you heard
or followed the Board of Regents

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meeting last week. We did get
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our state appropriation request,
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million to $102 million in state
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about a 4% increase in the state
appropriation. It amounts to

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about a roughly 3% increase in
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the real benefit, use that to
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to hold our tuition as low as
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some ground on the competitive
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hopefully that'll help with our
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an additional 1.6 million in
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the UNI at DMACC effort. Some of
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staff, but a lot of it is to
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grow that the enrollment in that
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continuing ed in online
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on. And I really want to, again,
thank our faculty leadership,

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one for bringing this group
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forum giving us an opportunity
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about where everything is at.
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best this year, I look forward
to the work that we will do

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together to support the faculty,
to support the staff. But in

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particular, to keep going as we
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community amongst our students,
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community amongst us as
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serve our students and help all
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professional, educational and
personal life goals. And to help

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all of you reach your
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personal life goals. Thank you.
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best this academic year.
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-Thank you, President Nook, our
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Herrera. And I just want to
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up that I gave everyone else the
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not done that with... with
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have a little more time because
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know that you the faculty want
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Here he is. [applause]

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-Thank you, Jim. No pressure
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for me, there's nobody here in
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tomatoes. So that's good news.
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you for the faculty leadership:
Becky, Jim, John, Jim. There are

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lots of things that happen with
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may or may not be aware of, but
you're in good hands, we've been

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having good conversations about
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I'll rely on them quite a bit
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pleasure and an honor to be
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occasion to welcome the newest,
the brightest and the best

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faculty here on campus. This is
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before you in this kind of
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underneath me, I'll hopefully
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to write. But for now, I think
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that faculty have had a
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year and a half to two years.
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COVID and as well as some of the
political landscape has shifted

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a little bit, has made doing the
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difficult. And I realize that.
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this institution, of course. But
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worldwide. Thank you for putting
in the work, there have been

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lots of you that have learned on
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exhibited what we consider to be
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instruction, to help our
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in we're in a pandemic, to
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here. So over the past three
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to dig into the data and the
culture of UNI. And I've started

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to outline how I need to spend
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for this academic year, I've
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some of you. I've gotten some
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adapted a little bit of what I'm
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there are three things that as I
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really solidified in me that we
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these three things. The first,
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now, we've had a trend to
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students, we need to turn that
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cognizant that UNI's existence
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students. And we need to
coordinate our efforts with lots

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of us including enrollment
management, including folks that

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serve the students to help them
retain here so that they will

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continue to be at UNI and enroll
in UNI. Our institution has to

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necessarily align to its budget,
its physical footprint, and

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personnel to serve the students
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wish it has. So that's a
realization that we all have to

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come to terms with. But we all
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that it's not sufficient to just
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active steps. To that end, we
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around an institution that's
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And that uses contemporary
approaches to attract even more

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great students to a great
institution. And I have to

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confess here that one of the
reasons I'm here is because this

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is a great institution, not just
because I say so, this is

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generally true about people that
I know and ask and trust and

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rely on that also

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say it's true.

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There are already many of you
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Most of us realize that at the
crux, success is not necessarily

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going full center into a
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successes now are engaged in
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intersection that relies not
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multiple disciplines in order to
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there's lots of that, but the
one that I take from the

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previous week is that there are,
new freshmen are increasing, and

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has and have have increased for
the last two years. And that

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some of our challenges of our
populations, our students are

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resolved, at least in part, on
our great successes to get them

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out the door and get them
graduated. But is graduating

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record numbers of students means
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a consequence we need to do, we
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not necessarily a bad problem.
That's just a part of a good

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problem to have. I also need to
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students and the faculty and the
staff. As I'm trying to do that

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over this next three months,
I've learned quite a bit,

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stuff's falling out from my
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in as best I can. Some of it's
sticking, some of it's losing,

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but I have good people in the
office that will set me

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straight. And make sure that I
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culture here at UNI.
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before, we need to diversify our
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and offerings. And there's
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that are bubbling up. I
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interviewing that provosts are
hideously bad at pushing. But

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they're pretty good at pulling.
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ideas that are coming up from
faculty in particular, to make

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this institution even better. As
we embark on this collective

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vision of the future that we
call academic positioning, we

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will need everyone to reimagine
how the pathways that most

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mostly faculty and staff have
imagined can be crafted and

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operationalized in a way that
will boldly structure our

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institution to meet the needs of
the students in this ever

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changing educational
environment. That is the

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educational environment has
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It will continue to accelerate
in terms of the change and we

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need to be ready to adapt. And
you'll hear that word for me a

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couple of times. But it's true
and it's important and everyone

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needs to contribute. As you know
Dr. Patrick Pease and Dr.

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Jennifer Waldron who are here
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entrusted with getting us to and
through our next phase of

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academic today's positioning
process. And they will need all

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of our help to re-envision UNI
and convey its relevancy to

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students that may need our
assistance to see how current

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and planned programs will be
useful for them to fulfill their

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dreams. In that sense, it's no
longer sufficient for us to

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claim that our curriculum
provides students with critical

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thinking, communication skills,
and ethics, etc. We have to

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undertake the more difficult
work of demonstrating and

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convincing a skeptical audience,
that our instructional

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experiences provide these
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We should no longer be content
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experiences for the four or five
years they're here with us, we

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need to understand the impact
that our instruction has on the

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success of the students beyond
our walls. And that's a shift, a

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developmental shift that all
institutions may undertake.

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Because that's the shift that's
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And the students, they're no
longer asking, What are you

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providing in the four years?
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question, what is my student
going to look like after those

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four years? That's important
that we do that, we undertake

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that process. For example, are
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experiences they will need to
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making enough money to support
their families? Are they

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successful, 10 years after they
leave UNI? Are they ethical

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leaders? Are they literate in
culture, finances, data? Do they

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vote? Can they interpret a set
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presented to them? These are all
important questions that if the

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students aren't asking the
families certainly are. And

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sure, we should endeavor to
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organizational curricular
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provides the competencies in our
degrees that will provide the

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students of today the
experiences they will need to be

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successful, after they leave
UNI. As a biology professor, and

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chair, I used to think these
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paygrade. Access to an ever
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disaggregated. By program,
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has encouraged our students and
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together address these concerns
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level as a precursor to decision
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an institution. Complicated to
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think of a more competent,
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group to lead the way. Over the
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Jennifer, and several others of
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in the start of Phase Two of
academic positioning that will

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help us be more competitive and
relevant in today's higher

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educational landscape. We are at
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ideas, we need follow through,
commitment and responsibility to

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operationalize plans. Faculty
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campus, I think most of us
realize that, we know that.

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Academic positioning is designed
to shed collaborative light on a

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new path. But that does not
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assures our willingness to
adapt. I think this is

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important, that we have to make
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process to make sure that we're
contributing ideas and

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information that will yield an
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programming that is contemporary
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students in the 21st century. In
addition, I'm also making or

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very interested in making UNI a
much more equitable and

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inclusive place to be. This is
because as a faculty of color, I

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realize how important it is to
get into a position, get into an

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institution where you feel that
you belong. It's a difficult

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process because it is a feeling
as I said, it's a feeling of

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belongingness, it's I can't
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can't take a slide rule... do
they still use those, slide

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rules? They don't use.
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that our students, our staff,
even our faculty, when they come

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on to campus, when they come
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go to an athletic event, feel
that they belong at a place. I

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think that goes for all of us
that for some for some of us it

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comes rather easy to belong,
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but it's much more important
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making sure that our students,
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they belong. And there are
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course, I'll be working, I'll be
working with several folks who

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are on campus to make sure that
we're implementing some of those

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We also have some challenges
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budget looks like we're going to
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some challenges. And I'll be
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Vice President Hager and several
of faculty and staff to make

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sure that I'm understanding how
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that FY '23 budget. So that's
going to be a challenge for us.

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And of course, COVID looms over
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to turn a little bit. There are
some challenges that are still

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left to overcome. But I was, I
was pleasantly surprised the

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other day when I received an
email from a student defending

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the faculty member that was
trying to get the other students

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to mask up. These are the kinds
of students that exist, you may

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not see them, but they'll let me
know on occasion. So you have

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some champions out in the
lecture room. It's just a matter

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now of trying to coalesce around
some idea that will be receptive

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by all students. And by some
measures we've been successful,

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by others not. I'm hoping that
we have good ideas and the data

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to show that as we move forward
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semester, we'll be able to show
our students that it's in

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everyone's best interest, that
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order to get through the
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however, I'm excited to be back.
I was at the football game on

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Saturday. And I can't tell you
how many goosebumps I had. Just

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listening to the student band
just play the fight song. It was

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one of those things that
reminded me that we're here at a

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college, we're here at a
university. And we're here for

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noble reasons. And those noble
reasons are to educate the next

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batch of future Iowans, future
Americans. And you play a

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critical role in that. Sometimes
I get to give speeches, and eat

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pretty lousy dinners at night.
But the idea is that the magic

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happens in the classroom. And
I'm really excited to get to

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know the new faculty that have
come in. But also congratulate

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the ones that are getting
rewarded today for a long bout

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of good work. So thank you for
inviting me to say a few words,

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I'd welcome meeting you as time
allows. But I'm hoping that as I

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get to the departments, and by
the way, I'm meeting with

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individual departments to get to
understand those individual

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units. But I hope I get to see
you and shake your hand in

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person and thank you. But for
now, those of you online, thank

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you, those of you here thank you
very much for inviting me, and

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best of luck in this semester.
Thanks. [applause] -Thank you

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Provost Herrera. Next we're
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Degnin, who is the incoming
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chair in the spring. Some of you
on zoom may know that the

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incoming chair this year was to
be Danielle Cowley, but she took

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a position at at another
university, and left us this

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year. Thankfully, a couple of
years ago, some of the senate

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chairs at our at other
institutions talked us into

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establishing a past senate chair
role. And, and also thankfully,

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that past chair this year was
John Burnight, who is our

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faculty senate chair this year,
in Danielle's absence, or this

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fall. And then Francis will be
our our Senate chair in the in

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the spring. So Francis, we'd
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ya. [applause]

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Thank you, Jim. Yeah, that was a
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really, really am grateful that
John was willing to take the

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first semester. So then I'll
have actually three semesters as

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senate chair to consolidate my
power, right? As I say, just to

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let you know, who don't know me,
Francis Degnin. I'm with the

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philosophy department. And I am
an ethicist, and in particular

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I'm an applied ethicist. So for
example, this morning I was in

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one of the local hospitals in
the ICU dealing with issues. So

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I'm off campus a lot more than
some probably in in the

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community a lot more than some.
I wanted to talk a little bit

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about this very novel
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Jim and John and others prepared
last year, which left me utterly

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unprepared to take over as
faculty senate chair in the

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beginning, so this semester is
very helpful. And that is, most

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of the committee work of the
senate is no longer delegated to

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separate committees. So
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second and the fourth, Mondays
of the month, and had general

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meetings, we now only have our
general meeting on the fourth

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Monday of the month. And the
second Monday is divided into

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three different senate
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there are also some other
members on the committees as

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well, the Faculty Senate members
are also all divided onto these

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committees as well. And one of
them is a relatively new, the

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newest one, I think, to my
thinking is governance. And

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governance is the one that they
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constitutions, things along
those lines, as well as asking

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questions of what do we need to
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but still make sure everybody
has heard, what changes can be

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made along those lines? How do
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effective or not. The other two,
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people will recognize. The
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effect, essentially, the, the
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maybe a little bit more. And the
last one is the Policies

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Committee, which I think is
probably gonna be really, really

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busy this year, and next year.
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Educational Policy Committee on
steroids. So just all sorts of

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policies and so forth. So this
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senators, instead of oftentimes
hearing about a policy the first

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time, when it comes back to the
General Assembly, a third of

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them will have already
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that development of that policy,
which both will, we hope will

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increase information, but we
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something operate more
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the big, big change. A couple
other things I just, small

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things I want to address. The
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that the three faculty senates
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were in the process of drafting
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Regents, asking for more local
control in terms of COVID

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mitigation efforts. I want to
acknowledge also that our

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students last year, were
absolutely amazing in their

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adherence to the COVID
mitigation efforts, we're the

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only major university in the
state that did not have any real

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flare ups, did not have any
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And I think it's because of the
empathy and the thoughtfulness

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of our students. The last thing
I want to mention is something

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that the provost brought up in
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10 year and just just a thought
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got here, and I don't think we
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surveys of a particular kind
with students, five and 10 years

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out. And so if we want to really
think about what is impacting

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our students, you know, I
hopefully we're still doing that

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kind of thing. But I know that
when I first got here, which was

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actually a long time ago, but
this was one of the more

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interesting results. When
students first graduated from

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college, their general, their
surveys and stuff said, well, we

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wish we would have been able to
do less of a liberal arts, and

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more of our majors. Five and 10
years out, that completely

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reversed. They said, what really
helped us to have the critical

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thinking and the skills and the
abilities in a changing world

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was in fact, a diversity of the
liberal arts. And that is also

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where, if anything, we position
ourselves as the strongest of

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the three regional universities.
So I just hope that we'll

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continue to build on that
strength. But we also need to be

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able to communicate that well,
so that parents and students

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understand that going forward,
and when they're choosing your

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college. Thank you. [applause]

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Okay, thank you, Francis, the
last of our speakers needs no

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introduction, but I'm going to
introduce her anyway. It's Becky

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Hawbaker, the president of
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-Thanks. Well, it's so great to
be up in front of a group of

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people and look out there and
see that everyone's wearing a

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mask. Thank you very much. Yay.
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you know, what, 150 plus of you
are joining us, virtually safely

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and socially distantly, so. So
in past years, my fall faculty

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meeting has started with a joke
or a funny story. But to be

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really honest with you, I'm
having a hard time coming up

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with something funny because a
lot of the stories I've been

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encountering in my work as your
union president are more tragic

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than common comedic and many of
my current efforts feel a little

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more like Sisyphus rolling the
boulder up the hill and Hades

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versus Socrates educating the
next Plato. But let me try to

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start with some positives. So
first an introduction for our

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new faculty or people who don't
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And this is my fifth year as our
union president, and my 23rd

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year as a faculty member at UNI,
but my history at UNI goes way

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back before that as a nursery,
kindergarten or through 12th

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grade student in our laboratory
school, and the child of a

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faculty member who spent a lot
of weekends in Schindler, right,

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playing hide and go seek in the
elevator and marking up the

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whiteboards. Sorry. I'm also a
proud graduate of UNI and

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remember with a lot of fondness,
great instructors, who made a

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huge difference in my life, a
couple of whom I believe are on

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Zoom today. So I'd also met my
husband here, in a UNI

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international relations class,
and one of our daughters is also

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a UNI grad. So my roots here run
really deep. And I know that I'm

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far from the only faculty member
like that, I know a lot of

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people with very similar
stories. And I love that you

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often hear people talk about UNI
as a family, and I love, you

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00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,080
know, hearing from Jose, who's
already talking about our campus

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00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,140
community and about a sense of
belonging by, you know,

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00:31:20,140 --> 00:31:24,370
everyone, not just our students,
right? And I do like that idea

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00:31:24,370 --> 00:31:27,400
that we're all in this together.
And that because of our deep

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00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,430
respect and care for each other,
we're going to solve problems

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00:31:30,430 --> 00:31:34,690
and protect each other. But you
know, recently, I'm not sure

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00:31:34,690 --> 00:31:37,870
about that metaphor of a family
and the focus on our internal

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00:31:37,870 --> 00:31:42,220
dealings. I don't know that it
captures the true nature of our

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00:31:42,220 --> 00:31:46,540
current realities, as beset as
we are from decisions that are

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00:31:46,540 --> 00:31:51,250
made from afar, by people who
don't share our family's values.

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00:31:52,900 --> 00:31:56,410
But I do know that the
importance of solidarity and

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00:31:56,410 --> 00:31:59,560
standing with each other
continues to be the best way

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00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:04,090
forward. And I, United Faculty,
look forward to working with the

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Senate and the Senate, to the
other regions, institutions,

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00:32:06,850 --> 00:32:11,770
with our administration, to
continue to work together to

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00:32:11,770 --> 00:32:15,310
solve those problems. I also
believe in starting with what

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00:32:15,310 --> 00:32:19,420
works. So first, let me welcome
all the new faculty who are all

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00:32:19,420 --> 00:32:23,500
on Zoom, as I understand it, and
offer my personal and our union

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00:32:23,500 --> 00:32:27,070
support for your work here. You
know, you're fresh perspective

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00:32:27,070 --> 00:32:30,430
and ideas, help bring new life
to our teaching, and our

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00:32:30,430 --> 00:32:33,940
curriculum and your experiences
of how things have worked

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00:32:33,940 --> 00:32:37,540
elsewhere, and work better, or
how things were working better

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00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:41,410
here will help us to grow. Let
me also congratulate and

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00:32:41,410 --> 00:32:44,410
celebrate the faculty who will
soon be recognized with awards

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00:32:44,410 --> 00:32:47,770
for their excellence. They've
gone above and beyond in their

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00:32:47,770 --> 00:32:51,490
teaching and scholarship and
service and bring pride to our

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00:32:51,490 --> 00:32:56,020
profession and an inspiration
for all of us to achieve beyond.

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00:32:56,110 --> 00:32:58,960
I get extra credit for using
that branding phrase, right?

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00:33:01,180 --> 00:33:03,850
Let me also thank and recognize
our administrators for their

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00:33:03,850 --> 00:33:07,750
continued local internal
commitment to shared governance

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00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:11,650
and collaborative problem
solving. We have come a long way

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00:33:11,650 --> 00:33:15,790
since the troubles of 2012 for
sure and near censure by the

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00:33:15,790 --> 00:33:20,530
American Association of
University Professors, AAUP, to,

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00:33:20,530 --> 00:33:23,680
you know, most recently the
summer when a group of faculty

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00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:28,600
leaders co present an a session
on shared governance and

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00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:33,520
examples of our collaborative
problem solving together at the

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00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,570
American Association of State
Colleges and Universities. So

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00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:40,900
that's we've again, we've come a
long ways very proud, positive

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00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:44,470
progress. We're welcoming a new
provost who espouses shared

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00:33:44,470 --> 00:33:47,230
governance and shared
responsibility. And he's already

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00:33:47,230 --> 00:33:49,930
started to enact it in weekly
meetings with faculty

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00:33:49,930 --> 00:33:54,460
leadership. So the problem is
that all of those good things,

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00:33:54,550 --> 00:33:58,600
they're not quite enough. And I
I'm here to remind everyone here

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00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:03,340
and on Zoom that yes, we see
you, and we hear you, and we

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00:34:03,340 --> 00:34:06,640
know there's so much work to do,
and we know it's our job to

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00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,990
continually remind us of those
challenges. For more than 40

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00:34:10,990 --> 00:34:14,020
years, UF has championed the
rights of faculty and has won a

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00:34:14,020 --> 00:34:16,690
lot of important safeguards and
benefits and rights and we'll

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00:34:16,690 --> 00:34:20,590
continue to do that. But I
wanted to raise four particular

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00:34:20,590 --> 00:34:24,400
issues today that will be there,
are our priorities at the

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00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:29,440
moment. So first and foremost,
is advocating for your your

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00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:33,880
health and safety especially in
regard to COVID policy. And I

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00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:36,460
know you're not feeling safe,
that's why you're not here.

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00:34:36,460 --> 00:34:38,920
That's why you're on Zoom.
That's why you're wearing masks.

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00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:44,470
Your responses to this fall's UF
survey compared to last fall's,

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00:34:44,770 --> 00:34:48,640
shows an increased and the
highest level of concern about

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00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:54,400
safety regarding COVID. This
semester, nearly 50% of you

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00:34:54,430 --> 00:34:58,000
rated your level of concern as a
five the absolute top level

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00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,410
compared with last fall. When we
didn't have a vaccine, you know,

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00:35:02,410 --> 00:35:06,310
when we when we there were so
many more unknowns. And at that

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00:35:06,310 --> 00:35:09,370
point, I don't think we had our
second or third round of

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00:35:09,370 --> 00:35:13,930
socially distant classrooms. And
at that time 20, only 26% of you

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00:35:13,930 --> 00:35:17,410
felt at that five level. So why
is it that there's such a

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00:35:17,410 --> 00:35:22,510
heightened level of concern?
When we have vaccines when we

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00:35:22,510 --> 00:35:26,920
have some things that do seem to
be safer? Why are you concerned?

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00:35:26,980 --> 00:35:30,160
Well, I think it's because you
feel that you, and UNI, for that

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00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,640
matter, has lost control of our
ability to maintain safety in

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00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:36,700
our campus community, that
hundreds of you signed our

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00:35:36,700 --> 00:35:40,540
petition to the Board of Regents
to reinstate the mask mandate,

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00:35:41,050 --> 00:35:44,530
and to require students and
employees to vaccinate to

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00:35:44,530 --> 00:35:49,690
reinstate social distance. And I
didn't send out the response.

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00:35:49,690 --> 00:35:52,000
But would you like to know what
the response was? It was

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00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,810
silence. There was no response.
There was not even a thanks for

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00:35:55,810 --> 00:36:00,790
your email. It was complete
crickets. So I, we look forward

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00:36:00,790 --> 00:36:04,990
to working with the senate on on
another joint petition. But I

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00:36:04,990 --> 00:36:11,020
can't say that I'm hopeful that
it will lead to change. We've,

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00:36:11,020 --> 00:36:14,590
we've also on your behalf, filed
OSHA complaints, and many of you

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00:36:14,590 --> 00:36:17,290
have done so as well. And the
response to that, so far, it's

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00:36:17,290 --> 00:36:21,550
been perfunctory denial. But I
also, let's celebrate some good

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00:36:21,550 --> 00:36:26,290
wins, right? We have been
successful in provisioning N95

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00:36:26,290 --> 00:36:30,160
masks to faculty. So thank you
to John, and to Joseph Rayzor

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00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,890
and everyone else. And if you
haven't gotten your N95 mask,

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00:36:32,890 --> 00:36:35,470
and you want one, there's still
some there. So go and get them.

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00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,670
Also, thank you for all the
creative problem solving with

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00:36:39,670 --> 00:36:42,970
individual faculty who have lots
of individual needs and

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00:36:42,970 --> 00:36:47,320
vulnerabilities. As far as I
know, the cases that UF has been

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00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:51,580
involved in, we've reached some
amicable and acceptable

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00:36:51,610 --> 00:36:54,550
conclusions. And so if you are
not in that category, and you

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00:36:54,550 --> 00:36:56,620
haven't contacted us, please do.

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00:36:58,310 --> 00:37:00,650
So those are all good, but we
need to be real about

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00:37:00,650 --> 00:37:03,980
acknowledging that we're not
protecting our family as we

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00:37:03,980 --> 00:37:07,700
should, according to the CDC, or
science or according to our

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00:37:07,700 --> 00:37:13,340
conscience. And that's not okay,
we can and must do better. So UF

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00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:16,460
will keep fighting for you and
working with our internal allies

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00:37:16,460 --> 00:37:19,580
to keep you safe. Please reach
out to me or to our vice

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00:37:19,580 --> 00:37:23,420
president Chris Martin, for
further guidance on that. Second

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00:37:23,420 --> 00:37:26,450
big issue is protecting against
threats to tenure and your

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00:37:26,450 --> 00:37:31,340
academic freedom and freedom of
speech. So as was mentioned,

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00:37:31,340 --> 00:37:34,550
we're all expecting in the next
upcoming legislative session

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00:37:34,550 --> 00:37:38,000
that there will be both old and
new challenges to tenure and

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00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,740
academic freedom it protects,
and our UNI family, faculty and

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00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:47,480
administrators alike have to
stand in solidarity against

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00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:52,190
those. Now, I really appreciate
that our administration and

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00:37:52,190 --> 00:37:55,520
legal counsel has stood firm in
all of its communications about

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00:37:55,520 --> 00:38:00,200
House File 802, the most recent
one about divisive concepts,

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00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:03,770
about how it does not apply to
our university teaching. It's

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00:38:03,770 --> 00:38:08,450
been very, very, very clear
very, and I really appreciate

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00:38:08,450 --> 00:38:12,830
that that stand. But it's also
clear from all of you that you

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00:38:12,830 --> 00:38:18,890
know that there is still a
threat. That you, you know that

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00:38:18,890 --> 00:38:22,880
you have a sense of walking on
eggshells, a chilling of the

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00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,660
discourse, and that was as
intended by those who introduced

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00:38:26,660 --> 00:38:30,800
that bill. There's a fear that
students or others who don't

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00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,590
understand the limits of the law
will and still nevertheless,

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00:38:33,590 --> 00:38:36,560
make a complaint and you're not
sure who will have your back.

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00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:39,140
Now, I'm not going to say too
much more about that, because

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00:38:39,140 --> 00:38:43,370
you can tune in at five o'clock
at the Constitution Day panel on

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00:38:43,370 --> 00:38:46,670
academic freedom and freedom of
speech at five o'clock today.

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00:38:47,060 --> 00:38:49,820
But in the meantime, know that
you can count on UF having your

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00:38:49,820 --> 00:38:55,310
back on this. Third is fair and
equitable evaluation. So after

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00:38:55,310 --> 00:38:58,730
our second year of implementing
a new evaluation system, and the

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00:38:58,730 --> 00:39:03,380
disruptions and confusion caused
by COVID, 73% of you reported on

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00:39:03,380 --> 00:39:06,170
our survey that you felt your
evaluation was fair and

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00:39:06,170 --> 00:39:10,760
equitable and took COVID factors
into account. And that's really

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00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:14,420
great news, but UF is here to
keep pushing that percent ever

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00:39:14,420 --> 00:39:18,950
upward. Please contact us with
your individual case so we can

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00:39:18,950 --> 00:39:22,130
further assist you and know that
we hear you about some of the

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00:39:22,130 --> 00:39:27,740
common concerns about quota or
norm based evaluation versus

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00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:32,390
true standards based evaluation;
on the increased time and labor

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00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:35,660
involved by both faculty and
administration on the system,

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00:39:36,140 --> 00:39:39,140
and the need for departments to
develop clearer and more

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00:39:39,140 --> 00:39:42,290
specific criteria especially in
the exceeds and needs

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00:39:42,290 --> 00:39:47,360
improvement categories. And then
finally four, is promoting and

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00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:52,070
supporting a healthy work life
balance and individual faculty

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00:39:52,070 --> 00:39:55,670
in need. Some of you on Zoom,
maybe you're at home right now

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00:39:55,670 --> 00:39:59,780
and a baby's crying or your dog
is barking or someone's yelling

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00:39:59,780 --> 00:40:03,080
to get your attention. And
that's just reality for all of

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00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:07,250
us, right and COVID helped to
reveal and demonstrate the

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00:40:07,250 --> 00:40:10,040
critical impact of those
external factors like

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00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:14,600
caregiving, family and support
network or absence thereof, our

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00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,630
own mental health, the mental
health of our families, on our

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00:40:17,630 --> 00:40:21,170
productivity and our labor. And
those factors have always been

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00:40:21,170 --> 00:40:23,900
there have always had that
impact and have always been a

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00:40:23,900 --> 00:40:28,460
part of what UF does. But now
more than ever before, you know,

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00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:31,910
we commit ourselves to
advocating harder and finding

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00:40:31,910 --> 00:40:36,200
new solutions and supports for
individual faculty and your life

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00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:40,580
challenges. We've always said
that faculty working conditions

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00:40:40,640 --> 00:40:44,270
are student learning conditions.
But now I think we need to front

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00:40:44,270 --> 00:40:49,160
load that with faculty life
conditions, are also our working

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00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:53,030
conditions. And both of those
together are also our student

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00:40:53,030 --> 00:40:56,630
learning conditions. So there
are so many other issues I could

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00:40:56,630 --> 00:40:59,120
talk about. And I can see that
Joe Mattingly has the hook out.

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00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:03,980
So I just want to tell you that
really all of this boils down to

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00:41:03,980 --> 00:41:07,880
ensuring that faculty are full
and equal members of our UNI

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00:41:07,910 --> 00:41:12,020
family, and that collectively,
we have to care for and support

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00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:16,040
them with our actions as well as
words in regard to pay and

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00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,520
benefits and leaves. And most
fundamentally, by giving them a

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00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:22,940
voice in decision making and
governance, to do otherwise

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00:41:22,940 --> 00:41:26,900
makes our family dysfunctional.
UF will continue to be a strong

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00:41:26,900 --> 00:41:29,960
advocate, advocate and champion
for our faculty. And we

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00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,870
challenge the administration to
do the same and to enact those

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00:41:32,870 --> 00:41:36,920
concrete changes to recognize,
reward, support and empower

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00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:40,550
faculty. And I know that the
rest of this program is one step

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00:41:40,550 --> 00:41:44,540
in that direction. So I'll step
aside, the university works

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00:41:44,540 --> 00:41:48,080
because we do, but we still have
a lot to do when it comes to

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00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:49,670
supporting faculty, thank you.

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00:41:49,600 --> 00:42:02,110
-The next item on the program is
always my favorite. It is, it is

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00:42:02,110 --> 00:42:06,700
SO energizing to see the new
faculty, the new cohort of new

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00:42:06,700 --> 00:42:11,830
faculty, come on to campus this
year. Know that when you that we

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00:42:11,830 --> 00:42:16,030
are here to help you in any way
we can, because you are already

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00:42:16,030 --> 00:42:20,890
helping us just by being here.
So Jonathan Chenoweth is going

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00:42:20,890 --> 00:42:22,990
to introduce our new faculty to
us.

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00:42:31,630 --> 00:42:34,900
Thank you, I am Jonathan
Chenoweth, with School of Music

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00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:39,220
faculty, and since January,
director of your Center for

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00:42:39,220 --> 00:42:42,370
Excellence in Teaching and
Learning. I actually don't have

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00:42:42,370 --> 00:42:46,240
to introduce myself to the new
faculty, because I see them each

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00:42:46,240 --> 00:42:50,830
week in the context of the new
faculty colloquium. And that is

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00:42:50,830 --> 00:42:55,090
my privilege and my delight
every week. And I think it's our

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00:42:55,090 --> 00:43:01,420
shared challenge. You can
imagine the, the steep, and even

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00:43:01,420 --> 00:43:04,810
existential challenges that
we're all dealing with right

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00:43:04,810 --> 00:43:08,320
now. And layered on top of that
is what Provost Herrera was

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00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:12,850
talking about the belongingness
challenge that I think is

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00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:17,530
particularly difficult when
you're arriving on a new campus

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00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:22,060
in these conditions. So today
is, gives us a chance to reach

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00:43:22,060 --> 00:43:28,360
out to those new faculty,
perhaps in a modest way, and to

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00:43:28,390 --> 00:43:31,780
let them know that they belong.
And we do that by reading their

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00:43:31,780 --> 00:43:38,260
names and their police records,
no, their credentials of, of

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00:43:38,260 --> 00:43:42,040
education. It's remarkable how
many connections we discover,

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00:43:42,550 --> 00:43:47,620
just listing the institutions
that these new folks have

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00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:53,290
attended. Invariably, we find
that the network has already

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00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:58,720
found connections here before
they've arrived. I think about a

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00:43:58,720 --> 00:44:01,000
third of these individuals said
that they're teaching, they're

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00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:05,200
engaging in that engagement
right now, this evening, and

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00:44:05,230 --> 00:44:09,550
will not be able to join us that
way. Some will be joining us

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00:44:09,550 --> 00:44:13,810
through Zoom. And I see at least
Ben is here present, how many of

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00:44:13,810 --> 00:44:16,090
the new faculty are present in
the room?

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00:44:18,180 --> 00:44:19,080
I see Ben.

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00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:25,600
Well, then, Ben, thank you. And
you can work your way down to

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00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,960
the front seats. When it is time
to introduce you, I ask you

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00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:33,190
stand here to... That's the only
way we can get your mug on the

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00:44:33,610 --> 00:44:38,530
Zoom camera. So in the order
that they're on your program,

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I'd first like to welcome Yu
Chu, who also goes by Jade Chu,

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00:44:46,270 --> 00:44:50,140
who joins the Department of
Management. Her degrees are from

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00:44:50,140 --> 00:44:53,560
the University of Arkansas and
the University of Tennessee,

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00:44:54,010 --> 00:44:58,870
where she also began with some
graduate teaching. So please

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00:44:58,900 --> 00:45:03,220
welcome... Hey Jade! Jade is
here. [applause]

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00:45:08,380 --> 00:45:09,280
Thank you Jade.

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00:45:10,500 --> 00:45:15,780
Also, we'd like to welcome
Thomas "Tom" Collins joining the

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00:45:15,780 --> 00:45:19,320
Department of Accounting. Tom's
degrees are from the University

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00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:23,100
of Iowa, and most recently he
has been teaching at the

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00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:28,350
University of Wisconsin,
Platteville. Is Tom with us? We

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00:45:28,350 --> 00:45:35,460
can still applaud Tom [applause]
because he is among us. Next

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00:45:35,460 --> 00:45:40,920
we'll go to Arun Narayanasamy.
Arun joins the Department of

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00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:46,560
Finance and has degrees from the
University of Texas, Arlington.

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00:45:47,070 --> 00:45:50,520
Most recently though, he's been
at Brenau University in

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00:45:50,910 --> 00:45:55,440
Gainesville, Georgia, where he
was Director of Finance Programs

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00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:58,470
there, so very glad to have Arun
with us.

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00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:08,200
Those three faculty then from
the College of Business. We'll

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move now to the College of
Education. First, Yun Ai,  I'm

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00:46:12,970 --> 00:46:17,290
sorry, Jun Ai joins our
department of Curriculum and

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00:46:17,290 --> 00:46:20,890
Instruction, degrees from the
University of Kansas where she

660
00:46:20,890 --> 00:46:26,980
was also graduate assistant
teaching. So Jun is out there.

661
00:46:26,980 --> 00:46:36,610
[applause] She is teaching.
Hye Young Cho, joins us in the

662
00:46:36,610 --> 00:46:42,220
Department of Kinesiology. She
got her terminal degree at

663
00:46:42,220 --> 00:46:45,610
Purdue where she was also
teaching. So Hye Young, are you

664
00:46:45,610 --> 00:46:54,100
with us? Yes. [applause]
Terrific. Welcome. Next, like to

665
00:46:54,100 --> 00:46:58,720
welcome Sunah Chung. Sunah joins
the Department of Curriculum and

666
00:46:58,720 --> 00:47:04,390
Instruction. And her most recent
schooling has been at the

667
00:47:04,390 --> 00:47:06,970
University of Illinois at
Chicago where she did some

668
00:47:06,970 --> 00:47:11,770
graduate teaching as well.
Sunah? [applause] Welcome.

669
00:47:12,850 --> 00:47:20,590
-Thank you. -Holly Donohoe joins
the Department of Health,

670
00:47:20,770 --> 00:47:25,810
Recreation and Community
Services. Holly's schooling was

671
00:47:25,870 --> 00:47:29,530
at Carleton University in
Ontario and the University of

672
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,520
Ottawa. Most recently she's been
teaching at the University of

673
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,640
North Florida, Holly Donohoe.

674
00:47:42,510 --> 00:47:45,360
So those four faculty are from
the College of Education, we'll

675
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:52,110
now move to CHAS. And that one
starts with Sarah Diehl, who

676
00:47:52,110 --> 00:47:54,840
joins the Department of
Communication Sciences and

677
00:47:54,840 --> 00:48:00,660
Disorders. Sarah was at Duquesne
and at Vanderbilt, where she's

678
00:48:00,660 --> 00:48:05,340
ABD and did have some teaching
there at the Vanderbilt

679
00:48:05,340 --> 00:48:11,340
University Medical Center before
joining us. So Sarah, Sarah is

680
00:48:11,340 --> 00:48:18,300
out there. [applause] These
individuals have excellent

681
00:48:18,300 --> 00:48:19,170
attendance at the New

682
00:48:19,000 --> 00:48:24,850
Faculty Colloquium just let you
know. Carmen Durham, I know that

683
00:48:24,850 --> 00:48:27,490
she let me know that she was
teaching at this hour, joins our

684
00:48:27,490 --> 00:48:30,580
Department of Languages and
Literatures, actually Carmen

685
00:48:30,580 --> 00:48:34,480
joined us in January. And so
she's been aboard a little

686
00:48:34,480 --> 00:48:40,360
longer than some others on this
list. Carmen went to Samford

687
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:44,620
University in Michigan state and
has taught at the University of

688
00:48:44,980 --> 00:48:53,410
Maryland, Carmen's teaching now
so not with us, but out there.

689
00:48:53,410 --> 00:48:56,650
[applause] Thanks. From the
Department of Art, we welcome

690
00:48:56,770 --> 00:49:05,080
Riva Nayaju, Nayaju. Riva went
to Purbanchal University in

691
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:10,150
Nepal, and then Oklahoma State
for her Masters of Fine Arts.

692
00:49:10,180 --> 00:49:17,530
She joins us more than remotely,
she's out there. Riva.

693
00:49:20,410 --> 00:49:24,370
[applause] Nayaju. Kressida Rice
is one of two faculty who's

694
00:49:24,370 --> 00:49:30,220
teaching remotely from the state
of out of state. And so Kressida

695
00:49:30,220 --> 00:49:35,230
joins us and our students from
Alabama in the Construction

696
00:49:35,230 --> 00:49:40,030
Management Department, and they
see that she's not on camera,

697
00:49:40,030 --> 00:49:43,300
but she's, her degrees from the
University of Alabama at

698
00:49:43,300 --> 00:49:49,360
Birmingham. And I believe she's
on a one year term but part of

699
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:55,840
our family at least for this
year. Ben, we've reached Ben

700
00:49:55,840 --> 00:50:01,300
Roidl-Ward who joins the School
of Music as Professor of

701
00:50:01,330 --> 00:50:07,720
Bassoon. Ben is about to come
onto your camera Zoomers, Ben's

702
00:50:07,900 --> 00:50:11,800
degrees are from Oberlin
College, from Rice University

703
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,250
and from Northwestern
University. And he has taught at

704
00:50:15,250 --> 00:50:19,270
Carthage College before joining
us here, so welcome Ben.

705
00:50:19,270 --> 00:50:19,300
[applause]

706
00:50:26,020 --> 00:50:30,760
Lastly from CHAS, Jesse Wilcox
is right now assisting with a

707
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:34,750
research project. And so I
believe is not looming behind

708
00:50:34,750 --> 00:50:38,650
me. On the Zoom screen, Jesse
Wilcox joins our Department of

709
00:50:38,650 --> 00:50:42,640
Biology. And all three of his
degrees are from Iowa State

710
00:50:42,640 --> 00:50:45,940
University. And he's been
teaching at Simpson College

711
00:50:45,940 --> 00:50:48,940
before joining us here, so
welcome to Jesse Wilcox.

712
00:50:48,940 --> 00:50:58,480
[applause] CSBS brings us to new
faculty in the Department of

713
00:50:58,480 --> 00:51:03,040
Social Work. We welcome David
Kilmnick. David joins us

714
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:08,110
remotely as well from Florida.
David's actually here, this is

715
00:51:08,110 --> 00:51:11,950
wonderful. David's degrees are
from Long Island University, CW

716
00:51:11,950 --> 00:51:15,280
Post from Stony Brook
University. And from the

717
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,240
Graduate Center at the City
University of New York. David

718
00:51:19,480 --> 00:51:23,290
taught actually a variety of
places but Fordham University is

719
00:51:23,560 --> 00:51:26,950
the one that we have on the list
here. So thank you, David, for

720
00:51:26,950 --> 00:51:31,210
joining us from afar from
Florida. And whatever other

721
00:51:31,210 --> 00:51:34,930
points your Zoom connection
allows. We appreciate having you

722
00:51:34,930 --> 00:51:36,340
on board. [applause]

723
00:51:41,490 --> 00:51:44,280
Also from CSBS, in the
Department of History, we

724
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:48,360
welcome Emily Masghati. Emily
went to the University of

725
00:51:48,360 --> 00:51:52,410
Chicago where she also did some
graduate teaching. Emily

726
00:51:52,410 --> 00:51:53,400
Masghati. [applause]

727
00:51:56,720 --> 00:52:05,660
Welcome. And lastly, our library
welcomes Amandajean Freking

728
00:52:05,690 --> 00:52:10,820
Nolte. Amandajean, if that name
sounds familiar to you, she has

729
00:52:11,150 --> 00:52:14,480
been here before and had a stint
at Wartburg and we were able to

730
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:19,490
hire her back on more robust
terms. So we're very glad to

731
00:52:19,490 --> 00:52:22,220
have Amandajean back. Her
degrees are from the University

732
00:52:22,220 --> 00:52:26,030
of Wisconsin, Madison. And as I
said, she's been most recently

733
00:52:26,030 --> 00:52:28,940
teaching at Wartburg College,
but we got her back. Amandajean.

734
00:52:28,940 --> 00:52:36,290
[applause] Thank you.

735
00:52:44,460 --> 00:52:48,060
-Thank you, Jonathan. There's
one more brand new faculty

736
00:52:48,060 --> 00:52:53,220
member that just joined us a
week ago today. And her name is

737
00:52:53,220 --> 00:52:58,020
Tori Austin. She's actually in
my department, the management

738
00:52:58,020 --> 00:53:03,000
department and she's not even on
campus yet. She will be in

739
00:53:03,030 --> 00:53:08,190
October. Tori, I think is with
us today. Do you see her out

740
00:53:08,190 --> 00:53:12,600
there? She was going to be with
us. I'm not sure if she made it.

741
00:53:13,230 --> 00:53:22,170
Tori. Hey, she's here! Hi Tori.
Tori has a, Tori is a Panther.

742
00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:26,850
Tori has a BS in Speech
Communication from Southwest

743
00:53:26,850 --> 00:53:30,720
Minnesota State University.
Anyone know anyone else is

744
00:53:32,310 --> 00:53:36,960
[laughter] an MA in
Communication Studies from UNI.

745
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:42,480
She's currently a PhD candidate
at Northern Illinois University.

746
00:53:44,820 --> 00:53:47,850
She's taught part time for over
12 years in various settings in

747
00:53:47,850 --> 00:53:52,200
higher education. So please join
me in welcoming Tori to the

748
00:53:52,200 --> 00:54:04,350
voting faculty. Okay, next up,
we will recognize award

749
00:54:04,350 --> 00:54:07,590
recipients. We'll start with
John Vallentine, who is

750
00:54:07,590 --> 00:54:11,730
recognizing award recipients and
Jen Jennifer Waldron who will

751
00:54:11,730 --> 00:54:13,350
recognize graduate

752
00:54:13,380 --> 00:54:14,520
award recipients.

753
00:54:23,420 --> 00:54:27,110
-Thank you, Jim. And good
afternoon, everyone. We are

754
00:54:27,110 --> 00:54:30,320
indeed very fortunate to have
outstanding faculty members

755
00:54:30,350 --> 00:54:33,950
located throughout our entire
campus not only here, in Lang

756
00:54:33,950 --> 00:54:38,270
auditorium, but those through
the Zoom platform today. And it

757
00:54:38,270 --> 00:54:41,960
is indeed my great pleasure and
honor to introduce and recognize

758
00:54:41,990 --> 00:54:46,520
our outstanding faculty winners
for the major university awards

759
00:54:46,700 --> 00:54:53,180
received during the 2020 2021
academic year. Obviously the

760
00:54:53,180 --> 00:54:56,570
covid 19 pandemic has had a
disparaging impact on the

761
00:54:56,570 --> 00:55:00,500
normalcy of recognizing our
colleagues' accomplishments. But

762
00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:05,030
we felt today it was important
for all of you to experience and

763
00:55:05,030 --> 00:55:09,020
join in celebrating faculty
excellence across the entire

764
00:55:09,020 --> 00:55:14,600
university. And we can all use
some good news at this time. In

765
00:55:14,600 --> 00:55:17,930
order to be equitable to all
faculty award winners receiving

766
00:55:17,930 --> 00:55:21,350
awards today, because of
attending via Zoom or in person

767
00:55:21,350 --> 00:55:24,320
today, our students in the
provost office will be

768
00:55:24,320 --> 00:55:27,530
delivering a beautiful plaque
tomorrow morning to the

769
00:55:27,530 --> 00:55:31,670
respective department offices
for their distribution. Staff

770
00:55:31,670 --> 00:55:35,120
members will distribute the
faculty members awards at that

771
00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:36,860
time I'm going to show you one
of the plaques.

772
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:45,650
They are very, very, very nice.
So this will come tomorrow to

773
00:55:45,650 --> 00:55:50,000
the award winners and with a lot
of warmth and thanks from

774
00:55:50,300 --> 00:55:53,510
everyone that you help on a
daily basis really in your

775
00:55:53,510 --> 00:55:53,990
career.

776
00:56:02,450 --> 00:56:05,330
As names are announced, I would
like to ask our awardees to

777
00:56:05,330 --> 00:56:10,070
travel to the front of the stage
or to be recognized via Zoom.

778
00:56:10,730 --> 00:56:15,350
Good luck Rick Seeley finding
those out there. Please welcome

779
00:56:15,500 --> 00:56:20,480
our 2020 2021 Beverly Funk
Barnes award winners, Kimberly

780
00:56:20,480 --> 00:56:24,860
Cline- Brown from the Department
of Biology, and Danielle

781
00:56:24,860 --> 00:56:28,130
McGeough, Department of
Communication and Media and I

782
00:56:28,130 --> 00:56:30,350
believe they're both via Zoom.
[applause]

783
00:56:36,450 --> 00:56:41,190
So far, we're batting 100%. The
Beverly Funk Barnes award is

784
00:56:41,190 --> 00:56:44,940
focused on rewarding university
faculty who continually create

785
00:56:44,940 --> 00:56:48,660
new value for those they work
with through dedication,

786
00:56:49,020 --> 00:56:52,320
passion, and creativity for the
benefit of the University of

787
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:57,270
Northern Iowa. Donor Andrea
Barnes, a public school teacher

788
00:56:57,360 --> 00:57:01,140
in Colorado, wanting to
recognize and name the award

789
00:57:01,140 --> 00:57:06,810
after her mother Beverly, who is
a proud graduate of ISTC later

790
00:57:06,810 --> 00:57:12,270
to become  UNI. Based on the
principle of "Fred the mailman"

791
00:57:12,360 --> 00:57:15,960
from Denver, Colorado, this
award focuses on rewarding UNI

792
00:57:15,960 --> 00:57:19,860
employees, faculty and staff
members who embody the Fred

793
00:57:19,860 --> 00:57:24,300
factor. Fred the mailman was
known to help anyone along his

794
00:57:24,300 --> 00:57:28,560
mail route and served as a true
inspiration to those who who he

795
00:57:28,560 --> 00:57:33,030
came into contact with during
his daily work in going above

796
00:57:33,060 --> 00:57:37,500
and beyond the people that were
on his route. As faculty members

797
00:57:37,500 --> 00:57:40,230
Kimberly and Danielle's
accomplishments are a true

798
00:57:40,230 --> 00:57:44,190
testament to their dedication,
passion and creativity for the

799
00:57:44,190 --> 00:57:47,790
benefit of the University of
Northern Iowa on their own

800
00:57:47,790 --> 00:57:51,450
respective routes. Please join
me in congratulating these two

801
00:57:51,450 --> 00:57:55,620
outstanding faculty members by
waving on Zoom or applauding

802
00:57:55,620 --> 00:58:05,940
here in Lang Hall auditorium.
[applause]

803
00:58:06,020 --> 00:58:10,520
Thank you. Our next award or
recognition is for the Class of

804
00:58:10,550 --> 00:58:15,410
1943 Faculty Award for
Excellence in Teaching. At this

805
00:58:15,410 --> 00:58:19,580
time, please welcome our 2020
2021 awardee to the stage

806
00:58:19,610 --> 00:58:24,620
Jeffrey Morgan from the
Department of Physics. Jeffrey

807
00:58:24,620 --> 00:58:34,040
here on Zoom. Okay, he may be
teaching. The Class of 1943

808
00:58:34,040 --> 00:58:37,760
Award is based on effective and
outstanding performance in the

809
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:42,050
classroom. Jeff really embodies
the true essence of the Class of

810
00:58:42,050 --> 00:58:46,700
1943 Award through his dedicated
and outstanding teaching, and

811
00:58:46,700 --> 00:58:50,810
it's consistently found inside
and outside his classes.

812
00:58:51,020 --> 00:58:55,700
Students and colleagues alike
value and respect Jeff for his

813
00:58:55,700 --> 00:58:58,940
ongoing and demonstrated
teaching excellence. So can we

814
00:58:58,940 --> 00:59:01,250
please give Jeff a big round of
applause.

815
00:59:08,410 --> 00:59:11,500
Thank you. Our next award
recognition is for the Regents

816
00:59:11,530 --> 00:59:16,210
Award for Faculty Excellence. At
this time, please welcome our

817
00:59:16,210 --> 00:59:21,010
awardees Shahina Amin from the
Department of Economics and Chad

818
00:59:21,010 --> 00:59:24,790
Heinzel from the Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences

819
00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:34,630
[applause]

820
00:59:34,720 --> 00:59:38,740
in person. The Regents Award for
Faculty Excellence is the most

821
00:59:38,740 --> 00:59:42,700
prestigious award given by the
Board of Regents, state of Iowa.

822
00:59:43,180 --> 00:59:45,880
The award recipients are
individuals who have been deemed

823
00:59:45,880 --> 00:59:49,810
to have a sustained record of
excellence across the spectrum

824
00:59:49,810 --> 00:59:53,980
of faculty endeavors, teaching
scholarship and service or such

825
00:59:54,010 --> 00:59:57,730
outstanding accomplishments in
one or more of the areas as to

826
00:59:57,730 --> 01:00:01,210
justify their selection. Please
join me in congratulating

827
01:00:01,210 --> 01:00:04,360
Shahina and Chad for each
receiving this outstanding

828
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,510
Regents Award for Faculty
Excellence. [applause]

829
01:00:15,370 --> 01:00:18,610
Our next award recognition is
for the Ross A. Nielsen

830
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:22,780
Professional Service Award. At
this time, please welcome our

831
01:00:22,780 --> 01:00:27,160
awardees Julianne Gassman,
Department of Health, Recreation

832
01:00:27,160 --> 01:00:29,770
and Community Services and
Director of Community

833
01:00:29,770 --> 01:00:34,120
Engagement; and James Mattingly,
Department of Management.

834
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:34,390
[applause]

835
01:00:43,030 --> 01:00:47,290
The Nielsen Award was first
created in 1993 as a faculty

836
01:00:47,290 --> 01:00:51,160
service award named after Dr.
Ross A. Nielsen, emeritus

837
01:00:51,160 --> 01:00:54,940
professor and longtime director
of the UNI Price Laboratory

838
01:00:54,940 --> 01:00:59,680
School. Individuals must possess
and document a meritorious

839
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:03,790
record of internal and external
service, a comprehensive

840
01:01:03,790 --> 01:01:06,220
contribution and service
relating to the candidate's

841
01:01:06,220 --> 01:01:10,090
profession, the university,
various and various

842
01:01:10,090 --> 01:01:14,560
organizational elements and also
to society. Both Julianne and

843
01:01:14,560 --> 01:01:17,740
Jim's overall professional
service contributions have met

844
01:01:17,740 --> 01:01:21,070
the criteria and provided the
greatest effect on the

845
01:01:21,070 --> 01:01:24,970
university, the profession and
society. Please join me by

846
01:01:24,970 --> 01:01:28,240
waving or applauding and
congratulation congratulating

847
01:01:28,270 --> 01:01:31,690
Julianne and Jim in receiving
this outstanding Nielsen

848
01:01:31,900 --> 01:01:34,270
Professional Service Faculty
Award. [applause]

849
01:01:45,460 --> 01:01:49,570
Our next award recognition is
for the UNI Outstanding Teaching

850
01:01:49,570 --> 01:01:54,400
Award. At this time, I will ask
our awardee to step forward or

851
01:01:54,460 --> 01:02:01,300
Zoom in. First is Andrew Berns
from Computer Science; Jiuqing

852
01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:06,160
Cheng from Psychology; Ron
Rinehart from Ed Psychology,

853
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:11,110
Foundations, and Leadership
Studies; Yasemin Sari from

854
01:02:11,110 --> 01:02:15,340
Philosophy and World Religions;
and Gloria Stafford from the

855
01:02:15,340 --> 01:02:17,980
School of Applied Human
Sciences. [applause]

856
01:02:24,410 --> 01:02:27,140
Those receiving the UNI
Outstanding Teaching Award must

857
01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:31,010
show significant contributions
to quality to the quality of

858
01:02:31,010 --> 01:02:34,400
their teaching. By taking into
considerable account, student

859
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:37,520
needs and interest, demonstrated
mastery of a variety of

860
01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:40,460
instructional techniques,
preparing and utilizing

861
01:02:40,490 --> 01:02:46,010
innovative classroom strategies,
uncommon dedication and zeal for

862
01:02:46,010 --> 01:02:49,850
ideas and the ideals of
education, being generous with

863
01:02:49,850 --> 01:02:54,710
time and talent etc. Please join
me and congratulation Andrew,

864
01:02:54,740 --> 01:03:00,230
Jiuqing, Ron, Yasemin, and glory
Gloria for each receiving the

865
01:03:00,230 --> 01:03:05,720
outstanding UNI Outstanding
Teaching Awards by waving or

866
01:03:05,720 --> 01:03:14,600
clapping. [applause]
Congratulations. Our next award

867
01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:20,450
recognition is for the
MidwestOne UNIque Undergraduate

868
01:03:20,480 --> 01:03:26,300
Academic Advising Award. Our
2020-2021 winner is Shahina

869
01:03:26,330 --> 01:03:28,550
Amin. I know she's here.
[applause]

870
01:03:32,210 --> 01:03:34,070
Two awards in one year great.

871
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:38,320
Candidates for this award must
demonstrate evidence to the

872
01:03:38,320 --> 01:03:42,280
quality of their undergraduate
academic advising in some or all

873
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:45,160
of the following ways:
scheduling registration and

874
01:03:45,160 --> 01:03:48,970
progress towards degree;
professional development and co

875
01:03:48,970 --> 01:03:53,620
curricular mentoring; and
student personal growth and

876
01:03:53,710 --> 01:03:57,850
engagement. Shahina is
recognized by students and

877
01:03:57,850 --> 01:04:02,410
colleagues for her excellent
efforts and success in advising

878
01:04:02,410 --> 01:04:06,490
students. Please join me in
congratulating Shahina on her

879
01:04:06,490 --> 01:04:14,980
second award today. [applause]
Now I'll turn it over to

880
01:04:14,980 --> 01:04:16,060
Jennifer Waldron.

881
01:04:24,250 --> 01:04:28,300
Thank you, John, I have the
honor to award or recognize the

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recipients of the graduate
college awards. I would like to

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first thank the committee
members who did the work to

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recognize. The first award is
the Distinguished Scholar Award

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which is given to Dr. Grant
Tracey, professor of Languages

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and Literatures. The
Distinguished Scholar Award

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honors senior scholars and
artists with a long and

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distinguished record of
publications, exhibits and our

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creative activities while being
a member of the UNI faculty. Dr.

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Grant Tracey has a professional
reputation that is national. And

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we appreciate him being part of
our faculty here at UNI.

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[applause]

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The second award from the
Graduate College is the James F.

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Lubker Research Award. And this
year's recipient is Dr.

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Christopher Larimer, professor
of political science.

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[applause] The James F. Lubker
Research Award honors a faculty

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01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:41,360
member with five years of
service at UNI. Dr. Christopher

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Larimer has had exceptional
original contributions to

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research and scholarship, and we
appreciate him for what he

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brings to our campus. [applause]

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The last award is the
Outstanding Graduate Faculty

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Award. And this year's recipient
is Dr. David Hernandez-Saca,

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Assistant Professor of Special
Education. The Outstanding

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Graduate faculty teaching award
honors outstanding graduate

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01:06:13,630 --> 01:06:16,390
teaching, which includes
commitment to academic

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01:06:16,390 --> 01:06:20,050
excellence; attention to
individual student needs,

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interests and development;
excellent teaching of graduate

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courses and service on theses,
dissertation and research

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projects. Thank you. [applause]

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Okay, and now to the business
portion of our meeting, although

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there is no current business
this year. So I will make an

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open call now for new business
items or, and or for

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announcements. Are there at
first, are there any items of

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new business and if you're here,
you can you can raise your hand

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if you have an item of new
business. And also, if you are

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attending virtually, you can
raise your you can click on your

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raise hand item for to let us
know that you have an item of

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new business.

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Going once, going twice.

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I think there are no items of
new business. No hands raised?

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Haley? Okay. And are there any
announcements? This is an open

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call for announcements for
anyone that is here and would

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like to make an announcement
there are microphones on the

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floor at both sides of the
auditorium. If there was, if

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there is someone on Zoom that
would like to make an

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announcement please raise your
hand. And Haley tells me that

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there are none of those

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either.

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Okay, then, always our favorite
motion of the day. Is there a

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motion to adjourn the meeting
and a second? Motion by John

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Burnight, second by Francis
Degnin. And so now the meeting

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is adjourned. Thank you very
much for attending.