Tentative Joint Meeting Agenda

TAMU FACULTY SENATE & UT AUSTIN FACULTY COUNCIL ANNUAL JOINT MEETING

Monday, March 2, 2020; RSVP by February 20

"Challenges and Successes for University Faculty in the Long Run:  

Conversations with Aggie and Longhorn Faculty Senators"

10:30am-11:30am: Networking – Coffee and Conversation on Day’s Topics

11:30am-12:30pm: Luncheon – Welcome & Introductions

Dr. John N. Stallone, Speaker-Elect, TAMU Faculty Senate

Dr. Anthony Brown, President-Elect, UT Austin Faculty Council

Mr. John Sharp, Chancellor, TAMU System

Dr. Michael K. Young, President, TAMU

UT Austin administrators - TBA

12:30pm-1:30pm: Keynote Speaker – Dr. Harrison Keller, Commissioner, THECB

1:30pm-1:45pm: Break

1:45pm-2:45pm: Concurrent Sessions with faculty groups (5 topics):

  1. Impact of Title IX & TX Senate Bill SB212 on Faculty, discussion facilitated by:

    Ms. Adriana Alicea-Rodriguez, Associate Vice President, Title IX Coordinator, UT Austin
  2. Impact of Student Mental Health Issues, discussion facilitated by:

    Dr. Chris Brownson, Director, UT Counseling and Mental Health Center

    Dr. James Deegear, Associate Director/Clinical Director, TAMU Counseling & Psychological Services
  3. Tenured/Tenure-Track vs. Professional Track Faculty Issues, discussion facilitated by:

    TBA
  4. Free Speech Issues, discussion facilitated by:

    TBA
  5. Shared Governance at TAMU vs UT – Problems and Successes, discussion facilitated by:

    TBA

2:45pm-3:30pm: Session Summaries and Closing Discussion/ Adjournment