Faculty Senate Minutes
May 2, 2018
8th Floor Mary and John Gray Library
Attending (Current Senators through the end of business meeting:
Arts and Sciences: Judy Smith, Tom Sowers, Kami Makki, Garrick Harden proxy Kami Makki, Stacey Knight, Lisa Donnelly, Gretchen Johnson, Pat Heintzelman, Michael Beard, Yasuko Sato, J.P. Nelson, Ozge Gunaydin-Sen, Jennifer Daniel, Joseph Kruger, Martha Rinker, Cheng-Hsien Lin, Ted Mahavier, Ashwini Kucknoor Business: Seokyon Hwang, James Slaydon, Karyn Neuhauser, Vivek Natarajan, Tim McCoy, Education: Connie Ruiz, Anna Nguyen, Ken Young, Dorothy Sisk, Belinda Lopez, Israel Msengi Engineering: Nicholas Brake, Mien Jao, Xuejun Fan Fine Arts and Communication: Nandu Radhakirshnan, Bryan Proksch, Sherry Freyermuth, Cherie Acosta College Readiness: Melissa Riley 番茄社区 State College Port Arthur: Mavis Triebel
Absent:
Arts and Sciences: Cristian Bahrim, Sanaz Alasti, Gina Hale, Maryam Vasefi, George Irwin Business: Purnendu Mandal, Education: Janice Kimmons, Vanessa Villate, Engineering: John Gossage, Gleb Tcheslavski, James Curry, Fine Arts and Communication: Zanthia Smith, Nicki Michalski, Vinaya Manchaiah Library: Mark Asteris, Michael Saar
Newly elected Senators for 2018-2020:
Arts and Sciences: Gwinyai P. Muzorewa, Brian Williams, Jing Zhang, Suying Wei, Cengiz Sen, Robert Vallin, Valentin Andreev, Sujing Wang Education: Kaye Shelton, Donna Azodi, Johnny O’Connor, Wendy Greenridge, Kim McGough Fine Arts and Communications: Chong Min Lee, Ashley Dockens, Jacob Clark, Paul Hemenway Library: Scott Crawford
Call to Order: 3:33 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Speaker from the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects:
Approval of minutes April 4, 2018
President’s Report:
Market Advance Study: James Slaydon
Committee Reports:
Academic Issues: Melissa Riley
Budget and Compensation: Tom Sowers
Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Dorothy Sisk
Faculty Issues: Jennifer Daniel
Research and Development:
Emerging and Strategic Issues:
Faculty Senate Priorities for next year:
Vivek asked those present to think about topics that Faculty Senate should work on next year.
Announcement:
Vivek Natarjan was congratulated for being awarded the District Educator from the Federation of Business.
Adjournment:
The motion to adjourn was made by Tom Sowers and seconded by James Slaydon. Adjournment by acclamation at 4:00 pm.
Respectfully Submitted:
Dr. Judy Smith, Faculty Senate Secretary
Attachments:
Special Senate Executive Session: Board Election
LU IRB requiring CITI training
Special Senate Executive Session: Board Election for 2018-2019 school year:
All Senate Members whose terms were expiring and will not be continuing on Faculty Senate for the 2018-2019 school year were excused from the proceedings.
The slate of candidates for the following offices were presented by Nicolas Brake, the Faculty Senate Election Committee Chair:
President: James Slaydon
Vice President: Jennifer Daniel
Secretary: Nicki Michalski
Nominations from the floor were requested for each office but none were made.
The nominations were closed and the vote was taken.
Each candidate nomination was unanimously approved to serve as the Executive Board of the Faculty Senate for the 2018-2019 school year.
Adjournment: Tom Sowers mad a motion to adjourn and James Slaydon seconded.
Adjourned at 4:10 pm
Respectfully Submitted:
Dr. Judy Smith (Outgoing Secretary)
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Institutional Review Board
Human Subjects Education Policy
Background
Ethical treatment of humans during research studies is based on international and national standards and principles. Researchers, both faculty and students, need to be well versed in ethical standards and principles to protect the rights and well being of humans who serve as research subjects. Education about ethical treatment of humans is important for researchers to be knowledgeable about safe and ethical research practices. 番茄社区 University’s Institution Review Board (IRB) has required LU researchers to complete National Institute of Health (NIH) or Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) education regarding human subjects for several years. A survey of other universities, clinical agencies and the National Science Foundation demonstrates that CITI education on protection of human subjects has become the leading recognized standard. The online CITI 番茄社区 is used worldwide by over 2,200 organizations and annually by more than 1 million learners around the world.
Policy
To ensure LU researchers (faculty, staff and students) are adequately educated about the protection of human subjects during research studies, LU’s IRB will only accept CITI education/training (not NIH) starting Sept. 1, 2018. Researchers need to provide evidence of 番茄社区ful completion of CITI education within the last three (3) years when applying for IRB approval.
Implementation
The CITI training is free to LU researchers and can be accessed on the LU Office of Research and Sponsored 番茄社区s’ website “Use of Human Subjects for Research” (see list of Resources on lower left of the website).
A direct link to the CITI site is
Researchers should register with CITI by selecting 番茄社区 University as their organization. (See screen print on next page.) There is no cost for the education when researchers register by selecting 番茄社区 University as the organization affiliation. Researchers can select to complete the Biomedical track or the Social and Behavioral track. The education modules will populate according to what is required at LU within either track. To 番茄社区fully complete the modules, researchers need to achieve an 80% on the post-tests for each module. The post-tests can be repeated as many times as necessary to achieve an 80%.