The Faculty Senate discussed logistics surrounding having sign language interpreters at graduation and faculty sick leave policy on Oct. 21.
This week’s meeting kicked off with committee reports.
Mona Ivey-Soto, a representative on the Faculty Inclusion, Diversity and Equity Committee, gave an update on the increased communication of sign language interpreters at graduation.
Currently, students applying for graduation are able to request ASL interpreters at graduation, but the senate was concerned with how aware students are of this availability.
“They’ve been talking about what they brought forward to faculty senate around having a permanent individual to provide sign language interpretation at all of the graduation services,” said Ivey-Soto. “I think at that at this point, it is being seen as too costly.”
Cost of interpretations during the spring commencement was seen as the main issue.
“You have two interpreters at each of the four ceremonies, which would be eight people,” said President Mark McEntire. “My recollection was $200 or $300 per person per ceremony.”
Additionally, the senate motioned to send issue to the Faculty Compensation and Benefits Committee to expand the sick leave policy in the faculty handbook.
The motion was to include parents and siblings-in-law in sick leave, but an amendment was proposed by Davon Ferrara.
“I would love to revise the motion to say to add in-laws and possibly other dependents or an appeals process to the sick leave policy,” said Ferrara.
Both the amendment and the amended motion passed unanimously.
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This article was written by Anna Blubaugh
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