Faculty Senate Meeting March 11, 2026

College of Business and Economics Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes
Date: March 11, 2026
Time: 12-2pm
Subject: Faculty Senate Meeting
Faculty Meeting Minutes 03-11-2026

Present:
Todd Inouye, Amir Mohammadian, Benjamin Zenk, Chenbo Shi (online), Xuan Xie, Keisuke Nakao (vice chair), Hee Sun Kim (chair), Sukhwa Hong, Wei Wei, Angela Fa’anunu, Andrey Simonov (online), Deborah Hughes (online), Helen Tien (online), Marcia Sakai (advisory), Hayate Moro (student representative).

Agenda Items:

1.) Approve previous Meeting Minutes

• Reference: Meeting Minutes 02112026 CoBE Senate
• Motion by Todd; Seconded by Keisuke; Vote 11-1-0 (Deborah wasn’t there)

2.) Director’s Update (Todd)

Todd and Keisuke will have a meeting with Keiki at 11:30am on 4/9 regarding requirements for an associate-professor director’s promotion to a full professor (especially, of scholarly contributions).

3.) Chairs’ Update (Amir):

N/A

4.) AACSB accreditation update (Ben)

N/A

5.) SPC update (Angela), tabled.

• Changes to the intellectual contributions table
• Faculty Qualification & Sufficiency Criteria
• PROPOSED: Faculty Qualifications and Sufficiency Criteria (2024-2030)

6.) Review of proposed UH General Education Curriculum

• Due Mar 20

The CoBE Senate is in favor of the proposal

7.) Consultation for proposed revisions to RP 5.201, EP 5.201, EP 5.202 and EP 5.205

• RP5.201 Due Apr 3
• Others Due Apr 30

8.) International Accounting Conference- discussion (Andrey)

9. Professional development funds- discussion (Andrey)

10. Discussion on developing a supplemental promotion guideline for associate professors with significant administrative service (Todd)

11. Discussion on Interim Dean request (Todd)

12. Consultation on Proposed New EP 5.213 General Education

• Due Apr 30