{"id":87,"date":"2018-07-24T16:37:49","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/facultysenate.wpengine.com\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2018-07-24T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T16:37:49","slug":"free-speech-and-open-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/facultysenate.main.clemson.edu\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech and Open Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"panel regalia\">Free Speech<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Free Speech<\/strong>, initiated in response to the results of the 1996 Faculty Survey, is held during all Faculty Senate meetings. Meetings are open and all faculty are invited to participate in this agenda item. See our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/index.html\">meeting schedule<\/a> for date and location. Note that views presented during the \u201cFree Speech\u201d period are not necessarily those of the Clemson University Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Free Speech Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/handbook\/appendix-g-free-speech.docx\">Free Speech Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Free Speech Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/handbook\/appendix-g-free-speech.docx\">\u201cFree Speech\u201d Presentations<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/free-speech-walker-2017.pdf\">Terry Walker &#8211; November 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/john-bednar.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Bednar \u2013 January 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/ken-marcus.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Marcus \u2013 December 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2 class=\"panel regalia\">Open Forum<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Open Forum<\/strong> provides a venue for any faculty member to exercise freedom of speech in an effort to uplift and improve Clemson University. All University faculty are invited to submit essays to be considered for Open Forum. Open Forum submissions should be submitted to <a href=\"mailto:senate@clemson.edu\">senate@clemson.edu<\/a>\u00a0and are reviewed by the Open Forum editors. Open Forum editors are appointed annually by the Faculty Senate President. Although all essays have been reviewed by the editors of the Faculty Senate Open Forum, the published essays do not necessarily represent the views of the editors or the Clemson University Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Open Forum Guidelines\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/APPENDIX%20F%20-%20Open%20Forum%20Guidelines.docx\">Open Forum Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"title\">Open Forum Essays<\/h3>\n<h4><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Matthew Saltzman<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Mathematical Sciences<br \/>\nMarch 2018<br \/>\n<a title=\"Open Forum-Admissions and Commitment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-031318-admision-commitment.pdf\">&#8220;Admissions and Commitment&#8221;<\/a><br \/>\nTo sign on to this Open Forum, click on this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/Qo9bQEEWf8PNP0yn2\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/Qo9bQEEWf8PNP0yn2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bryan Denham<br \/>\nDepartment Chair, Communication<br \/>\nJanuary 2018<br \/>\n<a title=\"Denham.Open.Forum.January.2018\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-012017-denham.pdf\">&#8220;Executive Compensation and the University, Inc.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong><br \/>\n2017<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Sean Sather-Wagstaff, Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences<br \/>\n<a title=\"Flier Recruiting for White Supremacist Organization\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-2017-white-supremacy.pdf\">&#8220;Flier Recruiting for White Supremacist Organization&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To sign on to this Open Forum, click on this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/evvkCiAF8k64UdkZ2\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/evvkCiAF8k64UdkZ2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan Holmevik, 2017-2018 Faculty Senate Vice President\/President-Elect<br \/>\nAmy Lawton-Rauh, 2017-2018 Faculty Senate President<br \/>\n<a title=\"We Will Not Be Divided\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/oepn-form-2017-we-will-not-be-divided..pdf\">&#8220;We Will Not Be Divided&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To sign on to this Open Forum, click on this link: <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/F1HY5AiJ0W73Vo203\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/F1HY5AiJ0W73Vo203<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSch1FxRBr7r9Ly3gtN6uaWFMW5dCWeISESwe5X3DDOS0m8lRw\/viewform\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Terry Walker, Professor of Biosystems Engineering, EEES<br \/>\nDan Warner, Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences<br \/>\nKelly Flynn, Associate Coordinator IPM &amp; Sustainable Agriculture Programs, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences<br \/>\nCaye Drapcho, Associate Professor of Biosystems Engineering, EEES<br \/>\nRajendra Singh, D. Houser Banks Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and<br \/>\nAutomotive Engineering<br \/>\n<a title=\"A Case for a Resilient Future\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-2017-walker.pdf\">&#8220;A Case for a Resilient Future-Clemson at a Crossroad&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amy Lawton-Rauh,\u00a0Faculty Senate President 2017-2018<br \/>\nJan R. Holmevik,\u00a0Vice-President\/President-Elect, Faculty Senate Vice President\/President-Elect 2017-2018<br \/>\nJennifer Ogle,\u00a0Faculty Senate Secretary 2017-2018<br \/>\nMary Beth Kurz,\u00a0Faculty Manual Consultant 2017-present and Faculty Senate President 2016-2017<br \/>\nO. Thompson Mefford,\u00a0Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees<br \/>\nDerek Wilmott, Chair of the Commission on Latino Affairs<br \/>\nMegan Che,\u00a0President of the Clemson Chapter of the AAUP<br \/>\nSusanna Ashton,\u00a0Vice President of Clemson Chapter of the AAUP<br \/>\n<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-090817-daca.pdf\">&#8220;Support for Those Impacted by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-090817-daca.pdf\">&#8220;<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Amy Lawton-Rauh, 2017-2018 Faculty Senate President<\/div>\n<div>O. Thompson Mefford, 2015-2018 Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees<\/div>\n<div>Jan Holmevik, 2017-2018 Faculty Senate Vice President\/President-Elect<\/div>\n<div>Mary Beth Kurz, Faculty Senate Faculty Manual Consultant and 2016-2017 Faculty Senate President<\/div>\n<div>Jennifer Ogle, 2017-2018 Faculty Senate Secretary<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Open Forum Aug 15 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-form-081517-lawton-rauh.pdf\">&#8220;On steadfast commitment to a supportive and inclusive university environment: A response to the recent events in Charlottesville, VA&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Todd May &#8211; August 2017<\/div>\n<div>Class of 1941 Memorial Professor<\/div>\n<div>Dept. Philosophy and Religion<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"The Administration of Vulnerability, Part 2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/administration-vulnerability-part2.pdf\">&#8220;The Administation of Vulnerability, Part 2&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Mary Beth Kurz<\/div>\n<div>Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering<\/div>\n<div>Clemson University Faculty Senate President, 2016-2017<\/div>\n<div><a title=\"Open Forum-MBK Jan 30 2017\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/open-forum-013017-global-engagement.pdf\">&#8220;Global Engagement and the History of Clemson University&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4><strong>2016<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Bryan Denham<br \/>\nDepartment Chair, Communication<br \/>\nAugust 2016<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/denham-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;On Women\u2019s Athletics at Clemson: University Sports Culture Needs to (Re)Evolve&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mary Beth Kurz<br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Industrial Engineering<br \/>\nClemson University Faculty Senate President, 2016-2017<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/kurz4-16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faculty Senate&#8217;s <em>ad hoc<\/em> Committee on Diversity and Inclusion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Todd May \u2013 January 2016<br \/>\nDept. Philosophy and Religion<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/vulnerability-todd-may-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Administration of Vulnerability<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>2015<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Brian A. Powell, Scott Brame, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Cindy Lee, Stephen M. Moysey, Lindsay Shuller-Nickles<br \/>\nDepartment of Environmental Engineering &amp; Earth Sciences<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/college-restructuring.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Discussion of the pending split of the College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy King \u2013 July 2015<br \/>\nProfessor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy<em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/sustainable-leadership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sustainable Leadership, Historical Remembrance, and Transforming Community: Renaming Tillman Hall as a Substantive Element of 2020Forward<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy King \u2013 July 2015<br \/>\nProfessor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/J-King-Erratum-July-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erratum<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/rename-tillman.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Past Presidents of Faculty Senate<\/a> \u2013 July 2015<br \/>\n<em>We Have the Appetite to Rename Tillman Hall. Do You?<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/please-call-it-old-main.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leidy Klotz<\/a> \u2013 February 2015<br \/>\nProfessor of Civil Engineering<em><br \/>\nPlease call it Old Main<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>2014<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/faculty-assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Department<\/a> \u2013 December 2014<br \/>\n<em>Faculty Assessment<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"James McCubbin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/faculty-staff\/faculty-senate\/documents\/free-speech\/mccubbin-0314.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James McCubbin<\/a> \u2013 March 2014<br \/>\nProfessor of Psychology<br \/>\n<em>Threats to Academic Freedom in South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Free Speech Free Speech, initiated in response to the results of the 1996 Faculty Survey, is held during all Faculty Senate meetings. 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