Subcommittees
Academic Issues
The Academic Issues committee attends to issues related to the academic functioning of the University. The issues might include admission standards, academic progression, academic support services, and academic integrity.
Budget and Compensation
The Budget and Compensation committee monitors and oversees the academic budget to ensure that planning processes for the University are aligned with academic values and faculty interests. Issues the committee might attend to include matters related to salary and benefits, hiring of faculty and instructional staff for teaching and research, funding for laboratories, faculty travel to conferences, capacity planning, and other academic needs.
Events
The Events Committee selects, schedules, and makes arrangements for the Distinguished Faculty Lecture and the Staff Appreciation Luncheon. The committee works in conjunction with the administration on planning, advertising, and carrying out these events. The committee assists the Provost in selecting other events that support the University’s mission to contribute to the cultural life of the community.
F2.08 and Faculty Handbook
The F2.08 committee investigates the annual review process and suggests changes to the current structure to ensure that the reviews are conducted in the spirit of openness and collegiality, with an emphasis on constructive development of the individual faculty member as well as the institution. The F2.08 committee develops a two-way communication performance review process to be used by faculty and administrators in communicating expectations related to the performance review. This communication, documented in written form, allows faculty and administrators to identify issues, develop standards, create metrics, and provide support.
Faculty Issues
The Faculty Issues Committee advises the Senate on matters of policy concerning faculty. The matters might include academic freedom, teaching, research, curriculum design, interpersonal conduct, terms of appointment, promotion and tenure, and faculty well-being. The Committee also has the responsibility of aiding the president of the university by ranking the applicants for the Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award.
Research and Creative Activity
The Research and Creative Activity Committee reviews and makes recommendations on policies and procedures related to research and creative activities of the faculty. The committee assists the Provost in the awarding of Faculty Development leave and works with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs to advocate, support and foster faculty research and creative activity and provide an interface between the faculty and the administration with regard to pre-award and post-award services.
Student Success
The Student Success committee shall plan, develop, and provide ongoing evaluation, and policy recommendations designed to improve the effectiveness of campus programs and resources, as well as other aspects of the undergraduate student experience. This includes, but is not limited to, long-term oversight of student outcomes and remediation strategies for students.
