September 2025 Faculty Senate Newsletter
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60 Years of Faculty Senate: Dissolved, New, and Reformed Committees
As we get ready to begin the work of the new Engagement Education Committee in October, we can reflect on the way that the committees administered through Faculty Senate change or reform over time to meet the needs of the institution. For example, the Academic Standards Committee morphed over time into the General Education and Instructional Effectiveness Committee (with some of the duties moved into the Admission and Retention Policies Committee). Committees like the Career Education Committee, Continuing Education Committee, Credits Committee, and Faculty Information Technology Committee were dissolved, again with some of the tasks from those committees incorporated into existing or new committees. The Appellate Committee was once five separate faculty appeal committees and now functions as a 30-person pool from which panels of faculty are formed to handle appeals as they are filed. The Committee on Committees is to thank for their efforts to structure faculty committees in ways that increase faculty engagement with shared governance.
What’s New
Committee Openings
Chair Bowler is requesting faculty volunteers to fill seats on the committees listed below. If it is a regular member seat, the term is included. For example, a 2028 Regular member seat means that the term for that seat will go from now until the end of the spring 2028 semester (or for select committees, through the summer and until the organizational meeting of that committee in Fall 2028). If it is an ex-officio seat, it only lasts this academic year. If you are interested in serving on any of these committees, please reach out to him via email and indicate your preference.
| Committee | Meeting Time and Format | Seat Type (Regular Member, Ex-Officio) |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Faculty Connection, Access, Retention, and Engagement | Tuesday at 4 PM (once a month), virtual meetings | Ex-officio Faculty Senate representative; must be a Faculty Senator or Alternate |
| General Education and Instructional Effectiveness | Monday at 2 PM (once a month), hybrid format with optional in-person location in Rawl Annex 142 | Ex-officio Faculty Senate representative; must be a Faculty Senator or Alternate |
| Research and Creative Activities Committee | Thursday at 4 PM (once a month), virtual meetings | 3 openings: 2026 Regular Member 2027 Regular Member Ex-officio Chair of the Faculty Representative |
| Student Academic Appellate Committee | Wednesday at 3 PM (once a month), virtual meetings | 2027 Regular Member |
| Undergraduate Curriculum | 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month at 2 PM in virtual meetings | 2026 Regular Member |
| Unit Code Screening | Wednesday at 3 PM (once a month) in virtual meetings | Ex-officio Faculty Senate representative; must be a Faculty Senator or Alternate |
| University Athletics | Tuesday at 3:30 PM (once a month), in-person in the Pat Draughon Study Center Conference Room on the 2nd floor of the Ward Sports Medicine Building | Ex-officio Faculty Senate representative; must be a Faculty Senator or Alternate |
| Copyrights | Once a semester (these are set by another office, so time and format are unknown) | Ex-officio Chair of the Faculty representative |
| Honors College Faculty Advisory | Two face-to-face meetings each semester, typically on a Wednesday or Thursday afternoon from 3:00-4:00 PM | Ex-officio Chair of the Faculty representative |
| Parking and Transportation | 3rd Wednesday in January, April, July, and September (these are set by another office, so time and format are unknown) | Ex-officio Chair of the Faculty representative |
| Safety and Security | Quarterly meetings (these are set by another office, so time and format are unknown) | Ex officio Chair of the Faculty representative |
Reminders
Faculty Personnel Deadlines
Below are the deadlines for personnel actions that are coming up soon (see the full Faculty Manual Part X, Section II Schedule for Personnel Actions for more information):
- Reappointment of Probationary-Term Faculty Members in 2nd Year of Employment with Credit for Prior Academic Service – for 9-month faculty, the committee recommendation and PAD is due to the unit administration by the 1st Tuesday in October, and the unit administrator recommendation and PAD is due to the Dean (if applicable) by the 3rd Tuesday in October.
- Promotion and Tenure Timeline – Fall and Spring of Decision Academic Year – the committee recommendation and PAD is due to the unit administrator by the 4th Tuesday in October.
- Post-Tenure Review Timeline – the faculty and unit administrator discuss post-tenure review documentation by the 1st Monday in October and the faculty member submits post-tenure review documentation to the Peer Review Committee by the 3rd Monday in October.
Upcoming
- The second regular Faculty Senate meeting is October 7, 2025.
- The Board of Trustees meets October 2-3, 2025.
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