Faculty Governance Committee
The general purpose of the committee is to monitor faculty governance, and to represent the faculty to the administration and the Board of Regents.
Membership |
Term Exp. |
Faculty/Department |
| Timothy Mahr | 2013 | Fine Arts |
| Anthony Becker | 2013 | Social Sciences |
| Jolene Barjasteh | 2012 | At large |
| Jeanine Grenberg | 2013 | Humanities |
| Leon Narvaez | 2013 | At large |
| Sharon Lane-Getaz | 2012 | At large |
| Dana Gross | 2012 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| Colin Wells, Chair | 2012 | At large |
| Anthony Lott | 2013 | Interdisciplinary and General Studies |
| Nancy Thompson | Art History |
| Nancy Paddleford | 2012 | Faculty Observer to the Board of Regents |
| Mary Carlsen | 2013 | Faculty Observer Elect to the Board of Regents |
| David Anderson | ex-officio | President |
| Marci Sortor | ex-officio | Provost and Dean of the College |
| Alan Norton | ex-officio | Vice President and Treasurer |
| Phyllis Larson | ex-officio | Assistant Provost |
Responsibilities of the committee include:
- make recommendations on faculty governance
- advise the administration on faculty meetings, college governance and college planning
- review and make recommendations to the faculty on changes to the Faculty Manual
- appoint from its own membership five faculty to serve on the Regents-Faculty Conference Committee
- oversee faculty membership on faculty committees, to nominate candidates for committee elections, and to coordinate elections
- select hearing committees as specified under Dismissal Proceedings (Section 4.XVII).
Terms of Office: Faculty representatives serve two-year terms with terms of office staggered.
The Faculty Governance Committee replaces the following committees:
