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
Jenny Dunning 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 Paddleford 2011 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: