University of Arizona Faculty Governance/Faculty Senate Home Page

Signing the Shared Governance Agreement, October 2, 2006:
University of Arizona President,
Dr. Robert N. Shelton
and Chair of the Faculty / University Distinguished Professor,
Dr. Wanda H. Howell

The 2008-09 FACULTY SENATE will meet
Sep 8, Oct 6, Nov 3, Dec 1, 2008 and
Jan 26, Feb 2, Mar 2, April 6,
and May 4, 2009

Senate Minutes are posted after they are approved.

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Faculty governance at the University of Arizona functions under the Constitution and Bylaws of the General Faculty. "The General Faculty has fundamental responsibilities in the areas of academic personnel policy; instruction and curriculum policy; research policy; student affairs policy; ethics and commitment; advice on budget and University support; and acts on such other matters affecting the welfare of the University as are brought for consideration in accordance with University policy and Shared Governance Guidelines and Agreements as may be entered into from time to time."
Faculty Constitution, Article I.

"The Faculty Senate is the legislative body responsible to the General Faculty. Actions of the Faculty Senate may be appealed to the General Faculty by petition, under the provisions of the Bylaws Article III, Section 1, within eleven class days of the date under which Faculty Senate minutes reporting such actions were distributed to the General Faculty." Faculty Constitution, Article VII, Section 1.

FACULTY SENATE Functions History Members Meeting Schedule Minutes and Agendas Faculty Senate Standing Committees Senate Executive Committee Academic Personnel Policy Instruction & Curriculum Policy Research Policy Student Affairs Policy Faculty Senate Ad HOC Committees Senate Task Force for Monitoring Labor and Human Rights Issues Faculty Senate General Education Task Force Faculty Senate Task Force on Student Retention and Advancement	General Faculty Standing Committees Committee on Elections Committee of Eleven Committee on Faculty Membership Committee on Committees Senate Committee on Budget and Strat Plng / SPBAC University Committee on Ethics and Commitment Constitution and Bylaws Committee Grievance Clearinghouse Committee Committee on Conciliation Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure (CAFT) University-WIDE Committees WITH SHARED GOVERNANCE PARTICIPATION University Committee on Corporate Relations Naming Advisory Committee Shared Governance Review Committee Undergraduate Council
Office of Faculty Governance Personnel:
Chair of the Faculty: Wanda H. Howell University Distinguished Professor, Nutritional Sciences (2005-2009)
Chair of the Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee: Miranda Joseph Associate Professor, Women's Studies (2007-2009)
Vice Chair of the Faculty and Presiding Officer of the Faculty Senate: Robert P. Mitchell Librarian (2005-2010)
Secretary of the Faculty and the Faculty Senate: J.C. Mutchler Assistant Professor, History, UAS (2008-2010)
Faculty Center Program Coordinator Senior: Pamela S. Bridgmon (621-1338) Faculty Center Administrative Assistant: (621-1342) Faculty Center Administrative Assistant: Dawn Bell (307-0116)
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