Senate Structure

♦Faculty Senate Membership 2022-2023

Respresentation	Term Expires 2023	Term Expires 2024	Term Expires 2025
CAFES	Yoana Newman		Amber Remble   Joseph Shakal
CAS	John Heppen    Doug Margolis	Grace Coggio     Karl Peterson	Alexandru Tupan    Magara Maeda
CEPS		Tamara Kincaid	Dean Vesperman    Geoffrey Scheurman
CBE			Logan Kelly
4th Division	Morgan Paavola	Alicia Reinke-Tuthill    Kenneth White	Ryan Bench    Cory Clark
At Large	David Zlesak (sr.)   Kevyn Juneau (jr.)   Chris Holtkamp (jr.)	Tim Buttles (sr.)    Brett Kallusky (sr.)    Lori Nixon (jr.)	Mialisa Moline (sr.)
Chancellor’s Designee	David Travis (Provost)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

♦Executive Committee Membership

Office	Officer
Chair	Alexandru Tupan
Vice Chair	Logan Kelly
Elections Chair	Ryan Bench
Secretary	Mialisa Moline
Faculty Senate Liaison	Tamara Kincaid

 

Powers, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Faculty Senate

 

• Receive and consider suggestions, proposals, and recommendations brought before the senate by the faculty, student body, and the administrative staff.
   
• Prepare resolutions, proposals, recommendations, and specific legislation for faculty action.
   
• Participate with the chancellor in the establishment and termination of the functions and memberships of all standing committees. There shall be provision for the establishment of faculty committees within the by-laws of the constitution. Specific provisions governing the powers, responsibilities, and procedures of faculty committees and the procedure of their appointment are to be found in the by-laws of the constitution.
   
• Serve as coordinating and expediting agency for the work of standing committees and assign responsibility along with the chancellor for the execution of studies and activities of these committees. All recommendations for policy changes in the orientation and direction of all committees must be submitted for approval to both the Faculty Senate and the chancellor.
   
• Study and recommend policies designed to improve faculty welfare.
   
• Establish general interpretations of academic policy and regulations.
   
• Conduct nominations and elections of members of the senate, as defined in Article VI Section C.
   
• Inform the general faculty, the administration, and the student body of all senate actions affecting the areas of their respective concerns.
   
• Recommend to the chancellor the university calendar, subject to the regulations of the Board of Regents.
   
• Provide for and regulate such funds as may be raised and expended by the general faculty.
   
• Study and make recommendations concerning any other subjects relative to the general welfare of the university.