Dr. Todd Adams Professor of Physics Faculty Senate President

Faculty Senate (FS) Basic legislative body of the University 100 members representing the Colleges, plus one each for library and development school representation based on number of faculty in each college Elected by college or department Meets monthly during the academic year

United Faculty of Florida Shared Governance Administration Faculty Senate University Board of Governors United Faculty of Florida Board of Trustees

Your Role Course/curriculum creation Course/curriculum approval department, college/school, university Bylaws and policies Promotion and tenure Sabbatical

Faculty Senate Committees Graduate Policy Committee Undergraduate Policy Committee Liberal Studies Coordinating and Policy Committee University Curriculum Committee Library Committee Honors Policy Committee Budget Advisory Committee Teaching Evaluation Committee Elections Committee Technology Committee Distance Learning Committee Student Academic Relations Committee Grievance Committee Committee on Memorials and Courtesies Road Scholars Committee Faculty Senate Steering Committee

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Faculty Senate Meetings All Meetings IN Dodd Hall Auditorium from 3:35 to 5 PM 2017 September 20 October 18 November 15 December 6 2018 January 17 February 21 March 21 April 18

Faculty Senate Steering Committee Members Dr. Todd Adams – Faculty Senate President Professor, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences 850.644.7159 / tadams@hep.fsu.edu  Dr. Kristine C. Harper Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences 850.644.5888 / kcharper@fsu.edu Ms. Bridgett Birmingham Head, Learning Commons, Undergraduate Services, Strozier Library 850.644.6810 / bbirmingham@fsu.edu Dr. Eric Chicken Professor, Department of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences 850.644.3218 / chicken@fsu.edu

Faculty Senate Steering Committee Members Dr. Susan S. Fiorito Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Founding Director of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship 850.644.7856 / sfiorito@jimmoranschool.fsu.edu Dr. Nancy Rogers Professor, Music Theory, College of Music 850.644-4142 / nancy.rogers@fsu.edu Dr. Jayne M. Standley Ella Scoble Opperman and Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of Music Therapy 850.644.4565 / jstandley@fsu.edu Dr. Gary Tyson Harris Professor , College of Arts and Sciences 850.644.4565 / tyson@cs.fsu.edu

Faculty Senate The Faculty Senate (FS) is the basic legislative body of the University. The FS formulates measures for the maintenance of a comprehensive educational policy and for the maximum utilization of the intellectual resources of the University. The FS determines and defines University-wide policies on academic matters, including Liberal Studies policy, admission, grading standards, and the requirements within which the several degrees may be granted.

Faculty Senate As the elected body of the General Faculty, the FS may also formulate its opinion upon any subject of interest to the University and adopt resolutions thereon. Resolutions treating those areas of authority legally reserved to the President of the University and the Board of Trustees will be advisory. The President of the University shall have the power to veto any action of the FS. The veto shall be communicated in writing to the Secretary of the FS and President of the Steering Committee with reasons therefore within 60 days. By a 2/3 vote the Senate may appeal to the Board of Trustees any action so vetoed.

Faculty Governance in Higher Education First published in 1987, the National Education Association (NEA) statement on faculty governance in higher education stated their policy in support of shared governance. The policy maintains that faculty involvement in governance is critical. Providing research support, the organization states faculty should advise administration in developing curriculum and methods of instruction. Faculty are responsible for establishing degree requirements, takes primary responsibility in tenure appointments and the award of promotion and sabbatical. Addressing issues through collective bargaining, the statement believes “administration and the governing boards of colleges and universities should accept the faculty's recommendations”. State and federal government and external agencies should refrain from intervening in the internal governance of institutions of higher education when they are functioning in accordance with state and federal law. Government should recognize that conserving the autonomy of these institutions is essential to protecting academic freedom, the advance of knowledge, and the pursuit of truth.

Faculty Senate: Membership Totals 100 elected faculty members plus 1 member each from the library and the developmental research school. Each college or school shall be entitled to at least one representative. Each unit shall elect its representatives for two-year terms, which shall begin with the regular April meeting of the Senate of the election year, according to a procedure which its eligible faculty members shall determine. Each unit may elect, according to a procedure which its eligible faculty members shall determine, an alternate representative or representatives to serve whenever illness, professional travel, or other obligations make it impossible for the designated Senator or Senators to be present.