Faculty Governance
Faculty Assembly
The Faculty Assembly is a representative body of the faculty within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The Faculty Assembly meets almost every month during the academic year to deliberate and act on major policy questions, often referred to the Assembly by the College Executive Committee or by the Educational Policy Committee.
The Assembly also functions as a forum on issues of importance to the faculty and to the College or University.
For a complete description of the powers, duties, and procedures of the Faculty Assembly, see Article IV of the CLAS Manual of Procedure.
Current Agenda
Current Minutes
Officers 2009-2010
Michel Laronde (French & Italian), Chair
Jeanne Saunders (Social Work), Vice Chair and Chair Elect
Vershawn Young (Rhetoric and African American Studies), Secretary
Faculty Assembly Members 2009-2010
A list of current FA members is at this link. Faculty Assembly is comprised of both elected and appointed members. The elected members represent one of three CLAS electoral groups. Appointed members represent their own department or unit and are often appointed by the DEO or elected by the faculty within that unit. Additional information is available at Faculty Elections.
Schedule 2009-2010
September 23, 2009
October 21, 2009
November 18, 2009
January 27, 2010
February 24, 2010
March 24, 2010
April 21, 2010
Agenda Committee
The purpose of the Agenda Committee is to assist in communication and planning across the various governance committees of the College, consulting with the Chair of the FA as needed. The agenda committee is composed of the officers of the Assembly as well as the secretary of the Executive Committee and the secretary of the Educational Policy Committee, with the Chair of the Assembly serving as Chair of the Agenda Committee. Any voting faculty member from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may forward agenda suggestions to the Chair.