1. Dr. Todd Adams Professor of Physics Faculty Senate President

2. 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

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

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

5. 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

6. The Faculty Senate Wants You!
but, maybe not yet…

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

8. Faculty Senate Steering Committee Members
Dr. Todd Adams – Faculty Senate President
Professor, Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences /
Dr. Kristine C. Harper
Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Arts and Sciences /
Ms. Bridgett Birmingham
Head, Learning Commons, Undergraduate Services, Strozier Library /
Dr. Eric Chicken
Professor, Department of Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences /

9. Faculty Senate Steering Committee Members
Dr. Susan S. Fiorito
Jim Moran Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Founding Director
of the Jim Moran School of Entrepreneurship /
Dr. Nancy Rogers
Professor, Music Theory, College of Music /
Dr. Jayne M. Standley
Ella Scoble Opperman and Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor
of Music Therapy /
Dr. Gary Tyson
Harris Professor , College of Arts and Sciences /

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.