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The Role of Faculty Senate - Chapter 2, Section 2.1.1 of the Faculty Handbook:
"....The faculty role in campus-wide governance is organized and effected by the Faculty Senate, a broadly representative body which is specifically charged by the Board of Trustees to consider, advise and recommend to the administration policies about a wide range of concerns affecting the welfare of the campus. Among these concerns are criteria for faculty appointment, dismissal, promotion, tenure and retirement; criteria for the selection of the chancellor, vice-chancellors and other campus administrative officers; criteria for the selection of the president and other statewide executive officers of the University (in conjunction with other Faculty Senates or corresponding bodies of the other campuses of The University of Tennessee); priorities for long-range academic planning; planning academic physical facilities; and policies regarding student life, rights and responsibilities."
Welcome to the Faculty Senate Homepage
The organization and function of Faculty Senate is described in Chapter 2 of the UTC Faculty Handbook.
Next Meeting: To be announced.
Dear Fellow Senators,
To the goal of running our meetings more efficiently, I am asking all who have matters to bring before Senate to post their materials and presentations (get them to Colleen S. Harris to post) 5 working days before the next Senate meeting (the Friday before). Presentations will not occur in Senate; folks bringing material forward will be answering questions about the presentations that they have posted 5 days prior.
I am also asking Senators to hold themselves to the same standards that they hold their students. Since material will be posted 5 days before the meeting, read and reflect before you come (do your homework), engage in civil debate, and ask questions which push the conversation forward. Moreover, please always bear in mind that you are representing a constituency, as well as yourself, as a member of a department and college; that representation is a dialogue, as well.
Let’s see if these procedural changes make participation in faculty governance less onerous and more productive. Suggestions to effectuate this goal are welcomed.
Looking forward,
Vicki
Faculty Senate President
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