Faculty Governance Committee
The general purpose of the committee is to monitor faculty governance, and to represent the faculty to the administration and the Board of Regents.
Membership |
Term Exp. |
Faculty/Department |
| James McKeel, Chair | 2011 | Fine Arts |
| Carolyn Anderson | 2011 | Social Sciences |
| Tina Garrett | 2010 | At large |
| Steve Hahn | 2011 | Humanities |
| Kris MacPherson | 2011 | At large |
| Diana Neal | 2010 | At large |
| Wes Pearson | 2010 | Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
| Jamie Schillinger | 2011 | At large |
| Doug Schuurman | 2010 | At large |
| Ariel Strichartz | 2011 | Interdisciplinary and General Studies |
| Steve Reece | 2010 | Faculty Observer to the Board of Regents |
| Gordon Marino | 2011 | Faculty Observer Elect to the Board of Regents |
| David Anderson | ex-officio | President |
| James May | ex-officio | Provost and Dean of the College |
| Alan Norton | ex-officio | Vice President and Treasurer |
| Arnie Ostebee | ex-officio | Assistant Provost |
| Patrick Roisen | Student Representative |
Responsibilities of the committee include:
- make recommendations on faculty governance
- advise the administration on faculty meetings, college governance and college planning
- review and make recommendations to the faculty on changes to the Faculty Manual
- appoint from its own membership five faculty to serve on the Regents-Faculty Conference Committee
- oversee faculty membership on faculty committees, to nominate candidates for committee elections, and to coordinate elections
- select hearing committees as specified under Dismissal Proceedings (Section 4.XVII).
Terms of Office: Faculty representatives serve two-year terms with terms of office staggered.
The Faculty Governance Committee replaces the following committees:

