Committees
- Convene your committee early in the fall semester and have the members elect the chair
for the academic year.
- Notify the Faculty Senate Coordinator with the name of the chair.
- Committee chairs comprise the Faculty Senate Administrative Committee (along with Faculty Senate leadership and the Provost). The chair will be added to the email distribution list for the Administrative Committee.
- Notify the Faculty Senate Coordinator with the name of the chair.
- Identify a regular meeting time for your committee.
- Contact the Faculty Senate Coordinator if you would like a meeting poll to be done for you.
- Notify the Faculty Senate Coordinator of your regular meeting time and if you need rooms booked for meetings.
- Facilitating remote participation for your committee.
- Local callers: notify your Chair in advance if you need to call in to a meeting. If there is only one local caller, it is free for the Chair to call you instead of paying for a local call on Two Rivers. Please use this option if at all possible, unless everyone is comfortable with another free option like Google Hangouts or Zoom.
- Google Hangouts: A great option to use if you have multiple people calling in. Individuals can call in by video or phone. Need training on how to use Hangouts? Training resources provided by UA include hoonuit, which provides training on how to utilize Hangouts. See the Training Resources section on the OIT website to access honnuit. Google for Education also provides an online Training Center which includes instruction on Hangouts.
- Zoom: Another great video conferencing option that is similar to Google Hangouts. For more information, check out their website.
- Two Rivers Audio Conferencing: For non-local participants, or meetings where more than one local person needs to
call in. The audio bridge number is provided below. You must reserve PINs for your
meeting, or you might be meeting with another group other than your committee at the
same time. Call the Faculty Senate Office at 907-474-7964 to reserve PINs. To help
us avoid unauthorized charges, do not share PINs or post them publicly, please.
- 1-866-832-7806
- If you have just one local caller, call them from the phone or polycom device in your meeting room instead; that is free and helps our budget.
- Review the Faculty Senate bylaws with your committee and decide if they need to be
updated.
- Go to the current "Committees" section of the bylaws. The bylaws are located on the Faculty Senate home page.
- Changes to committee-related bylaws require a formal motion to go before the full Faculty Senate for voting.
- Look at a sample motion to change committee bylaws. See Chapter 4 in the Faculty Senate Handbook and Directory for more information about motions and resolutions, and for more examples.
- The committee-approved motion is brought by the chair to the Administrative Committee for discussion and approval to be included in the next Faculty Senate meeting agenda.
- Faculty Senate bylaws contain important information about the membership of each senate committee and should be regularly reviewed by the membership at least once a year.
- Ex Officio members are non-voting members and do not count toward a meeting quorum.
- What to do with requests from external entities
- From time to time you may get requests from entities external to the Faculty Senate to look into a particular issue. If you have not received such a request in writing, please ask for it to be put in writing (email is fine). Share this with the Faculty Senate Coordinator and Faculty Senate leadership. By doing so, you will help facilitate answering any questions to ensure an issue is considered by the appropriate committee, and help in prioritization of tasks that committees are being assigned.
- Set the agenda for committee meetings.
- You may distribute agendas to your committee members if that is your preference; or, upon your request the Faculty Senate Coordinator will distribute them for you via email.
- Include the meeting location and Google Hangout information (if applicable) in your agenda.
- Identify a committee member to take meeting minutes during the meeting.
- Usually minutes from the prior meeting are reviewed at the next meeting and approved by all committee members. Minutes can be approved via email if that is preferred.
- Send a copy of the approved minutes to the Faculty Senate Coordinator for inclusion in the Administrative Committee and Faculty Senate meeting agendas.
- Approved minutes will also be posted online at the committee's web page.
- The Faculty Senate Coordinator is not available to take notes for committees with the notable exception of the Curriculum Review Committee (due to the extensive follow-up required with processing curriculum).
- Attend Administrative Committee meetings.
- Schedule of Faculty Senate and Administrative Committee Meetings is posted on the Faculty Senate Meetings.
- Committee actions (usually in the form of motions or resolutions) are brought by the committee chairs to the Administrative Committee for discussion. Upon the consensus of the Administrative Committee, actions will be included in the agenda for Faculty Senate.
- The Administrative Committee is also a forum for discussion of issues affecting faculty and the university. The Provost is an Ex Officio member of the Administrative Committee.
- Attending Administrative Committee meetings is not optional. If a chair can not make a particular meeting, arrange for an alternate to attend that meeting.
- If a committee has co-chairs, both usually attend the Administrative Committee meetings. If one of the co-chairs can not attend, the co-chair in attendance has the responsibility to update the other.
- Attend Faculty Senate meetings.
- Attendance at Faculty Senate meetings is a primary responsibility of all Faculty Senate members, but particularly committee chairs.
- If your committee has formal action for the Faculty Senate, the chair brings this action to the floor of the senate and provides background and information and answers questions as necessary.
- If an action is referred back to the committee, the chair brings the matter back to the committee at their next meeting.
- Prepare an annual report at the close of the academic year.
- The annual report summarizes the work of the committee for the past academic year. Its purpose is to inform and prepare the next term's committee for continuing business.
- The annual report is turned in prior to the last Administrative Committee meeting in April to be included in the May Faculty Senate agenda.
2022-2023 Administrative Committee meeting schedule and members
2022-23 Meeting Schedule
Administrative Committee Meetings Meeting modality will be via Zoom (unless otherwise noted) |
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Meeting #265 | August 26, 2022 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #266 | September 23, 2022 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #267 | October 21, 2022 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #268 | November 18, 2022 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #269 | January 27, 2023 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #270 | February 24, 2023 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #271 | March 24, 2023 | 1:00-3:00pm |
Meeting #272 | April 21, 2023 | 1:00-3:00pm |
TBD - FDAI
Morag Clinton - CSW
Margaret Short - ITC
Committee Meeting Times
See the Faculty Senate Calendar below to see when committees are meeting.
Standing Committees of Faculty Senate
2022-2023 Curricular Affairs Committee
Anna Gagne-Hawes and Joel Stone, Admissions
Madara Mason, eCampus
Victoria Smith and Montana Goss, SSS
2022-2023 Faculty Affairs Committee
2022-2023 Unit Criteria Committee
Advice for Units Submitting Criteria (2019 WORD) - This document is in the process of being finalized. Feedback is welcome.
Unit Criteria Template (NEW)
Current Unit Peer Criteria - Provost Website
Permanent Committees of Faculty Senate
2022-2023 GER & Core Committee
CLA/Ethics: Seth Jones (24-GERC)
CRCD/DANSRD: Sonta Hamilton Roach (24-GERC)
Sandy Ocampus, Registrar
Emily Stone and Iris Harritt, SSS
Ginny Kinne, Academic Advising Center
2022-2023 Curriculum Review Committee
Membership on the Curriculum Review Committee (CRC) is comprised of the Chairs of Curriculum Councils for each of the academic schools and colleges, two representatives from the GER & Core Committee, and two representatives from the SADA Committee.
2022-2023 Graduate Academic & Advisory Committee
Dominique Pride, INE (23)
Shelly Baumann, Graduate School Alternate
Karen Jensen, Director of Libraries
Holly McDonald and Janeen Culbertson, Registrar
Anna Gagne-Hawes and Joel Stone, Admissions
2022-2023 Student Academic Development & Achievement Committee
Kim McFadden, Registrar
Gabbrielle Russell, RSS
Vicky Avery, SSS
2022-2023 Faculty Development, Assessment, & Improvement Committee
Madara Mason, Faculty Development
Kendell Newman-Sadiik, eCampus
2022-2023 Committee on the Status of Women
2022-2023 Research Advisory Committee
2022-2023 Information Technology Committee
Margaret Short, CNSM (24) - Chair
2022-2023 Faculty Administrator Review Committee meeting schedule and members
Ataur Chowdhury, Chair
John George
2022-2023 Teaching and Learning Committee
Ad Hoc Committees of Faculty Senate
From time to time, Faculty Senate forms Ad Hoc Committees for special purposes. Individual committees may also form subcommittees. Information about a subcommittee formed by any particular Faculty Senate Committee may also be found on the web page for that particular committee (e.g., GERC - subcommittee of CAC).
2021-2022 Ad Hoc Committees of Faculty Senate
- Scott Goddard, CNSM (24)
- Latrice Bowman, CNSM (24)
- Genova Brookes Boyd, Libraries (23)
- Anja Kade, CNSM - Chair
- Ellen Lopez, CLA
- Ashlyn Espinosa, ASUAF President
- Jen Moss, eCampus
- Sarah Stanley, CLA
- Alda Norris, Staff Council
- Sandra Wildfeuer, Faculty Senate
2019-2020 Ad Hoc Committees of Faculty Senate
- Javier Fochesatto - Chair
- Jennie Carroll
- Jak Maier
- Diane McEachern
- Chanda Meek
- Don Larson
- Anupma Prakash
- Alexandra Fitts
- Ataur Chowdhury
- Holly McDonald
2018-2019 Ad Hoc Committees of Faculty Senate
Date | Time |
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February 25, 2019 |
9:30am-11:00am |
March 25, 2019 | 9:30am-11:00am |
April 29, 2019 | 9:30am-11:00am |
Date | Location | PDF download |
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November 29, 2018 |
717 Gruening Building |
Meeting Minutes |
2014-2015 Ad Hoc Committee of Faculty Senate
Year End Report:
Web site by GERC:
Date | Time | Location |
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August 29, 2014 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM |
Kayak Room, 408 Rasmuson |
October 14, 2014 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
October 23, 2014 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM |
Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
November 5, 2014 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM |
Room 502 Rasmuson Library |
November 18, 2014 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
304C Eielson Building |
December 9, 2014 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
February 4, 2015 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
February 18, 2015 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Kayak Room, 408 Rasmuson Library |
March 4, 2015 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
April 15, 2015 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Chancellor's Conference Room, 330 Signers' Hall |
- Bethany Marx, CLA
- Leah Berman, CNSM - Chair
- Derick Burleson, CLA
- Anne Armstrong, SoED
- Mary Ehrlander, CLA
- Libby Eddy, Registrar
- Alex Fitts, Dean of General Studies
- Sarah Fowell, CNSM
- Greg Goering, SOM
- Linda Hapsmith, Academic Advising Center
- Ilana Kingsley, Libraries
- Jean Richey, CLA
- Jonathan Rosenberg, CLA, Past Chair
- Mahla Strohmaier, CRCD
- Sarah Stanley, CLA
- Sandra Wildfeuer, CRCD
- Cindy Hardy, Curricular Affairs Committee Member
- Todd Sherman, CLA Dean (ex officio)
2013-2014 Ad Hoc Committees of Faculty Senate
Charge to the Committee:
Identify structural problems, impediments and disincentives to interdisciplinary teaching, student advising, and research.
The UAF Faculty Senate has formed an ad hoc faculty committee to start addressing practical problems that faculty have with interdisciplinary work at UAF. We need to identify the full suite of problems in order to tackle them effectively. The first step is this faculty committee and its report. Administrators will have valuable input also, and will be added as a second step. Solutions will come later and are not part of this committee's charge.
Final Report by the Committee (November 2013 - PDF)
Ron Barry, CNSM
Larry Duffy, CNSM and IAB
Ginny Eckert, SFOS
Craig Gerlach, CLA, Chair
Josh Greenberg, SNRAS and SOM
Gary Jacobsen, SOE
Gary Kofinas, SNRAS and IAB
Chanda Meek, CLA
Silke Schiewer, CEM
Date | Time | Location |
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February 12, 2013 | 1-2 PM |
Joint Conference Room (341 RAS) |
February 19, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Chancellor's Conference Room (330 Signers' Hall) |
March 5, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Chancellor's Conference Room (330 Signers' Hall) |
March 26, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Chancellor's Conference Room (330 Signers' Hall) |
April 16, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM |
Chancellor's Conference Room (330 Signers' Hall) |
April 30, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Kayak Room (408 Rasmuson Library) |
May 7, 2013 | 9:00 - 10:00 AM | Kayak Room (408 Rasmuson Library) |
The UAF Faculty Senate has appointed this ad hoc committee to address policies and regulations for hiring and evaluation of faculty with joint appointments. In the reference document is the UAF Faculty Appointment and Evaluation Policy and Regulations, aka Blue Book, sections regarding joint appointments are brief and leave details unspecified. In the absence of official procedures ad hoc solutions have developed. In many cases these solutions have worked well for individual units and may be considered as possible models for the system as a whole. In other cases, the procedures have been reported to be unsatisfactory and confusing, particularly in units where joint appointments are less common.
The committee's charge is to:
- Recommend formal policies and regulations for hiring and evaluation of tenure-track and research faculty with joint appointments. These recommendations will go to the Faculty Senate and the Provost.
- Draft new sections on these policies and regulations for the UAF Blue Book.
- Advise the Faculty Senate on any other issues related to joint appointments that the committee wishes to raise.
Bill Bristow, CEM / GI - Chair
Doug Christensen, CNSM Geol & Geophys / GI
Roxie Dinstel, CES
Javier Fochesatto, CNSM Atmospheric Sci / GI
Patricia Holloway, SNRAS
Gordon Kruse, SFOS Fisheries (Juneau)
Patrick Marlow, CLA / SOE
Date | Time | Location |
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May 17, 2013 | 11:00 AM to noon |
Kayak Room, 408 Rasmuson Library |
September 4, 2013 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM |
Geology Library, 306 Reichardt Building |
October 4, 2013 | 10:00 - 11:00 AM |
Runcorn Room, 300 Reichardt Building |
November 8, 2013 | 1:00 - 2:00 PM |
IAB Library, 311 Irving I |