Faculty Senate Working Groups (2026-2027)
- Academic Integrity: Reviews and upholds policies on cheating, plagiarism, and academic misconduct cases.
- Athletics: Advises on faculty-athletics relations, including academic standards and support for student-athletes.
- Budget Oversight / Advisory: Monitors university budget priorities and provides faculty input on fiscal decisions as an advisory.
- Curriculum: Reviews and approves new courses, program changes, and curricular policy.
- Graduate: Oversees policies and standards affecting graduate programs and graduate students.
- Honors: Guides policy and programming for the university’s honors program and high-achieving students.
- Library and Information Technologies: Advises on library resources, IT services, and digital infrastructure needs.
- Research: Promotes and reviews policies supporting faculty research, scholarship, and creative activity.
- Retention: Develops and reviews strategies to improve student persistence and retention.
- Sustainability: Advances environmental and sustainability initiatives across campus operations and curriculum.
- Teaching: Supports instructional quality, pedagogy, and faculty teaching development.
- Tenure and Promotion: Reviews and advises on policies governing faculty tenure, promotion, and evaluation criteria.
Ad Hoc Working Groups for 2026-2027
- Artificial Intelligence (AI):Advises on policy, guidelines, and best practices for AI use in teaching, learning, and academic integrity.
- Faculty Policy/Handbook: Reviews and recommends updates to the Faculty Handbook and related faculty policies.
- Freshman Seminar: Oversees curriculum and coordination of the first-year seminar course for incoming students.
- Schedule: Reviews and advises on course scheduling practices to balance student and faculty needs.
- Website, Marketing, and Enrollment: Advises on the institution’s web presence, marketing materials, and enrollment communications.