2025-2026 Faculty Senate Membership

Faculty Senators are elected from members of the General Faculty. Faculty holding titles above the head of department are not eligible to hold a Senate seat. Additional requirements for Faculty Senators include: must have FTE of 0.75 (benefit eligible) regular faculty, i.e. tenured and tenure-track faculty, full-time non-tenure track faculty (except field faculty), faculty in phased-retirement program, and emeritus faculty. Faculty Senate elections take place in the spring; terms begin on July 1st.

Faculty Senators participate in the process of shared governance within the University in one of five roles: representative, consultative, advisory, shared responsibility, and delegated authority. Faculty Senators hold two-year terms and may serve two consecutive terms (four years).

As a representative, Faculty Senators present issues of concern raised by a member of the faculty for consideration by the Faculty Senate.

In a consultative role, the Senator communicates or discusses information with any administrator with authority and responsibility for a decision.

In an advisory role, the Senator helps develop policies to be recommended to any administrator who is authorized to make a decision.

Faculty Senators also make policy recommendations to the chancellor, provost, and vice-chancellors.

The chancellor or an authorized designee may delegate authority to the Faculty Senate on specified matters.