Faculty Senate

Committees

Standing Committees | University Committees

Standing

Academic Affairs Committee

(3-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Review and make recommendations on matters and policies relating to curriculum and other affairs concerning the faculty, including the Faculty Senate Constitution and bylaws.

Program and Course Fee Committee

According to policy 6.42 that is the make-up of the committee:
The request form is submitted to the Provosts Office for review by the Program and Course Fee Committee comprised of the Provost, two deans appointed by the Provost, two faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate president, a Financial Services representative, a Student Services representative and the Academic Vice President of SUUSA.

Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and Grace A. Tanner Committee

(3-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Solicit and review abstracts, select appropriate lectures from the Faculty for presentation at the SUU Convocation series, and arrange receptions and/or other appropriate activities.

Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee

(3-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge:  Determine areas of faculty development and methods of faculty evaluation. Duties include organizing and conducting Faculty Development Workshops during the year, planning annual Southern Utah Faculty Development Conference, and reviewing presentation proposals, reviewing faculty evaluation instruments and recommending revisions and additional instruments, reviewing faculty evaluation policies and recommend revisions, and conducting in-serve for administrators of the student evaluation of instruction forms and processes.

Faculty Publication Award and Student Scholarship Committee

(3-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Evaluate the annual award for the best scholarly publication by a Faculty member, solicit and arrange for display of faculty scholarship, and arrange for binding of faculty work if applicable. Evaluated the award for the Student Scholarship (this award is to provide a tuition scholarship and fees for one year for two applications, provided the recipient maintains 12 credits per semester and a 3.0 GPA.
Requirements:

1. Scholarship or professional commitment
2. Leadership or community service
3. Entering sophomore, junior, or senior for next school year
4. Demonstrated financial need
5. Nontraditional/returning student status, 25 years of age or older.

Faculty Review Board

(3-year term; 1 tenured representative from each college and one tenured at-large representative.

Charge: review grievances raised which involve faculty. If a student is involved in the faculty grievance, two students will be added named by SUUSA Executive Officers and approved by the Faculty Senate Executive committee.  This will be done on a case-by-case basis.

Leave, Rank and Tenure Committee

(3-year term; 1 tenured representative1 from each college and 1 tenured at-large representative)

Charge: Review applications for LRT (sabbatical leave, rank advancement, tenure) for the current academic year in accordance with current LRT policy, review and report on effectiveness of current LRT policy, and collect and file the approved department and college LRT committee composition policies along with committee members’ names.

Outstanding and Distinguished Educator Award Committee

(3-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: The Faculty Senate Outstanding Educator Committee is charged with selecting SUU’s Outstanding Educator Award recipient and the two Distinguished Educator Award recipients. The selection process will include, the committee notifying the campus community of the nomination process and calling for and processing nominations. The committee will then select ten finalists and contact each finalist’s chair for a letter of support and a curriculum vita. The committee will review the finalists and make final selection of the Outstanding Educator and two Distinguished Educators. Those names will be forwarded to the Provost and the Office of University Relations the first week of March.

Distance Education Committee

(3-year term: 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: An advisory committee for distance education staff regarding program and course development and pedagogical aspects of delivery to insure that distance learning is delivered with appropriate rigor and within standards of the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities.

Faculty Salary-Equity Committee

University Committees

Benefits Committee

VP Dorian Page - As needed meeting

Faculty Staff Association

Travis Rosenberg (Once a month)

Library Committee

John Eye

Policy Arbitration Committee

University Graduate Committee

University Parking Committee

Chief Rick Brown/Patricia Gardner

University Press Editorial Board

Matt Nickerson

Undergraduate Research Advisory Board

Lynn White

University Curriculum Committee

University General Scholarship Committee

Academic Standards Committee