FACULTY SENATE GOALS and DIRECTIONS
- Improve Faculty Governance Structure:
- Begin the process of Faculty Unification: create tighter links to Faculty Councils.
- Expand role of CoC to focus of faculty governance
- Develop a set of guidelines to insure UH committees are responsive and accountable.
- Consider bylaw changes to the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws
- term limits senators; FS president.
- membership expansion.
- timing of elections.
- clarification of election responsibilities.
- inclusion of Council Chairs.
- others as deem necessary.
- Improve Undergraduate Educational Process.
- Develop proposal for a Center for Teaching Excellence.
- Develop recommendations to improve Financial aid process.
- Assist the Strategic Action Group in developing a comprehensive plan to improve student
success.
- Assist the Voluntary System of Accountability assessment.
- Assist Discovery-Research/QEP program.
- Assist the Orientation Task Force.
- Assist Enrollment Management Task Force.
- Assist Achieving the Dream progress.
- Liaison with Undergraduate Council
- Improve the General Faculty Environment.
- Review and make recommendations of faculty benefits.
- Make recommendations for improvements in OGC.
- Assist and monitor the joint GPS/FS committee on Graduate Faculty/Titles-Ranks.
- Monitor Faculty Development and Retention issues and make recommendations.
- Evaluate and make recommendations on minimal computer upgrades across campus.
- Survey Faculty as needed.
- Climate Survey
- Faculty club survey
- Service commitment survey
- Child Care survey
- Get General Faculty More Aware Of, and Involved In, Faculty Senate and UH.
- Improve attendance at Fall and Spring faculty assemblies.
- Explore the possibility of establishing a Faculty Club.
- Help plan Faculty Recognition dinners.
- Reach out to junior faculty.
- Set up Junior Faculty forums with Provost/President
- Speaker series for Junior Faculty with library
- Liaison for Homecoming; MLK day, special events
- Improve communications to Faculty and UH community
- Continue Newsletter.
- Improve FS web site.
- College updates to faculty from FS Senators.
- Get Faculty More Involved with the Community.
- Develop a proposal to submit to the Provost/presidents office for a set of Community
service awards
- Have community speakers at Faculty assemblies
- Sponsor Community/UH conference
- Increase FS endowment to allow for more Community interactions.
- Provide Advocacy on Faculty Issues Regarding Budget and Facilities:
- Continue salary data report analysis.
- Monitor UH budgeting process (staff budget meetings).
- Monitor Parking rate increases.
- Monitor task force on Child Care Center expansion.
- Monitor and make recommendations on new and ongoing construction.
- Liaison to Purchasing and Plant Management; Campus facilities
- Monitor construction project signage.
- Ensure Effective Shared Governance:
- Increase activity of FS committees.
- Name Vice Chair for each committee that will attend FEC etc. meetings in absence of
Chair.
- Have VC head a subcommittee (have some specific responsibility).
- Establish meeting dates for entire semester at first meeting or before.
- Become more proactive: establish at least one new and proactive priority per semester.
- Improve Instructional and Informational Technology Resources.
- Provide members for Dean review members.
- Appoint Joint Task Force for Child Care Expansion.
- Provide liaison to Development office.
- Provide liaison to Government relations office/Legislature.
- Provide liaison to Strategic Action Group
- Provide liaison to Student government; Staff Council.
- Provide liaison to Research council;
- Provide liaison to Undergraduate Council
- Provide liaison to GPS Council.
- Provide liaison to Women’s Commission.
- Provide liaison to Presidents cabinet.
- Provide liaison to UCC.
- Provide liaison to Board of Regents.
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