Faculty Handbook Committee

Charge

The charge of the Faculty Handbook Committee shall be to (a) review the Faculty Handbook, (b) accept and consider suggestions for changes, and (c) recommend any modifications in writing to the president of the senate and to the Office of the Provost. The committee shall meet in the month of September each year and may meet at such other times as the provost or chair of the committee may determine. Each member shall be provided with reasonable advance written notice of the date, time, and place of each meeting and be provided with drafts of any proposed changes for consideration at the meeting. Any recommended modifications to this Faculty Handbook shall be voted upon by the committee. Such recommendations shall be forwarded to the senate for its review. If the senate suggests substantive changes or votes not to recommend any of the changes, the modifications will be returned to the Faculty Handbook Committee for reconsideration, reconciliation with other relevant sections of the Faculty Handbook, and resubmission to the senate for final confirmation. Recommendations of the senate on such revisions shall then be forwarded to the president of the university.

Suggestions for the improvement of the Faculty Handbook shall be made in writing and directed to the Office of the Provost, the chair of the Faculty Handbook Committee or to the senate president.

Membership

The committee shall be composed of (i) the provost (or an associate provost with academic tenure designated by the provost); (ii) the immediate past president of the senate who will serve as chair; (iii) one tenured faculty member, senior lecturer, or senior clinical/laboratory instructor from each academic college of the university selected by the full-time continuing faculty from such college to serve for a three-year term; and (iv) one tenured faculty member, senior lecturer, or senior clinical/laboratory instructor from the Honors College and from Torreyson Library, to serve for a three-year term, selected by the full-time continuing faculty members. No more than three members can be non-tenured. The current president of the senate, the vice president for finance and administration, the associate vice president for human resources and risk management, and the general counsel of the university shall also be members of the Faculty Handbook Committee but shall not have a vote.

Members

Vaughn Scribner
Immediate Past President of the senate, Chair
2025

Michael Hargis
Provost
Permanent

Brandy Walthall
College of Education
2025

Buck Foster
College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
2027

Chad Lairamore
College of Health and Behavior Sciences
2027

Kaye McKinzie
College of Business
2025

Faith Yarberry
College of Science and Engineering
2026

Ellen Hostetter
Honors College
2027

Amber Wilson
Torreyson Library
2027

Brent Shires
President of Faculty Senate, (non-voting)
2025

Terri Canino
Vice-President for Finance and Administration (non-voting)
Permanent

Bridget Fortenberry
Associate Vice-President for Human Resources & Risk Management (non-voting)
Permanent

Warren Readnour
General Counsel (non-voting)
Permanent

Faculty Handbook Archives (includes most current edition)

Faculty Handbook Committee Meeting Minutes

Meetings

As needed (often weekly in the Fall semester) during the academic year. Beginning Fall 2018, the Handbook Committee, has elected to meet Wednesdays at 3 PM when called.

Reports to

President

Minutes

AY 2019-2020

Agenda Oct 9 2019

Minutes for September 11, 2019

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Updated: June 8, 2022