Faculty Senate
NOTICE: Below are the proposed changes to the Faculty Senate Constitution, passed unanimously by the senate and subject to a vote of the Faculty Association (all full-time continuing faculty) on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Faculty Senate Constitution amendments 3_14_25
The Faculty Senate serves as the representative body of the faculty of UCA. The faculty includes those full-time employees of the university who hold the rank of instructor, lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor and those full-time employees of the university with teaching included as a responsibility of their appointment.
Function
The Faculty Senate is the representative body of the faculty at UCA. According to the Senate constitution, its role is to review university policies in all areas pertaining to academics (e.g. curriculum, standards, academic programs, faculty affairs, continuing education), to review policy proposals that are approved from the university’s standing committees, to represent the faculty in matters relating to faculty welfare, and to select faculty members for service on standing university committees.
Faculty Submission of Issues
All concerns and proposals from faculty members may be submitted in writing to the Faculty Senate President. The President, in a timely fashion, will submit the issue (concern or proposal) to the appropriate Faculty Senate Committee.
Senate Officers 2024-2025
Brent Shires– Faculty Senate President
Victoria Dunlap — Faculty Senate Vice-President/President-Elect
Renée LeBeau-Ford — Faculty Senate Secretary/Treasurer
Jason Trumble — Faculty Senate Parliamentarian
Joe Thomas– Faculty Senate Web Archivist
From left to right: Dr Joe Thomas, Renée LeBeau-Ford, Dr Brent Shires, Dr Jason Trumble, Dr Victoria Dunlap.