Faculty Senate Committees: Fall 2025
Executive Committee: Todd Bruns (Chair), Jeff Stowell (Vice-Chair), Matthew Inverso (Recorder)
- Meet monthly with the President and Provost of the University.
- Shall be as described in Robert’s Rules of Order.
- Chair duties: Conduct Faculty Senate meetings; serve on CUPB and one CUPB subcommittee; Conduct Shared Governance Chairs monthly meeting (CAA/CFR/COTE/CGS/Staff Senate/Student Senate); Update Faculty Senate webpages.
- Vice-Chair duties: Serve as Elections committee chair; organize and run Faculty Senate Spring election and if needed Fall special election.
- Recorder duties: Take minutes at Faculty Senate meetings; Send out meeting reminders and announcements to faculty body.
Awards Committee: Steve Scher (Chair), Steve Brantley, Lynne Cameron, Md Farhadur Reza
- Administer the annual Faculty Senate awards
Budget Transparency Committee: Isaac Slaven (Chair), Steve Brantley, Barbara Carlsward
- Investigate and solicit information for better understanding of university budgets and planning
Elections & Appointments Committee: Jeff Stowell (Chair), Brad Decker, Md Farhad Reza, Jeanne Okrasinski
- Solicit faculty members willing to be appointed to various committees and boards on campus
- Make appointments to all university committees and boards
- Solicit faculty members willing to run for election to university committees and boards
- Serve as liaison between Faculty Senate and all other university committees and boards
- Conduct all faculty elections
- Determine procedures to fill vacancies on Faculty Senate committees and boards
Faculty Forum Committee: Brad Decker (Chair), Barbara Carlsward, Matthew Inverso
- Host a periodic forum dedicated to a current issue affecting the campus
Student & Staff Relations Committee: Anna Kochigina (Chair), Todd Bruns, Elizabeth Peterson
- Work in conjunction with the Staff Senate and Student Senate
- Monitor and coordinate efforts on issues that affect faculty, staff, and students
UTEC: Barbara Carlsward (Chair), Brad Decker, Gabe Grant, Elizabeth Peterson
- Work in conjunction with the University-level UTEC
- Advocate and assess ITS issues as related to faculty work, teaching, and student impact
Parliamentarian: Steve Scher
