Membership 2011-2012

Heidi Buchanan, Chair

Mary Kay Bauer, Leo Bobadilla, Lisa Briggs, Dan Clapper, Beverly Collins, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Heffelfinger, Leroy Kauffman, Justin Menikelli, Leigh Odom, Mark Stoffan, Ben Tholkes, and Bill Yang

Description:

The welfare and development of the Faculty falls under the jurisdiction of the FAC excluding specific issues that are the jurisdiction of the other two Senate Councils, the Academic Policy and Review Council and the Collegial Review Council. In particular, the following fall under the jurisdiction of the FAC:

• Student Assessment Instruments are overseen by the FAC

Membership of the FAC shall include:

• Senators, preferably at least one from each College
• one faculty representative from each of the Dean's Advisory Committee chosen annually by that body.

Once the Council membership is established, if there is no representation from a particular College, the Dean of the affected College shall be requested to provide a member. If a Dean does not meet this expectation within 10 working days of the request, such vacancy will be filled by the Senate Leadership. The Chair of the FAC must be a Senator and will be appointed by Senate Leadership. The Chair will serve a one-year term and shall be eligible for additional terms.

2010-2011 Issues for Faculty Affairs Council:  To see the business considered by the Faculty Affairs Council this year, please check out the FAC year-end report for 2010-2011.

Examples of issues worked on 2007-2008, 2008-2009, and 2009-2010: Student Evaluations and Validation Plan for the Student Assessment Instrument, Parking, VA Tech Recommendations, Faculty Membership on UAC, Copyright and Patent Policy Revision, Faculty Memorial

As the managing body for Student Assessment Instrument (SAI) policies, the Faculty Affirs Concil also has domain over the SAI Technical Advisory Committee.