The Faculty Senate has as its goal a University community that promotes to the fullest the free transmission of knowledge and pursuit of truth.

Faculty Senate is the representative body of the faculty. Its primary function is to serve as the agency by which the faculty can actively participate in the governance and policy-making decisions of the University on the basis of the principle of shared authority.

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2025-2026 Full Faculty Senate Meeting Dates and Packets 

Fall 2025 Spring 2026

August 27

  • September 3 (Combined meeting of the Standing Committees)
  • September 10 (Individual meetings of the Standing Committees)

January 28

  • January 21 (Individual meetings of the Standing Committees)
September 17 February 11
October 1 February 25
October 15 March 11
October 29 April 1
November 12 April 15
December 3 April 29
  May 6