USM Faculty Senate

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“The purpose of the Faculty Senate shall be to advise the President and the Provost on matters affecting the welfare of the University and to ensure effective faculty participation in the shared governance of the University as a whole"
USM Faculty By-Laws.

Special Announcements and Deadlines:

Next Faculty Senate Meeting:

May 2 Portland Campus 510 Luther Bonney

Notes from April 4th meeting

Agenda [note: Officers will be elected at this meeting]

Reports

President Joe Wood
Provost Mark Lapping
Faculty Senate Chair Thomas Parchman
Board of Trustees Representative Fred L. Walker
Student Senate Representative
Professional Staff Senate Lori Arsenault
Part-time Faculty Representative

The Senate	Under Consideration	Documents
Officers Executive Committee Membership Ex Officio Members Faculty Senate Calendar 2006-2007 Faculty Senate Agendas 2006-2007 Faculty Senate Minutes 2006-2007 Faculty Senate Reports	USM CORE A curriculum designed by the General Education Curriculum Planning Group to replace the current Core The new USM Core Curriculum, passed by the Faculty Senate on Jan 18, 2007 USM Core Curriculum Description New USM Core Diagram Implementation Timetable Implementation Budget Powerpoint Presentation USM Core Resources and Implementation Q & A GEC website	New Pass/fail Policy 05Dec07 USM Governance Document USM Faculty Senate By-Laws Faculty Handbook 2007 – 2008 USM Faculty Survey Summary Report Survey Data Student Readiness K-12 (presentation by Lynne Miller)
Committees Standing and Ad Hoc Committees Committee Archives Committee Chair Roster Committee Reports	Proposed Changes in the Governance Document Proposed Amendment	Faculty Senate Research Grants Information and Guidelines Application for Faculty Award Recipients Senate Research Funding
Faculty Senate Awards		SafeAssign

If you have comments or suggestions, please email Dr. Thomas Parchman