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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

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

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