FACULTY SENATE ACADEMIC POLICIES COMMITTEE

RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Develop and recommend the University Academic Calendar.
  2. Recommend registration procedures.
  3. Recommend class scheduling procedures.
  4. Recommend advising procedures.
  5. Recommend changes in the “Academic Regulations and Policies” section of the University catalog, such as grading policy and class attendance policy.

COMPOSITION

Each voting Senator shall be assigned to at least one standing committee; assignments shall be made each year by the elected officers of the Senate based upon a preference list submitted by each voting Senator. The remaining membership of each committee shall be composed of Senators from educational units not already represented on the committee and any non-senator or ex-officio members as voting members of standing and ad hoc committees. At no time shall the non-senators and ex-officio members comprise a voting majority on ad hoc and standing committees. The Chairperson of each committee, except the Executive Committee, shall be elected by the membership of that committee.

Committee NameName of Recommended MemberTitle/Area EmployedRole (i.e. Faculty Member, Academic Affairs Representative)
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyJoe Moffett, ChairAssistant ProfessorLiterature, Language, & Philosophy
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyAshok Kumar, Vice ChairProfessorComputer Science
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyIbukun Amusan, Secretary Fall TermAssistant ProfessorMath & Science
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyMaheteme Gebremedhin, Secretary Spring TermAssistant ProfessorAFE
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyNancy CaprilesAssistant ProfessorBSS
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyCaroline GibsonArtist in ResidenceFIAR
Faculty Senate Academic PolicyNkechi AmadifeLibrarian, Associate ProfessorLibrary, Non-Senator

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