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Board of Trustees Meeting The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Faculty Senate Officers: Spoma Jovanovic, Chair Anne Wallace, Chair-Elect Jim Carmichael, Secretary Patti Sink, Past Chair Eileen Kohlenberg, Parliamentarian UNCGs


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Board of Trustees Meeting

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Faculty Senate Officers: Spoma Jovanovic, Chair Anne Wallace, Chair-Elect Jim Carmichael, Secretary Patti Sink, Past Chair Eileen Kohlenberg, Parliamentarian

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UNCG’s Faculty Senate

We, 37 Senators representing the UNCG faculty, are fully committed to the principles

  • f shared governance, strong

communication, and our responsibility to promote academic excellence and protect academic freedom as we engage in the research, teaching, and learning surrounding the complex issues of our time.

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Our Charge is to…

  • Promote high educational standards.
  • Approve the policies and regulations

governing the conditions under which the instruction of students takes place.

  • Review policies and regulations pertaining

to faculty appointments, development, teaching, and research.

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Our Charge is to…

  • Maintain and promote the welfare of all

members of the university community.

  • Advise and provide counsel to the

administration.

  • Communicate the important contributions of

higher education for a democratic society.

  • Protect academic freedom in teaching and

scholarship.

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Highlights of 2014-2015

  • Faculty Senate Handbook
  • Free Speech Policy
  • Budget Review
  • Post Tenure and Annual Review Policies
  • Faculty Senate Scholarship Revived
  • Parental Leave Policy Revisions
  • Ombudsman Program Proposal

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More Highlights of 2014-2015

  • Three new faculty committees for:

Non Tenure Track Faculty Equity, Diversity & Excellence Enrollment Management

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Valuing Faculty Voices & Knowledge

  • Provides a perspective as stewards of the

curriculum and educational experience

  • Informs/advances discussions with UNCG

administrators, Board of Trustees, and UNC Faculty Assembly

  • Connects research/scholarship with public

issues and debates in NC

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Looking to 2015-2016

  • Anne Wallace, Chair for 2015-2017
  • Jim Carmichael, Secretary
  • Spoma Jovanovic, Past Chair
  • Monthly meetings starting in September
  • Monthly forums
  • Board of Trustees welcomed to all events!

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