{"id":430,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/senators-officers-committees\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T15:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:56:29","slug":"senators-officers-committees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/senators-officers-committees\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators, Officers, and Committees"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Faculty Senate Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/senators-officers-committees\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Senators, Officers, and Committees<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/meetings-office-hours\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Meeting Schedule &#038; Open Forum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/constitution-bylaws-handbook\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Constitution and Bylaws &#038; Faculty Handbook<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/freedom-of-expression\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Freedom of Expression and Inclusion Statement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-senators-officers-and-committees\">Senators, Officers, and Committees<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-senators\">Faculty Senators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1aKQnAUEW23_pEZ0JIa5fRoRHDi5kf_szBvmZZly8vqU\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View the Faculty Senators spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-senate-officers\">Faculty Senate Officers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chair of Faculty Senate, Stacy O&#8217;Reilly<br><\/strong><a href=\"mailto:soreilly@butler.edu\">soreilly@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vice-Chair of Faculty Senate, Andrew Schmelz<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:anschmel@butler.edu\">anschmel@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Parliamentarian, Jonathan Webster<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:jewebste@butler.edu\">jewebste@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-senate-committees\">Faculty Senate Committees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on any of the committees listed below, please contact Senate Chair, Stacy O&#8217;Reilly, <a href=\"mailto:soreilly@butler.edu\">soreilly@butler.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curriculum-committee\">Curriculum Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible for undergraduate and graduate curricular matters, including policy recommendations for degree requirements, the addition or deletion of degrees or majors, curricular issues affecting more than one college, and matters related to the university core curriculum (e.g., approval of new core courses, changes to core courses, and deleting core courses). This committee shall also be responsible for ensuring that each college has adopted written curricular decision making procedures, and that those procedures establish a curricular decision making process that maintains faculty control over that college\u2019s curriculum and is independent of that college\u2019s administration. Policies and procedures for curricular change are contained in the Guide to University Curriculum Committee Authority and Review, which is maintained by the committee and made public by the Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-academic-and-student-affairs-committee\">Academic and Student Affairs Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible for policy recommendations regarding teaching, student learning, support services for academic programs, academic quality, institutional mission, the creation or discontinuation of academic programs or units, and the admission, enrollment, and retention of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-faculty-affairs-committee\">Faculty Affairs Committee<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Responsible for policy recommendations regarding the status, rights, and responsibilities of faculty, including faculty hiring, rank and compensation, annual evaluations, promotion, tenure, leaves, and emeritus status. 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