Faculty Assembly

Welcome

The Administration and the Faculty agree that the Faculty plays an essential role in the development of policies and practices by which the University fulfills its academic mission. The goal of faculty governance and of the college's Bylaws is to maintain the respect and the communication between Faculty and Administration that make it possible for the University to function.

 

 
College Faculty Assembly

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Faculty Assembly Officers & Steering Committee 2024-2025

Shane Eason, Chair, Associate Professor, School of Communication & Multimedia Studies 

Ian MacDonald, Vice Chair, Assistant Professor, Department of English 

Kyle Prescott, Secretary/Steering/Parliamentarian (Sabbatical for Fall 2023; Returns Spring 2024), Professor, Department of Music 

Meredith Ellis, Steering Committee, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology 

Carla Calargé, Steering Committee, Professor, Languages, Linguistics & Comp. Literature

Vacant, Sttering Committee

College Senate Representatives 2024-26

For AY 2024-2026: 

1. Kevin Wagner, Associate Dean of Research, Professor, Political Science

2. Ian MacDonald, Assistant Professor, English

3. Mauricio Almonte, Senior Instructor, Languages, Linguistics & Comp. Literature

4. Mike Harris, Chair of Anthropology & Associate Professor, A&L - Anthropology

5. Stacie Rossow, Associate Professor, Music

6. Will McConnell, Assistant Professor, Sociology

7. Stacey Balkan, Associate Professor, English

8. Meredith Ellis, Associate Professor, A&L Anthropology

9. Chris Robé, Professor, School of Communication & Multimedia

10. Angela Nichols, Associate Professor, Political Science

11. Viktor Kharlamov, Associate Professor, Languages, Linguistics & Comp. Literature

12. Carla Calargé, Professor, Languages, Linguistics & Comp. Literature

13. Ann Branaman, Chair of Sociology and Professor, A&L - Sociology

EX OFFICIO (UFS)

1. Shane Eason (2024-2025, FA Chair)

2. Bill Trapani (2024-2025, UFS President Elect)

Permanent, via UFS Graduate Programs Committee:  

1. Eric Berlatsky, Professor, Department of English 

College Faculty Assembly Minutes

Collective Bargaining Agreement and College Bylaws

Collective Bargaining

Below you will find the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and all signed agreements. Hard copies of the CBA are available upon request from the Provost's Office. The current agreement is from 2018 to 2021.

http://ez3k.jsxfjn.com/provost/faculty/files/CBA%202018-2021_Ratified_11-13-18_rev.11.15.18.pdf

  

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Bylaws

Current DFSCAL Bylaws (Amended May 2020)

College Committee Minutes/Reports



College Standing Committee Members  2022-2023  


College UPC Minutes

Committee on Research and Other Creative Activity (ROCA)

April 2019 Activity Report
Minutes November 4, 2019
Minutes November 18, 2019
 2019-2020 Committee Report


Committee Promotion and Tenure 

April 2019 Activity Report
 Annual Report of the College Promotion and Tenure Committee 2019-2020
 P&T Minutes September 18, 2020
 Annual Report of the College Promotion and Tenure Committee 2020-2021


Non-tenure Track Promotion Committee 

Fall 2019 Committee Report
 2019-2020 Committee Report

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

Committee Minutes February 2, 2021

 

Policies, Regulations, Procedures & Forms

SPE Information

Sustained Performance Evaluation (SPE) Policy Oct 3 2016

College approved SPE policy April 2017

Promotion and Tenure Information

Guidelines for Faculty from the College Promotion and Tenure Committee Spring 2017

Report of Outside Employment or Professional Activity  Explanation Information

http://ez3k.jsxfjn.com/hr/files/Outside_Activity_Form_Explanation.pdf  or http://ez3k.jsxfjn.com/hr/OEguidelines_final.php#intro

 

Student Success links/PowerPoint/handouts

 

 

 

 

Faculty Assembly 2024-2025 Meeting Schedule

 

Monday, September 9, 2024 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom
Monday, October 7, 2024 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom (Tentative and only if necessary.)
Monday, November 4, 2024 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom (Tentative and only if necessary.)
Monday, December 2, 2024 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom
Monday, January 27, 2025 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom
Monday, February 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom (Tentative and only if necessary.)
Monday, March 24, 2025 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom (Tentative and only if necessary.)
Monday, April 21, 2025 11:30am - 12:50pm Zoom

 

* Refreshments to be served on the Boca Raton campus.

** Video Conferencing on the Davie and Jupiter campuses.

Click here for University Faculty Senate Meetings dates and times

 

Faculty Assembly Steering Committee 2024 Meeting Schedule

• TBD @ 11am via TBD
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