THE FACULTY SENATE AT WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
The faculty senate is the chief policy-recommending body of the general faculty providing for faculty participation
in the governance and decision-making process of Western Carolina University. The senate shall represent the general faculty as
their principal voice to advise the chancellor on the conduct of the university's affairs. The faculty senate shall represent
the sense of the general faculty in the long-term development of the university's identity.
It shall serve as a collegial forum for the airing of faculty concerns and suggestions about
the quality of academic aspects of the university, including matters of instruction, curriculum, composition of the faculty
and student body, research and creative activities, community outreach, university evaluation and planning, and other faculty
and student affairs.
Opening Address to the Faculty, Fall 2009
Current Senators (Excel spreadsheet)
Meeting Schedule
General Faculty Officers and Committees for 2009-2010 (Excel spreadsheet)
The Organization of the Faculty Senate at WCU (below)
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