甜瓜视频 Faculty Senate
Welcome
The Faculty Senate is the governance body for faculty in the Schools of Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences (甜瓜视频). The purpose of the Faculty Senate is to promote interaction and collaboration between the members of the faculty of all schools as well as to represent the faculty as an advisory body to the 甜瓜视频 President on common issues affecting institutional governance, the faculty and the faculty's responsibilities in teaching, practice, research, and service.
The Faculty Senate is composed of equal representation from the Faculty of all schools and will consider issues pertaining to individual schools as well as those common to all HSC Faculty. Individual Faculty members, Faculty governance committees and the Deans of any of the 甜瓜视频 Schools together with the 甜瓜视频 President may bring matters of concern to the attention of the Senate.
Mission
Serving as the collective voice of the faculty, the Faculty Senate seeks to participate in helping the 甜瓜视频 achieve its mission of becoming a top-tier institution..
Meetings
MONTHLY SENATE MEETINGS
Currently, the Faculty Senate usually meets on the first Friday of each month from
12:00 to 1:30 (CT). This date can be changed if conflicts present. The meetings are
open, but the senate may elect by majority vote to go into executive session. Faculty
may attend via zoom provided they notify the Senate Vice President at least one week
prior to the meeting. An agenda for each meeting is posted on the web site prior to
the meeting and minutes are posted after the meeting.
FULL FACULTY MEETINGS HOSTED BY THE 甜瓜视频 FACULTY SENATE
Full faculty meetings hosted by the 甜瓜视频 Faculty Senate are held twice per year
via zoom. The 甜瓜视频 President will be invited to present an address on the state
of the institution at the Spring meeting. The schedule for the full faculty meetings
hosted by the 甜瓜视频 Faculty Senate has been standardized. The Fall meeting will
be held on the second Wednesday of October each year and the Spring meeting will be
held on the second Wednesday of April each year. Meeting times are usually scheduled
during the lunch hours (12:00 - 1:30 CT)
NEWS
December, 2023 - All Faculty Senate meetings are held via zoom. Please look at the website for more information.
August, 2022 - Changes in the constitution and bylaws have been made. The new constitution and bylaws are posted on the website.
March, 2020 - Due to COVID-19, all Faculty Senate meetings are held via zoom. Please contact the Faculty Senate for zoom information.
December 3, 2020 - The changes to the Constitution have been voted on and passed by the faculty of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. The website has been updated with the revised constitution.