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General Education

• Soon: The 2022 report from the Senate's Reconciliation Committee
• Here is the 2020 APC report in response to a faculty survey, ODEI/IRISE town hall, and other responses to the GERI proposal
• General Education Review & Inquiry Committee Portfolio (GERI- this is a committee formed through Impact 2025); here is a link to the GERI summary of 2017 faculty survey data; here is a link to the GERI summary of 2018 student survey data
• Curriculum and Review Best Practices (2011)

• 9.17.21 Agenda

  11:30-11:40 Sign In and Quorum

  11:40-11:50 Announcements (Sarah, Renee)

  11:50-12:05 Committee Chairs: Updates and Overviews (Jen, Aubrey, Chip, John H, Paul) (3ish minutes each)

  12:05-12:15 First Reading (and possible vote): Motion to allow President to call Special Senate Meetings without 5-day notice

  • Read the motion (including a bit of background) here

  12:15-12:30 COVID Accommodations: Input and Discussion about next steps (Chip, Jen, Renee)

  12:30-12:45 Shared Governance 1: UBAC-FPC strategizing, input, ideas (Paul)

  12:45-1:00 Shared Governance 2: Faculty Input Structures: Discuss structures/processes for input, review, etc. moving forward (e.g. search committees, healthcare, bookstore, etc.)

  1:00-1:20 Shared Governance 3: Updates from Faculty Workload Equity Group & Discuss new committee on Teaching and Professional Faculty, Visiting Faculty, and Adjuncts

  1:20-1:30 Shared Governance 4: Committee Transparency project update, input, and call for volunteers

Freedom of Expression

• Statement of Policy & Principles on Freedom of Expression (2017)
• Statement of Policy & Principles on Freedom of Expression Executive Summary
• Freedom of Expression Committee Formation Process

Inclusive Policies & Statements for Syllabi

• Checklist of Inclusive Excellence in Syllabi
• Inclusive Learning Environment Statement
• Disabilities Services Accommodations Policy
• Religious Accommodations Policy
  • Take the DU Interfaith Challenge!
  • Calendar of Holy Days
  • A Guide to Transforming your Outlook Calendar into your Interfaith Calendar
  • 10 Commandments for Religious Inclusivity at DU
• Grade Expectations (2009 draft)

Inclusive Hiring Resolution

• Inclusive Hiring Resolution

Social Media in the Classroom Policy

• Faculty Guidelines for Use of Social Media in Classroom or Teaching

General Education

Modern Think Survey Results

• Modern Think Survey Results (Senate PowerPoint Presentation 10/2018)

Other Links of Interest for Faculty

• American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
• Center for Multicultural Excellence
• Cherrington Global Scholars
• Computing Helpdesk
• DU Honor Code
• Office of Research & Sponsored Programs
• Office of Teaching and Learning
• The Ritchie Center for Sports & Wellness
• Statement on Cost of Living
• well@du Employee Wellness Program

Policies & Procedures for Faculty Development

This was an important series of conversations and procedure-development overseen by past-President Kate Willink and chaired by Chip Reichardt. The final document lives here. This process was a creative and generative response to the Board of Trustees' request for "post-tenure review"; the results of the Senate process gained national attention--e.g. see this article in the Chronicle for Higher Ed in 2018.

• Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Conversations

  Committee Members

  • Paul Michalec (Clinical Professor, Education), Juli Parrish (Teaching Associate Professor, Writing Program), Nancy Sasaki (Teaching Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Biology), Kate Willink (Associate Professor, Communication Studies)

  The intention of the P2P conversations is to promote a form of professional engagement that is often missing from higher education communities because of current political, economic, and social constraints. P2P conversations are not intended to replace other forms of faculty to faculty conversations which occur in less formal settings or gatherings. The P2P conversations differ in that they are formally structured around key moments in the life of a faculty, focused on professional development, and are bounded by norms of confidentiality.

  To assist faculty in the process of hosting a P2P conversation, the following documents were developed by the P2P sub-committee of the Faculty Senate Professional Development Committee. They are intended to create a wide range of entry points for faculty into the P2P conversations, from less structure to more structure, depending on the expertise and interests of individual faculty. The first set of documents (Model A, Model B, and Model C) will provide an overview of three different models for engaging in P2P conversations, ranging from holistic/comprehensive to efficient/succinct. The second document is an Executive Summary of a manual for hosting P2P conversations. It will be particularly useful for faculty who have a general sense of how to host a P2P conversation but who are looking for a quick overview of the process. The third document is a comprehensive "how-to" manual for convening a P2P conversation. It contains commentary on the conceptual framework for a P2P conversation, as well as nuts and bolts descriptions of the stages and steps for a P2P conversation.

  Three models for P2P conversations have been developed for faculty to consider.

  • Model A

  Model A (holistic & comprehensive) invites faculty to investigate questions of professional development that reside at the interface between their calling to serve and the institutional demands associated with the role of faculty (service, teaching and scholarship/creative activity). It is framed around images of effectiveness that are responsive to questions of wholeness.

  • Model B

  Model B (pragmatic & focused) incorporates the general impulse toward holism articulated in Model A but shifts the lens toward a more pragmatic view of faculty responsibilities. The types of professional development questions framing Model B are consistent with a pragmatic/functional view of faculty work.

  • Model C

  Model C (efficient & succinct) focuses on the functional drivers of faculty development and fronts the role of the intellect in descriptions of faculty responsibilities. It favors a strategic or instrumental lens in areas of professional development. Efficiency is a driving force in this type of P2P conversation.

  • FAQ
  • P2P Needs & Benefits
  • P2P Conversation Manual Executive Summary
  • P2P Conversation Manual
• Professional Development Discussions (PDD)

  Committee Members

  • Eleanor McNees (Professor, English)
  • Ann Petrila (Professor of the Practice, Social Work)
  • Ron Rizzuto (Professor, Finance)
  • Matthew Taylor (Professor, Geography)

  Documents

  • FAQ
• Job Responsibility Distributions (JRD)

  Committee Members 

  • Lynn Schofield Clark (Professor, Media, Film & Journalism Studies)
  • Linda Kosten (Associate Provost)
  • Laleh Mehran (Associate Professor, Emergent Digital Practices)
  • Billy Stratton (Associate Professor, English)

  Documents

  • FAQ
• Faculty Survey Results
  • Survey of Faculty Opinion about Performance Evaluations and Job Responsibilities
• Drafts of Policies & Procedures Document
  • Final Revised Draft of Policies & Procedures for Faculty Development, Job Responsibility Distributions, & Peer-to-Peer Conversations, without track changes (May 14, 2017)
  • Final Revised Draft of Policies & Procedures for Faculty Development, Job Responsibility Distributions, & Peer-to-Peer Conversations, with track changes (May 14, 2017)
  • Draft of Policies & Procedures for Faculty Development, Job Responsibility Distributions, & Peer-to-Peer Conversations (May 10, 2017)
  • First Draft of Policies & Procedures for Faculty Development (April 2017)

Faculty Development Initiatives

• Faculty Development Initiative 2016
  • Faculty Development Survey, Executive Summary
  • Faculty Development Survey, Selected Results
  • Faculty Development Survey, Tenure Results
  • Faculty Development Survey, Non-Tenure Results
  • Faculty Development Committee Membership 2016
  • Motion to Appoint Faculty Development Committee Members 2016
• Motion for an Ad Hoc Committee on Non-Tenure Track Faculty, 2017

Faculty Senate Annual Reports

• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2015-2016
• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2014-2015
• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2011-2012
• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2010-2011
• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2007-2008
• Faculty Senate Annual Report 2006-2007

Strategic Planning Reports

• Renew DU Report 2011
• Public Report of the University of Denver Strategic Issues Panel

Other Senate Reports & Documents

• VTAP and Adjunct Contracts 2020
  • Draft VTAP Letter
• A message from the Provost re: impacts of COVID-19 on teaching, scholarship, and service
• Appointment, Promotion, & Tenure Guidelines (2015, archived)
  • APT Draft w/ Changes - 11/11/14
  • APT Draft w/o Changes - 11/11/14
  • APT Executive Summary - 11/11/14
• Debate Team Divest Debate Transcripts
• Faculty Senate Accomplishments Timelines 2016
• Faculty Senate President's Vision Statement, Fall 2014
• FRC Report to the Senate - April 2012
• Grievance Policy
• Perspectives on Inclusive Excellence (October 2008)
• Recommendations on Gifts from Students
• Salary Study Memo & Salary Study
• Administrator Emeritus Policy (2007)
• Chancellor Search Guidelines

Chancellor's Roundtable

• October 2, 2019

Faculty Forum Weblog

• The former DU Faculty Forum Weblog is available here.

Faculty Forum Archives

• December 2010: Commitment to Open Educational Resources
• May 2010:  Shared Governance: Finding Common Ground
• May 2006:  At Year's End...
• January 2006: Thoughts on Academic Quality
• May 2005: Letter from the President
• March 2005:  Speaking out on Academic Freedom
• November 2004:  Ritchie Chairs Board of Trustees; Search for New Chancellor Begins
• August 2004:    Letter from the President Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 2003-2004 (password needed)
• May 2004:  Governance and the Importance of Community
• April 2004:  Models for Shared Governance
• October 2003:  Conference on Governance and University Culture
• May 2003:  Letter from the President
  Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 2002-2003 (password needed)
• April 2003: Investment in Intellectual Capital and Academic Reputation
• November 2002: Bridges to the Future, The Public Good, and Institutional Identity
• June 2002: Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 2001-2002 (password needed)
• May 2002: Of Vision & Values, Corporate & Collegial Tensions, Shared Governance and Social Capital
• February 2002: Peer Institutions: Who Do We Think We Are and Who Would We Aspire to Become?
• December 2001: NCAA Certification Review Process; Q&A with the Provost
• November 2001: Copyright Law and DU Fair Use Guidelines
• September 2001: Spiritual & Religious Perspectives on September 11
• June 2001: Letter from the President
• September 2000: Summer Commencement Address by Dr. Coombe
• August 2000: Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 1999-2000 (password needed)
• January 2000: History of the Core and Curriculum Governance
• September 1999: Announcements
• June 1999: Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 1998-1999 Results (password needed)
• March 1999: Special Issue: Financial Report on the University
• November 1998: Fall 1998 Convocation Speeches
• August 1998: Faculty Evaluation of Administrators, 1997-1998 Results (password needed)

Prior Years' Senate Schedules

• View the 2019-20 Faculty Senate Calendar here
• View the 2015-16 Faculty Senate Calendar here
• View the 2014-15 Faculty Senate Calendar here
• View the 2013-14 Faculty Senate Calendar here

• TPFC motion 9_16_22

  TPFC motion