Faculty Senate Call for Nominations | FY2024 Elections

Dear Colleagues,

University governance provides an opportunity for faculty to have a direct voice in university policy and procedures. KU faculty members have a strong tradition of governance participation and leadership through the Faculty Senate. Some of the recent important issues that have come to Faculty Senate's attention include questions of faculty rights, program discontinuation, sexual assault accommodations, library support, and others.

The university succeeds better when decisions are made through shared governance and through meaningful input from representatives of the faculty perspective. The Faculty Senate succeeds best when it encompasses as many diverse perspectives as possible. To effectively represent all of you, we need as many diverse voices on the senate as possible.

Participation in Faculty Senate

• Of the 39 members elected to the Faculty Senate, 18 members are also members of the University Senate, meeting with staff and student senators.
• Members serve three-year terms.
• Senators communicate with their departments, strengthening the ties in each community.
• Faculty Senators are voted to participate in the Faculty Executive Committee, which provides an active leadership role in the senate’s operations.

Senate Meetings

All 39 Faculty Senators serve on the Faculty Senate, and some (18) serve on both the Faculty Senate and University Senate. The Senates meet on separate Thursdays, 3:15 to 5:00 p.m. Each Senate usually meets once a month in the fall and spring.

Representation from All Schools and From the Libraries

The Faculty Senate consists of 39 members and includes at least one member of the faculty from the College, from each school of the university, and from the libraries. There are no continuing members in Education, Social Welfare, and Law.

We encourage you to help KU faculty use the democratic space of governance to advance the cause of all their colleagues by nominating yourself or a colleague to Faculty Senate. Please visit the elections site and review the list of continuing members and those not eligible for re-election. You can Nominate via the online form or email your nominations to govern@ku.edu.

The following individuals are eligible for election to the Faculty Senate:

1) individuals with an employee classification of faculty, including the library faculty, who possess tenure, and

2) individuals with an employee classification of faculty or unclassified academic staff with full‑time appointments. (Job titles include, but are not limited to:  Clinical professor, clinical associate professor, or clinical assistant professor; Instructor or clinical instructor; Lecturer, senior lecturer, or multi-term lecturer; Librarian, associate librarian, or assistant librarian; Professor, associate professor, or assistant professor; Professor of the practice, associate professor of practice, or assistant professor of practice; Research professor, associate research professor, or assistant research professor; Senior curator, associate curator, or assistant curator; Senior scientist, associate scientist, or assistant scientist; Senior specialist, associate specialist, or assistant specialist; Teaching professor, associate teaching professor, or assistant teaching professor.)

Serve with us; nominate yourself or someone else. All nominees will be contacted regarding their willingness and eligibility to serve.

Election ballots will be emailed to the faculty during the week of March 18, 2024.

Deadline for nominations: Friday, February 23, 2024

Thank you for all you do,

Sam Brody, Faculty Senate President-Elect

Josh Arpin, University Senate President-Elect

Questions? Contact govern@ku.edu 785-864-5169