Revision Date: Standing Committee, reestablished April 1994. Revised: January 2000, September 2002, August 2003, February 2004, February 2006, and April 2007.
Purpose: To serve as the central review and recommendatory body for the institution's planning process.
Membership
Voting:
- One Faculty Senator from each college, elected by the body of the Senate
- One Faculty Representative from each college, elected by the faculty of that College
- One Professional Librarian, elected by the Professional Librarians
- Four Staff Representatives, elected by the Staff Congress
- Student Government Association Executive Vice President
- One Department Chair, selected by the Department Chairs
- Institutional SACS Liaison
- Dean of Graduate & Undergraduate Programs
- One Representative from each division appointed by the division Vice President:
- Academic Affairs
- Administration & Fiscal Services
- Development
- Planning, Budgets, & Technology
- Student Success
- University Relations
Non-Voting:
- Vice President for Planning, Budgets, & Technology
- Special Assistant to the President for Planning & Continuous Improvement
- Director of Institutional Effectiveness
Terms of service shall be four-year staggered terms for all administrative representatives, chair, faculty, professional librarian, and staff representatives. The term of service for the Vice President for Planning, Budgets, & Technology, Special Assistant to the President for Planning & Continuous Improvement, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Institutional SACS Liaison, Dean of Graduate & Undergraduate Programs, and SGA Executive Vice President are automatic for those individuals holding these functional titles. The term of service for faculty senators will be two-year staggered terms.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- To annually review, update, and report on the University's Strategic Plan and progress toward achieving the Plan's goals and objectives.
- To annually examine resource allocations for Strategic Budget Initiatives through the analysis of productivity, efficiency, and consistency with the university mission and strategic plan.
- To annually review trends and provide recommendations regarding the University's current operating budget.
- To biennially review and provide recommendations regarding projects submitted in the six year capital plan.
- To annually examine and report on potential mission-related initiatives and/or partnerships.
Officers: A Chair and a Vice Chair or Co-chairs will be elected by the committee from the membership.
Frequency of Meetings: As needed each year.
Reporting Channels: Recommendatory to the President and his/her Cabinet through the Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology.
Minutes and Proposals Copied to: Members of the President's Cabinet, Faculty Senate, Dean's, Chair's, Staff Congress, Student Government Association, and the Special Collections and Archives in the Camden-Carroll Library.
Support Services: Office of the Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology
MEMBERSHIP
The procedure for resignation from a University Standing Committee is written notification to the University Standing Committee chairperson, Faculty Senate secretary, and the faculty member’s Department Chair. In the absence of a University Standing Committee Chairperson, the notification may be sent to the Faculty Senate secretary and the faculty member’s Department Chair. Email the Chair.
- Ashraf Aly, Faculty Senator-CBT, 2016-18
- David Long, Faculty Senator-COE, 2017-19
- Cathy Thomas, Faculty Senator-CCAHSS, 2016-18
- Jennifer Dearden, Faculty Senator-COS, 2017-19
- Daryl Privott, COE, 2015-19
- Glenn Ginn, CCAHSS, 2014-18
- Mark Blankenbuehler, COS, 2014-18
- Sam Nataraj, CBT, 2017-21
- Joe Honsucker, Staff Congress, 2014-18
- Michelle Hutchinson, Staff Congress, 2014-18
- Craig Dennis, Staff Congress, 2015-19
- Michael Henson, Associate Provost for Research & Dean of Graduate Programs, Fixed
- Matt Collinsworth, Development/University Relations, 2015-19
- Dieter Ullrich, Library, 2017-21
All 1 year terms end August 15 of each fiscal year.