Senate communications


October 24, 2017

October 19, 2017, Faculty Senate Chair’s Update

To ask further questions or request information, please write to UW Faculty Senate Chair, Thaisa Way, at  <senate@uw.edu> Dear Colleagues, We have just completed our first Faculty Senate Meeting of the 2017-2018 academic year. Because there are many issues shaping our work in faculty governance on a daily basis, we wanted to give you an…


Report of the Faculty Legislative Representative

Report of the Faculty Legislative Representative JoAnn Taricani, Associate Professor, Music History October 19, 2017, Faculty Senate Meeting Budgets, 2017-19 Final operating budget for 2017-19: presented and passed on June 30; reported to the Faculty Senate in a message on that date. The faculty salary increases of 6% over the biennium had been structured in…


Report of the Secretary of the Faculty

Report of the Secretary of the Faculty Mike Townsend, Associate Professor, School of Law October 10, 2017, Faculty Senate Meeting Faculty Councils have full membership and Chairs appointed. Welcome to all returning and new members! The list of members, along with meeting minutes and schedules can be found on our website at http://www.washington.edu/faculty/committees/councils.html . To…


Report of the Faculty Senate Chair

Report of the Faculty Senate Chair Thaïsa Way, Professor, College of Built Environments October 19, 2017, Faculty Senate Meeting It is a pleasure to be provide my first report for you as Chair of the UW Faculty Senate. Together with the senate leadership we are working on five year-long goals: Strengthening Shared Governance through Faculty…


Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting

Report of the Chair of the Senate Committee on Planning and Budgeting Zoe Barsness, Associate Professor, Milgard School of Business, UW Tacoma October 19, 2017, Faculty Senate Meeting The Senate Committee on Planning and Budget meets weekly with the Provost, the Vice-Provost for Planning and Budget, and the head of the Board of Deans. SCPB…