Issues 2019-2020
- Brought faculty concerns about tenure and promotion clocks and research funds during the COVID-19 crisis to the Provost
- Drafted extensive proposed revisions to the Faculty Handbook, including reforms of the grievance and dismissal procedures and more inclusive language throughout
- Brought concerns about the change in health insurance to Aetna to the President, reconstituting the benefits advisory committee
- Asserted the importance of shared governance to the upper administration
- Compiled and evaluated faculty salary data
- Participated in the successful search for a new Provost
- Discussed the educational ramifications of the retirement incentive program (VTIP)
- Informed the University President about the water damage and mold in the library storage facility
- Conveyed faculty concerns about the course evaluation system (since switched) and storage facility
- Raised concerns to the Provost's Office about diversity in academic hiring
- Met with the University President and conveyed concerns about academic strikes, the weak status of fundraising, the abortive speaker policy, and the lack of a sabbatical system
- Selected a Faculty Member of the Year
