Faculty Senate

Meetings of the Faculty Senate will return to the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing for the remainder of the 2018-19 academic year. Read More

Political science professor Cindy Kam will lead a new steering committee to guide actions and areas for study for an initiative focusing on women students, faculty and postdocs, announced earlier by Provost Susan R. Wente. Read More

The Faculty Senate will hold its November full assembly meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8. Read More

Faculty can visit the InfoReady portal to nominate their colleagues for several of Vanderbilt's highest faculty honors given by the Faculty Senate each spring. Read More

The Faculty Senate will host a special meeting on Thursday, Oct. 25, to discuss two new program proposals. Read More

The Faculty Senate will have a meeting for all elected senators on Thursday, Oct. 4. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos called on the Vanderbilt community to join and fight for the university’s values and announced a new $25 million fundraising challenge at the Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will discuss his vision for the upcoming academic year and present several of the university’s highest honors to faculty at the fall assembly on Aug. 23. Read More

The June 2018 issue of "Engage," the newsletter of Vanderbilt University's Faculty Senate, is now available. Read More

The C.A.R.E. (Civility, Appreciation and Respectful Environments) Committee is seeking stories from faculty and staff about instances when they’ve witnessed or received an expression of kindness involving a co-worker at Vanderbilt. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Spring Faculty Assembly is scheduled for 4:10 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in Langford Auditorium. All faculty are encouraged to attend. Read More

The Shared Governance Committee has released a draft report of its work and invites feedback from all faculty ahead of a pair of town hall meetings scheduled for March 22 and 27. Read More

Beginning today, a new module will provide all students the option to specify their chosen pronouns through Your Enrollment Services, the university's online student services and academic information portal. Read More

The latest issue of the Faculty Senate's newsletter features information about upcoming town halls hosted by the Data Science Visions Working Group and the Shared Governance Committee. Read More

In partnership with the Faculty Senate, the Data Science Visions Working Group seeks to gather input from faculty colleagues through a series of town hall-style conversations. Read More

The latest issue of the Faculty Senate newsletter features important information from the Shared Governance Committee, which is soliciting input from the faculty regarding shared governance at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Shared Governance Committee has scheduled a series of town hall-style conversations to gather feedback from faculty about shared governance at Vanderbilt. Read More

The latest issue of the Faculty Senate newsletter features important legislation coming before the faculty this year. Learn about a proposed change that will be discussed at the November meeting. Read More

A faculty working group has released a comprehensive report that shares findings from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) faculty satisfaction survey conducted last year. Read More

Professor Ebony O. McGee will open the 2017 Fall Faculty Assembly with a presentation, and Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos will deliver his bi-annual address and present several of the university’s highest honors to faculty. Read More