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Policy Committees:
Each College or School on the MU Campus has a Faculty Committee responsible for representing faculty on matters of governance and policymaking.  This body also elects the school’s representatives to the MU Faculty Council on University Policy.

College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
Policy Committee
Chair: Steven Van Doren, [email protected]

College of Arts & Science
Executive Committee
Chair: Gavin King, [email protected]

Trulaske College of Business
Faculty Policy Committee
Chair: Adam Yore, [email protected]

College of Education & Human Development
Faculty Advisory Council
Co-Chairs: Chad Rose, [email protected] & Ashlie Lester, [email protected]

Extension
Extension Promotion Advisory Committee
Chair: Gene Schmitz, [email protected]

College of Engineering
Engineering Policy Committee
Chair: Hessam Yazdani, [email protected]

College of Health Sciences
Policy Committee
Chair: Alese Thompson, [email protected]

School of Journalism
Policy Committee
Chair: Keith Greenwood, [email protected]

School of Law
Policy Committee
Chair: Erika Lietzan, [email protected]

School of Medicine
Faculty Affairs Council
Chair: Jane Emerson, [email protected]

MU Libraries
MULAC (MU Libraries Librarians and Archivists Council)
Chair: Seth Huber, [email protected]

Sinclair School of Nursing
Policy Committee
Chair: Nancy Birtley, [email protected]

College of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty Policy Committee
Chair: Tamara Hancock, [email protected]
Co-Chair: Brenda Beerntsen, [email protected]

The MU Faculty Council on University Policy is the elected representative organization of the MU faculty. Members represent faculty in every college, division, and school that is led by a dean. It develops policies that affect academic life; protects primary, shared and advisory faculty authority; and serves as a reflection of faculty thought. [more]

Contact:

Faculty Council Chair
Tom Warhover, School of Journalism
[email protected]

Faculty Council Vice-Chair
Carolyn Orbann, College of Health Sciences
[email protected]

For administrative concerns:
Ellen Guthrie
Sr. Program/Project Support Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 573-882-7655

The Faculty’s Authority:
Primary and direct:
For students, we make decisions for:

• academic performance standards,
• courses and curricula,
• minimum admission requirements,
• academic scholarships,
• and educational support programs.

For faculty, we make decisions for:

• professional standing criteria (tenure, promotion, etc.),
• and faculty committee structures.

Shared authority:
We cooperate with others in matters such as:

• students’ rights and responsibilities,
• academic calendar,
• awardees for honorary degrees,
• and applying criteria affecting professional standing of faculty.

Advisory authority:
We advise administrators on matters such as:

• budget and resource allocation,
• planning for capital expenditures and physical facilities,
• selecting administrators,
• determining the campus standing committee structure,
• general business procedures that impact academic excellence,
• use of facilities,
• and application of criteria affecting promotion, tenure and termination.

You can see the complete description in the Faculty Bylaws of the University of Missouri-Columbia, 300.010.