Faculty Welfare Committee

Purpose:

The purpose of the Faculty Welfare Committee is to review policies affecting faculty welfare.

Composition:

The committee shall be composed of:

  • Faculty Senators (2)
  • Other Faculty Members: 1 tenured per academic unit
  • 1 Library faculty

Duties:

The committee shall review policies (other than individual grievances)relative to tenure, promotion, recruitment, salary, standards for faculty qualifications, post-tenure review, institutional budget, sabbatical leaves,leaves of absence, and faculty workload and class size. This committee shall also review other policies and issues pertaining to Faculty welfare, including working conditions and faculty development.

This committee shall also be responsible for the accessibility to, and maintenance and integrity of, the Faculty Handbook. The Committee will ensure updated versions of the Faculty Handbook are on Library Reserve within five working days of final approval. The Committee Chair or Recorder will ensure a printed copy of the most recent Gordon State College Faculty Handbook is on Library Reserve in the Hightower Library and will distribute copies to members of the Faculty Welfare Committee.

2025-2026 Members:

  • 2 Faculty Senators 
    •  Erick McCarthy
    •  Lynn Rumfelt
  • Faculty From Academic Units
    • Nursing & Health Sciences: Annette Jackson
    • Education:  
    • Business & Plublic Service: Jane-Marie Kinney
    • Humanities:
    • Fine & Performing Arts: 
    • Mathematics, Computer Science & Engineering: Bernard Anderson
    • History: Jeremy Richards
    • Natural Sciences: Cori Newton
    • Library:

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View 2016-2017 Committee Membership

AY 2018-2019 Agenda/Minutes

AY 2020-2021 Agenda/Minutes

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