Elections
Affiliate Faculty Governance Elections
The CLAS Affiliate Faculty Governance Elections page contains information about affiliate faculty elections and, when available, serves as the voting portal.
Tenure-Track Faculty Governance Elections
The CLAS Tenure-Track Faculty Governance Elections page contains information about tenure-track faculty elections and, when available, serves as the voting portal.
CLAS Committees
The College has five elected faculty governance committees. During the first year of the College, a task force designed the current system and elections were held to constitute the CLAS Curriculum Committee, the CLAS Faculty Council, the CLAS Faculty Development Committee and the CLAS Personnel Committee. In 2017, bylaws for a faculty governance committee for Affiliates were approved, creating the first election for members of the CLAS Affiliate Faculty Advisory Committee.
The CLAS Bylaws (Updated 8-28-23) can be viewed here.
More information including committee bylaws, rosters, nomination and voting, for specific CLAS Committees can be found on their individual webpages:
CLAS Faculty Council
The CLAS Faculty Council (CFC) serves as the executive committee of faculty governance within CLAS and represents the general interests of the CLAS faculty collectively.
The CLAS Personnel Committee (CPC) reviews and recommends to the Dean on all contract renewals, promotion and tenure decisions, dismissal for adequate cause, as well as on personnel policies and issues.
The CLAS Curriculum Committee (CCC) reviews and recommends to the Dean on all curricular matters, including proposals for new courses or programs, course and program changes, program requirements, and general education courses.
Faculty Development Committee
The CLAS Faculty Development Committee (FDC) advises the Dean on faculty development in teaching, scholarship, and service. This includes the mentoring of new faculty consistent with the goals of liberal learning.
CLAS Affiliate Faculty Advisory Committee
The CLAS Affiliate Faculty Advisory Committee (CAFAC) advises the Dean on issues concerning Affiliate faculty such as working conditions, workload, the evaluation process, opportunities for development and advancement, and roles within respective units.
Faculty Governance Page
The GVSU Faculty Governance site is designed to facilitate communication between faculty representatives in university-wide governance and the faculty-at-large.
Ballot Committee Descriptions
This webpage contains a detailed description of all committees within CLAS including meeting times / locations, term limits, roles and responsibilities.
Advisory & Subcommittees of CLAS
Administrative Professions Committee and subcommittees (University)