Member, elected to serve as representative to the Libraries, 2023-2026

• UCAG is responsible for reviewing, interpreting, and recommending amendments to the Bylaws
  for Academic Governance. The committee’s decisions are subject to review by the University
  Council and the Board of Trustees. UCAG also reviews college bylaws for consistency with the
  Bylaws for Academic Governance. Every college’s bylaws are reviewed at least once every five
  years. Additionally, UCAG conducts a continuing review of best practices for dean reviews,
  reviews unit appeals involving cases between units, and provides helps coordinate the
  membership of various other academic governance bodies. This group meets biweekly.

Secretary 24-25
Elected to serve as representative to the Libraries, 2023-2026
•UCAG is responsible for reviewing, interpreting, and recommending amendments to the Bylaws
for Academic Governance. The committee’s decisions are subject to review by the University Council and the Board of Trustees. UCAG also reviews college bylaws for consistency with the
Bylaws for Academic Governance. Every college’s bylaws are reviewed at least once every five
years. Additionally, UCAG conducts a continuing review of best practices for dean reviews,
reviews unit appeals involving cases between units, and provides helps coordinate the
membership of various other academic governance bodies. This group meets biweekly. As Vice
Chairperson and Secretary, I am responsible for the meeting minutes.

UCAG Ad Hoc Committee on Equitable Non-College Faculty Representation
Member
Invited to serve on this ad hoc committee. The Bylaws for Academic Governance provide for
representation of non-college faculty (faculty not represented through the colleges) on the Faculty
Senate and five of the University-level Standing Committees. UCAG established this ad hoc committee
to review and recommend improvements to the structure and processes for non-college faculty
representation to ensure there is equitable, effective, and diverse representation from this group in
university-level governance. The committee met on a bi-weekly basis in January and February 2025.
Committee members reviewed benchmarking data from across the BTAA and MSU on advisory
committee functions, composition, and election procedures and wrote a final report of our
recommendations, which will be presented to UCAG on March 13, 2025.

Serves as Secretary, 2024-2026

• Actively advocating for restored dedicated Faculty Senate representation for the Libraries in

collaboration with others at the Libraries and within academic governance.

• Worked with the Chair and Vice Chair of UCAG and the Office of the Secretary for Academic

Governance over the summer to plan a UCAG retreat that was held at the start of fall semester.

UCAG Ad Hoc Committee for Pool of Faculty Volunteer (POFV) Standards

• I worked with the Chair and Vice Chair of UCAG and the Office of the Secretary for Academic

Governance over the summer to develop a set of standards that UCAG members could use

when reviewing nominations for the POFV. We also revised the questions that are asked on the

nomination application to ensure that the questions asked align with the standards.

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