Faculty Council

Bylaws and Organization

• Seven faculty, four of whom must be tenured and at least three who have been on the faculty for a minimum of three years.
• The Dean of the College of Nursing, ex officio.
• The chair-elect shall be tenured and elected by members of the Faculty Council, and become Chairperson after one year of service.
• The chair and voting members cannot currently hold the title of Associate Dean.

Functions

• Provides liaison between faculty and administration, the College’s staff, and the wider University community.
• Represents the faculty of the College of Nursing.
• Provides a forum for faculty discussion of current or impending issues.
• Develops and disseminates the opinions of faculty to other committees, task forces and work groups within the University at the direction of the faculty.
• Identifies candidates and prepares the ballot for all standing committees and councils of the College of Nursing, as appropriate.
• Solicits nominations for standing committees and councils.
• Obtains information regarding eligibility of nominees for standing committees and councils.
• Prepares the slate of nominees for election to all standing committees and councils, as appropriate.
• Oversees the distribution of the slate of nominees for faculty election purposes in a timely manner.

Who We Are

• Julie Ossege (2019-2021); Chair (2020-2021)
• Anthony Carney (2020-2022)
• Melanie Hardin-Pierce (2019-2021)
• Lynn Kelso (2020-2022)
• Ana Maria Linares (2019-2021)
• Julie Marfell (2020-2022)
• Zim Okoli (2020-2022)