Clemson Faculty Senate

What is the Faculty Senate?

The Faculty Senate serves as the representative body of faculty, playing a vital role in shaping academic policy and guiding decision-making at Clemson University.

Stay tuned to learn more about why the Faculty Senate is important to faculty, the state of South Carolina, students, and the broader university community. 🔍🎓📚

Nominations for both positions can be submitted three ways: During the scheduled Advisory Committee meeting in February, during the February Faculty Senate meeting, or emailed to the Chair of the Faculty Senate Advisory Committee ([email protected]). Self-Nominations are acceptable. Please contact the Faculty Senate office with any questions.

The Faculty Senate met this past Tuesday, November 14 and approved the abrogation of policy; the College of Veterinary Medicine adopts provisional bylaws ahead of faculty hires.

The nomination window for the Class of '39 Award for Excellence is still open. Please visit the Clemson Faculty Senate webpage and click on the 'Awards' tab to get started.

The Policy Committee considered the requests and recommends the following revisions to the Faculty Manual:

1. Adopt the newly proposed Council on Graduate Studies that subsumes the Graduate Advisory Committee.
2. Include a meeting requirement that indicates the committee must meet at least once an academic semester, if not more often.
3. That the membership composition of the Council on Graduate Studies increases from one to two faculty representatives from each college, and from two to four graduate students as suggested in the proposal.
4. That the representatives of the subcommittees are non-voting members of the Council of Graduate Studies.
5. That election of Council on Graduate Studies members should take place in March preceding the start of the term in August.