Education

Faculty Senate

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A Voice for Faculty

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The Baylor College of Medicine Faculty Senate is the primary venue for faculty participation in shared governance and planning at the College.

Senate responsibilities include:

  • Making recommendations to College administration on issues deemed to be important to the faculty
  • Developing, evaluating and endorsing petitions, recommendations or resolutions from the faculty or others concerning faculty issues
  • Appointing members to the College’s Institutional Policy Committee
  • Nominating faculty to serve on senate and College committees

Education, faculty affairs and benefits, strategic planning, communications and public affairs, and administrative operations are the subjects of the senate's standing committees.

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Get to Know Your Faculty Senate Representative

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Share ideas about Faculty Senate initiatives. Voice your concerns or provide suggestions for issues you would like the senate to consider.

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Faculty Senate Information

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You can find Faculty Senate minutes, committees, reports and resolutions on the senate's intranet site. (Baylor login required). The senate handbook, faculty handbook, faculty constitution, faculty bylaws and policies and procedures manual also are available through this site.

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Faculty Senate Officers

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Dr. Kim Worley

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Chair

Dr. Chester Koh

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Chair-Elect

Dr. Malvika Juneja

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Secretary

Dr. Weiwei Dang

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Basic Sciences Representative

Dr. Nicola "Nick" Hanania

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Clinical Sciences Representative

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Membership

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The faculty senate has 101 voting members.

Ex-officio officers: the College’s president, the deans of each of the four schools and the past chair. Baylor’s general counsel serves as advisor to the senate.