Faculty Meetings and Faculty Retreat
FACULTY MEETINGS AND FACULTY RETREAT
The Faculty Retreat serves as the first faculty meeting of the year. As Department Chair, you will be called on to introduce new faculty members in your department.
Attendance is strongly encouraged, though not mandatory, and the retreat has boasted a high percentage attendance each year. Each year the President of the Faculty, in consultation with other faculty and the Dean of the College, plans the agenda for the retreat and selects topics for discussion by the faculty.
Regular faculty meetings are held each month (except during breaks) usually on the first Monday afternoon of each month. There is often a faculty breakout session on the third Monday, so these dates should be reserved, as well. It is expected that faculty will attend these meetings, so departments should be careful not to schedule meetings which would conflict with faculty meeting time. Even interview talks for job candidates should be avoided.
Following are the faculty meeting dates for 2009-2010:
Fall Term 2009
September 8 – Faculty Retreat
September 21 – Breakout session hold date
October 5 – Faculty Meeting
October 26 – Breakout session hold date
November 2 – Faculty Meeting
Winter Term 2010
January 11 –Faculty Meeting
February 1 – Faculty Meeting
February 15 – Breakout session hold date
March 1 – Faculty Meeting
Spring Term 2010
April 5 – Faculty Meeting
April 19 – Breakout session hold date
May 10 – Faculty Meeting
May 24 – Breakout session hold date