Montana State University

Faculty Senate

Membership

Name Position Represents Term# Ends
Lansverk, Marvin Chair Elect ---- 2 9/12
Neumeier, John Member Vice Chair 2 9/12
Gough, Gale R Admin Assoc ---- - ----
Anderson, Christina Z. Member AR/Film and Photography P 9/12
Bessen, Richard Member AG/Immunology & Infectious Diseases 1 9/12
Bolte, Jason Member AR/Music P 9/13
Burrows, Mary Member Extension, On Campus 1 9/14
Cantalupo, Nico Member Extension, Off Campus 1 9/14
Caton, Gary Member Business 1 9/14
Chen, Chengci Member AG/Research Centers 1 9/12
Dougher, Tracy Member AG/Plant Sciences 1 9/14
Eiger, Steve Member LS/Cell Biology and Neuroscience 1 9/12
Eitle, Tami Member LS/Sociology & Anthro 1 9/12
Engel, Rick Member AG/Land Resources 1 9/13
Franklin, Michael Member LS/Microbiology 1 9/14
Frick, Martin Member AG/Ed 1 9/14
Gerlach, Robin Member EN/Chem Engr 2 9/13
Greenwood, Mark Member LS/Math Sciences 1 9/14
Hendrikx, Jordy Member LS/Earth Sciences P 9/12
Herbeck, Joyce Member ED/Education P 9/13
Hill, Wade Member Nursing, On Campus 1 9/12
Kaiser, Todd Member EN/Elec & Comp Eng. 1 9/12
Lawrence, Martin Member LS/Chemistry and Biochemistry 1 9/12
Letiecq, Bethany Member HHD/Health & Human Development 1 9/14
Lynch, Wesley Member LS/Psychology 2 9/14
Martin, James Member LS/Modern Languages P 9/12
Mokwa, Robert Member EN/Civil Engr 2 9/13
Moreaux, Shannon Member AG/Animal & Range 1 9/14
Neumeier, John J. Member LS/Physics 1 9/13
Newhouse, Meta Member AR/Art 1 9/14
O'Neill, Maire Member AR/Architecture 1 9/14
Reidy, Michael Member LS/History & Phil 1 9/14
Rossmann, Doralyn Member Libraries 1 9/13
Schachman, Kathi Member Nursing, Off Campus 1 9/12
Sobek, Durward Member EN/Mech & Ind Engr 1 9/12
Zhu, Binhai Member EN/Computer Science 2 9/13
[Vacant] Member AR/Art 1 9/14
[Vacant] Member LS/Ecology P 9/12
[Vacant] Member LS/English 1 9/13
[Vacant] Member LS/Political Science 1 9/13
[Vacant] Member AG/Ag Econ 1 9/13

Alternates
Angryk, Rafal Alternate EN/Computer Science 1 9/14
Bangert, Art Alternate ED/Education P 9/13
Beamish, Rollin Alternat AR/Art 1 9/14
Brown, Bill Alternate Business 1 9/14
Brown, Jennifer Alternate EN/Chem Engr 1 9/13
Copie, Valerie Alternate LS/Chemistry and Biochemistry 1 9/13
Dlakic, Mensur Alternate LS/Microbiology 1 9/14
Donahue, Tim Alternate Libraries 1 9/13
Hutchison, Keith Alternate LS/Psychology 1 9/14
Igo, Carl Alternate AG/Ed 1 9/14
Karczewska, Zuzanna Alternate AR/Architecture 1 9/14
Larson, Robb Alternate EN/Mech & Ind Engr 1 9/12
Lei, Ben Alternate AG/Immunology & Infectious Diseases 2 9/12
Liu, Jian-yi Alternate LS/Earth Sciences 1 9/14
Maxwell, Bruce Alternate AG/Land Resources 1 9/13
Menalled, Fabian Alternate Extension On-Campus 2 9/14
Merzdorf, Christa Alternate LS/Cell Biology and Neuroscience 2 9/13
Olson, Bret Alternate AG/Animal & Range 1 9/14
Ricciardell, Lucia Alternate AR/Film and Photography P 9/12
Sarchet, Andrea Alternate Extension, Off Campus 1 9/14
Snider, Ross K Alternate EN/Electrical & Computer Engineering 2 9/14
Stewart, Craig Alternate HHD/Health & Human Development 1 9/12
Tillack, Peter Alternate LS/Modern Languages P 9/12
Waller, Sara Alternate LS/History & Phil P 9/11
[Vacant] Alternate LS/Physics - ---
[Vacant] Alternate AR/Music - ---
[Vacant] Alternate LS/English - ---
[Vacant] Alternate LS/Sociology & Anthropology - ----
[Vacant] Alternate AG/Plant Sciences - ----
[Vacant] Alternate AG/Ag Econ - ----
[Vacant] Alternate AG/Research Centers - --
[Vacant] Alternate EN/Civil Engineering - ----
[Vacant] Alternate LS/Political Science - ---
[Vacant] Alternate Nursing, Off Campus - ---
[Vacant] Alternate Nursing, On Campus - ---
[Vacant] Alternate LS/Ecology - ----
[Vacant] Alternate AR/Art - ---
[Vacant] Alternate LS/Math Sciences - ----

Charge

Provide a means for faculty and administration to interact and to discuss, formulate, and recommend university policy to the appropriate university authority. The Faculty Senate Constitution describes the powers of the Senate to recommend such policy, always within the constraints of the Montana University System powers as described in the Constitution of the State of Montana. Please see the Faculty Senate By Laws and Constitution.

Meetings

4:10 p.m. every Wednesday of the month during the academic year, and otherwise as called by the Chair. All meetings are conducted according to the MSU policy on open meetings.

Membership

Voting Members: One member is elected from each academic department by the constituency of the department (or college where further division is not made). One member is elected from the Libraries and one from the Extension Service. The College of Nursing and the Extension Service each elect one additional member to represent the off-campus interests of each of those entities. Election constituencies are established according to Faculty Senate By-Laws.

Nonvoting Ex Officio Member: Administrative Associate of Faculty Senate

Length of Term

Elected members serve three year terms and may be reelected. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms. (See Faculty Senate By-Laws.) P=partial term.

Appointed By

Members are elected by their individual constituencies according to the By-Laws of Faculty Senate.

Chair

Current--Marvin Lansverk
Title--Professor, English
Appointed By--Elected by Faculty Senate membership
Length of Term--One year, from September to September

Advisory To

Administrators of Montana State University-Bozeman

Reports Due

A Chair's report is included in the meeting, and minutes of meetings are found on the Faculty Senate web site. 

Mechanism for Changing This Information

Changes may be made to committee structure and information only in accordance with Faculty Senate Constitution and By-Laws. Authorization of changes comes only through the Secretary of University Governance Council, with the approval of the current Chair and Chair-Elect of Faculty Senate.

Membership; Updated January 20, 2012