SPH Faculty Consultative Committee

Purpose

To ascertain, represent, discuss, and seek action on concerns of the faculty of the School of Public Health.

Please tell us your concerns about anything that affects SPH faculty (e.g., promotion, tenure, post-tenure review, faculty satisfaction, mentoring, ideas for improving the quality of faculty life, etc.).

The committee meets the first Tuesday of every month.

Each year, the members of the FCC shall select a chair from among themselves. The FCC shall supervise the nomination and election of at-large Policy Council faculty members.

The FCC is encouraged to meet with the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences at least once each year to represent, discuss, and seek action on concerns of the faculty regarding the School of Public Health, the Academic Health Center, and the University.

The FCC shall be responsible for studying and making recommendations to the faculty regarding matters of concern to the faculty of the School. It shall represent, discuss, and seek action on behalf of the faculty. Members shall consist of faculty members elected to the Policy Council.

The FCC will ensure that the faculty have a strong role in shaping the School by:

• Keeping faculty informed (e.g., School financial matters)
• Discussing matters of concern to faculty, both within the FCC and among the faculty
• Giving faculty a forum for expressing their opinions

Composition

Elected faculty members of the Policy Council (Article V., Section 1.) shall constitute the Faculty Consultative Committee (FCC).

Members include one faculty member from each Division elected by secret ballot by the voting faculty of their Division and three other at-large faculty members from the School, elected by secret ballot by the voting faculty of the School.