TRINITY UNIVERSITY FACULTY SENATE

Senate Core Mission

In the interest of promoting the well-being of the University, the Faculty Senate represents the faculty in professional matters and works with the Administration to formulate, interpret, and implement general university policy.
 

Senate TLearn Page

For more information on Senate activities (including our calendar, reports, committee information, and more), visit the Faculty Senate's TLearn page.
 

Senate Meeting Dates

The Faculty Senate will meet on the following dates for the balance of the academic year.  In addition, the Faculty Senate will meet on August 16 from 8:30am to 4:30pm for its annual retreat.

All regular meetings are currently scheduled to begin at 2:35pm.  See the Faculty Senate's TLearn page for location information.
 

• February 17, 2012
   

• March 2, 2012
   

• April 13, 2012

Senate members
 

Senate Officers and Standing Committee Chairs

Chair Jen Mathews			Vice Chair Chair, Outreach Committee Adam Urbach
Secretary Chad Spigel			Chair, Budget Advisory Committee Jen Mathews
Chair, Faculty Representation & Elections Jennifer Steele			Chair, University & Faculty Committee Oversight Committee Chad Spigel

Senate Members - Professors
 

2012/2013		2013/2014		2014/2015
Don Clark dclark@trinity.edu x-7629		Vicki Aarons          vaarons@trinity.edu               x-7574		Carolyn Becker cbecker@trinity.edu  x-8326
Diane Persellin dpersellin@trinity.edu x-7265		Paula Hertel phertel@trinity.edu x-8380		Sussan Siavoshi ssiavosh@trinity.edu x-8341

Senate Members - Associate Professors

2012/2013		2013/2014		2014/2015
Ruqayya Khan rkhan@trinity.edu x-8428		Kim Robertson    kroberts@trinity.edu   x-7295		Nicolle Hirschfeld nhirschf@trinity.edu  x-7125
Betsy Tontiplaphol btontipl@trinity.edu x-8253		Jennifer Steele jsteele@trinity.edu x-7499		Kathleen Surpless ksurples@trinity.edu x-7365

Senate Members - Assistant Professors

2012/2013		2013/2014		2014/2015
Ruben Dupertuis Ruben.Dupertuis@trinity.edu x-8427		Rosana Blanco-Cano rblancoc@trinity.edu x-7531		Kyle Gillette kgillett@trinity.edu x-8584
Chad Spigel Chad.Spigel@trinity.edu x-8461		Jeffrey Rufo jrufo@trinity.edu x-8913		Tahir Naqvi tnaqvi@trinity.edu x-8809

Trinity University Open Access Policy

The Trinity University Open Access Policy encourages faculty authors to retain non-commercial copyright of their scholarly publications and provides them with the means to negotiate those rights with publishers. Additionally, Open Access facilitates the sharing of peer reviewed research through Trinity's digital repository, which provides broad, free access to a faculty author's scholarly work.  Click HERE to view the policy or to submit your publications.