The purposes of the Mesa Community College Faculty Senate shall be to:
- serve as the exclusive representative of the Mesa Community College faculty to the college administration in academic and professional matters and policy development;
- advise the College President on matters of importance to the college and faculty; promote communication, collaboration, and education among the faculty and between the faculty and other groups;
- maintain and promote the standards and ideals of the profession;
- serve as the voice of the faculty in shared governance;
- protect and preserve academic freedom;
- provide an open forum for the free discussion of academic and professional issues.
- Download Constitution here - updated 2013
- Download By-Laws here - updated 2013
Faculty Senate meetings are held on the First and Third Thursdays of the month, from 3-5 PM in the CTL Conference Room (unless otherwise noted).
The Fall 2014 Senate meetings dates were:
- August 21 (Week of Accountability)
- September 4 - Guest: VPAA
- September 18
- October 2 (held at Red Mountain DW 131) - Guest: Provost / FEC Leadership
- October 16 - Guest: Dr. Pan
- November 6 - Guest: VPAS
- November 20
- December 4
- December 18
The Spring 2015 Senate meeting dates are:
- January 15 (Week of Accountability)
- February 5 - VPAA
- February 19 - Dr. Pan
- March 5 - VPAS
- April 2 (Red Mountain DW 131) - Guest: Provost
- April 16
- May 7
Other notable dates:
- Faculty Executive Council meets on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays of the month.
- MCCD Governing Board meetings are held on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays of the month.
- August 15-25: ALL Faculty submit issues through online survey (Week of Accountability)
- August 25 - September 5: Senate Prioritization of college issues (MCC prioritizes MCC's issues)
- September 9: FEC Prioritization of issues from all 10 colleges into "faculty issues"
- September 12: Faculty M&C Team meets to strategize how best to advance priority issues
- September 15: M&C Team exchange and discuss faculty and administration issues
- September 16-24: ALL Faculty provide feedback on faculty/administration issues via online survey
- September 29: M&C Team prioritizes faculty and administration issues
- October 14: To be eligible for all Faculty Association benefits, a faculty member must sign up by this date.
- September to March: Faculty and Administration M&C Teams negotiate the issues
- April to May: Forums and ratification (voting on ratification is reserved for Faculty Association members only)
