University Faculty Senate

Welcome to the University Faculty Senate Website!             

Our New President!

Professor Peter Knuepfer, Binghamton University

On Friday May 3rd, 2013, Professor Peter Knuepfer was elected as President of the SUNY University Faculty Senate. Pete's term will start on July 1, 2013.  If you'd like to contact Pete for any reason, his email address is pete.knuefper@suny.edu.

On our Website:
       Calendar  - Plenary Resolutions -  Sector Reports
       Standing Committee Reports  

(complete calendar)

Plenary Meetings - Executive Committee, Senators, CGL's
    May 2-4, 2013                  Upstate Medical University
    October 24-26, 2013       SUNY Maritime
    January 23-25, 2014       University at Albany
    April 24-26, 2014             Environmental Science & Forestry 
    October 23-25, 2014       Empire State College

Welcome to the University Faculty Senate (UFS) Web site!

The SUNY Board of Trustees approved the creation of the University Faculty Senate on October 8, 1953. Article VII of the SUNY Policies of the Board of Trustees states "the Senate shall be the official agency through which the University Faculty engages in the governance of the University. The Senate shall be concerned with effective educational policies and other professional matters within the University."  

The UFS membership consists of the Chancellor of the University, two University representatives having University-wide responsibilities and representatives from each State-operated unit and contract college. This is a total of 33 SUNY colleges. This makes the University Faculty Senate one of the largest faculty governance organizations in the country!  

The University Faculty Senate serves as a resource on governance for the University. It serves as a deliberative body on educational policies for the SUNY System. In this capacity it issues publications such as handbooks, directories and reports on matters such as budget, program revision and presidential searches. This Web site is designed to be a repository for documents and information produced by the University Faculty Senate.