Standing Committees

Most of the Bloomington Faculty Council’s work and the drafting of policies is accomplished by committees. Committees gather information, deliberate, and communicate directly with relevant administrators. Currently, the BFC maintains 16 standing committees on topics ranging from educational policies to long-range planning.

The BFC Bylaws stipulate that committees are expected to meet at least once a month, and some committees, such as Educational Policies and Faculty Affairs, choose to meet more frequently.

All committees except the Nomination, Budgetary Affairs, and Executive committees are required to post minutes. Rosters, meeting schedules, minutes, and other relevant information can be found on each committee's page.

Standing Committee Overview

Benefits

The Benefits Committee develops policies concerning faculty benefits programs, including health and retirement benefits, and consults regularly with the Associate Vice President for Human Resources.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Nancy Nelson, Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences
Jim Sherman, Psychological and Brain Sciences

View the complete Benefits Committee roster & meeting schedule

Budgetary Affairs

The Budgetary Affairs Committee (BAC) is an executive committee of the BFC with independent authority. It monitors the development of the annual campus budget through consultations with the dean of budgetary affairs. Members participate in budget meetings of academic and some non-academic campus units, develop budget policies, and prepare an annual report to the BFC.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Pete Kolbaum, Optometry
Jon Trinidad, Chemistry

View the complete BAC roster

Constitution and Rules

The Constitution and Rules Committee (CARC) develops proposals for amending the campus faculty constitution and the bylaws of the BFC and develops policies in areas covered by no BFC standing committee.

2022-2023 Chair
Rachael Cohen, Libraries & BFC Parliamentarian

View the complete CARC roster & meeting schedule

CREM

The role of the BFC Creation, Reorganization, Elimination, and Merger (CREM) standing committee is to monitor and safeguard the legislative authority of the faculty over CREM initiatives. The work of the committee is guided by policy BL-ACA-D16 Creation, Reorganization, Elimination, and Merger of Academic Units and Programs.

2022-2023 Chair
Alex Tanford, Emeriti

View the complete CREM Committee roster & meeting schedule

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee (DEIC) develops policies related to campus diversity, responds to campus issues on affirmative action that may arise, monitors the performance of the campus in meeting affirmative action goals, confers with the campus affirmative action officer and the office of academic support and diversity on policy and performance issues, and prepares an annual report to the BFC.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Julie Hardesty, Libraries
Suha Lasassmeh, SICE

View the complete DEIC roster & meeting schedule

Educational Policies

The Educational Policies Committee (EPC) develops campus policies concerning teaching, curriculum, student information, and related areas, and monitors and consults with administrative offices connected with enrollment.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Kelly Eskew, Business
Brian Winterman, Libraries

View the complete EPC roster & meeting schedule

Executive

The Executive Committee serves to establish the agenda for the Bloomington Faculty Council meetings, prepare the final draft of any new legislation approved by the Council, assign items proposed for Council consideration to the appropriate committee, and initially convene each committee. In special circumstances, the Executive Committee is delegated to act as the executive agent of the Bloomington Faculty Council without prior consultation of the Council.

2022-2023 Chair
Cate Reck, Chemistry & Faculty President

View the complete Executive Committee roster & meeting schedule

Faculty Affairs

The Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC) develops policy governing faculty appointments, grievances, discipline, and working conditions.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Shu Cole, Public Health
Katherine Ryan, Business

View the complete FAC roster & meeting schedule

International Affairs

The International Affairs Committee (IAC) participates in the oversight of international affairs. The committee recommends policies to faculty governance or administration, monitors compliance and personnel issues, budget, and planning strategies.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Jose Luis Antinao-Rojas, IGWS
Israel Herrera, Spanish & Portuguese

View the complete IAC roster & meeting schedule

Libraries

The Libraries Committee monitors library development and policies governing library management, and consults with and advises the Dean of Libraries on priorities and collections.

2022-2023 Chair
Anna Marie Johnson, Libraries

View the complete Libraries Committee roster & meeting schedule

Long Range Planning

The Long-Range Planning Committee (LRPC) systematically monitors the Bloomington campus environment in areas of teaching, research, and faculty status, and alerts the Bloomington Faculty Council to significant strategic issues that can be expected to affect faculty interests.

2022-2023 Chair
Marietta Simpson, Jacobs School of Music

View the complete LRPC roster and meeting schedule

Nomination

The Nomination Committee is responsible for conducting the elections of the Bloomington Faculty Council and appointing candidates to the various standing committees of the BFC.

Nomination Committee members serve calendar-year terms (January - December) and are elected each fall by the Bloomington Faculty Council. The President-elect serves as chair of the committee.

View the complete Nomination Committee roster

Research Affairs

The Research Affairs Committee (RAC) was established to develop campus policies pertaining to research and to work with the Office of Research to address issues affecting campus support for research activities.

2022-2023 Co-Chairs
Sally Letsinger, Geography
Ben Kravitz, EAS

View the complete RAC roster & meeting schedule

Student Affairs

The Student Affairs Committee (SAC) considers such matters as establishing and maintaining the best possible student-faculty relations, receiving and reviewing communications regarding student problems and issues, and advising the various offices and agencies of the university regarding student affairs.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Rachael Cohen, Libraries
Katie Metz, Business

View the complete SAC roster & meeting schedule

Student Academic Appointee Affairs Committee

The Student Academic Appointee Affairs Committee studies existing problems of SAAs and attempts to anticipate future problems; recommends improvements in policies concerning the role of SAAs, helping in the implementation of these changes.

View the complete SAAAC roster & meeting schedule

Technology Policy

The Technology Policy Committee develops policy connected with information technology issues apart from distributed education and consults with and advises the Vice President for Information Technology.

2022-2023 Co-chairs
Angie Raymond, Business
Logan Paul, SICE

View the complete TPC roster & meeting schedule