Purpose and functions
To serve in an advisory capacity in the study, clarification, and formulation of policy and procedures in areas affecting the university, including:
- Strategic planning, annual budget planning, and allocation of university resources
- Technology transfer policies, including patents and copyrights
- University services and facilities, including parking services, the libraries, and computing services
- Information services, including information gathering and dissemination on issues affecting higher education, faculty, and academic professionals
- Public relations initiatives, including those of the university’s public relations units, the ASU Foundation, and the Alumni Association.
Membership Guidelines
- Elected members: 11 senators, including representation from each of the campuses. The committee should have representation from tenure/tenure eligible as well as non-tenure eligible faculty
- Ex officio: the university president, the provost of the university, the executive vice president, treasurer, and chief financial officer of the university, and the chair of the UAC or their designees
- The term of elected members shall be two years. One half of the elected members shall be replaced each year.
Roster 2023-2024
Chair:
- Johannah Uriri-Glover, Edson College - Doctor of Nursing Practice, Downtown Phoenix Campus, 2025
Members:
- Nisa Goksel, School of Social and Behavioral Science, West campus 2024
- Kristin Samuelson, Speech and Hearing Science, Downtown Phoenix campus 2024
- Bruno Welfert, School of Mathematical and Statistical Science, Tempe campus 2024
- Kevin Langergraber, Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe campus 2024
- Thomas Sharp, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe campus 2024
- Quan Qing, Physics, Tempe campus 2024
- Laverne Dacosta, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts, Polytechnic campus 2025
- Rochus Boerner, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Tempe campus 2025
- Christopher Sulla, W. P. Carey Information Systems, Tempe campus 2024
- Tonya Penkrot, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts, Downtown Phoenix campus 2025
Ex officio members:
- Michael Crow, University President
- Greg Stone, University Senate President