Chair: Jennifer Collins, 2025-2026
Faculty Representative to UW System Shared Governance: Kristi Roth, 2025-2026

Scope and Authority: The Faculty Council has the authority to recommend to the Common Council policies pertaining to the faculty affairs of personnel with a faculty appointment and to determine such policies subject to review by the Common Council. The Council recommends policies pertaining to personnel recruitment, appointment, retention, promotion, tenure, and salary, and policies pertaining to the governance of departments, schools, colleges, the university, and the University of Wisconsin System. (Please note: concerns of instructional academic staff may be referred to the Academic Staff Council). Common Council faculty councilors diversification rules can be changed by Faculty Council, pending approval by the faculty members of Common Council. The Faculty Council shall have the authority to appoint ad hoc committees, such as a Faculty Salary Subcommittee, when needed.

Faculty Mediation Subcommittee (FMS)

Chair: Ismaila Odogba, 2025-2026
The Faculty Mediation Subcommittee appoints hearing committees to conduct hearings in any of the following: non-renewal of probationary faculty appointments; denial of tenure; dismissal of faculty; layoff of faculty for financial emergency; complaints of/against faculty; grievances of/against faculty; failure to reappointment fixed term classroom teaching academic staff; dismissal of classroom teaching academic staff; complaints of/against classroom teaching academic staff; and grievances of/against classroom teaching academic staff. 

Sabbatical Review Subcommittee (SRS)

Chair: Rob Michitsch, 2025-2026
The Sabbatical Review Subcommittee monitors the work of the college-based sabbatical review committees.  It has the authority to create and modify sabbatical policy and procedures that affect all university colleges. 
Please see the Sabbaticals website for application materials and rubrics.

University Awards Subcommittee (UAS)

Chair: Danelle Smith, 2025-2026
The University Awards Subcommittee has the authority, according to rules prescribed by the University Handbook, to select faculty and academic staff recipients of University Awards. 
Please see the Awards website for further information.