Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Records of the Faculty Senate
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Faculty Senate
RG.30.03
11.2 Cubic Feet
8 boxes
1966-1995
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This collection documents the work of the Faculty Senate from 1966 until 1995, including minutes, correspondence, constitutions and by-laws, and reports from the Senate president, committees, subcommittees, university commissions, and the Student Government Association. The Faculty Senate was founded in 1969 in order to "articulate faculty views on campus policies and procedures."
The materials in the collection are in English.
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The collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of the Faculty Senate, RG 30/3, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Records of the Faculty Senate were donated in 1988 and transferred in 1971, 1975, and 1989 to Special Collections and University Archives.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the Faculty Senate was completed prior to 2010, when the HTML inventory was converted to a finding aid. Additional description was completed in January 2020. The processing, arrangement, and description of Box 8 was completed in September 2021.
Administrative History
The Faculty Senate was formed in 1969 by approval of the Board of Visitors to "articulate faculty views on campus policies and procedures." For more information on the Faculty Senate, including meeting minutes from 2003-present, see http://www.facultysenate.vt.edu/.
Scope and Content
This collection documents the work of the Faculty Senate from 1966 until 1990. The minutes of the Faculty Senate, 1969 to 1995, make up the core of this collection. The minutes and reports of the Faculty Senate Steering Committee, 1967-1969, also are included in this collection. Other materials, 1966-1980, include annual reports of the Senate presidents, cabinet minutes, constitutions and bylaws, correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports of various committees and subcommittees, reports, and Senate rosters. There are scattered minutes and other materials dealing with the Commission on Faculty Affairs, Commission on Research and Graduate Studies, Commission on Student Affairs, Commission on Undergraduate Studies, Student Government Association, and University Council.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically by year, then alphabetically by subject files.
Related Materials
Additional minutes are available from the Faculty Senate online at https://www.facultysenate.vt.edu/about/faculty-senate-agendas-minutes.html.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Records of the Faculty Senate by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your- work/public-domain/cc0/).
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Faculty Senate
AAUP: Statement on Government of Colleges and Universities196611Home Economics Faculty Survey1966English.12University Academic Council Minutes1966English.13Steering Committee: Miscellaneous1966English.14Steering Committee: Organizational Notice1966English.15Constitution: General1967English.16-7Constitution: Organization of Senate1967English.18Constitution: Purpose and Function1967English.19Steering Committee: Correspondence1967English.110Steering Committee: Minutes1967English.111Steering Committee: Miscellaneous1967English.112Steering Committee: Positions1967English.113Steering Committee: Relationship of Faculty Senate to Other University Governing Bodies1967English.114Steering Committee: Rosters1967English.115Comments on Proposed Faculty Senate Constitution and By-Laws1968English.116Constitution and By-Laws1968English.117Faculty Senate/University Council: Unified Constitution1968English.118University Council Report: Subcommittee to Study Policies Related to Fraternities and Sororities1968English.119Steering Committee: Correspondence1968English.120Steering Committee: Leadership Conference at Virginia Commonwealth University1968English.121Steering Committee: Minutes1968English.122Steering Committee: Miscellaneous1968English.123Steering Committee: Organizational Charts1968English.124Steering Committee: Progress Reports1968English.125Steering Committee: Schedules1968English.126University Council: Constitution1968-1969English.127Agendas1969-09-1971-05English.128Context Article on VPI Government: 1st, 2nd, and Final Drafts1969-1970English.129Correspondence Received1969English.130Correspondence Sent1969131Elections and Organizations1969132Faculty Leadership Conference1969133Faculty AAUP Questionnaire1969134Financial Records1969135Goals of the Faculty Senate1969-1970136Proposed Constitution and By-Laws1969137Proposed Statement on Sabbatical Leave1969138Minutes: Faculty Senate1969139Minutes: Cabinet1969140Minutes: Committees1969141News Reports1969142Progress Reports1969143Resolution: FS-11969144Resolution: FS-21969145Resolution: FS-31969146Resolution: FS-41969147Resolution: FS-51969148Resolution: FS-61969149Resolution: FS-71969150Resolution: FS-81969151Resolution: FS-91969152Resolution: FS-101969153Senate Mailing and Telephone List1969-1973154Strike, Disruption, and Related Events1969-1970155University Name Poll and Miscellaneous1969156Vote on Constitution and By-Laws1969157American Association of University Professors Questionnaire1970258Annual Report: Credentials and Elections Committee1970-05259Annual Report: Faculty Senate of VPI & SU1970-1971260Boyle's Report on Proposed Sabbatical Policy1970261Constitution of Statewide Senate1970262Correspondence Received1970263Correspondence Sent1970264Credentials and Elections Committee1970265Elections and Nominations1970266General Notices of Faculty1970-1971267Hammond's Speech: Reflections Upon Recent Campus Events1970268Minutes: Faculty Senate1970269Miscellaneous1970270Objectives1970271President's Annual Reports1970272Progress Reports1970273Proposed Amendments to Constitution and By-Laws1970274Recommendations for an Addition to the Faculty Handbook1970275Report: Ad Hoc Committees, Various1970276Report: Committee on Campus Unrest1970277Report: Committee on College Level Policies on Promotion, Salary, and Tenure Decisions1970278Report: Committee on Plans: "Shared Responsibility"1970279Report: Faculty Senate Survey Schedule1970280Report: Senate Survey Committee1970-05281Report: University Library Committee1970-1971282Reports of Various Commissions, Committees, etc.1970English.283Resolution: FS-111970284Resolution: FS-121970285Resolution: FS-131970286Resolution: FS-141970287Resolution: FS-151970288Resolution: FS-161970289Resolution: FS-171970290Resolution: FS-181970291Resolution: FS-191970292Resolution: FS-201970293Resolution: FS-211970294Resolution: FS-221970295Resolution: FS-231970296Resolution: FS-241970297Resolution: FS-251970298Resolution: FS-261970299Resolution: FS-2719702100Rosters19702101Agendas1971-19722102Correspondence1971-19722103Expenses1971-19732104A Justification of Tenure: "The Report of the President," Yale University1971-19722105Meeting Arrangements1971-19722106Memorandums: Administration1971-19722107Minutes: Faculty Senate19712108Minutes: Commission on Faculty Affairs1971-19722109Minutes: Commission on Research & Graduate Studies1971-19722110Minutes: Commission on Student Affairs1971-19722111Minutes: Commission on Undergraduate Studies1971-19722112Minutes: University Council1971-19722113Senate Organization1971-19722114Report: AAUP1971-19722115Report: Committee on Constitutional Revision19712116Report: Committee on Patents1971-19722117Report: Committee on Reconciliation1971-11-032118Report: Credentials and Elections Committee1971-08-312119Report: In Loco Parentis Committee19712120Report: Faculty Senate of Virginia1971-19723121Report: Traffic Committee1971-09-233122Resolution: FS-281971-01-203123Resolution: FS-291971-01-263124Resolution: FS-301971-01-193125Resolution: FS-311971-01-193126Resolution: FS-32A19713127Resolution: FS-32B19713128Resolution: FS-331971-02-163129Resolution: FS-341971-03-153130Resolution: FS-351971-05-043131Resolution: FS-361971-05-183132Resolution: FS-3719713133Resolution: FS-381971-10-053134Resolution: FS-391971-19723135Resolution: FS-401971-19723136Resolutions Progress Report1971-09-1972-093137Roster1971-19723138Standing Committees: Annual Reports19713139Traffic Committee Report1971-09-1972-093140Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Status Decisions19723141AgendasAugust 1972 - May 1973.3142Annual Report: Credentials and Elections Committees; Committee on Committees1972-10-033143Annual Social1972-19733144Centennial19723145Commission on Faculty Affairs1972-19733146Consulting and Parallel Use of University Facilities1972-11-023147Correspondence1972-11-1972-123148Credentials and Elections Committee1972-10-113149Faculty Senate of Virginia: Review of FSV Meeting1972-11-043150Faculty Senate of Virginia Questionnaire19723151Graduate Assembly1972-01-253152Minutes: Faculty Senate and Cabinet19723153Minutes: Cabinet19723154Policies in the Library1972-02-243155Prepared by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Faculty Association's Ad Hoc Credit Union Committee For Use By University Employee Benefits Committee1972-11-273156Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Final Examination Policy1972-05-243157Report: Committee on Committees19723158Report: Committee on Long Range Goals of the University19723159Report: Committee on Registration Procedures19723160Report: Committee on Student Records19723161Report: In Loco Parentis Committee19723162Report: Miscellaneous Reports to the Faculty Senate19723163Report: Recognition of Excellence in Teaching1972English.3164Report: Recommendations to the Committee Studying Possible Revisions of the University Council Committee19723165Report: Retirement Age for Faculty19723166Report: Task Force for Innovative Approaches to Instruction19723167Resolution: FS-4219723168Resolution: FS-4319723169Resolution: FS-4419723170Resolution: FS-4519723171Resolution: FS-4619723172Resolution: FS-4719723173Resolution: FS-4819723174Resolution: FS-4919723175Resolution: FS-5019723176Resolution: FS-5119723177Resolution: FS-52 (Resolution on Long Range Goals)1972English.3178Resolution: FS-72-119723179Resolution: FS-72-219723180Resolution: FS-72-319723181Resolution: FS-72-41972-11-213182Resolution: FS-72-519723183Resolution: FS-72-619723184Retirement Age for Faculty1972-04-203185Roster1972-19733186Faculty Age-Service Distribution (As of August 7, 1972)3187Tenure19723188Commission on Academic Tenure in Higher Education1973-04-163189Constitutions and By-Laws19733190Correspondence1973-19743191Dr. Hahn's Remarks to the Faculty Senate19733192Elections and Nominations19733193Financial1973-19743194Interim Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Employee Benefits in Land Grant Universities and Colleges19733195Letter to Earl J. Shiflet, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia1973-01-163196Letter to James Wiggert from Leslie F. Malpass1973-01-223197Miscellaneous1973-19743198Minutes19733199Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Association of American Colleges1973-01-153200President's Report19733201Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Consulting Policies1973English.3202Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Revision of the Constitution of the University Council1973English.3203Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Tenure1973-03-01English.3204Report: Committee to Study the Honor System19733205Resolutions: Progress Reports1973-10-163206Resolution: FS-72-71973-01-163207Resolution: FS-72-81973-01-163208Resolution: FS-72-91973-01-163209Resolution: FS-72-101973-02-273210Resolution: FS-72-111973-02-273211Resolution: FS-72-121973-02-233212Resolution: FS-72-131973-03-283213Resolution: FS-72-141973-03-283214Resolution: FS-72-1519733215Resolution: FS-72-1619733216Resolution: FS-73-019733217Resolution: FS-73-119733218Resolution: FS-73-219733219Resolution: FS-73-319733220Resolution: FS-73-419733221Resolution: FS-73-519733222Roster1973-19743223University Copyright Policy19733224Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Status1974-1975English.3225Ad Hoc Survey Committee1974English.3226Committee on Reconciliation1974-19753227Committee Reports19743228Correspondence1974-12-1975-053229Credentials and Elections1974-19753330Finance1974-19753231Hahn1974-19753232Consulting Activities, Outside Employment, and Use of University Facilities19743233Krebs1974-19753234Minutes: Senate and Cabinet19743235Miscellaneous1974-19753236Policy and Programs1974-19753237President1974-19753238Resolutions1974-19753239Resolutions: Report19743240Resolution: FS-74-119743241Resolution: FS-74-219743242Roster1974-19753243VITA Form1974-19753244VPI Facilities: Educational Foundation1974-19753245Agendas1975-19764246By-Laws of Virginia Tech Athletic Association19754247Correspondence1975-19764248Finance1975-07-1976-064249General19754250Humanization Retreat19754251Memorandum: Notices of Meetings19754252Minutes19754253Minutes: Cabinet1975-19764254Nominees19754255Notice of Meetings: Cabinet1975-08-1976-044256Officers Meetings1975-10-1976-074257Past President's Report1975-104256Policy Document1975-104259Resolution Progress Report1975-19764260Resolution: FS-75-419754261Resolution: FS-75-5 (In Memory of Fred and Joan Dreiling)1975English.4262Requisitions1975-09-1976-10English.4263Room Reservations1975-10-1976-054264Roster1975-19764265SCHEV Study19754266Senate and Self-Study19754267Stephen F. Austin Questionnaire19754268Faculty Survey1975-034269Ad Hoc Committee on Consulting1976English.4270Ad Hoc Committee on Dislocation1976English.4271Ad Hoc Committee on Teaching Evaluation1976English.4272Agendas1976-19784273Attendance1976-19774274CFA: Academic Leave19764275CIA19764276Committee on Committees Election19764277Condensed Reports: Council and Commissions1976-19774278Consulting1976-19774279Correspondence1976-19774280Dues1976-19774281Election Information: Vitae, etc.19764282Employee Benefit Analysis19764283Evaluating of Teaching (SPOT Report)19764284Faculty Senate of Virginia1976-19774285Finances1976-19774286Interest Survey19764287Memorandums1976-19774288Minutes19764289Minutes: Cabinet1976-19774290Notice of Cabinet Meetings1976-19774291Progress Report from the Ad Hoc Committee of the Faculty Senate to Study Architectural Barriers to the Physically and Sensorially Handicapped at Virginia Tech1976English.4292Report: Faculty Senate Committee to Study Gun Regulations19764293Representation on Faculty Senate1976-19774294Requisitions1976-19774295Resolution: FS-76-1 (Library Facilities)19764296Resolution: FS-76-2 (Gun Control)19764297Responses to Committee Info1976-19774298Room Reservations1976-19774299Roster1976-19774300SPOT Report of University Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Evaluation1976-11English.4301Task Force on University Development1976-19774302University Committee Reports1976-19774303Condensed Reports: University Council and Commissions19774304Correspondence19774305Election of RepresentativesSpring4306Financial: Receipts19774307Graduate Student Progress Review19774308Membership on University Committees19774309Minutes19774310Minutes: Cabinet19774311Miscellaneous19774312Promotion and Tenure Data19774313Report: Ad Hoc Senate Committee on Dislocation1977English.4314Report: Ad Hoc Committee on University Governance1977English.4315Resolution: FS-77-119774316Resolution: FS-77-219774317Room Reservations19774318Agendas1978-19794319Committee on Graduate Studies19784320Correspondence1978-19794321Elections and Nominations19784322Faculty Senate of Virginia President's Report19784323Memoranda1978-19794324Minutes19784325-326Minutes: Cabinet1978-19794327Miscellaneous19784328President's Address19784329Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Committees [Draft]1978English.4330Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Faculty Senate Policy Document1978English.4331Report: Ad Hoc Committee on University Governance: Proposed Resolution1978-1979English.4332Report: Committee on Procedures for Evaluating Department Heads19784333Report: Faculty Senate Benefits Committee19784334Report: Internal Communications Committee19784335Report: Student-Faculty Committee to Study VPI Facilities1978-19794336Resolution: FS-78-219784337Resolution: FS-78-319784338Resolution: FS-78-419784339Resolution: FS-78-519784340Resolution: Proposal to Form Committee on Academic and Scholarly Matters1978-19794341Roster1978-19794342Student Legal Services19784343University Decisions on Promotions and Tenure1978-19794344Correspondence1979English.5345Minutes1979English.5346Miscellaneous1979English.5347Proposal for the Resident Doctor of Education Degree Programs at the Dulles Facility1979English.5348Recommended Changes in Faculty Handbook1979English.5349Report: Ad Hoc Committee to Compile Faculty Senate Policy Document1979English.5350Report: Committee on Committees: Nominations1979English.5351Resolution: FS-79-11979English.5352Resolution: FS-79-21979English.5353University Governance1979English.5354Minutes19805355Miscellaneous19805356Officers 1969-1970 to 1980-19815357Report: Ad Hoc Committee to Compile Faculty Senate Policy Document1980English.5358Minutes19815359Report: Ad Hoc Committee on the Collins Report1981-1982English.5360Roster19815361Ad Hoc Committee on Affirmative Action1982-1983English.5362Collins Report19825363Constitution and By-Laws19825364Correspondence1982English.5365Early Quarter System1982English.5366Elections and Nominations1982English.5367Financial1982-1984English.5368Guidelines for Inter-collegiate and Inter-departmental Cooperation in the Design and Teaching of Courses1982English.5369Minutes1982English.5370Minutes: Cabinet1982English.5371Miscellaneous1982English.5372Reductions in Force1982English.5373Remarks to the 1982 Administrators' Conference: Konrad Kubin1982English.5374Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Procedures for Resolving Faculty Disputes1982English.5375Resolutions1982English.5376Roster1982-1983English.5377Student Leaders' Bibliography1982-1983English.5378Affirmative Action19835379-380Constitution and Bylaws of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Association19835381Correspondence19835382Early Quarter System1983-1984English.5383Implementing the Core Curriculum19835384Minutes19835385-386Minutes: Cabinet19835387Minutes: Commission on Graduate Studies1983-19845388Minutes: University Council1983-19845389Miscellaneous19835390Promotion and Tenure19835390Report: Academic Aspects of Athletics at Virginia Tech1983-045392Resolutions19835393Campaign for Excellence19845394Correspondence19845395Elections and Nominations19845396Membership on University Committees, Commissions, Etc.1984-19855397Minutes19845398Minutes: Cabinet1984-19855399Minutes: Commission on Student Affairs19845400Miscellaneous19845401Proposed Calendar Resolutions19845402Questionnaire on Employment of Faculty Spouses19845403Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Affirmative Action1984-1985English.5404Report: Honor System Review Board19845405Report: Honor System Review Board19845406Roster and Other Organizational Papers1984-19855407Salary Analysis1984-08-245408CGA Teacher/Course Evaluation Proposal19845409Academy of University Service19856410Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity19856411Campaign for Excellence19856412Correspondence19856412a, 413-414Elections and Nominations19856415Exit Interviews of Graduating Seniors, Comparison with 198319856416Faculty Senate of Virginia19856417Finances19856418Interest From19856419Microcomputers at Virginia Tech: Policy, Procedures, and Practices19856420Minutes19856420aMinutes: Cabinet19856412bMiscellaneous19856421Policy on Intellectual Property19856422Proposal: Two-year Agricultural Technology Associate Degree Program1985-086423Report: Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Minimize Undergraduate Attrition1985English.6424Report: College and University Associate Category19856425Report: Commission on Undergraduate Studies: Foreign Language Requirement and Related19856426Report: A Comparison of the Policies of Selected Peer Institutions...19856427Report: Fan Behavior Committee: Tech Pride through Sportsmanship19856428Report: Management: Peter Rony19856429Report: University Benefits Committee19856430Resolutions19856431Review Committee19856432Rosters19856433Faculty Salary Study19856434SGA Goals and Objectives19856435Traffic Committee19856436Academy of Faculty Service19866437Accuracy in Media Report19866438Announcements/Memoranda19866439Athletic Admissions19866440Athletic Director Hiring19866441Blueprint Committee on Athletics19866442Board of Visitors Meeting: Academic Affairs Committee19866443College Self-Study Committee19866444Committee on Reconciliation19866445Conference on the Academic Profession19866446Conference on Nuclear Winter19866447Constitution and Bylaws19866448Constitution of the Virginia Tech Honor System19866449Correspondence19866450-451CUS Resolution 85-86B: Entrance Requirements19866452Early Retirement1986-19886453Elections/Nominations19866454-455Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action19866456Faculty Review Committee19866457Faculty Senate of Virginia: Minutes19866458Faculty Senate of Virginia: Questionnaire19866459Financial19866460Freshman Rule19866461Honorifics Committee19866462Library Organization Changes19866463Minutes19867464Miscellaneous19867465Past President Address: Paul Smeal19867466Past Presidents Meeting19867467Presentation by David Roselle: Computing Issues and Strategies at Virginia Tech19867468Procedures for Visitors at Meetings19867469Report to Board of Visitors19867470Report: Committee on Identity and Image19867471Report: The Search for More Effective State Policy Leadership in Higher Education19867472Rosters and Organizational Charts198674731986-1987 Self Study: Major Issues and Recommendations19867474SGA Minutes19867475Sporn Award19867476Traffic Committee19867477Annual Report of the President of the Faculty Senate19877478Commissions, Committees, and Council Representatives19877479Committee on Intellectual Property: Nominations19877480Correspondence19877481Elections and Nomination19877482Faculty Retreat19877483Faculty Senate of Virginia19877484Interest From19877485Meetings of College Faculty Associations19877486Minutes19877487Miscellaneous19877488Miscellaneous Agendas and Minutes19877489Name of the University19877490Policy on Sexual Harassment19877491Recommendations of Senate Presidents' Roundtablem19877492Report: CFA Retirement Questionnaire Results1987-19887493Report: Commission on Research: Goals and Objectives for Research19877494Report: Outcome Assessment Task Force19877495Resolutions19874796Roster19877497Scheduling and Registration Committee19877498Sporn Award19877499Staff Questionnaire19877500Statement on Intercollegiate Athletics19877501Student Assessment Guidelines19877502Virginia Tech Honor System19877503Bylaws and Constitutions19887504Elections19887505Minutes19887506Procedures of the Faculty Review Committee19887507Representatives on University Council, Commissions, Committees19887508Articles of Incorporation: Waste Policy Institute19897509Constitution: Vote on Changes19897510Forum: The University of the 21st Century19897511Minutes19897512Minutes19907513Faculty Senate Survey On Faculty Support1990-1992834-36Minutes, January 14199281Minutes, February 11199282Minutes, February 25 (Forum)199283Minutes, March 17199284Minutes, April 4199285Minutes, April 28199286Minutes, Faculty Senate Cabinet199387Reports and Committee Notes1993-199488Faculty Review Committee1993-199489Minutes, January 191993810Minutes, February 91993811Forum with the President Minutes, February 231993812Minutes, March 181993813Minutes, April 71993814Minutes, October 191993815Minutes, November 161993816Minutes, December 71993817Committees and Commissions Reports and Minutes1994-1995818Faculty Senate Cabinet Minutes1994-1995819Minutes, January 251994820Minutes, February 151994821Minutes, March 151994822Minutes, April 51994823Minutes, April 191994824Minutes, September 201994825Minutes, October 181994826Minutes, November 151994827Minutes, December 131994828Minutes, January 171995829Minutes, February 211995830Minutes, March 211995831Minutes, April 41995832Faculty Senate Elections1995833