College of Arts and Letters

CAL Faculty Council

Welcome to the College of Arts and Letters Faculty Council page!

CAL Council is the faculty governance body for the college. This body is charged with overseeing the College Curriculum, policies, and general governance of the college from the faculty perspective.'

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Current Standing Committees

Curriculum Committee 

• Arts Rep: Holly Hey

• Arts Rep: Kelly McBane

• Humanities Rep: Rachel Dudley

• Humanities Rep: Ben Grazzini

• Social Sciences Rep: David Black

• Social Sciences Rep: Aliaksandr Amialchuk

  Elections Committee 

• Arts Rep: Thor Mednik

• Humanities Rep: Joey Gamble

• Social Sciences Rep: Beth Schlemper

Bylaws/Constitution Committee

• Arts Rep: Brian Carpenter

• Humanities Rep: Michael Stauch

• Social Sciences Rep: Jami Taylor

Faculty Council Documents

CAL Constitution

Bylaws (Approved Nov. 8, 2022)

Bylaws - PDF

Arts and Letters Tenure Elaborations 2023

Handbook for College Elections Committee (Revised 9/4/23)

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Minutes from 2023-2024

• Meeting Minutes, Feb. 6, 2024
• Meeting Minutes, Jan. 23, 2024
• Meeting Minutes, Dec. 12. 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 28, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 14, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Oct. 31, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Oct. 3, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Sept. 19, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Sept. 5, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, May 2, 2023 (first meeting of the year)

Minutes from 2022-2023

(Most current at top)

• Meeting Minutes, May 2, 2023 (last meeting of the year)
• Meeting Minutes, April 18, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, April 4, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Mar. 21, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Feb. 21, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Feb. 7, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Jan. 24, 2023
• Meeting Minutes, Dec. 6, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 22, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 8, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Oct. 25, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Sep. 27, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Sep. 13, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, May 3, 2022 (first meeting of year)

Minutes from 2021-2022

(Most current at top)

• Meeting Minutes, May 3, 2022 (last meeting of year)
• Meeting Minutes, Apr. 5, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Mar. 22, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Feb. 22, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Feb. 8, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Jan. 25, 2022
• Meeting Minutes, Dec. 14, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 30, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 16, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Nov. 2, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Oct. 19, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Oct. 5, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Sept. 21, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, Sept. 7, 2021 (PDF)
• Meeting Minutes, May 4, 2021 (first meeting of year)

Minutes from 2020-2021

(Most current at top)

• Meeting Minutes, May 4, 2021 (last meeting of year)
• Meeting Minutes, April 20, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, April 6, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, March 23, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, March 9, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, February 23, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, February 9, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, January 26, 2021
• Meeting Minutes, December 1, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, November 3, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, October 6, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, September 22, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, September 8, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, August 25, 2020

Minutes from 2019-2020

• Meeting Minutes, May 5, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, March 24, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, February 25, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, February 11, 2020
• Meeting Minutes, December 10, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, November 26, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, November 12, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, October 29, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, October 15, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, October 1, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, September 17, 2019
• Meeting Minutes, September 3, 2019

Minutes From 2018-2019

• Meeting Minutes, April 30, 2019 [1st meeting of the 2019-2020 year]
• Meeting Minutes Apr. 30, 2019 [Includes Recommendations from the Special Committee on Culture Courses, last meeting of the 2018-2019 year]
• Meeting Minutes Apr. 16, 2019  [Current version of an Election Process Handbook included in the Appendix]
• Meeting Minutes Mar. 19, 2019
• Meeting Minutes Mar. 11, 2019 Special Session
• Meeting Minutes Feb. 19, 2019
• Meeting Minutes Feb. 5, 2019
• Meeting Minutes Jan 22, 2019
• Meeting Minutes Dec 11, 2018
• Meeting Minutes Nov 27, 2018
• Meeting Minutes Nov 13, 2018
• Meeting Minutes Oct 30, 2018
• Meeting Minutes Oct 16 , 2018
• Meeting Minutes Oct 2 , 2018
• Meeting Minutes Sept 18, 2018
• Meeting Minutes Sept 4, 2018
• Meeting Minutes May 1, 2018

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