Bowling Green State University, Faculty Senate records

Collection

Identifier: UA-0025

Staff Only

Collection Overview

Abstract

The records of the BGSU Faculty Senate document the functions, policies, procedures, decisions, operations and other activities of that body.

Dates

Creation: 1914-2013
Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-2013

Extent

61 Cubic Feet (142 archive boxes: 109 legal size, 7 half-legal size, 25 letter size, 1 half letter size)

Creator

Bowling Green State University. Faculty Senate (Organization)

Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of official meeting minutes, agenda materials, correspondence, and reports of the Faculty Senate and its various committees. Rosters for many committees from 1969-2007 are available in the 2012 addition. There are also extensive documentation regarding the honorary degree process and the faculty charter revisions and interpretations. Also included for some years are runs of correspondence to and from the chair and the secretary of the senate. Although the Faculty Senate was not created until 1963, there are many folders that pre-date the creation. For example, the meeting minutes in box 1 from 1923 forward are for "faculty meetings" rather than the faculty senate. However, the bulk of the collection dates from the period 1963 and later.

Researchers are cautioned that some files, such as scholarship committee records, contain personal information, such as social security numbers, and are subject to the Conditions for Use for this of the collection.

Biographical / Historical

The BGSU Faculty Senate, created in 1963, is a representative body that has policy and standards framing authority in order to promote a climate of academic freedom for all faculty; to promote equity and excellence with regard to all academic policies and standards; to promote an optimal academic environment throughout the University; and, to promote standards and procedures of accountability concerning professional faculty ethics and responsibilities. More information about the Faculty Senate, including more recent meeting minutes, is available at the Faculty Senate website.

Conditions Governing Access

No known access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.

Language of Materials

Materials in English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Materials in this collection are grouped by the year they were added to the Archives. Within each group the records are in roughly alphabetical order and roughly within chronological order within the folders. There are exceptions, however, and at times there is no discernable order within a folder, or as in the 2014 addition no obvious order to the folders. Also, at times there are records dating from later than when the materials were purported to have been sent to the Archives and it can only be assumed that they were added to that grouping after the initial transfer (for example, the 1988 addition includes minutes, agendas and caledars up through 2007). Due to consolidation of materials during the April 2019 reprocessing effort, some box numbers are skipped. There are no boxes 1988-12, 1988-17, 1988-29, 1988-36. Finally, apparently during initial processing, box 2014-5 was omitted and it does not exist.