Faculty Senate Records
Scope and Contents
The Faculty Senate Records consist of minutes, handbooks, manuals, reports, and records from subcommittees and taskforces. Among the reports are the 1999 Core Curriculum Program Review and the University of Nevada Health Sciences Center Strategic Vision and Plan of 2006. Manuals include the Administration and Finance "How To" Book.
Dates
- 1967-2008
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno. Faculty Senate (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Biographical / Historical
The University Council was established in 1959 to formulate and recommend to the university president legislation relative to university educational policy and faculty welfare. The Council was succeeded by the University Senate (Faculty Senate) in 1967. The Faculty Senate appoints its own committees, including the Professional Training and Development Taskforce, which was established in 2005 to support a campus climate that encourages faculty and staff to keep current with research, teaching, technology, institutional changes and new ideas.
Extent
3.92 Linear Feet (8 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The University Council was established in 1959 to formulate and recommend to the university president legislation relative to university educational policy and faculty welfare. The Council was succeeded by the University Senate (Faculty Senate) in 1967. The Faculty Senate Records consist of minutes, handbooks, manuals, reports, and records from subcommittees and taskforces. Among the reports are the 1999 Core Curriculum Program Review and the University of Nevada Health Sciences Center Strategic Vision and Plan of 2006. Manuals include the Administration and Finance "How To" Book.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1) Administrative and Minutes; 2) Handbooks and Manuals; 3) Reports; 4) Subcommittees and Task Forces
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Periodic transfers from the Faculty Senate.
Source
- University of Nevada, Reno. Faculty Senate (Organization)
Creator
- University of Nevada, Reno. Faculty Senate (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Faculty Senate Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betty Glass
- Date
- November 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. University Archives Repository
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
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University of Nevada, Reno
Reno NV 89557-0322 USA
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