The Faculty Senate is a governing body established by the Board of Trustees. Faculty
members are selected by each college or school.
Faculty Senate Meeting on December 6, 2023 at 3pm
Lumpkin Auditorium
Livestream Link
Please remember that while anyone may use this link to watch the meeting, only Palmetto
senators are able to participate using it
Purpose and Powers of the Faculty Senate
The university faculty has legislative powers in all matters pertaining to standards
of admission, registration, requirements for and the granting of earned degrees, curriculum,
instruction, research, extracurricular activities, discipline of students, educational
policies and standards of the university, and all other matters pertaining to the
conduct of faculty affairs, including the discipline of their own members.
The Faculty Senate of the University of South Carolina, having been created by direction
of the university faculty to act by and for that body, is endowed with all the powers
and authority of the university faculty except for those powers specifically reserved
by that body to itself, provided that the university faculty may amend or repeal any
general policy decisions adopted by the Faculty Senate. — From the Faculty Manual
Faculty Senate Meeting
December 6, 2023 at 3pm
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