Faculty Senate Records
Collection
Identifier: Series-0046
This is the second series of records documenting the activities of the faculty of Clemson University. The records span the period 1976-2002 and include correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, committee files, reports, rosters, survey results and printed material such as handbooks, manuals, and newsletters.
There is one box of files concerning personnel matters that is restricted.
Clemson's Faculty Senate came into existence in September 1955 when F.M. Kinard, Dean of the Clemson College, formed a Special Committee on Faculty Organization. That Committee's proposal of a "Constitution and By-Laws" of the Academic Faculty and the Faculty Senate of Clemson College was approved at a general meeting of the faculty on January 27, 1956 and ratified by the Board of Trustees on April 9 of the same year. Originally a 24-member body (now 35 full members and 11 alternates), the Senate has become increasingly active in the governance of the University and serves as the official representative body of the faculty and link between the faculty and the administration on matters of general and specific concern.
The Senate reviews and recommends academic policies and procedures, which are compiled in the Faculty Manual. It also handles grievance procedures, makes recommendations concerning the welfare of the faculty, and participates in the selection of top University administrators. In recent years the Senate has worked to establish greater rapport with the Board of Trustees. The Senate's president attends meetings of the Board's Educational Policy Committee and addresses the Board at its regular quarterly meetings. The president reports to the faculty twice a year at the general faculty meeting.
5.6 Cubic Feet (and one oversize folder)
English
This series contains the records of the Clemson University Faculty Senate.
The majority of files are arranged alphabetically by subject. Correspondence of the Faculty Senate Presidents is in chronological order.
The bulk of material originated with the President and Secretary of the Faculty Senate and its committees. Accessions: 92-60, 92-73, 93-21, 93-50, 94-67, 95-95, 95-141, 95-143, 96-136, 97-150, 98-146, 99-120, 00-67, 00-159, 01-77, 02-98, 06-37, 06-56
The processing of the Faculty Senate records including the typed inventory was completed by Student Assistant Jeannie Nguyen. The finding aid was compiled by Linda Ferry, Archivist III. Series 46 was finished in April 2007.
The conversion of this finding aid to Encoded Archival Description format was made possible with a grant from the South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board in 2009-2010. The finding aid was prepared for encoding by Kristi Roberts.
Part of the Clemson University Libraries Special Collections and Archives Repository