Faculty Meetings

Faculty meetings are held on a monthly basis for each month in which the College is in session. All full-time faculty members are expected to attend faculty meetings. Neither classes nor office hours should be scheduled to conflict with the time of the faculty meeting.

Meetings are usually held in the Lynn Chu classroom, on the lower level of the Milstein Center; faculty can also attend via Zoom. The official meeting begins at 4:10 p.m. and concludes at 6:00 p.m., unless business is concluded earlier or a decision is made by the Chair on a motion from the floor to extend the meeting. Special meetings may be held at the call of the President or upon a formal request of five members of the Faculty.

The first meeting, on September 11, is a special meeting for introductions of new faculty.

Meetings are chaired by the Provost & Dean of the Faculty.

• Voting. Only members of the Faculty have the right to vote. Unless otherwise decided by the Faculty, votes are by a simple majority. Faculty tellers are responsible for counting and reporting votes. A quorum consists of 50 faculty members present.
• Agenda. Agendas for Faculty Meetings are set by the Faculty Governance and Procedures Committee and available on portal.barnard.edu for the Faculty prior to the meeting. Items for the agenda can be submitted to the Provost/Dean of the Faculty or the members of the Faculty Governance and Procedures Committee.
• Minutes. Minutes of Faculty meetings are taken by a staff member in the Provost's Office and are appended to the agenda of the succeeding Faculty meeting for the Faculty's approval.