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Membership:
The membership of the Faculty Senate is established according to Article II, Section I of the Constitution of the Faculty Senate of Arkansas Tech University. For elected members, a term equals three years, and no senator may serve more than two consecutive terms.

Function: 
The Faculty Senate serves as a committee on committees that includes elected faculty members and shall act for the faculty in all curricular matters other than those involving changes in general academic policies, and for the faculty or the administration on matters referred to it for action; the Faculty Senate serves as an advisory body to the faculty on matters involving aca­demic policies and to the administration or the faculty, as appropriate, on any other matters of general concern to the University.

Faculty Member of the Month

 

 

Previous Winners

2025-2026

Summer:       Dr. Jason Grosskopf
September:  Dr. Julie Mikles-Schluterman
October:        Professor Neal Harrington
November:  Dr. Cheryl Monfee
Winter:          Dr. Bindu Subhadra
February:     Dr. Jason Ulsperger
March:           Dr. Dana Tribble
April:              Dr. Robin Ghosh

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The Award’s Purpose:

Once a month, the Faculty Senate will recognize ATU faculty members who are doing amazing things – undertaking activities that have a positive impact on ATU, its students, and its communities. The award is open to all faculty at ATU. (Please see the eligibility section below).

Award-worthy activities can involve service, scholarship & creative endeavors, or teaching, but this monthly award is not the Faculty Excellence Awards. The Faculty of the Month Awards are not given for each category, but for activities that can span multiple categories or only represent one category.

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Activity Period and Nominations Due Dates:

Faculty Activity Period	Nomination Due Dates
May, June, July, and August	August 28 for Summer Award
September	September 30, for September Award
October	October 30, for October Award
November	November 30, for the November Award
December and January	January 30 for Winter Award
February	February 27 for February Award
March	March 30 for March Award
April	April 20 for final April Award

Eligibility:

The faculty of the month award is open to any member of the ATU faculty including tenured, tenure track, instructor, legacy, and/or adjunct faculty.

Nomination Process:

• Deans, department chairs or faculty members can make nominations., Self-nominations are encouraged.
• A letter or recommendation must be submitted for the nomination.
  • The nomination must document (newspaper or story links, letter for the award bestowed, nominee CV, and other applicable materials) the activity in the given time period for which the nomination is submitted.
  • Nomination letters are to be more than a short paragraph but no more than one page

Process:

The Senate president will solicit nominations from faculty, chairs, and deans on a monthly basis. The nominees’ names and accomplishments will be e-mailed to the Senate e-mail (facultysenate@atu.edu) and the chair or secretary will forward nomination letters to the Faculty- Member – of -the Month- Committee. The committee will meet, make their choice, and then forward that choice to the Faculty Senate Chair. The committee is to choose one faculty member for each month.

AWARD:

Award recipients will be invited to the senate meeting, where they will receive a certificate of recognition and a personalized engraved acrylic star desk topper, as well as have their nomination letter read into the minutes to highlight their exceptional work.

 

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FACULTY SENATE CHOICE AWARD FOR SUPPORT BY AN ADMINISTRATOR OF ATU’S ACADEMIC MISSION

Passed September 2020

Updated: September 2025

1.   The Faculty Senate presents an annual award to honor an administration member, who, in the opinion of the Senate, has exhibited exemplary support of the academic mission at the University’s core.
2. Eligible candidates include but are not limited to the president, vice presidents, deans, and heads of key offices such as the Office of the Registrar, the Library, or the Office of Campus Support.
3. Nominations will be made during the fall semester. Submit nominations through the Faculty Senate email link by October 30th.
4. The recipient of the award will be determined by a majority of the senators. If no nominee receives a majority vote, then there will be a run-off election among the senators. Voting will take place during the February Faculty Senate Meeting.
5.  Only one award will be given per year.
6. Although there is no limit to the number of times that an administrator may receive the award, the same individual cannot be the recipient two years in a row.

Previous Winners

2021:  Dr. Barbara Johnson, VPAA

2022:  Ms. Angela Black, Interim Head Librarian

2023:  Ms. Tammy Weaver, Registrar

2024:  Ms. Andrea Eubanks, Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

2025:  Not awarded

2026:  Mr. Sam Strasner. Director of University Relations