University Assembly and Faculty Senate
Welcome to the University Assembly’s web page. The University Assembly and the Faculty Senate are the primary legislative bodies for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Next Faculty Senate Meeting
The next business meeting of the Senate will be on TBD at TBD in TBD.
[MINUTES FROM 5/3/13 MEETING - DRAFT]
Next University Assembly Meeting
The next meeting of the University Assembly will be held on Thursday, August 15 at 2:00-4:00 in Dickinson Auditorium.
Draft Minutes of the 4/25/13 meeting[PDF]
The last meeting of the University Assembly was held on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 in the EIT Auditorium.
About the University Assembly
The University Assembly is the overarching governance body and is composed of key administrators, all full-time regular faculty, elected members of the Staff Senate, and student representatives selected by the Student Government Association. All legislative functions of the UALR Assembly are assigned to the UALR Faculty Senate subject only to the right of the Assembly to amend or rescind legislative actions of the Faculty Senate.
About the Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate is composed of faculty representing each college, one senator for each ten faculty; the chancellor; provost; president of the Staff Senate; and president of the Student Government Association. The areas of the Faculty Senate’s legislative authority shall include but are not limited to the following:
- Admission requirements
- Curriculum and courses
- Degrees and requirements for degrees
- Calendar and schedules
- Awards, honors and honorary degrees
- Interpretation of its own legislation
In addition to its legislative authority and all actions taken under this authority, the Faculty Senate shall make comments and recommendations on matters of UALR concern and multi-campus concern.