Stanford
Faculty Senate

37th Faculty Senate

Welcome to the 37th Senate of the Academic Council 

Here you can review all the agendas, minutes, reports, and memorial resolutions for the 2004-05 year. 

Rob Polhemus, Senate Chair

Professor Rob Polhemus

Now the Joseph S. Atha Professor in Humanities, Emeritus, Rob Polhemus served in the Senate for 17 years, including 3 years on the Steering Committee, 1 year on the Committee on Committees and 3 years on the Comitttee on Libraries. He received his PhD from U.C. Berkeley and started his Stanford career in 1963. His research focuses on fiction as way to explore secular faith in the last two centuries as well as 19th and 20th century British fiction. 

 

37th Steering Committee of the Senate 

The Steering Committee (StC) of the Senate sets the Senate agenda, confers degrees for the Summer, Autumn and Winter quarters, and serves at Administrative Sessions of the StC to review undergraduate and graduate programs on behalf of the Senate. StC members are elected each year by the Senate. Joining Chair Polhemus are 

  • Professor Phyllis Gardner, Medicine, vice chair
  • Professor Albert Camarillo, History
  • Professor Harry Elam, Drama
  • Professor Andrea Goldsmith, Electrical Engineering
  • Professor Roger Noll, Economics
  • Professor Doug Osheroff, Physics  
  • Provost John Etchemendy, ex officio
  • Academic Secretary Edward Harris, ex officio

Senate Membership

Man with microphone

SENATE 37 ROSTER BY NAME
SENATE 37 ROSTER BY ELECTORIAL UNIT 
SENATE 37 SEATING CHART

 

Annual Academic Council Meeting

White Fountain

President Hennessy convenes the Academic Council faculty annually to deliver a state of the university address.  The Senate Chair reports on the highlights of the Senate.
Annual Academic Council Minutes of March 31, 2005
2004-2005 Agenda

Schedule of Meetings of Senate XLII
School of Law, Room 180, Thursday, 3:15pm 

The Senate meets biweekly during the academic year. Senators should be aware that if special meetings of the Senate need to be scheduled, which occurs infrequently, they will be scheduled on the intervening Thursdays. 

 

Autumn Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter
10/14/04 1/20/05 3/31/05
10/28/04 2/03/05 4/14/05
11/11/04 2/17/05 4/28/05
12/02/04 3/03/05 5/12/05
    5/26/05
    6/09/05

Administrative Sessions of the StC on Behalf of the Senate 

The StC holds administrative sessions on an as needed basis to hear routine or administrative matters that would otherwise come before the full Senate.  This allows the Senate to spend more time on issues that need broader discussion and debate prior to action. All Senators are welcome to attend administrative sessions. 

Winter Quarter 
2/03/05   

Highlights of the 37th Senate include

  • Parking and Transportation Systems report
    11/11/04
  • Report on Stanford University Press
    11/11/04
  • Revisions to the Policy on Conflict of Interest and Commitment from the Committee on Research
    12/2/04
  • Faculty Recruitment and Faculty Diversity
    1/20/05
  • Revision of the General Education Requirements from the Committee on Undergraduate Standards and Policies
    2/3/05
  • HighWire Press and Digitization Project
    2/3/05
  • Final Report on Graduate Student Survey from the Committee on Graduate Studies
    2/17/05
  • Stem Cell Research Policy from the Committee on Research
    4/14/05

 Senate Minutes 

Autumn Quarter 

Winter Quarter

Spring Quarter