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About the Faculty Senate
Here at Eastern New Mexico University–Roswell, the Faculty Senate serves as a foundational pillar of shared governance, representing the collective voice of the faculty and bridging communication between faculty and administration. This elected body plays an essential role in shared governance by helping shape the academic and institutional direction of the University.
ENMU-Roswell’s Faculty Senate exemplifies a collaborative and inclusive governance model—one that supports innovation, shared responsibility, and alignment with ENMU–Roswell’s mission and strategic goals.
Faculty Senate President
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Advisory Role: The Senate advises the university president on matters that impact the academic mission, offering informed recommendations to guide decision-making.
- Representation of Faculty Interests: Senators serve as liaisons between faculty and the Senate, gathering input from their colleagues and sharing relevant updates. This ensures faculty perspectives are reflected in university policies and practices.
- Safeguarding Academic Standards and Freedom: Through peer review processes for hiring and promotion, the Senate upholds academic quality. It also advocates for academic freedom, a cornerstone of effective teaching.
- Promoting Academic Excellence: By contributing to the development of curriculum and academic policies, the Senate supports a rigorous and enriching academic environment that promotes student achievement.
- Encouraging Collaboration and Dialogue: The Senate fosters communication and cooperation among faculty, administration, students, and staff, strengthening the university’s shared governance framework.
- Ensuring Transparency and Accountability: As a key participant in institutional decision-making, the Senate promotes openness and accountability, reinforcing the faculty’s role in shaping the university’s future.
Faculty Senate Officers
Vice President
Secretary
Katherine McClelland
Assistant Professor of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences/Chair of Social Sciences
Parliamentarian
Andrea Stapp
Assistant Professor of Agriculture & Program Coordinator
Faculty Senate Senators
Additionally, the following Faculty Senate Officers also serve as Faculty Senate Senators
- Jennifer Cain
- Joey Coburn
- Kate McClelland
- Andrea Stapp
Constitution / Charter and By-Laws
The ENMU-Roswell Faculty Senate Constitution (revised June 2001), which establishes the governance framework for the campus’s Regular Faculty, including their guaranteed representation in the ENMU-Portales Faculty Senate on University-wide matters.
The ENMU-Roswell Faculty Senate By-Laws (revised November 2023, approved January 2024), which set out the ways and means of implementing the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of the Faculty Senate as defined in its Constitution, covering the Senate’s composition, officers, and committees.
Committees & Assignments
Administrative Evaluation Committee
Mission: to develop and deliver an administrative/directors/supervisors survey and work with directors/supervisors/administrators and to improve overall performance to benefit the institution.
Vision: administrators will act upon the results of the survey to improve their performance thereby improving their campus’ overall operations.
Curriculum Committee
Eastern New Mexico University Curriculum Committee has the responsibility for overseeing the institution’s curriculum. The committee is charged with reviewing, evaluating, and, potentially, recommending any changes to courses. The Committee also evaluates potential new courses before they are offered.
Professional Development Committee
Mission: the mission of the Professional Development Committee (PDC) includes discussing, planning, and implementing a framework to support the professional development of ENMU-Roswell faculty; soliciting input from faculty and providing guidance around best practices, strategies, and avenues for professional development; and contributing to a culture where professional development is discussed, pursued, and rewarded.
Vision: the PDC rallies both faculty and administration to promote, support, and contribute to a climate on campus where teaching, participation in professional societies, conference attendance and presentation, external acknowledgment, publication, creative production or participation, and other activities that enrich faculty (excellence) are regarded as important, acknowledged as valuable, and supported through multiple means.
Dispute Resolution Committee
The Faculty Dispute Resolution (Grievance) Committee supports a clear, fair, faculty-centered, and confidentiality-conscious process for reviewing faculty disputes or grievance-related concerns that fall within the scope of faculty shared governance. The committee helps ensure faculty concerns are acknowledged, screened for appropriate scope, routed to the correct institutional process when needed, and documented in a way that supports transparency, shared governance, and continuous improvement. The committee does not replace Human Resources, Title IX, legal counsel, supervisory authority, or formal institutional grievance procedures, but it does support faculty voice and helps identify process or policy gaps that may need Faculty Senate attention.
Faculty Evaluation Committee
Mission: to create the standards and procedures for the evaluation of faculty, tenure recommendation, and NISOD award nominations.
Vision: to create and sustain a process by which faculty evaluations and tenure are transparent and clearly defined. Additionally, NISOD achievement awards are used to recognize faculty teaching excellence.
Faculty Handbook Committee
The Faculty Handbook Committee is responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and refining proposed changes to the ENMU-Roswell Faculty Handbook. The committee solicits faculty input by presenting proposed revisions in an open forum, considers feedback received, and forwards its recommendations to the Faculty Senate for further action. The committee serves as the primary body for maintaining and improving the Faculty Handbook through a collaborative and representative review process.
Academic Standards
- Dianne Klassen
- Dr. Karki
- Sarah Treschl
Administrative Evaluation
- Robert Moore
- Julia Chavez
- VACANT
Curriculum Committee
- Dr. Karki
- Tory Norris
- Mary Smith
- Dusty Baker
- Missael Barrientos
- Vanessa Stroman
- Jeniffer Cain
- VACANT
Distance Learning
- Shawn Hughes
- Dara Sanderson-Aceves
- VACANT
Faculty Development
- Erubiel Barriantos
- Sam Chaves
- Shandie Aldaco
- VACANT (Health)
- VACANT (Arts / Science)
Faculty Dispute Resolution & Grievance
- Robert Moore
- Jennifer Cain
- Sam Chaves
- Vanessa Stroman
- Lafonda Humpherys
- Caleb Cain
- Justin Powell
Faculty Evaluation (FEC)
- Candi Miller-Morris
- Caleb Cain
- Kyle Torke
Faculty Handbook
- Stephen Muir
- Lafonda Humpherys
- Jonathon Marick
- Kyle Torke
- Candice Cantu
