Welcome

Summer Meetings, 2013

The BFA met Thursday May 16th, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the University Club Lounge. The focus of the meeting was the BFA's 2013-2014 initiatives and agenda. Click here for the Approved Minutes.

The Executive Committee will meet monthly:
June 10th (minutes),
July (date TBD), and
August (date TBD).

BFA Administrator Appraisal Program Reports are Available Now.

The Spring 2013 BFA Administrator Appraisal Report is available on the BFA Administrator Appraisal Committee website.

BFA Excellence Awards

The BFA is pleased to announce that it has granted 12 awards for faculty excellence this year. Each award is accompanied by a $3,000 prize. Click here for more information and a list of this year's recipients.

BFA Election

Newly elected BFA Officers and at-large Executive Committee members:

• BFA Chair:
  Paul Chinowsky, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
• BFA Vice Chair:
  Mike Klymkowsky, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
• BFA Secretary:
  Carmen Grace, French and Italian
• At-Large Executive Committee members:
  Peggy Jobe, Libraries
  Bob Ferry, History

The BFA's annual spring election has been completed. The faculty have elected several of their colleagues to positions on the BFA and on the BFA's committees. The BFA has also elected several BFA members to the BFA'a committees. Click here for more information and a list of elected faculty.

Current Items of Business

BFA Budget and Planning Committee Annual Tuition Revenue Report - Click here (pdf).

Faculty Council's 2008 Faculty Service Survey results.

UCB has held three public fora with candidates for its Visiting Scholar of Conservative Thought and Policy. The Chair of the search committee, Keith Maskus, has provided videos of the three events and has requested feedback from the faculty on the candidates. Click here for access the videos.

Review of APS1009: Multiple Modes of Teaching Evaluation

BFA Faculty Compensation and Benefits Committee Resolution BFA-R-120612 Regarding the Faculty/Staff Tuition Benefit (Supporting slides) - final approval 12/6/12.

2012-2013 Calendar and Meeting Schedule

• All meetings are 4 - 5:30 pm.
• Special Events Calendar
  
  • Deadline for EXCELLENCE AWARDS nominations: February 11th.
  • Deadline for BFA election nominations: February 14.
  • Spring break: week of March 25th.
    
• Full BFA Assembly meetings (School of Law, second floor):
  September 6 (minutes)
  October 4 (minutes) (SitterCity)
  November 1 (minutes)
  December 6 (minutes)
  February 7 (minutes)
  March 7 (minutes)
  (Collaboration with Industry pdf)
  (MOOC pdf)
  April 4 (minutes)
  May 2 (minutes)
  May 16 Special Meeting (minutes)
• BFA Executive Committee meetings:
  (Norlin Library Room N410)
  August 6 (minutes and slides)
  August 27 (minutes)
  September 10 (minutes)
  September 17 - CANCELED
  September 24 (minutes)
  October 1 (minutes)
  October 15 (minutes)
  October 22 - CANCELED
  October 29 (minutes)
  November 12 (minutes)
  November 26 (minutes)
  December 3 (minutes)
  December 17 - CANCELED
  January 14 (minutes)
  January 28 (minutes)
  February 4 (minutes)
  February 18 - CANCELED
  February 25 (minutes)
  March 4 (minutes)
  March 18 (minutes)
  April 1 (minutes)
  April 15 - CANCELED
  April 22 (minutes)
  April 29 (minutes)
  May 6 - CANCELED
  May 13 - CANCELED

Ongoing Topics and Items of Interest

• Flagship 2030 Strategic Plan
• Faculty Council's 2008 survey on Faculty Service.
• Coalition of PAC-12 Faculties - Next meeting is in Arizona, April 13-14, 2013. Inaugural meeting in Boulder, October 15-16, 2011.
• Academic Affairs' website on the Discontinuance Plan for the School of Journalism. ICJMT Discussion Groups.
• The Spring 2012 BFA Administrator Appraisal Report is available on the BFA Administrator Appraisal Committee website.
• Collected BFA Task Force and Ad-Hoc Committee Reports:
  • University Outreach
  • Instructor Status

Minutes Archive

• General BFA Assembly Meetings
• BFA Executive Committee meetings
• Previous years' minutes