BFA News

The Boulder Faculty Assembly held a regular zoom meeting on Thursday, November 3, 2022. There were presentations by two campus groups: 1. The CU Honor Code office and faculty members of the Honor Code Advisory Board (HCAB) - data from the past four years was reviewed along with updates on...

Excellence Awardees from 2020-2022 with Provost Moore and BFA Chair Beechy The BFA is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Excellence Awards. The awards specifically recognize outstanding work and a concerted effort to make advances in the academy. The Chancellor provides financial support for these...

At the October 6, 2022 BFA General Assembly meeting , members voted to support the CUSG resolution 97 LCR 08 asking the Board of Regents to ban "concealed carry" rights on CU campuses . The measure was introduced at the September meeting for review and at last night's meeting members...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly is pleased to announce the external elections for fall 2022. External elections are open to all CU Boulder eligible faculty for seat vacancies on BFA standing committees. For more information on specific committees, you can find details on the committee charge, annual reports, and more on...

2022-2023 Honor Code Advisory Board Call for Faculty Nominations and Statements of Interest The BFA Executive Committee is seeking faculty to serve on the 2022-2023 Honor Code Advisory Board (HCAB). The HCAB is comprised of five faculty members and a pool of students who advise on decisions regarding alleged violations...

On February 22, 2022, Ravinder Singh, chair of the CU System Faculty Council Educational Policy and University Standards Committee (EPUS) , sent a memo to the deans of schools/colleges on all four CU campuses . The memo asked the deans to conduct a vote of the faculty members of their...

On March 28, 2022 the BFA Executive Committee endorsed the below statement by the CU Faculty Council regarding the recent invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation: Dear Colleagues, The University of Colorado Faculty Council condemns the Russian Federation’s unprovoked and inhumane invasion of Ukraine, a sovereign nation. At the...

Members of the BFA Climate, Science, and Education Committee (CSEC) have arranged a panel discussion at the 2022 Conference on World Affairs. The panel titled: Climate Change: A Global Challenge with Local Opportunities will take place on Friday, April 8 from 10:30 to 11:40 a.m. in UMC 235. The panel...

Spring 2022 BFA Officer Elections The following seats will be up for election in April, and will be voted on at the April 28 Assembly meeting via Qualtrics. These seats are open to any BFA Assembly representatives. Nominations will run from March 28 through April 13. Please see the call...

In February, members of the BFA Budget & Planning Committee (BPC) along with members from the BFA Climate, Science, and Education Committee (CSEC) agreed to create a joint subcommittee to create a resolution calling on CU's retirement fund company TIAA to divest from it's holdings in oil and gas. The...