BFA News

At the April 29, 2021 BFA General Assembly meeting representatives elected a new Chair. Tiffany Beechy, who is Associate Professor in English, was elected for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2021. In spring of 2023 this seat is eligible for a second term of one additional year. Members also...

May 17, 2021 Story Update : BFA Chair Bob Ferry sent the below email to BFA Representatives regarding the final vote count of the Boulder Faculty Senate (all eligible Boulder faculty). Representatives were asked to share with their constituents. Dear Colleagues, As you will recall, at the meeting on April...

May 10, 2021 To Whom It May Concern: The Boulder Faculty Assembly welcomes the news that President Mark Kennedy will work with the University of Colorado Board of Regents to bring about an orderly transition of the University’s presidency in the near future. In October 2018, in response to a...

At the BFA April 1, 2021 General Assembly meeting, members voted unanimously to support a resolution supporting more awareness around Anti-Asian Racism. The resolution was brought forward by the BFA Diversity Committee on March 19, 2021. At the Assembly meeting, members approved suspending the bylaws in order to vote on...

BFA Secretary Adam Norris announced election information for BFA General Assembly Officer elections. The following seats are up for election: BFA Chair 1 Executive Committee At-Large Representative Nominations are open from until Wenesday, April 14, 2021. BFA faculty may self nominate or be nominated by another BFA member. See the...

The BFA is pleased to announce the 2021 Excellence Award Winners: Excellence in Leadership and Service Holly Barnard, Geography and INSTAAR Robert Ferry, History Seth Hornstein, Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences Excellence in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work Ruth Ellen Kocher, English Jill Litt, Environmental Studies Program David Pyrooz, Sociology Excellence...

BFA Secretary Adam Norris announced election information for BFA General Assembly At-Large Representatives seats. The following seats are open to eligible campus faculty : 1 At-Large Representative Arts & Sciences 4 At-Large Representative Other Units (Non-A&S)* Nominations are open from Thursday, February 4, 2020 through Monday, February 15, 2021. Faculty...

The 2020 elections to fill vacancies on BFA Standing Committees is complete. Elections were conducted in two phases: Phase I - just for BFA representatives and Phase II - open to all eligible campus faculty. We'd like to congratulate the new committee members and thank everyone for their participation. Fall...

BFA Assembly members voted to support a statement made by faculty and staff at CU's Center for Native American & Indigenous Studies (CNAIS) related to a comment made by CU President Kennedy in a recent CU Connections story . The story covers a recent CU System Faculty Council meeting, where...

The External Phase of BFA Standing Committee elections is now open. All eligible* CU Boulder faculty are welcome to self-nominate or be nominated for seat vacancies. Please see the Call for Nominations letter by BFA Secretary Adam Norris for complete information. To learn more about BFA Standing Committees you can...