Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)

Membership:  Four members. one from each College, elected for three-year overlapping terms.

Advisory Members: Provost, Vice President for Finance and Operations, Director of Human Resources, and the faculty representatives to the Board of Regents.  Consistent with Article IV, Section 4, Subsection 4b, g and h of the Faculty Bylaws, advisory members shall have the same rights and privileges as any other member of the committee except the right to make motions and to vote.

General Purpose:  To study problems, recommend policy, and facilitate appropriate action in matters dealing with faculty welfare, and to plan and convene the faculty fall conference. To act in an intermediary capacity in matters concerning the welfare of the faculty as a whole.

Specific Duties:

  1. To recommend policy for the utilization of resources available to the faculty.
  2. To recommend policy concerning faculty scholarships and grants.
  3. To recommend policy concerning faculty leaves.
  4. To recommend policy concerning fringe benefits, retirements, and salaries.
  5. To seek to stimulate creative faculty activities.
  6. To express faculty sentiment on appropriate occasions.
  7. To collaborate with the Office of the Provost in the planning and organization of the faculty fall conference.
  8. To designate one member of this committee to serve on the University Budget Advisory Committee.
  9. To advise the administration of the university in order to express faculty concerns and interests regarding the allocation of funds in the budget.
  10. To report to the faculty as necessary concerning matters of faculty interest, including the activities of those designated organizations on which faculty representatives have been appointed by the Faculty Executive Committee.
  11. To make a written report to the faculty at least once a year. The chair of the committee shall file a record of the committee’s activities in duplicate reports–one with the faculty secretary and one with the president of the university at the close of the school year.

Membership for 2024-25:

Name: Beth Griech-Polelle (griechba@plu.edu) – Co-Chair
Department: Interdisciplinary
Committee Seat: Expires 2025
Contact: 253-535-7642

Name: Michelle Ceynar (ceynarml@plu.edu)
Department: Psychology
Committee Seat: Expires 2025
Contact: 253-535-7297

Name: Kayla Harvey (kayla.harvey@plu.edu) – Secretary
Department: Nursing
Committee Seat: Expires 2027
Contact: 253-535-7672

Name: Justin Eckstein (justin.eckstein@plu.edu) – Co-Chair
Department: Communication, Media & Design Arts
Committee Seat: Expires 2027
Contact: 253-535-8175