Mission of the Faculty Senate
Faculty Senate consists of twelve full time faculty members who have been elected by the Faculty of Trocaire College. Our mission is to promote the general welfare of the faculty. We work with administration to resolve faculty concerns related to academic issues. For more information on the role of Faculty Senate click on Faculty Senate Administrative Policy#142
The Senate:
- Participates in the decision-making process with regard to academic policies and procedures
- Represents faculty interests and viewpoints at College meetings
- Identifies and responds to faculty/academic concerns
- Promotes communication among faculty, administration, and staff
Spring 2024 Meeting Schedule
Please join us, meetings are open to Trocaire College Faculty and Staff. Email [email protected] if you’d like a Teams invitation to participate from off campus.
Faculty Senators for the 2023-2024 academic year:
Daniel Nickolai, President
Amy Griffith, 1st Vice President
Joanna Hillman, 2nd Vice President
Andrea Vasile, Communications Secretary
Susan Horrocks, Treasurer
Amy Breski
Solomon Nelson
Rachel McCormick
Mitch Tucker
Kelly Wallace
Rob Restaino
Cindy Leffel
Contact us with any concerns or to get involved!
To email all 12 Senators directly use [email protected]
To email Senate leadership use [email protected]
The Faculty Senate Constitution
The Faculty Senate Constitution was voted on and approved by its members at the May 2019 Senate meeting. Please click on Constitution Spring2019__Final for full information on the operating policies and procedures of the Senate. The Faculty Senate Constitution is currently being revised.
Fall 2023 Faculty Initiative Grant Recipients
The Faculty Senate would like to congratulate the following faculty members on submitting and receiving grant awards for the Fall 2023 semester. Each application was blinded and reviewed by the Faculty Senate Innovative grant committee; awards were granted based on the achievable goals of each project.
The Faculty Handbook
The Faculty Handbook is intended to help full-time and part-time faculty as educators at Trocaire College, including all the policies and procedures, and access to forms and other pertinent information. The Faculty Handbook is intended to help full-time and part-time faculty as educators at Trocaire College, including all the policies and procedures, and access to forms and other pertinent information. Faculty Handbook SPRING 2021 The faculty handbook is currently being revised and moving to a webpage-based format.
Any Faculty/Department/Office wishing to submit an update to the Faculty Handbook may do so by completing the following form:
Faculty handbook is currently being transformed into a SharePoint web-based format (Spring 2022).