Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee

Faculty Senate

About the Committee

The duties of the Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee:

  1. Participate in the budget preparation process.
  2. Periodically evaluate and report to the Senate on matters relating to faculty salaries, insurance programs, retirement benefits, sabbatical leaves, consulting policies, and other faculty benefits.
  3. Review the financial and budgetary implications of proposals for changes in academic degrees and programs, and report to the Senate prior to Senate action relating to such proposals.
  4. Report to the Senate significant fiscal and budgetary trends which may affect the academic programs of the University. (Policy 402.12.4)

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2023-2024 Membership

  • Agriculture and Applied Sciences – Jessica Baxter
  • Arts – Max Matzen
  • Business – Todd Griffith
  • Education and Human Services – Lisa Milman
  • Engineering – Andrew Sorenson
  • Humanities and Social Sciences – Kim Andrus
  • Natural Resources – Sunshine Brosi
  • Science – Boyd Edwards
  • Libraries – Sandra Weingart 
  • Extension – Shannon Cromwell
  • Statewide Campuses – Don Busenbark (Chair)
  • USU Eastern – Scott Jordan 
  • Senate – Corey Christiansen
  • Senate – Don Busenbark
  • Senate – Jan Thornton
Agendas and Minutes for the Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee