BFA News

The BFA held it's final meeting of academic year 2023-2024 on Thursday, May 2, 2024 in-person at the Chancellor's Hall in the CASE building. Address to Assembly – Provost Russell Moore gave representatives updates on a number of areas that Academic Affairs has been working on this year including: Dean...

The BFA held it's regular monthly meeting on April 4, 2024 via Zoom. Chancellor DiStefano was on hand to address faculty for the final time as CU Boulder Chancellor. Areas on his mind as the academic year is wrapping up included a concern about academic freedom in light of recent...

Please see the letter sent to BFA representatives and liaisons on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 and share widely. Dear Colleagues, Today President Saliman sent an email to all campus members with details on the selection of Dr. Justin Schwartz as the finalist for the CU Boulder Chancellor search as well...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly in conjunction with the Center for Teaching & Learning are pleased to announce a new fellowship to focus on climate and sustainability in education for AY24-25. Please see details below for the description and call for applications. Direct questions to bfa@colorado.edu . Climate & Sustainability in...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly held the annual meeting of the Boulder Faculty Senate on Thursday, March 7, 2024. This meeting occurs once a year during any spring Assembly meeting and is open to the full Boulder Faculty Senate. BFA Vice Chair and CU Faculty Council Chair Alastair Norcross presided. Members...

The BFA Excellence Awards specifically recognize outstanding work and a concerted effort to make advances in the academy. The Chancellor provides financial support for these prestigious awards and a ceremony in the spring recognizes the winners and features a keynote by the Hazel Barnes Awardee for that year. This year's...

The BFA held it's first Assembly meeting for spring semester on Thursday, February 1, 2024. BFA Chair Shelly Miller began the meeting by reading the CU Boulder Land Acknowledgment statement and recommending members connect with the Center for Native American & Indigenous Studies. The first item on the agenda came...

Over winter break, the BFA Executive Committee drafted and approved a statement noting attributes that committee members feel are critical and should guide the selection of the next campus Chancellor: ATTRIBUTES THAT SHOULD GUIDE THE SELECTION OF THE NEXT CU BOULDER CHANCELLOR The Executive Committee of the Boulder Faculty Assembly...

The BFA closed out fall semester with a final meeting on Thursday, December 7, 2023. Provost Russell Moore updated faculty on priority projects that Chancellor DiStefano had assigned Academic Affairs and Strategic Resources and COO to oversee. Academic Affairs priorities include: reviewing the alternative college option (ACO) and Program for...

As part of campus goals for student academic success as well as health & wellness, campus will be moving to a new academic calendar that has a slightly shorter semester (70 instructional days per semester rather than 73). The goals of the new calendar are to: Support student well-being and...