BFA News

The BFA Nominations and Elections Committee would like to announce the 2019 elections for At-Large Representatives for the CU Boulder Faculty Senate. This is an important opportunity for you to participate in the faculty governance process at CU. There are four At-Large Representative seats open: At-Large Arts & Sciences Representative...

Do you work within the CU System AND have a student who has been admitted to CU Boulder for summer 2019 or fall 2019? If you answered yes to this question, we invite you to join us on Wednesday, March 20th from 6-7:30 p.m. for the “Students of CU Faculty...

The BFA is pleased to announce the 2019 Excellence Award Winners: Excellence in Leadership and Service Paul Beale, Physics Erin Furtak, Education Leslie Irvine, Sociology Erika Randall, Theatre & Dance Excellence in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Work John Cassano, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Russell Cropanzano, Business Nan Goodman, English Excellence...

On Feburary 7th, 2019, Chancellor Phil DiStefano addressed the Boulder Faculty Assembly. Highlighted during his presentation was an announcement regarding a new minimum salary level for instructors and senior instructors. The Chancellor also discussed several other topics including: CU's Board of Regents civics certificate proposal, and an update on the...

The BFA passed resolution BFA-R-2-102918.4 during the December 6 th , 2018 General Assembly meeting. The resolution is a follow-up to resolution BFA-M-1-040518 from spring 2018, which recommended the removal of two omnibus questions related to an instructor’s identity characteristics. The Boulder Daily Camera interviewed attendees at the December Assembly...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly approved a statement of support for CU Boulder’s transgender and gender non-conforming students, faculty, and staff in light of recent news headlines. Other campus groups, including Chancellor Phil DiStefano also released statements recently noting: " At CU Boulder, we have support services provided to all, including...

The Boulder Faculty Assembly thanks the Board of Regents for inviting comment about the “leadership/professional attributes [we] believe our next president should possess.” In offering our comments below, we also wish to thank President Benson for his years of dedicated service. The Boulder Faculty Assembly, drawing on broad discussions over...

The BFA 2018 Committee Seat Vacancy elections ran from August 27th through September 25th. Vacancies were filled in two phases: internal - which were open only to BFA Representatives and external - which were open to the entire Boulder Faculty Senate. Seat terms are for three years. Full election results...

The Boulder Daily Camera reports on a recent BFA resolution encouraging campus to reduce students' need to get a doctor note for an absence related to an illness. Click to see the full article.