Faculty Senate
Faculty Senate
The purpose of the Life University Faculty Senate is to provide a formal, collaborative organization to advance the education of LIFE’s students into transformational leaders in an increasingly diverse, global and dynamic world. The Faculty Senate strives to foster and encourage effective communication among faculty and between faculty and administration; to promote unity and coherence among faculty; to provide a forum for raising, discussing and promoting resolution of faculty issues; to foster and encourage a learning environment based on the University’s values of Vitalism, Lasting Purpose and the Eight Core Proficiencies; and to promote instructional and service excellence and success in the classroom, University and community.
The Faculty Senate derives its authority from its constitution, which is endorsed and approved by the faculty as a whole, the President of the University, and the Board of Trustees. It is authorized to speak for the whole faculty concerning matters on which it has deliberated and made recommendations. It recognizes its role as advisory to the President and the Board of Trustees, in accordance with the provisions and spirit of the Statement on Shared Governance (approved by the Board of Trustees on January 23, 2009, and signed into effect in April 2009), and the Delineation of Roles in Shared Governance document.
The Faculty Senate is a representative body of the faculty as a whole, consisting of ten faculty representatives elected by the sub-divisions of the faculty they represent (see below), and the three-member executive committee, composed of the President, Vice President and the Secretary/Treasurer, elected by the faculty as a whole. The Faculty Senate meets monthly throughout the quarter, usually during Weeks 2, 5 and 9 (if needed), to conduct business. A full faculty meeting is held every other quarter (twice annually) during the Faculty Staff Development Program on Thursday of Week 0, for a report and to conduct full faculty votes/elections as needed. Other committees and task forces meet and discuss business as needed, on varying schedules as outlined in the Faculty Senate Constitution and Bylaws.
More specific details can be found in the most current Constitution and Bylaws posted in the Faculty Handbook on this website, or by contacting an officer or representative of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate also maintains a work site on Blackboard called “FS101.”
Faculty Senate Officers and Senators: 2018-2020
Dr. Teri Stockwell / President / C-HOP/ Teri.Stockwell@LIFE.edu / (770) 792-6100 x 1652
Dr. Deidre Meiggs /Vice President / Natural Sciences / Deidre.Meiggs@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2733 x 4431
Dr. Sean Finnegan / Secretary/Treasurer / CC-HOP/ Sean.Finnegan@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664 x 1006
Dr. Stephen Bloomingdale / Immediate Past President(ex-officio) / CC-HOP/Stephen.Bloomingdale@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664 x 4353
Faculty Senate Standing Committee Leadership
Faculty Affairs Committee / Dr. Paul Donaldson / Paul.Donaldson@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2946
Faculty Development Committee / Dr. Sherri Ziomek / SZiomek@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2741 x 1086
College of Chiropractic Admissions Committee / Dr. Nicole Poirier / Nicole.Poirier@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2709
College of Graduate Studies Admissions Committee /Dr. Peggy Samples / Peggy.Samples@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697 x 1194
College of Undergraduate Studies Admissions Committee/Ms. Rebekah Janiak /Rebekah.Janiak@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697
College of Chiropractic Curriculum Committee /Dr. Kent Vanderslice / Kent.Vanderslice@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664 x 4355
College of Graduate Studies Curriculum Committee / Mr. Mickey Parsons / Mickey.Parsons@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697
College of Undergraduate Studies Curriculum Committee / Ms. Amanda Timberlake / AmandaT@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2771 x 1473
Committee on Committees/Dr. Gwen Gardner / Gwendolyn.Gardner@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664
Rank and Promotion Procedural Review Committee / Dr. Susan Esposito / susan.esposito@life.edu / (770) 426-2709 x.1307
College of Chiropractic Senators
Dr. Paul Donaldson / Clinics at Large / Paul.Donaldson@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2946
Dr. Gwendolyn Gardner / CC-HOP / Gwendolyn.Gardner@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664
Dr. Kevin Harrison / Clinical Science / Kevin.Harrison@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2741 x 1217
Dr. Melodie Mitchell-Black / C-HOP / MMitchell@LIFE.edu / (770) 792-6100
Dr. James Oppenheim / Chiropractic Sciences / JOppen@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2709 x 1317
Dr. Eric Partin / Basic Sciences / Partin@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2718 x 1214
College of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies Senators
Dr. Robin Nelson / Natural Science (2018-2020) / Robin.Sibert@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2733 x 1206
Mr. James Paul / Sport Health Science(2018-2020) / James.Paul@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2771
Ms. Heather Petty / Nutrition (2018-2020) / Heather.Petty@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2736 x 2739
Dr. Peggy Samples / PHDSC (2017-2019) / Peggy.Samples@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697 x 1194
Mr. David Wallace/General Studies (2017-2019) / David.Wallace@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697 x 1204
Library and Research Faculty Senators
Ms. Geetha Sridaran / Libraries/ Geetha.Sridaran@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2691 x 2691