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 twelve 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, to conduct business. A full faculty meeting is held during week zero of every other quarter (twice annually) during the Faculty Staff Development Programs. During which the Executive Committee and Committee Chairs address the full faculty to deliver activity reports, and full faculty votes will be conducted 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:
Mr. Ronald Ware / President / Liberal Studies / Ronald.Ware@LIFE.edu / (770) 426 – 2750
Dr. Deidre Meiggs /Vice President / Natural Sciences / Deidre.Meiggs@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2733 x 4431
Dr. Paula Billups / Secretary/Treasurer / Liberal Studies / Paula.Billups@LIFE.edu / (678) 331 – 4430
Faculty Senate Standing Committee Leadership
Faculty Affairs Committee / Dr. Andrea Miller / Andrea.Miller@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697
Faculty Development Committee / Dr. John Thornhill / John.Thornhill@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2741
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. Marie Powell / Marie.Powell@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2750
College of Chiropractic Curriculum Committee / Dr. Cara Bradford / Cara.Bradford@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2709 x 1321
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. Mitchell Ferguson / Mitchell.Ferguson@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697
Rank and Promotion Procedural Review Committee / Dr. Robin Nelson / Robin.Sibert@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2733
College of Chiropractic Senators
Dr. Paul Donaldson / Clinics at Large / Paul.Donaldson@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2946
Dr. Ralph Bucci / CC-HOP / RBucci@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2664 x 1661
Dr. Michael Tomasello / C-HOP / MTomasello@LIFE.edu / (770) 792-6100
Dr. Maria Michelin / Clinical Science / Maria.Michelin@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2741
Dr. Cara Bradford / Chiropractic Sciences / Cara.Bradford@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2709 x 1321
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 / Robin.Sibert@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2733 x 1206
Ms. Heather Petty / Sport Health Science / Heather.Petty@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2736 x 2739
Dr. Jason Shepard / Social Sciences / Jason.Shepard2@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697
Dr. Kelley Ceccato / Liberal Studies / Kelley.Ceccato@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2697 x 1198
College of Online Education Senators
Dr. Richard Shook / College of Online Education / Richard.Shook@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2965
Library and Research Faculty Senators
Ms. Tamisa Ridley / Libraries / Tamisa.Ridley@LIFE.edu / (770) 426-2688 x 1682