Currently faculty governance at the University of Mary Washington is divided by college. The College of Arts & Sciences is governed by a Faculty Senate made up of elected representatives from each department and elected by the CAS faculty as a whole, the President and two Senators-at-Large. An Academic Council made up of the entire faculty of the College of Graduate and Professional Studies serves as its faculty governance body. Links to their respective web sites are available in the sidebar.

These two bodies evolved to meet the very different needs of the two distinct faculties before we became a university. As part of the shift to university status the question has been raised regarding an appropriate university level Faculty Governance structure. To explore that question, the Faculty Organization subcommittees on each campus have convened a study group. As one part of the study group's research, the University of Mary Washington hosted a conference on Faculty Governance on October 24th, 2008. Details of the conference are available through the conference link and the committee's blog site, both listed to the left. The committee is continuing it's work and hoping to recomend changes to the faculty and administration by the end of the Spring 2009 semester, Much of the ongoing work of the committee is available through our blog. Please feel free to add your thoughts.