Faculty Council elects leadership for 2026-27
Faculty Council set its leadership team for the 2026-27 academic year by electing two officers. The council’s election took place during the governance group’s April 23 meeting, held virtually.
Because Diana White was chosen as chair-elect a year ago, she will take on the role of chair beginning July 1. She succeeds current chair Jorge Chavez, who will assume the title of past chair.
Greg Kinney was chosen chair-elect for the coming year, meaning he will continue as chair in the 2027-28 academic year.
Current secretary Monica Yoo was re-elected to the post for the coming year.
The next Faculty Council meeting, which will include the presentation of its annual awards, is scheduled for May 14 at 1800 Grant St.
In other business at last week’s meeting of the Faculty Council and Faculty Senate:
President Todd Saliman appeared during the Faculty Senate meeting, held concurrently with the Faculty Council meeting, to provide an update and take questions. He discussed details of the proposed state budget and recapped the Board of Regents’ votes earlier this month on tuition, fees and compensation. He said two CU-backed bills introduced at the current legislative session are progressing at the Capitol: One would expand concurrent enrollment opportunities for high school students, while the other would update higher education statutes to achieve greater efficiencies.
“Thank you for all of your work during this academic year,” Saliman said to the faculty members. “I appreciate all you do for our students and for your research, scholarship and creative work. You are the heart and soul of all we do and we’re grateful.”
Faculty Council members provided feedback on CU’s Strategic Plan 2.0, now in development. Chad Marturano, vice president and chief financial officer, and Lynn Vidler, provost at UCCS, presented an update that was recently shared with the Board of Regents. Marturano and Vidler are Strategic Planning co-chairs for the systemwide effort.
While meetings of the Strategic Plan Working Group continue through the end of this academic year, the group is recommending a shift from the five-year structure of the previous plan to a 12-year foundational approach with three-year strategic cycles and annual review of progress toward goals. The change is designed to enable faster decision- making and alignment.
Faculty are invited to share feedback on the plan by emailing custratplan@cu.edu. Regents will next consider the plan and provide feedback at the board’s June 4-5 meeting in Greeley.
Faculty Council voted to establish two ad hoc committees, one focusing on AI, the other on collective bargaining. Both will work this summer to bring together campus-based groups already exploring the topics.