Mission Statement
The mission of the Faculty Senate of Ä¢¹½TVÏÂÔØ is to facilitate and to improve the lines of communication between faculty and administration regarding academic and professional affairs. Its objectives are:
- to provide a means to improve the communication between and within the various departments with respect to academic and professional matters;
- to enhance the role of the faculty in educational and professional decision making and policy making
- to provide the teaching faculty with the opportunity to register its voice in the development of academic and professional policy; and
- to provide a means to measure and to consider the problems and suggestions of the faculty relative to academic and professional matters.
Officers
Brance Davis - Faculty Senate President bdavis@odessa.edu
Samuel Hval - Faculty Senate Vice President shval@odessa.edu
Clint Wilson - Faculty Senate Secretary cwilson@odessa.edu
Senators
Health Sciences
Geneo Roberts - Nursing groberts@odessa.edu
Joshua Hardt - Geology jhardt@odessa.edu
Thebuwana Jayarathne - Chemistry tjayarathne@odessa.edu
Business & Industry
Donna Kilgore - Cosmetology dkilgore@odessa.edu
Robert Collins - Welding rcollins@odessa.edu
Liberal Arts and Education
Gwendolyn Davies - Photography gdavies@odessa.edu
Ivie Ero - Speech iero@odessa.edu
Brian Christopher - Mathematics bchristopher@odessa.edu
Kelly Smith - History ksmith@odessa.edu