* as of 2/4/2025

Click on the title of a committee below to read the committee’s charge and composition.

Elected – Boards and Committees

Academic Affairs Council – 4 Division Chairs – must be tenured

• 1 open seat for Division Chair
• Interdisciplinary
• Associate or Full with at least 3 years at Bates

Board of Examiners – 4 Faculty – must be tenured

• 1 open seat
• Any division 
• Associate or Full

Budget and Finance Advisory Committee – 4 Faculty (2 elected, 2 appointed) – at least 3 years of service at Bates

• 1 open seat – one year leave replacement
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full with at least 3 years at Bates

Committee on Admission and Financial Aid – 4 Faculty

• 1 open seat – one year leave replacement
• Interdisciplinary
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Committee on Faculty Governance – 8 Faculty – at least 3 years of service at Bates

• 3 open seats total; 1 full term, 1 one year leave replacement, 1 2 year replacement
• Any division 
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Curriculum Review Committee – 4 Faculty

• 1 open seat – one year leave replacement
• Humanities
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Committee on Personnel for Physical Education – 4 Faculty including the Faculty Athletics Representative – must be tenured

• 1 open seat 
• Humanities or Interdisciplinary
• Associate or Full

Faculty Personnel Committee – 7 Faculty – must be tenured

• 3 open seats total
• 1 Interdisciplinary; 2 any division
• 1 Associate; 2 Full

Faculty Review Board – 9 Faculty – must be tenured

• 1 open seat
• Any division 
• Associate or Full

Appointed Committees

Arts Collaborative Committee – 7 Faculty

• 2 open seats total: 1 full term, 1 one year leave replacement
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Academic Standing Committee – 5 Faculty

• 2 open seats
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Committee on Environmental Responsibility – 3 Faculty

• 2 open seats total: 1 full term,1 one year leave replacement

• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Committee on Teaching and Learning – 4 Faculty: 2 tenured, 2 untenured

• 3 open seats total: 1 full term, tenured, full-time teaching,1 Untenured full term, 1 tenured, one year leave replacement
• Any division
• 2 Tenured – 1 Untenured 

Faculty Parliamentarian – appointed annually by the President

• 1 open seat – one year leave replacement
• Any division

Faculty Athletics Representative – appointed annually by the President

• 1 open seat
• Any division

Graduate Fellowship Committee – 5 Faculty

• 3 open seats
• Any division

Institution Animal Care and Use Committee – at least 3 Faculty

• 1 open seat
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Institutional Review Board – at least 2 Faculty

• 2 open seats total: 1 full term w/expertise in medical issues, 1 one year leave replacement
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Library and Information Services Committee – 3 Faculty

• 1 open seat
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Martin Luther King Jr Day Planning Committee – 3 Faculty

• 2 open seats
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Medical Studies Committee – 5 Faculty

• 1 open seat
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Off Campus Study Committee – 3 Faculty

• 1 open seat
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Student Conduct Board Pool – 8 Faculty, full-time teaching

• 2 open seats 
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

Student Affairs Committee – 4 faculty

• 1 open seat – one year leave replacement
• Any division
• Assistant, Associate, or Full

* Subject to change