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Senate Resolutions

The index of adopted Senate resolutions below begins with the current Senate session and works back by year; each link is to a PDF of the final, passed resolution. Creating a comprehensive index is a work in progress; if you're looking for a resolution not yet posted here, please contact Jenna Chaojareon for assistance.

2024-2025 Session
  • SR 25/1 (PDF): To Correct Faculty Code Language Referenced in Senate Resolution 24/6
  • SR 25/2 (PDF): On Process for Policy Revisions
2023-2024 Session
  • SR 24/1 (PDF): Of Appreciation of President Mark Wrighton
  • SR 24/2 (PDF): To Approve Changes to the Code of Academic Integrity
  • SR 24/4 (PDF): To Expand the Scope and Name of the Physical Facilities Committee and to Amend the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate
  • SR 24/5 (PDF): On Community Safety: Data Transparency, Shared Governance, and the Strategy of Arming the Campus Police
  • SR 24/6 (PDF): To Implement a Faculty Consultative Committee in Presidential Searches
  • SR 24/7 (PDF): On the Impact of the Medical Faculty Associates Debt on Strategic Planning, Education, and Financial Aid at the George Washington University
  • SR 24/8 (PDF): To Approve Temporary Changes to the Code of Academic Integrity
  • SR 24/9 (PDF): Reconfirming the GW Faculty Senate's Commitment to the Principles of Academic Freedom and Shared Governance
2022-2023 Session
2021-2022 Session
  • SR 22/1 (PDF): On Voting at Faculty Assemblies
  • SR 22/2 (PDF): To Form the Slate of Faculty Representatives for Election of the Faculty Consultative Committee
  • SR 22/3 (PDF): On the Readiness of GW's Buildings
  • SR 22/4 (PDF): Of Appreciation for the Service of President Thomas J. LeBlanc
  • SR 22/5 (PDF): For Positioning the Strategic Campus Facilities Master Plan for Success in Fulfilling the University's Overall Teaching and Research Mission
  • SR 22/8 (PDF): Of Appreciation for Professor Arthur Wilson
  • SR 22/9 (PDF): Of Appreciation for Professor Miriam Galston
  • SR 22/10 (PDF): A Resolution on Freedom to Expend Internal Research Awards
  • SR 22/11 (PDF): On Defending Academic Freedom to Teach About Race and LGBTQIA+ Gender Issues
  • SR 22/12 (PDF): To Approve Changes to the Code of Academic Integrity
  • SR 22/13 (PDF): On Principles of Shared Governance and Recommended Mechanisms for Strengthening Shared Governance at GW
2020-2021 Session
2019-2020 Session
  • SR 20/1 (PDF): Of Appreciation for Nelson Carbonell, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
  • SR 20/2 (PDF): To Expand the Scope and Name of the Educational Policy Committee
  • SR 20/3 (PDF): On Strengthening the Faculty Role in Strategic Planning
  • SR 20/4 (PDF): To Amend the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate
  • SR 20/5 (PDF): To Request the Chair of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to Call a Special Meeting of the Faculty Assembly
  • SR 20/6 (PDF): To Establish a Special Committee
  • SR 20/7 (PDF): On Involvement of Faculty and Its Elected Representatives in Shaping Strategic Planning (Educational Policy & Technology Committee)
  • SR 20/8 (PDF): On Involvement of Faculty and Its Elected Representatives in Shaping Strategic Planning (Research Committee)
  • SR 20/9 (PDF): On Shared Governance with Respect to Size, Composition, and Quality of the Undergraduate Class
  • SR 20/10 (PDF): To Amend the Appropriate Regulation of Honors, Awards, or Distinctions by Units of the University
  • SR 20/11 (PDF): To Amend the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate
  • SR 20/12 (PDF): To Amend the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate in Light of COVID-19
  • SR 20/13 (PDF): On Electronic Faculty Meeting Procedures in the Schools
2018-2019 Session
2017-2018 Session
  • SR 18/1 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Code as to Criteria and Procedures for Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotion of Regular Faculty with Non-Tenure Track Appointments
  • SR 18/2 (PDF): To Amend Procedures for the Implementation of the Faculty Code to Clarify the Roles of the School-Wide Personnel Committee, a Dean, and the Provost
  • SR 18/3 (PDF): To Amend Article X. A., Rights, Privileges, and Resolution of Disputes under this Code
  • SR 18/4 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Code to Clarify Faculty Eligible for Reduced Service Status
  • SR 18/5 (PDF): Recommending the Adoption of Revised Guidelines for Exercising and Defending Academic Freedom
  • SR 18/6 (PDF): For Maintaining Quality in Online and Hybrid Classes and Programs
  • SR 18/7 (PDF): Of Appreciation for Executive Vice President and Treasurer Louis H. (Lou) Katz
2016-2017 Session
  • SR 17/1 (PDF): Of Appreciation for C. Dianne Martin
  • SR 17/2 (PDF): Proposing a Limited First Year Academic Forgiveness Policy
  • SR 17/3 (PDF): To Improve Faculty Compensation to the Median of GW's Market Basket Schools
  • SR 17/4 (PDF): Recommending the Adoption of Guidelines for Exercising and Defending Academic Freedom
  • SR 17/5 (PDF): Of Appreciation for Professor Charles A. Garris
  • SR 17/6 (PDF): Of Appreciation for President Steven Knapp
2015-2016 Session
  • SR 16/1 (PDF): On Recommended Changes to the Faculty Code with Respect to Dean Searches and Reviews
  • SR 16/2 (PDF): On Recommended Changes to the Faculty Code with Respect to School Faculty Composition and Governance
  • SR 16/3 (PDF): On Recommended Changes to the Faculty Code with Respect to Tenure and Promotion Standards and Procedures
  • SR 16/4 (PDF): On Recommended Changes to the Faculty Organization Plan Regarding Faculty Participation in the Faculty Senate
  • SR 16/5 (PDF): To Improve Faculty Benefits
  • SR 16/6 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Organization Plan to Authorize Non-Tenured Regular Faculty in Three Schools to Serve in the Faculty Senate
  • SR 16/7 (PDF): Recommending a Procedure for Amending the Faculty Code
  • SR 16/8 (PDF): On the Contribution of the University to Staff/Faculty Health Insurance Costs

At this point in Senate history, there was a shift in the alignment of the numbering convention with the corresponding Senate session. To avoid confusion, resolutions from this point will be presented in descending numerical order (most recent first).

February 2015 and Earlier
  • SR 15/2 (PDF): To Adopt an "Open Access" Policy for Research Publications at the George Washington University
  • SR 15/1 (PDF): To Endorse a Revised Edition of the Faculty Handbook of the George Washington University
  • SR 14/4 (PDF): To Address the Burden Placed on Current University Employees with Regard to Proposed Changes in Tuition Benefits
  • SR 14/3-2 (PDF) (note: two different resolutions were given the 14/3 number, apparently in error): To Endorse Amendments to the Copyright Policy of the George Washington University
  • SR 14/3-1 (PDF) (note: two different resolutions were given the 14/3 number, apparently in error): On the Need for a Long Term Budget Model
  • SR 14/2 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Code with Respect to Academic Freedom
  • SR 14/1 (PDF): To Request Increased University Contributions Towards Health Insurance Costs
  • SR 13/6 (PDF): To Upgrade Information for Students Seeking to Register for Courses
  • SR 13/5 (PDF): To Alert Undergraduate Students Who Are Doing Substandard Work Early in the Semester
  • SR 13/4 (PDF): To Amend the Policy in Retaining Incomplete Grades on Students' Transcripts
  • SR 13/3 (PDF): On the Established Procedures for Approving Any Changes to the Faculty Code or Faculty Policies That May Be Recommended by the Board of Trustees Governance Task Force
  • SR 13/2 (PDF): To Amend the Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment for Faculty and Investigators
  • SR 13/1 (PDF): To Recommend Adoption of the Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Policy and Procedures
  • SR 12/5 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 12/4 (PDF): To Amend the Procedures for the Implementation of the Faculty Code With Respect to Dean Searches
  • SR 12/3 (PDF): To Confirm the Emergency Action of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee Approving an Interim Policy and Procedures for Sexual Harassment and Violence for the 2012-13 Academic Year
  • SR 12/2 (PDF): On Information Systems Needed to Support Faculty Research Efforts
  • SR 12/1 (PDF): To Endorse Amendments to the George Washington University Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment for Faculty and Investigators
  • SR 11/2 (PDF): To Clarify the Allocation of Seats for Schools on the Faculty Senate
  • SR 11/1 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Organization Plan to Provide Representation for the School of Nursing on the Faculty Senate and the Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  • SR 10/4 (PDF): To Clarify the Procedures Governing Awards of Emeritus Status to Retiring Faculty
  • SR 10/3 (PDF): To Request Additional Information on the Budgetary and Financial Implications of the Proposed Science and Engineering Complex
  • SR 10/2 (PDF): On Faculty and Staff Compensation Increases and Compensation Policy
  • SR 10/1 (PDF): Presenting Recommendations on the Proposal for a New School of Nursing
  • SR 09/5 (PDF): On the Proposal for a New School of Nursing
  • SR 09/4 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 09/3 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Code with Respect to the Participation of Research Faculty in Certain Governance Matters in the School of Public Health and Health Services
  • SR 09/2 (PDF): To Recommend Modification of the Unified Budget Model
  • SR 09/1 (PDF): To Amend The George Washington University Equal Employment Opportunity Policy (EEOP) To Include “Gender Identity or Expression”
  • SR 08/4 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 08/3 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Organization Plan With Regard to the Composition of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee
  • SR 08/1 (PDF): To Amend the Time Limitation on Reporting of Final Grades by Faculty Members
  • SR 07/7 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 07/6 (PDF): Concerning Secondary and Courtesy Appointments for Regular, Active-Status Faculty Members
  • SR 07/5 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Code to Provide a Parental Leave Childcare Leave Benefit
  • SR 07/3 (PDF): On Establishing a Steering Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum Review
  • SR 07/2 (PDF): To Amend the Faculty Organization Plan With Regard to the Composition of the Faculty Senate
  • SR 06/6 (PDF): On Library Endowment Funds
  • SR 06/5 (PDF): Regarding Recommendations in the Report of the Joint Administration/Faculty Task Force on a Possible Four-Course, Four-Credit Undergraduate Curricular Structure
  • SR 06/4 (PDF): On Construction of New Academic Facilities
  • SR 06/3 (PDF): On the Timetable for Action on the Recommendations of the Joint Administration/Faculty Task Force on a Possible Four-Course, Four-Credit Undergraduate Curricular Structure
  • SR 06/2 (PDF): To Amend the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate
  • SR 05/8 (PDF): Regarding the University Budget for FY 07
  • SR 05/7 (PDF): On Library Endowment Funds
  • SR 05/6 (PDF): On Establishing Criteria for Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotion of Regular, Active-Status Faculty Serving in Non-Tenure Accruing Appointments
  • SR 05/5 (PDF): On Procedure with Respect to Deliberation and Decision on the 4x4 Curriculum
  • SR 05/4 (PDF): To Endorse Technical Amendments to the Disclosure Forms for Faculty Members and Investigators Under the George Washington University Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
  • SR 05/3 (PDF): To Endorse the George Washington University Statement of Ethical Principles
  • SR 05/2 (PDF): On Faculty and Staff Compensation Increases and Compensation Policy
  • SR 05/1 (PDF): To Endorse the Sexual Harassment Policy and Procedures of the George Washington University
  • SR 04/10 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 04/9 (PDF): For the Appropriate Regulation of Honors, Awards, or Distinctions by Units of the University
  • SR 04/8 (PDF): To Restate the Names of the Standing Committees in the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate Appended to the Faculty Organization Plan
  • SR 04/7 (PDF): Recommending Improved Timing of the Budget Cycle to Permit Better Consultation with Faculty
  • SR 04/6 (PDF): To Endorse Revised Disclosure Forms and Conforming Changes to the George Washington University Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
  • SR 04/5 (PDF): To Endorse the George Washington University Policy and Procedures Regarding Allegations of Research Misconduct
  • SR 04/4 (PDF): Expressing Concern About and Requesting Joint Senate and Administration Review of the Recent Classroom Shortage
  • SR 04/3 (PDF): To Endorse Reinstatement of the Interim Policy and Procedures Governing Sexual Harassment Complaints, as Originally Adopted by the Faculty Senate in Resolution 98/5, With Certain Further Amendments
  • SR 04/2 (PDF): On Research Priorities at The George Washington University
  • SR 04/1 (PDF): On Construction of New Science Facilities as the Top Priority Among New Academic Structures
  • SR 03/11 (PDF): Of Appreciation
  • SR 03/10 (PDF): On the Roles of Faculty Members, Advisory School-Wide Personnel Committees and Administration Officials in Tenure and Promotion Cases
  • SR 03/9 (PDF): On Scholarly Communication and Library Serials Acquisitions
  • SR 03/8 (PDF): To Amend the Policy on Scientific Misconduct
  • SR 03/7 (PDF): To Amend the Policy on Conflicts of Interest and Commitment
  • SR 03/6 (PDF): To Recommend the Establishment of an Election as of Right by Tenure Track Faculty Who Become New Parents During the Probationary Period
  • SR 03/5 (PDF): To Amend the Code of Academic Integrity
  • SR 03/4 (PDF): On the Proposals for an Alternative Academic Calendar
  • SR 03/2 (PDF): On Establishment of a "School of Public Policy and Public Administration" Within the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
  • SR 03/1 (PDF): On the Alternative Academic Calendar