Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee

The Fiscal Affairs Advisory Committee meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month from 8:00AM - 9:30AM.

(a)  Membership

The FAAC shall be composed of ten members:

(i)  Seven faculty members, who may or may not be Senators, elected for three-year terms by the faculty members of the Senate so that approximately one-third are new each year and with the following restrictions:

(A)  membership shall be constituted so that the elected faculty members on the FAAC represent each of the seven degree-granting undergraduate colleges, including BGSU Firelands;

(B)  members shall not be members of departmental, school, or collegiate operating budget committees; and

(C)  a member may serve no more than two successive terms; one academic year shall elapse after the second term before a faculty member shall again be eligible for service on FAAC

(ii)  Two student members whose terms are recommended to be two years and selected as follows:

(A)  one graduate student appointed by the GSS, and

(B)  one undergraduate student appointed by the USG.

(iii)  One faculty representative, selected by the BGSU Faculty Association.

(b)  Functions

No functions listed here shall supersede any authority possessed by the BGSU Faculty Association, in its role as the exclusive representative of the faculty for negotiations on wages, hours, terms, and conditions of faculty employment.

The FAAC shall:

(i)  Examine all fiscal affairs of the University;

(ii)  Through hearings or other techniques, obtain information from appropriate sources, including the university administration, regarding university income and expenditures and all other items of budgetary concern, including projected and actual budget reports;

(iii)  Review resource impact analyses of academic program, unit, and policy proposals prepared and presented by the Vice President for Finance and Administration (VPFA) and proposal initiators; the review and the impact analysis shall accompany any proposals as they are considered by the appropriate governance units in the approval process;

(iv)  Offer advice to the Faculty Senate and university administration on fiscal priorities for short-term and long-term academic programming.

(v)  Each year, select one of the faculty members on FAAC to serve as a non-voting liaison to the Committee on Academic Affairs (CAA). (4)(f)(iii).

2023-24 FAAC Membership