Welcome to the Purdue Faculty Website. We hope this site provides convenient access to useful information for both faculty and staff. As things change at Purdue, this site will be updated to reflect the thoughts and needs of the faculty. If there is something you would like to have available at this site, please let us know.

The Chair of the University Senate has the responsibility of providing routine reports to the Board of Trustees regarding issues of concern to both faculty and staff. The Chair also meets routinely with members of the administration of the University. Your thoughts and opinions are therefore important to help me and other members of the Senate understand and accurately convey the sentiments of the faculty and staff to both the Board of Trustees and the administration. This will be particularly important this year as changes occur in the University administration. It is therefore my hope that this site will help serve as a place for faculty and staff to provide suggestions and feedback that will help move the university forward.

I wish to thank those who provided the vision for this website, in particular my predecessors as Chair of the University Senate: Bill Harper, Bill McBride, Tim Skvarenina, and Bernie Tao. I would also like to thank Joe Camp (Secretary of Faculties), ITAP, and Provost Sally Frost Mason for providing the efforts and resources needed to enable this site.

I look forward to serving the faculty and staff during a successful 2007-2008 academic year and encourage you to please contact me with any concerns or suggestions.