Senate
The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) Senate
is the senior academic decision making body of the University.
Together, it and the Board of Governors provide the governance of the
University of Northern British Columbia as set out by provincial statute
in the University Act.
David Casperson was most recently elected to the UNBC Senate in Winter
2017 to serve a
term until 2020-03-31, and until his successor is elected.
He is one of now
twenty (soon to be 22) faculty
members.
Much of the information contained here is obsolescent.
Casperson currently chairs the Senate
Committee on Nominations.
Previous Service
Casperson was elected to the UNBC Senate in Fall 2005 to serve a
term from 2006-02 until 2009-04. He was re-elected twice and served
on Senate until December 2013, when he resigned to go on sabbatical.
He was replaced by Daniel
Erasmus.
Previous Committees
Casperson previously
served on committees as follows:
-
SCCC
until December 2013.
- SCS
until December 2013.
- SCHDSR until December 2013.
- SCAA (Chair) from 2006-05 until 2008-06.
- AVI Steering Committee during its lifetime.
- SCAPP from 2006-05 until 2008-12.
See the Senate Handbook for committee descriptions.
The
SCAPP
merged with the
SCRGS
to become the
current SCAAf.
“AVI” stands for “Academic Visioning Initiative”, an academic
planning exercise led by then-Provost Brunt.
