Faculty Senate
Welcome to the University of Florida Faculty Senate. It is my privilege to serve as your 2026-2027 Chair.
First, I want to extend my sincerest welcome to our 14th President, Dr. Stuart Bell, and I look forward to working with him.
The faculty of the University of Florida are the foundation of this great institution. It is through our leadership, teaching, research and service that the University of Florida achieves excellence and fulfills our commitment to our great state of Florida as a Land Grant University.
Shared Governance at UF is intended to encourage faculty to participate and be a partner in all aspects of UF decision making and governance. To effectively participate in Shared Governance, we need you to volunteer and contribute your work and wisdom. Accordingly, I would like to strongly encourage every faculty member to consider standing for a Faculty Senate seat in the Spring Semester and/or apply to serve on one of the many Senate Committees and Councils.
I am looking forward to working with each of you to continue our pledge of making the University of Florida the best it can truly be.
Go Gators!
Raymond Issa, Ph.D., J.D., P.E., F. ASCE, NAC, API
Chair, Faculty Senate
Distinguished Professor Construction Management
FacultySenateChair@ufl.edu