The University Senate serves as the academic governing body for IUP.
The senate provides the forum where issues related to the welfare of the university as a whole are discussed and debated with all stakeholders participating.
Senators are primarily elected and come from all areas of the campus community—faculty, administrators, students, staff, and alumni.
Meetings of the whole senate take place each month, September through April.
Committees meet as often as weekly to handle much of the work of the senate. (For a chart showing committee responsibilities, see Senate Committee Responsibilities.)