Faculty Senate standing committees are listed in the Faculty Senate Charter and Bylaws and are considered a permanent part of the Senate. Standing committee members generally change when new officers are elected, but the committee's purpose, function, and duties do not change.

• Academic and Institutional Support (Betty Ickes, Chair)
• Assessment (Michele Mahi, Chair)
• Budget and Planning (Gholam Khaleghi, Chair)
• Curriculum Committee (Petersen Gross, Chair)
• Distance Education (Kelsie Aguilera and Evelyn Wong, Co-Chairs)
• Elections (Matthew Egami and Alyssa MacDonald, Co-Chairs)
• Faculty (Danny Wyatt and Genai Keliʻikuli, Co-Chairs)
• General Education (Michelle Igarashi, Chair)
• Legislative Relations (Erika Molyneux, Chair)
• Student Affairs (Summer Barrett and John Signor, Co-Chairs)

Faculty Senate ad hoc committees are created to perform a specific tasks not already covered by other committees.  Standing committees are created with a unique chair and membership. Ad Hoc committees are dissolved when the task is completed and a final report is provided. 

• Ad-Hoc Committee for the implementation of S-Designation (Sustainability-focused courses)