The Faculty Senate began circulating a petition Thursday that calls for President David Schmidly to address University finances.
The petition states that the "unfettered control of University finances" has negatively impacted research and teaching.
Biology professor Timothy Lowrey said the University seems to have mishandled grant funds.
Lowrey said some of the money has been siphoned away from faculty.
"Some of that has been taken away without consultation," he said. "So, there's a lot of anger and displeasure with the way things are going."
Faculty Senate President Jacqueline Hood said that under the faculty constitution, Schmidly must address the petition.
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"After the petition is given to President Schmidly, the president will have 10 days to call a meeting of the faculty," she said. "But we don't know when the meeting is going to be yet."
Schmidly said in an e-mail that he will speak to faculty about its concerns.
"I had already set aside part of May 7 on my calendar for a campuswide meeting with the faculty," he said. "But if they wish to move that time forward, I am happy to try to reschedule."
