ARTICLE
I MEMBERSHIP
ARTICLE II OFFICERS
ARTICLE III STEERING COMMITTEE
ARTICLE IV GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE FACULTY SENATE
ARTICLE V MEETINGS
ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS
ARTICLE VII PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
MEMBERSHIP
A. Membership shall be consistent
with the provisions in Article II. A. of the Faculty
Constitution.
1. There shall be election of one
alternate from each college and the resource professionals. Each alternate shall be considered as the
person who received the next highest number of votes, but was not elected. One at-large alternate shall also be elected
and shall be considered as the person who received the next highest number of
votes, but was not elected in the election of at-large members.
2. In the event that there were no
competitors, the Senate Chair may appoint a previously serving Senator subject
to the provisions of Article I.F. and Senate approval.
B. Each constituency shall elect its own membership and
alternates using established election policies and procedures.
C. In the event that a Senator shall miss a single meeting,
he or she shall notify the alternate from the constituency to serve in his/her
place.
D. In the event that a Senator is to
be absent from the campus or out of residence for three or more meetings, he or
she shall inform the Chair and shall be replaced by the alternate from the constituency for
the period of absence.
E. After three consecutive unexplained absences a Faculty
Senate seat shall be declared vacant by the Chairperson and the vacancy shall
be filled by the alternate.
F. TERM LIMITS: No individual shall
serve on the Senate in more than four academic years (two terms), in total or
in part, within any six academic year period, regardless of how they came to
serve as a Senator.
Officers
A. The officers shall be a
Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary.
B. The officers shall be elected for a term of one year at
the first meeting of the Senate in September of each year by and from the
membership of the Senate.
C. Special elections shall be held to fill any vacancy.
D. The functions of the officers shall be:
1. Chairperson
a. to call meetings of the Faculty
Senate and the Steering Committee
b. to preside over meetings
c. to communicate the decisions of the
Senate to the President of the University and to other individuals or bodies
concerned
d. to serve as the chief liaison between the Administration
and Senate, and upon notification by the Secretary that notice regarding policy
recommendations have not been received by the Senate within the allotted two
weeks, the Chair shall immediately bring the matter before the Senate for
discussion and further action.
2. Vice-Chairperson
a. to function in the above
capacities in the absence of the Chairperson
b. to perform duties as the
Chairperson requests.
3. Secretary
In
conjunction with the Faculty Senate’s Civil Service Administrative Assistant,
the Secretary of the Faculty Senate shall:
a. send notice of meetings and agenda
at least one week prior to the date of a regular meeting
b. keep minutes of the Senate
meetings and disseminate minutes to Senators within one week after a regular
meeting
c. prepare and submit to the Faculty
Assembly the approved minutes of the proceedings of the Senate within two weeks
of their approval
d. assist the Chairperson in the
receipt and dissemination of information to appropriate bodies or individuals
e. keep a dated and consecutively
numbered list of all policy motions referred out of the Senate for action, so
that an historical record is maintained.
The number scheme shall follow year, month, day, motion number (00/11/11/1 or
00-11-11-1)
f. circulate the list (Article
II.D.3.e.) at the first meeting of the Senate in September.
STEERING COMMITTEE
A. The officers of the Senate plus two additional Senators
shall serve as the Steering Committee.
B. The members of the Steering Committee shall be elected
for a term of one year at the first meeting of the Senate each September by and
from the membership of the Faculty Senate.
C. Functions of the Steering Committee shall be:
1. to set agenda for regular
meetings
2. to receive and review minutes from all Faculty and
University Councils, and to review policy recommendations made by all standing
Faculty and University Councils (and their outcomes) to insure that
administrative decisions are made in an environment consistent with University
governing policies
3. to make recommendations to the
Faculty Senate on matters of concern
4.
to facilitate the conduct of Faculty Senate business
and report related actions to the Senate
5. to meet at least once each
semester with the President of the University
6. to make recommendations to the
University President and/or to the faculty at-large on emergency occasions when
a meeting of the regular Senate cannot be scheduled.
GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF THE
FACULTY SENATE
A. The functions of the Faculty Senate shall be consistent
with those described in Article II. D. of the Faculty
Constitution.
1. The Faculty Senate shall annually review the
bylaws of the Senate and each Faculty Council and Special Standing Advisory
Committee and approve proposed revisions to such bylaws
2. There shall be a five member
Academic Freedom Committee selected from among the members of the Senate
3. There shall be a five member
Committee On Committees selected from among the
members of the Senate.
B. The Faculty Senate shall develop
policies and procedures for electing members of the Senate, each Faculty
Council, each Standing Advisory Committee and for election of faculty
representatives on all University councils.
C. The Faculty Senate shall develop
policies and procedures as needed for faculty governance, consistent with the
policies of the University and its Board of Trustees.
MEETINGS
A. The Senate shall meet at least
twice monthly, during the academic year, at a time and place designated by the
Chair.
B. Additional meetings shall be called at the discretion of
the Chairperson or upon receipt by the Chairperson of a petition signed by at
least twenty-five percent of the Senate membership.
C. Notice of the meeting and agenda shall be sent by the
Secretary to each Senator not less than one week before a regular meeting.
D. Emergency meetings shall be
called at the discretion of the Chairperson.
E. The quorum shall be a minimum of
forty percent of the membership.
F. Any committee of the Senate may hold
meetings via email or other electronic media, and may conduct official business
in this manner in the same fashion as if meeting in-person. Any item of business which is approved in
this fashion may be reconsidered by majority vote at the next in-person
meeting.
G. Electronic posting of minutes,
meeting announcements and agendas shall be considered official and equivalent
to written postings; this does not, however, preclude distribution of these on
paper.
AMENDMENTS
These
Bylaws may be amended by a majority of all members of the Faculty Senate. Proposed amendments must be presented to the
Senate at a regularly scheduled meeting and voted upon at the following regular
meeting.
PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY
In
the absence of provisions in the Bylaws, Robert's
Rules of Order (most recent edition) shall be the parliamentary authority
for the Faculty Senate.