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FACULTY GOVERNANCE The Faculty Assembly
THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY
The Bylaws of the University provide for faculty enactment of regulations deemed necessary for the carrying out of its duties (see University Bylaws, Article 6). That article of the Bylaws also defines the membership of the faculty to include the President of the University, officers designated by the President as primarily responsible for instruction and research, all persons at the rank of full-time instructor or above who are engaged in teaching, and members of the facultyemeriti.
Background Information
Those categories of faculty membership function collectively as the Faculty Assembly to carry out the duties identified in the Bylaws and other functions necessary for the creation and implementation of the academic program. The Faculty Assemblyin turn functions through two standing commissions, designated as the Educational Programs Commission and the Faculty Standards and Welfare Commission.
Meetings
The Faculty Assembly meets from 1:15 - 3:00 p.m. on the first Friday of October, November, December, February, March, and April and the last Friday of April. Special sessions may be ordered by the Assembly or called by its chairman, the President of the University. Normally, the President will designate the Agenda Committee to take turns as presiding officer of the Faculty Assembly on a rotating basis.
Agenda
Notices of the Faculty Assembly meetings will be distributed by the Secretary of the Faculty. Commissions or individuals who have business to be brought to the faculty maycontact the Secretaryof the Facultyoranyother member of the FacultyAssemblyAgenda Committee, which will set the agenda for Faculty Assemblymeetings.
Initial elections for the reformed Agenda Committee will be held by the schools in the fall 2018 semester, with initial terms to begin with the spring 2019 semester. After that, staggered elections to three-year terms will occur in the spring in the following order, with terms beginning with the subsequent fallsemester:
Spring 2019: Arts and Humanities Spring 2020: Natural Sciences and Mathematics Spring 2021: Social Sciences Spring 2021: Professional Studies
Individuals elected to the agenda committee are subject to approval by the President and VPAA.
Liaison with Student Government
The Community Advocate elected in the spring by Faculty Assembly serves as the liaison working with students/faculty/administration. Any issue the faculty wants to take to the student organizations shall be scheduled through the Community Advocate.
