1.4.6. ARTICLE V
Revised: April 6, 2009
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1.4.6. ARTICLE V: Faculty Senate Committees
1.4.6.1. As noted in the By-Laws, the Senate
shall establish committees to study and make reports on matters
of concern to the University faculty. Committees created by the
Senate become committees of the Senate, receive their authority
from the Senate, and shall report their findings and make their
recommendations to the Senate.
1.4.6.2. Policies and Procedures of Senate
Committees. Senate Committees shall not act
independently of the Senate, and all accomplishments of these
committees shall be presented to the Senate for consideration.
Committee work shall be done as a body and not as individual
members of the committee. Actions taken shall be those of the
committee as a whole representing a majority vote. Minority
reports and recommendations may be submitted to the Senate if
desired by dissenting committee members. A majority of the
committee membership shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of all business of the committee.
1.4.6.3. Standing Committees. The Standing
Committees of the Senate shall be the Executive Committee and
such other committees as are identified in the By-Laws. The
Executive Committee shall appoint members to the standing
Senate committees according to the procedures established in
the By-Laws. The Senate standing committees shall be maintained
at full membership and shall file reports in writing with the
secretary of the Senate at least seven (7) workdays prior to
the last regularly scheduled meeting of the academic year.
1.14.6.4.
The Composition of the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee shall be composed of at least eight
voting members:
1.
The president, the vice
president, the secretary, the treasurer, and the immediate past
president of the Senate.
2.
Three At-Large members
of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Senate from
its membership by secret ballot each year after the new members
of the Senate are seated. No At-Large member shall be elected
to the Executive Committee from a single college, school or
equivalent academic unit that already has more than two (2)
voting members.
3.
The officers identified
under the By-Laws Article V (1.15.5)
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