Faculty Senate

2008-2009

        Committee on Committees

                        2007 - 2008 Members

Faculty Handbook:

7.2.6 Committee on Committees

The Committee on Committees:

a. nominates candidates to serve full terms on the Faculty Due Process Committee, the Faculty Grievance Committee, and the Faculty Grievance Assistance Committee.  These nominations are presented at the spring University-wide nominations meeting, at which time additional nominations may be received from the floor; (See Section V., Elections Procedures of the Faculty Senate Guidebook and Manual of Order.)

b.  submits to the Senate, at its April meeting, and at other appropriate times, recommendations for nominations to fill vacancies on University committees;

c.  strives to insure that a nominee serves on no more than one standing University committee per three-year term and has no more than one other University committee assignment (including Faculty Senate committees and University committees);

d.  reviews annually the membership and responsibilities of each of the University committees, and periodically conducts detailed reviews of University committees;

e.  determines whether or not each University committee is meeting as often as specified and fulfilling the functions it was created to fulfill;

f.  makes recommendations to the Senate for abolishing, changing, and/or adding University committees;

g.  makes recommendations to the Senate for the replacement of members on those University committees on which such members are not accepting their responsibilities, or when vacancies on those committees occur; and

h.  handles other business that pertains to committees.

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