Faculty Senate Resolutions
2005 - 2006
March 20, 2006
Motion FS05-06/03-01 That the Faculty Senate approve the document titled “Policies and Procedures in Intellectual Property Transfer”.
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Motion 05-06/03-02 regarding proposed amendments to the Faculty Constitution be put to a vote at the 2006 Fall Faculty meeting.
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Whereas, an inclusive rather than exclusive definition of faculty eligible to vote eliminates uncertainty about who is eligible;
And Whereas, article 4.4.3.4 of the Faculty Handbook more accurately expresses the eligibility to vote of part-time faculty;
Therefore, The Faculty Senate requests the following amendment to the Faculty Constitution be put to a vote at the 2006 Fall Faculty meeting:
Section 2
All members of the faculty, excluding emeriti faculty, adjunct faculty, and part-time faculty teaching less more than six (6) hours per semester, have the right to hold faculty offices and to vote in faculty meetings and faculty elections and in departmental and college committees on which they serve except as noted in Article II, Section 3.
2. Whereas, there has been confusion about who is, or should be, eligible to vote in personnel matters;
And Whereas, the title of Lecturer should be used only as defined in sections 4.4.2 and 4.4.2.2 of the Faculty Handbook;
And Whereas, the rank of Instructor should be reserved only for tenure-track appointments of faculty without the terminal degree,
Therefore, the Faculty Senate requests the following amendment to the Faculty Constitution be put to a vote at the 2006 Fall Faculty Meeting:
Section 3:
Those eligible to serve on and participate in election of members to departmental personnel committees are full time faculty in the ranks of lecturer, instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, and professor.
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Motion 05-06/03-03 regarding proposed amendments to the Faculty Constitution be put to a vote at the 2006 Fall Faculty Meeting.
Whereas, faculty governance should be completely under faculty control, so that the faculty can work effectively with administration;
And Whereas this principle has been generally accepted by the practice that faculty committees must be chaired by a faculty member, not an administrator;
And Whereas, the chair and vice-chair of the Senate are elected officers of the faculty;
Therefore, the Faculty Senate requests the following amendment to the Faculty Constitution be put to a vote at the 2006 Fall Faculty Meeting:
ARTICLE III
Officers of the Faculty
Section 1.
The officers of the faculty shall be the chair, vice chair, recorder, and parliamentarian.
Section 2.
The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, Chair of the Faculty Senate, as chair of the faculty, shall preside at the faculty meetings.
Section 3.
The Vice-Chair of the Faculty Senate shall be the vice chair of the faculty and shall assist the chair of the faculty in the preparation of agenda, and preside at performance of the duties of the chair of the faculty, including such duties as presiding at the faculty meetings in the absence of the chair of the faculty.
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Motion 05-06/03-04 regarding Honoring Our Faculty Proposal
Whereas, tenure and/or promotion in rank mark major achievements in the professional life of a faculty member, being the culmination of years of work and representing excellence in teaching, research, and service to the University and to the wider community;
And Whereas, the interdependence of faculty and the University Library are crucial to the academic life of the University and of the wider community, and that the strongest bonds of mutual respect for contributions that advance human knowledge should be encouraged always;
And Whereas, the Library Services Committee and the University Librarian have given formal support to this proposal;
Therefore, The Faculty Senate requests the Chancellor to have the University Library establish a program called “Honoring Our Faculty” to begin in the fall semester 2006 that is described herein below.
The “Honoring Our Faculty” program invites promoted and/or tenured faculty members to choose a book for the University Library collection and to have a bookplate placed in the book to commemorate their success. Honored faculty members would be encouraged to select a book representing something personally or professionally meaningful to them. The books selected would then be purchased for the library collection and provided with a bookplate with the faculty member’s name, department or school, year and promotion/tenure information. Honored faculty members would be invited to provide a brief statement describing why they chose that book.
Annually, there would be a display in the University Library of the books and their selector’s statements for a period of time. The names of honored faculty, the titles of their chosen books, and their personal statements will be collected, maintained together, and be made available to the public.
The program would be annually conducted in fall semesters, by honoring faculty promoted or tenured in the previous year. It would be administered by the University Library with assistance from Academic Affairs.
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Approved. Reported to Faculty Senate as approved on April 24, 2006. |
