2008 - 2009 Faculty Senate Executive Board
Chair: Michael Ramey (Chemistry)
Vice Chair: Jammie Price (Sociology)
Secretary: Ellen Carpenter (FCS)
Parliamentarian: Wayne Williams (HLES)
Organizational Structure (Prior to April 28, 2008)
The purpose of the Faculty Senate is to serve as the instrument
through which the faculty of Appalachian State University
considers and acts on university matters. To this
end, the Faculty Senate participates in the formation,
implementation, and review of university policy.
The Faculty Senate, in order to represent a continuing
proportionate and distributive voice of the faculty, is
composed of twenty-seven (27) members elected by the faculty. Specifically, the Senate is composed of faculty members
who are elected at-large by the entire faculty of the university and of
faculty members who are elected by the faculty of a specific college, school,
or library. All employees of the university holding academic rank
are eligible for election, excluding Emeriti Faculty, Adjunct Faculty,
and Part-time Faculty teaching less than six hours (see Faculty Constitution,
Article II, Section 2). The Senate elects three members of its body
to serve as officers: a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary. Officers
will serve a one-year term which may be renewed for a second consecutive
year. A Senator is appointed by the Chair to serve as Parliamentarian.
To further involve the faculty in the policy of the university,
standing committees of the university are established, modified
and/or abolished as the Senate deems necessary. These committees make recommendations for action
concerning university policy, particularly as the policy is related to
concerns of faculty and students. The Senate's Committee on Committees
is charged with periodically reviewing the composition, the effectiveness,
and the areas of responsibility of each university committee, and with
proposing a slate of new members for these committees to the Senate for
its approval at the regularly scheduled March meeting.
To provide for orderly transaction of business, Faculty Senate
committee members are appointed by the Chair of the Senate, with
the advice and consent of the Senate. Faculty concerns needing study may be referred to a Senate
committee by action of the Chair, the Agenda Committee, or the Senate. Items
referred to committee shall be recorded in the minutes of the Senate. Furthermore,
committees study and bring to the Senate recommendations on policies
and problems in their areas of responsibility. Recommendations
on all referred matters are submitted by committees to
the Senate for action as expeditiously as possible.
Send
comments or questions to Michael Ramey, Faculty Senate
Chair
2006 - 2007 Faculty Senate
2005 - 2006 Faculty Senate
Faculty Senate Office, 221
I. G. Greer Hall
Appalachian
State University
Boone,
N.C. 28608
828.262.2067
