VCOM Faculty Handbook

Meetings of the Campus Faculty Senate The Campus Faculty Senate meets following a meeting of the Campus Faculty Assembly. The Campus Faculty Senate should discuss and formulate recommendations to the Campus Dean based on the concerns voiced by the majority of the Campus Faculty Assembly. In regard to these meetings, members of the faculty may attend Campus Faculty Senate meetings only by invitation of the Chair of the Campus Faculty Senate. Any member of the faculty may address the Campus Faculty Senate if he/she has contacted the Chair of the Campus Faculty Senate in advance and has an agreed upon time, format, and length of presentation. The faculty will have the opportunity to address issues of concern free from administration through their Campus Senator. Membership of the College-wide Faculty Senate The College-wide Faculty Senate will consist of twelve voting representatives (College Senators). The College wide Faculty Senate shall consist of the Chair of each Campus Faculty Senate (fulfilling four College Senator positions) and the Chair-Elect of each Campus Faculty Senate (fulfilling four College Senator positions). Each Campus Faculty Senate shall elect one additional Campus Senators to serve as a College Senator on the College wide Faculty Senate (fulfilling the remaining four College Senator positions). College Senators will serve two-year terms and may not serve more than three consecutive terms. Representation on the College-wide Faculty Senate is determined as follows: a. Four college Senators from the biomedical sciences discipline/department; one from each campus. b. Four college Senators from the primary care discipline/department (family medicine, osteopathic manipulative medicine, sports medicine, geriatrics, underserved care, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics); one from each campus. c. Four college Senators from the medical specialties discipline/department (emergency medicine, surgery, psychiatry, neurology, radiology); one from each campus. d. New Branch Campuses will be given consideration for representation on the College-wide Faculty Senate with three at-large, full time faculty members until equal representation amongst the three divisions listed above is possible (usually within the 2nd or 3rd year of operation). When mature, the Campus Faculty Senate will elect three College Senators, one from each division as noted above. The new elections will be held no later than the next election date. Duties of the College-wide Faculty Senate The duties of the College-wide Faculty Senate are to represent the faculty on institution-wide matters that affect the College faculty to the Provost and President on: a. The College-wide Faculty Senate does not act on issues concerning an individual's promotion or tenure. b. The College-wide Faculty Senate considers only those matters that affect the college-wide faculty as a whole. c. The College-wide Faculty Senate will review and make recommendations on issues of substance brought to their attention by the faculty or the administration. d. The College-wide Faculty Senate will receive information from the various disciplines/departments regarding any perceived difficulty with a college policy or policies. The College-wide Faculty Senate will discuss how the perceived difficulty may affect any and all College disciplines/departments and all faculty. If the difficulty significantly affects one or more disciplines/departments, the College-wide Faculty Senate will notify both the Provost and the President of their findings. The College-wide Faculty Senate may make recommendations on policy change to both the Provost and the President; College-wide Faculty Senate

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