VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #F014

5. COLLEGE - WIDE FACULTY SENATE

5.1 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: 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 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 the both the Provost and the President of their findings. The College-wide Faculty Senate may make recommendations on policy change to the both the Provost and the President; however, the College wide Faculty Senate does not formulate policy. VCOM’s administration formulates policy, and the Board approves all policies. 5.2 Membership of the College-wide Faculty Senate The College-wide Faculty Senate will consist of twelve voting representatives (College Senators). College Senators will serve two-year terms and may not serve more than three consecutive terms. The College-wide Faculty Senate shall consist of: a. The Chair of each Campus Faculty Senate (fulfilling four College Senator positions). b. The Chair-Elect of each Campus Faculty Senate (fulfilling four College Senator positions). c. One additional Campus Senator will be elected from the membership of the Campus Faculty Senate (fulfilling the remaining four College Senator positions). Each Campus Faculty Senate will elect this additional member from their campus. Representation of the College-wide Faculty Senate should be made up as follows: a. Four College Senators from the biomedical sciences discipline/department; one from each campus.

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