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Report to the College Council - Dean Reed Greenwood, October 19, 2007 (PDF)

The elected College Council shall constitute the representative body for the College faculty, acting as a consultative and advisory body to the Dean on matters of faculty concern including general welfare, working conditions and services performed by and for the faculty, policies related to academic and professional research, other scholarly and creative activities, and faculty awards and development. The College Council also serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among members of the faculty. Rights and responsibilities of the faculty reside in the body as a whole, which may overrule Council action by a two-thirds vote of the faculty.

The College Council Chair represents the faculty on official business and on the Dean's Director Meetings, conducts faculty meetings as needed, may call faculty meetings, chairs Council meetings, and signs documents on the faculty's behalf. The Chair-elect serves in the absence of the Chair as needed and keeps minutes of Council meetings, maintains a file of meetings and actions, receives reports from governance committees, posts committee business to the College website, and distributes information as requested by the Chair.

Membership

The College Council shall consist of one representative elected from each department of the College and four at-large members elected by the College faculty. Two at-large representatives shall be elected each fall and serve a staggered two-year term. The Council members shall elect the chair-elect from within the Council. If the chair-elect is a departmental representative, the alternate representative from that department will become the departmental representative. All members of the Council shall be voting members. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Council. Nominations and elections for departmental representatives shall take place at the first departmental faculty meeting each fall and shall be reported to the Council Chair no later than Sept. 15. Each department shall designate alternates to represent the department when the departmental representative is unable to attend Council meetings.

The sitting Chair of the College Council shall manage the annual elections to the Council. The Chair shall solicit nominations for all open at-large College council positions during a nomination period lasting at least one week prior to the fall College faculty meeting. Potential candidates shall be permitted to nominate themselves and also to decline a nomination. All nominees to serve in at-large positions on the Council shall run in a single election. Eligible faculty will be permitted to cast votes equal to the number of open at-large positions (normally 2).

Policies and Procedures

  1. The College Council shall meet at the call of the Chair at least three times each semester of the academic year.
  2. The Chair-elect shall distribute meeting notices, call for agenda items, and post agenda via e-mail to Council members and on the Web site for review at least five days in advance of each meeting.
  3. The Council shall annually select College faculty to receive College honors and awards and to encourage nominations for University honors and awards.
  4. The Council shall provide oversight of college standing committees by:
    1. Receiving reports from college standing committees;
    2. Referring issues to college standing committees; and
    3. Hearing appeals with respect to decisions made by college standing committees.
  5. The Chair-elect shall distribute minutes electronically to Council members and on the Web within a week of Council meetings.
  6. The Council may create ad hoc committees as necessary.
  7. A quorum consists of a majority of the members; and
  8. Actions of the Council shall be decided by majority vote of those present.

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