Faculty Policies and Procedures Handbook

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F. Faculty Senate Meetings

The Faculty Senate shall normally hold eight regular monthly meetings during the academic year, with four each semester.

  1. The Faculty Senate shall meet in open session in a space adequate for potential visitors. Faculty in attendance will be given the opportunity to express opinions and ask questions of the Senate. Other visitors may be invited by a member of the Executive Council to participate in particular discussions.
  2. The Executive Council will determine the dates and times for the regular monthly meetings and publish these for the Faculty each semester.
  3. The agenda and proposals for each monthly meeting will be distributed to the full Faculty at least one week in advance of each meeting.
  4. Minutes and executive summaries from each meeting will be published in a timely manner except when excluded by this document.
  5. Any committee, department or faculty member may request an item be placed on the monthly agenda provided the president of the Faculty Senate is notified in writing at least ten days in advance of the next monthly meeting. Faculty may request to remain anonymous.
  6. Other University entities that desire to communicate with the Senate may request time on the agenda from the Senate president.
  7. The Executive Council of the Faculty, president of the Senate, and president of the University or his/her representative may call a special meeting of the Senate as deemed necessary.
  8. On rare occasions, the Senate may decide to meet in executive session by majority vote of the total Senate. Executive session includes elected senators and other parties as invited by the Senate.
  9. A majority of the Senate must be present to conduct business excluding exceptions allowed for elsewhere in this document.
  10. A motion shall require a majority vote of the total Senate membership to pass. The vote tally shall be recorded.
  11. Meetings are conducted in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order unless otherwise specified in this document.
  12. The University shall provide an assistant to take minutes at the Senate meetings when requested.
  13. The University shall provide for storage and maintenance of Faculty Senate files and any programmatic needs of the Senate.