The Faculty Council operates under its own constitution and
bylaws to consider matters of interest to the faculty and to make
recommendations to the President and Provost regarding these. The
faculty members who serve on the Faculty Council committees
operate as officers of the university with authority delegated by
the President. The Faculty Council, led by its executive
committee, is the Faculty Council's representative body.
Voting members
Any person who holds a current appointment to a full-time faculty
position (instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or
professor) for at least one academic year is a member of the
Faculty Council. Any member of the Faculty Council is eligible to
serve in the Faculty Senate, is eligible to sit on any Faculty
committee for which he or she is otherwise qualified, and has full
rights and voting privileges in the Faculty assemblies and on
Faculty committees.
Non-voting member
Any person who holds a faculty appointment for a designated period
of less than one academic year and teaches one or more classes is
ineligible to serve in the Faculty Senate, but is eligible to be a
non-voting member of the Faculty Council, may attend Faculty
assemblies, and, at the discretion of the Faculty Council/Senate
President, may serve as a voting member of Faculty committees. In
Faculty assemblies, non-voting members have the privilege of
speaking from the floor, at the discretion of the presiding
president.
