| ARTICLE 1. PURPOSE |
| A. |
The
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
( hereafter College ) Faculty Council (hereafter Council)
will serve as the principal faculty advisory group to
the vice president/executive dean of the College (hereafter
vice president/dean). The Council will be the primary
agency for full faculty participation in the governance
of the College.
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| B. |
The
specific functions of the Council include: representing
the faculty in matters of faculty business, acting as
the official liaison between the College administration
and faculty, advising the vice president/dean on College
programs and budgets, making recommendations to the
vice president/dean regarding candidates to fill positions
on College-wide standing committees, and assisting the
vice president/dean in conducting faculty meetings.
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| ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP |
| A. |
The
Council will consist of representatives from the College
faculty. For purposes of the Council and its Bylaws,
College faculty are defined as those: 1) having the
title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor,
or instructor, 2) giving service of 50% or more to the
College, and 3) being in a tenure-initiating unit in
the College, the Department of Entomology, or the Food
Animal Health Research Program.
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| B. |
Faculty
with official administrative appointments, including
department and division chairs, associate chairs, district
directors, directors, associate and assistant directors,
and associate and assistant deans will be excluded from
membership on the Council.
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| C. |
The vice president/dean or
designated representative(s) will be an ex officio (non-voting)
member. |
| D. |
The
following units will each have one representative: Agricultural
, Environmental and Development Economics;
Human and Community Resource Development; Food, Agricultural,
and Biological Engineering; Animal Sciences; Horticulture
and Crop Science; Food Animal Health Research Program;
Food Science and Technology; Plant Pathology; Entomology;
School of Natural Resources ; and Agricultural Technical
Institute. The Department of Extension will have five representatives.
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| E. |
Term of membership will be
three years beginning July 1. One third of the membership
will be newly elected each year. Replacement of members,
whose terms are expiring, will be included as an agenda
item at the April meeting of Council. Each retiring Council
member is responsible for seeing that the unit represented
conducts an election for replacement through procedures
indicated for governance in the unit's pattern of administration
and reporting election results to the vice chair of Council
no later than May 1. Members serving less than three years
may succeed themselves; otherwise, at least three years
must pass before a member may be reelected. |
| F. |
A member must provide for a
substitute from the unit represented if unable to attend
meetings. |
| G. |
Council members may be recalled
and/or replaced by their constituent group at any time.
When a vacancy occurs, the vice chair of Council will
notify the unit administrator to conduct an election of
a person to serve out the un-expired term through procedures
indicated for governance in the unit's pattern of administration.
Election results will be given to the vice chair of Council
by the unit administrator. |
| ARTICLE III. OFFICERS |
| A. |
Officers
The officers of the Council will consist of a chair, vice
chair, secretary, and immediate past chair. Officers will
be elected at the April meeting from those members of
the Council who are tenured faculty. Officers will serve
a term of one year commencing July 1. The chair and immediate
past chair will continue as members of Council even if
their regular term of membership has expired. |
| B. |
Chair
The chair will advance from the vice chair position and
will: be responsible for keeping the work of the Council
directed toward its purposes and functions, conduct Council
meetings, chair the executive committee, carry out such
activities as voted upon by members of Council, appoint
members to Council committees, communicate with the College
faculty as appropriate, and meet with the vice president/dean
on a regular basis. |
| C. |
Vice Chair
The vice chair will assume the duties of the chair in
the absence of the chair. The vice chair will maintain
an official roster of Council members, monitor the completeness
of the Council membership replacement procedures, and
distribute to Council members copies of the Bylaws. |
| D. |
Secretary
The secretary will record, maintain, and preserve minutes
of Council and College faculty meetings. Copies of these
minutes will be deposited with the secretary of the College
for preservation. The secretary will maintain and preserve
copies of Council Bylaws. The secretary will distribute
the agenda for Council meetings to all Council members
(at least two weeks prior to regular meetings).
The secretary will distribute to all College faculty by
appropriate means: a summary of Council meeting minutes,
the agenda for College faculty meetings (at least two
weeks prior to regular meetings), a summary of College
faculty meeting minutes, and communications resulting
from College faculty meetings. |
| E. |
Immediate Past Chair
The immediate past chair will provide advice and assistance
to the Council and its officers and serve as chair of
the nominating committee. |
| ARTICLE IV. COUNCIL MEETINGS
AND COMMITTEES |
| A. |
Meetings
1. Regular Council meetings will be held on the second
Friday of October and in January and April.
2. Special meetings may be called by the vice president/dean,
the executive committee, or by two members of Council.
3. The presiding officer will adhere to the newest edition
of Robert’s Rules of Order.
4. Presence of at least 50% of the Council membership
will constitute a quorum.
5. A report from the College’s senators to the University
Senate will be an agenda item. |
| B. |
Committees
1. Executive Committee
The executive committee will consist of the four Council
officers. The duties of the executive committee include:
coordinating Council business and activities, scheduling
Council meetings, and setting meeting agendas. The committee
will meet at least once before each Council meeting.
2. Nomination Committee
The nomination committee will consist of three members.
The duties of the committee are to prepare and present
a slate of candidates for vice chair and secretary at
the April meeting of Council.
3. Ad Hoc Committees
Ad hoc committees will consist of two or more Council
members. The duties of these committees are to evaluate
specific items of Council business and make recommendations
for action at Council meetings. To the extent possible,
all business that requires official action on the part
of the Council will be assigned to ad hoc committees for
preliminary analysis. |
| ARTICLE V. COLLEGE FACULTY
MEETINGS AND STANDING COMMITTEES |
| A. |
Meetings
1. College faculty meetings may be called for the discussion
of those issues defined as academic affairs as described
in the Rules of the University Faculty (3335-5-14) and
for discussion of other College-related issues of interest
to faculty.
2. The vice president/dean will preside at College faculty
meetings per the Rules of the University Faculty (3335-3-29).
3. The vice president/dean and the Council chair will
jointly prepare an agenda and ensure that it is distributed
to all faculty at least two weeks prior to a meeting unless
an emergency exists. Items not on the formal agenda may
be introduced for discussion/action.
4. The presiding officer will adhere to the newest edition
of Robert's Rules of Order
5. College faculty meetings may be called into session
by the vice president/dean, the Council chair, petition
to Council from five percent of the eligible voting faculty
as defined in Article II A of the Bylaws, or petition
to Council from any combination of at least three departments
and schools through their department chairs or school
directors. Faculty meetings will be announced by the chair
of the Council and will be held between two and four weeks
after the request.
6. Distribution to the faculty of motions for consideration
and appropriate information concerning the meeting's agenda
will be the responsibility of the individual or group
recommending the meeting and will be provided with the
announcement of the meeting date.
7. Main motions for consideration during College faculty
meetings may be put forth by the vice president/dean,
the Council, five percent of the eligible voting faculty
as defined in Article II A of the Bylaws, or by any combination
of at least three departments and schools through their
department chairs or school directors.
8. If further review and discussion of a main motion are
needed prior to vote, a second faculty meeting will be
held within one to three weeks following the first meeting.
Determination of the need for a second meeting will be
made by the vice president/dean and the executive committee
of Council.
9. Main motions may be withdrawn only by those persons
or groups that presented the original motion. Withdrawals
may be made either during or after College faculty meetings.
10. No votes will be taken at faculty meetings. Balloting
on main motions will be conducted by the executive committee
of Council using a confidential procedure within a time
line of one to three weeks after a faculty meeting. Only
regular faculty as defined in Article II A of the Bylaws
in the academic departments in the College of Food, Agricultural,
and Environmental Sciences will be eligible to vote on
matters pertaining to curricula and course matters within
the academic departments. Only regular faculty as defined
in Article II A of the Bylaws within the Agricultural
Technical Institute will be eligible to vote on matters
pertaining to curricula and course matters within the
Agricultural Technical Institute. Only regular faculty
as defined in Article II A of the Bylaws in the School
of Natural Resources will be eligible to vote on matters
pertaining to curricula and course matters within the
School of Natural Resources. All regular faculty as defined
in Article II A of the Bylaws in the College will be eligible
to vote on all other matters.
11. The vote required for passage of main motions will
be a simple majority of the returned ballots.
12. To be counted, ballots must be returned to the chair
of the Council within three weeks of the date of distribution.
The executive committee of Council will be the teller
committee. The teller committee will announce voting results
within one week of the balloting deadline.
13. A decision reached by individual faculty vote will
override decisions made by a vote by departments and schools. |
| B. |
Standing Committees
1. Council will make recommendations to the vice president/dean
regarding candidates to fill positions on College-wide
standing committees (i.e., committees on which faculty
in all units of the College are eligible to serve). Recommendations
for specific committees are subject to stipulations and
restrictions contained in the College Patterns of Administration.
2. Filling vacancies on the College standing committees
will be included as an agenda item at the April meeting
of Council. It is the responsibility of Council members
to poll eligible faculty in the unit represented concerning
interest in serving on specific standing committees and
to recommend named individuals to the Executive Committee
of Council no later than May 1.
3. The executive committee of Council will submit to the
dean/director no later than June 1 a list of suggested
candidates for standing committee membership. The list
will contain at least two more names than vacancies anticipated
for each committee. |
| ARTICLE VI. AMENDMENTS
TO THE BYLAWS |
| A. |
Amendments to the Bylaws may
be proposed by any member of the Faculty or an ad hoc
committee of Council. |
| B. |
Proposed amendments will be
placed on the agenda of a Council meeting. If approved
by Council, the proposed amendments will then be submitted
for a College faculty vote in accordance with the balloting
procedures described in Article V. |
| C. |
Proposed amendments will be
adopted if approved by a simple majority of voting College
faculty. |
