Divided Sections

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Section I – Introduction

1

A.      Purpose of this Handbook

1

B.      Organization of this Handbook

1

C.     Handbook Amendment Procedure

1

Section II - Western Washington University

2

A.      Organization

2

B.      Governance

2

Section III - The Faculty

2

A.      Introduction

2

B.      Academic Freedom

3

C.     Recruitment Policy

3

D.     Faculty Duties

3

E.      Rights and Responsibilities of the Faculty

3

Section IV - Reimbursements and Consulting Policy

4

A.       Reimbursement of Expenses

4

B.      Policy on Consulting and Other Compensated Activities

4-7

Section V - Creation, Elimination or Merger of a School, College, Academic Department, or Degree Program

7

A.      Creation of a School, College or Academic Department

7

B.      Elimination or Merger of a School, College, Academic Department, or Degree Program

7-8

ARTICLES I, II and III

Article I:          Name and Purposes

Article II:         Membership

Article III:      Faculty Senate

Empowered to speak, 30 voting members, Terms of office, Meetings, Committees, Appeals

2

ARTICLES IV and V

Article IV:   Officers of the Senate

Article V:    Executive Council

Membership Duties (meet w President, Provost, President of UFWW) minutes, chairs, voting

Article VI and VII

Article VI:      Amendments

Who may propose, majority vote of faculty required, effective upon acceptance by Board, Bylaws amended by

votes of Senate and publication

Article VII:    Ratification

Constitution ratified by faculty election; Board of Trustees ratifies

BYLAWS 1, 2 AND 3

BL1    Quorum

Majority excluding vacancies

BL2    Rules of Order

Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure

BL3    Vacancies

Executive Council, Faculty Senate, secret ballot

BYLAWS 4, 5 AND 6

BL4    Representation Before the Board of Trustees

President designates

BL5    Voting Procedures in Faculty Senate Meetings

Voice vote normal, show of hands must be recorded, secret ballot, decision on method

BL6    Removal from Office for Absenteeism

Removal, notification

BYLAW 7 and BYLAW 7.1                                          

BL7    Committees, Councils, and Commissions

Minutes forwarded to Senate.  Senate appoints members up to 6 years

BL7.1       Appointments and Elections Officer

BL7.1.1    President pro tem

BL7.1.2    Roll call

BL7.1.3    Ballots for elections of Officers

BL7.1.4    Distribution of Senate seats among Colleges

BL7.2       Senate Legislative Representative

BL7.2.1    Responsibility of Faculty Legislative Representative and Deputy

BL7.2.2    Delegation includes President-elect

BL7.2.3    Rapport with legislators

BL7.3       Academic Coordinating Commission                                                                 7

BL7.3.1    Membership, appointing, chair and vice chair, release time

BL7.3.2    Executive Committee

BL7.3.3    Meetings

BL7.3.4    Standing Committees and Reportage, Curricular committees

BL7.4     University Planning and Resources Council  (responsibilities)                           9-10

BL7.4.1  Membership, appointment, chair and vice chair, release time

BL7.4.2  Executive Committee

BL7.4.3  Meetings

BL7.5     Library Committee (role)                                                                  10

BL7.5.1  Membership

BL7.5.2  Meetings

BL7.6    Academic Technology Committee (responsibilities, mission)                         11-13

BL7.6.1  Membership

BL7.6.2  Executive Committee

BL7.6.3  Meetings

BL7.6.4  Representatives to Advisory Groups

BYLAW 8 and BYLAW 9

BL8    Publication of Agenda and Minutes                                                                             13

BL8.1    Delivery to the faculty

BL8.2    Abstract delivered

BL8.3    Archives

BL9   Released Time for President of Faculty Senate

          BL9.1  specified in faculty contract

                           BYLAW 10 AND BYLAW 11                            13-14

BL10  Meetings

BL10.1   Alternate Mondays

BL10.2    Minutes of committees, time for review

BL10.3    Requests for appointments

BL11  Agenda

BL11.1   Items to be included

BL11.2   Associated Students

                          
                                  BYLAW 12                                                                  15, 16

 BL12   Senate Elections

BL12.1    Procedures.  Publication of nominees.

BL12.2    Nominations.  5 signatures required with signed statement

BL12.3    Ineligibility.  See Article II of the Constitution

BL12.4    Area Representation

    B12.4.1   2-year term

    B12.4.2    Area representatives must designate

B12.5   At-Large Representative Faculty Positions

    BL12.5.1   After area reps assigned

    BL12.5.2   2-year terms

    BL12.5.3   15 Senators elected each year

    BL12.5.4   Unfilled representative seats – see BL3.2

BL12.6   Election, second election, ties

BL12.7   Preparation of Ballots and Voting

    BL12.7.1   Ballot specifics  (Online balloting instituted Spring 2009)

BL12.8    Publicity

   BYLAWS 13

BL13   General Faculty Assembly

    BL13.1   Definition

    BL13.2   Calling and purpose

    BL13.3   Voting at Assembly, referendum, ballot

     BYLAW 14

BL14  Faculty Referendum

    BL14.1   Definition, when binding    

                                                                             BYLAWS 15 AND 16                                      16, 17

BL15  Summer Session

    BL15.1   Communication with Board of Trustees and Administration

BL16  Faculty Senate Members on Leave

    BL16.1   Note to Senate President, replacement

    BL16.2   Absent longer than one term