Committee on the By-Laws and the Faculty/Administration Manual
The Committee on the By-Laws and the Faculty/Administration Manual is comprised of three faculty members. As a standing Senate Committee, at least one of the elected faculty members must be a Senator. Ex-officio members include the Speaker of the Faculty, the Faculty Secretary, and the Provost (or Provost’s designee). The Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs (or designee) is a non-voting, ex-officio member.
The committee is responsible for reviewing any motions to amend the Faculty By-Laws and to propose changes for improvements, forwarding recommended changes to the administration and/or the Faculty Senate as appropriate. The committee incorporates revisions or interpretations of either document in new editions of them. For the Faculty By-Laws, the committee is responsible for making non-substantive changes (such as correcting grammatical, spelling, and stylistic errors; also to correct inaccurate administrative title). Such changes shall be made only when unanimously approved by the Committee, and a notice in writing shall be given to the Faculty Senate within 60 calendar days of such changes being approved by the Committee. However, these non-substantive changes can be repealed through an appropriate motion that is approved by a simple majority of the Committee, the Faculty Senate, or the College Faculty.
(Description adapted from the Faculty/Administration Manual, August 2017: Article V, Section 2.B.3)
Meeting Schedule
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Education Center, Room 228
August 24, 2017
October 3, 2017
9:30 am - 10:45 am | Education Center, Room 228
February 1, 2018
9:00 am - 10:45 am | Education Center, Room 228
February 8, 2018
February 13, 2018
February 15, 2018
February 20, 2018
March 1, 2018
March 15, 2018
Committee Roster
Chair: Richard Nunan - Philosophy (S)
Michael Lee - Communication
George Pothering - Computer Science
Ex-officio members: Speaker of the Faculty, Faculty Secretary, and Vice President for Legal Affairs (or designee).
Ex-officio Provost's designee: Deanna Caveny - Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
To view the online archive of records for this committee, please view the Faculty Senate Online Archives.
Have more questions? Please contact the committee chair, Richard Nunan.