A. ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND TENURE COMMITTEE

The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee is responsible for all matters of policy related to academic freedom and faculty tenure, including the Regents' policy, "Faculty Tenure." The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee reports to the Faculty Senate and does not deal with individual disputes.

Membership

The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee shall consist of (1) no fewer than 7 members of the faculty, of whom at least 5 must be tenured and at least one must come from a campus other than the Twin Cities, and (2) two academic professional members whose responsibilities are primarily teaching or research. The academic professional members may not vote on any issue related to faculty tenure; the decision about whether a matter relates to tenure shall be determined by the chair. Committee members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees and appointed with the approval of the Senate. The chair of the committee shall be a tenured faculty member.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. review periodically the University’s policies on academic freedom, its underlying principles, and the tenure regulations.

b. review periodically the tenure-and-promotion system for faculty appointments, and any related policies, and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate and to the appropriate senior academic administrators.

c. review proposals from any source for amendment of the Regents Policy on Faculty Tenure and report its views to the Faculty Senate within the time limits provided by the Regents' Policy.

d. review annually the use of contract and non-faculty instructional appointments in all departments and colleges, and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate and the appropriate senior academic administrators.

e. provide Interpretations of the tenure policies in accordance with the Regents' Policy.

f. monitor the post-tenure review process.

g. review and monitor issues of academic freedom arising in, pertinent to, or affecting the University of Minnesota.

h. promote understanding of the concepts and exercise of academic freedom across the University.

i. advise senior academic administrators concerning issues of academic freedom, and of academic tenure and rank.

j. make recommendations it deems appropriate to the Faculty Consultative Committee or other committees of the Faculty Senate.


B. ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee shall represent the faculty at large in the Academic Health Center and not the individual institutes, colleges, schools, or departments.

Membership

The AHC FCC shall be composed of eight faculty members as follows: three from the Medical School (one from Basic Sciences, one from Clinical Sciences, and one from the School of Medicine, UMD) and one each from Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine. Members shall be nominated and elected by the colleges’ faculty governance committees.

In case of a faculty vacancy, the remaining members of the Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative shall fill the vacancy, by majority vote, with an interim appointment until the next general election.

The committee has the authority to identify ex officio representation as it deems necessary and appropriate.

The Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative Committee shall elect its chair from amongst its members for a one-year term of office. The chair shall be eligible for re-election to that position.

Duties and Responsibilities

Steering

a. To meet at least monthly to discuss matters of concern to the faculty.

b. To initiate whatever studies it deems necessary and appropriate or to request such studies from the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences or Administrative officers or from the subcommittees.

c. To advise the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences on procedures for making administrative appointments and to participate in the selection process.

d. To create and terminate all subcommittees of the AHC FCC.

Executive

a. To serve as a deliberative body of the AHC Faculty Assembly on all major items it deems necessary and appropriate and to call meetings of the AHC Faculty Assembly as needed.

b. To act on behalf of the AHC Faculty Assembly when a decision is required and when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the AHC Faculty Assembly in a timely fashion.

c. To report regularly on any matters which, in its judgment, should be brought to the attention of the AHC or specifically to the attention and consideration of the AHC Faculty Assembly.

d. To examine any action taken respecting the AHC by the Board of Regents, the central administration, or by another individual or body having any relationship with the University.


C. COUNCIL ON LIBERAL EDUCATION

The Council on Liberal Education has responsibilities for baccalaureate degree requirements for those who graduate from the Twin Cities campus of the University.

Membership

The Council on Liberal Education shall be composed of faculty and student representatives (both undergraduate and graduate/professional); members of the academic staff may also be appointed. Three-quarters of the members of the Council shall be regular faculty members. ["Regular" as defined in Faculty Tenure]. The faculty members shall be appointed by the Provost, in consultation with the deans and with the Twin Cities members of the Educational Policy Committee, and shall be drawn from among the colleges and schools of the Twin Cities campus, including the professional schools. The student members shall be appointed by the Provost in consultation with the Twin Cities student members of the Student Committee on Committees. Academic staff members shall be appointed by the Provost in consultation with the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators. The chair of the Council shall be designated by the Provost and shall be a faculty member.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To review and approve or disapprove all proposals for courses designated for the Diversified Core Curriculum.

b. To formulate the procedures for 1) proposing courses to be added to, and 2) deleting courses from, the Diversified Core Curriculum.

c. To establish and regularly review the criteria for courses which will be considered for designation for the Diversified Core Curriculum.

d. To establish criteria for courses which will carry the Special Designators (International Perspectives, Cultural Diversity, Citizenship and Public Ethics, Environmental Education, and Writing Intensive) and to review and approve courses which will carry the Special Designators.

e. To regularly review for their effectiveness the distribution requirements and skills and competencies requirements for all baccalaureate degree candidates.

f. To advise the Provost on implementation of recommendations concerning liberal education requirements.

g. To foster continuing discussion among the faculty about issues of liberal and undergraduate education.

h. To recommend to the Senate Consultative Committee such actions or policies it deems appropriate.


D. EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE

The Educational Policy Committee is concerned with all matters that influence the quality of education at the University. It deals primarily with those affairs which affect educational policy and procedures on a University-wide basis.

Membership

The Educational Policy Committee shall be composed of 12 faculty/academic professional members, 6 students (including one from a coordinate campus), and ex officio representation as specified by vote of the Faculty Senate. Members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Senate. The chair of the committee (or his or her designee) shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Faculty Consultative Committee. Academic professional members must also be eligible to serve in the Senate.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To consult with and advise the president and senior officers it determines appropriate on all matters of educational policy and to recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee and the Faculty Senate such actions or policies on educational issues it deems appropriate and necessary.

b. To recommend to the Faculty Senate policies on the extension of the teaching, resources of the University to the people of the State of Minnesota at large and to advise the president and senior academic officers with respect to these matters.

c. To formulate policies governing calendars, and to set the calendar of the University with the approval of the Faculty Senate and to approve any exemptions to that calendar.

d. To consult with the executive vice president and provost on all matters of educational development and on all proposals related thereto.

e. To recommend to the Faculty Senate and the president and senior academic officers policies concerning University programs offered for students of especially high ability and achievement.

f. To recommend to the Faculty Senate policies on international education and to advise the president and senior academic officers on the operation of international education policies.

g. To review undergraduate group distribution requirements and all proposals related to the core curriculum and to examine issues related to duplication of courses between colleges, the proliferation of courses that meet the group distribution requirements, and cross-collegiate cooperation.

h. To receive reports on the quality and effectiveness of undergraduate, graduate, and professional education, and to foster improvement of teaching effectiveness and faculty evaluation and recognition of excellent teaching.

i. To advise the senior vice president for academic affairs and provost on the ROTC program and relations between the University and the Department of Defense and to recommend to the Faculty Senate policies on University-ROTC relationships.

j. To review campus services with respect to compliance with state and federal laws regarding admissions, records, and financial aid, and to advise administrative offices and, when appropriate, the Senate, on issues concerning the offices dealing with such services.

k. To advise the Faculty Senate and the Provost on matters relating to classrooms.






































F. FACULTY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

The Faculty Affairs Committee is concerned with policies and procedures that influence the personal and professional welfare of the faculty.

Membership

The Faculty Affairs Committee shall be composed of at least 10 members of the faculty, two members of the academic professional staff, one graduate assistant and one undergraduate student, and ex officio representation as specified by vote of the Faculty Senate. All members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Faculty Senate. The chair (or his/her designee) shall serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of the Faculty Consultative Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To examine all policies and procedures of the University which influence the professional and personal welfare of the faculty, and to recommend improvements in the design and implementation of faculty personnel policies, including such matters as tenure and promotion (in conjunction with the Tenure Committee), salary and benefits, faculty development, and hiring and retirement alternatives.

b. To examine and propose University policies and programs associated with faculty development.

c. To examine and propose benefit options and benefit option counseling available for current and retired faculty (with the assistance of the Employee Benefits Department).

d. To review the options, performance, and reporting of the Faculty Retirement Plan, with the assistance of the University's Office of Asset Management and Employee Benefits Offices and recommend appropriate changes.

e. To monitor any legislation and other policies affecting faculty welfare.

f. Interact with the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators (CAPA) on all items that jointly impact academic staff and faculty, such as benefits and retirement.

g. To recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.


G. FACULTY COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

Faculty Committee on Committees

The Faculty Committee on Committees proposes candidates for election to the Nominating Committee, appoints members of certain other committees of the Faculty Senate and advises the Faculty Consultative Committee on the committee structure of the Faculty Senate.

Membership

The Faculty Committee on Committees shall be composed of at least 13 and no more than 15 elected tenured or tenure-track faculty members and at least 2 and no more than 4 elected academic professional members.

Of the faculty/academic professional members, 1 shall be from the Morris campus and the remainder from the Twin Cities campus. All faculty members of the Committee shall be elected by the faculty members of the Senate from their respective campuses. The academic professional candidates for the Committee on Committees shall be elected in accord with procedures established by the Council of Academic Professionals and Administrators. In case of a faculty/academic professional vacancy, the remaining faculty/academic professional members, by majority vote, shall fill the vacancy by interim appointment until the next general election.

The Faculty Committee on Committees shall elect its chair from amongst its members for a one-year term of office. The chair is eligible for re-election to that position. The chair shall also serve as the chair of the Senate Committee on Committees.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To forward annually to the Faculty Senate for approval names of faculty members, academic professionals, and chairs it recommends for appointment to those committees of the Faculty Senate specified in the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate. The committee shall give consideration to 1) representation from the various campuses and units when appropriate; 2) the number of committees on which the faculty/academic professional member currently is serving; 3) the principle of rotation of committee assignments; 4) the recommendations of the respective committee chairs, faculty, academic professional, undergraduate student and graduate/professional student members; and 5) expressions of interest in committee service offered by faculty and academic professionals. In addition, the committee shall select senators for committee membership when appropriate to encourage communication between the Faculty Senate and its committees. The committee also shall strive to assure full and adequate representation by race, sex, and academic rank in constituting committees.

b. To forward annually to the Faculty Consultative Committee a slate of candidates to be considered for election to the Nominating Committee. The slate should contain twice as many candidates as there are positions to be filled on the Nominating Committee and the candidates shall be paired. The committee should give preference to candidates who have broad experience in governance at the University.

c. To review periodically the committees of the Faculty Senate and recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee any changes in committee structure, charge, or membership which it deems appropriate.

d. To review and forward as appropriate to the Faculty Senate any proposed changes to the charge, membership, or ex officio members for committees of the Faculty Senate prior to approval from the Faculty Senate.

e. To solicit annually from each newly elected faculty/academic professional member of the Faculty Senate a list of Faculty Senate committees on which the senator is serving or has an interest in serving.

f. To request annually from deans, directors, and department heads a list of faculty/academic professional members who they believe have the requisite interest and experience to serve on specific committees.

g. To recommend to the Student Committee on Committees, the Senate Committee on Committees, and the Faculty Consultative Committee such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.


H. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Faculty Consultative Committee shall represent the faculty at large and not the individual campuses, institutes, colleges, schools, or departments of the University.

The Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve as the consulting body to the president and as executive committee of the Faculty Senate.

Membership

The tenured and tenure-track faculty of the Twin Cities campus and those tenured and tenure-track faculty members on the Duluth campus eligible to vote in elections for the Senate shall elect 9 members, and the tenured and tenure-track faculty of the Morris campus shall elect one faculty member. Faculty members shall be nominated and elected by procedures established by each campus faculty, subject to the following provisions:

- All members of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall hold regular appointment at the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, a University position carrying as any part of its title, for any percentage time, president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, librarian, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff at a collegiate or central administrative level may not serve on the committee. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, an administrative appointment as department chair or department head (or its equivalent, such as center director) are eligible to serve on the committee.

- Each campus faculty shall submit a slate of twice as many candidates as are to be elected from its numbers. These candidates shall be nominated and certified as available according to procedures set forth by each campus assembly. The clerk of the campus assembly shall distribute election ballots and slates to all faculty members eligible to vote for members of the Senate and shall receive all returns. The election shall be held and completed by the end of spring semester. In case of a tie, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate by lot.

- For the purposes of this section only, the faculty on the Duluth campus who are eligible to vote in Senate elections shall be considered a part of the Twin Cities campus: They shall be eligible (1) to vote in elections for the Faculty Consultative Committee and (2) for nomination and election to the Faculty Consultative Committee in accord with the provisions established in these bylaws.

In case of a faculty vacancy, the remaining members of the Faculty Consultative Committee by majority vote shall fill the vacancy by interim appointment until the next general election.

Articles II, Section 2(f), Article IV, Section 2(f) and Article VI, Section 2(e) of the Rules governing absences from committee meetings and Article I, Section 4 and Article III, Section 4 of Bylaws governing absences from Senate meetings shall apply to the Faculty Consultative Committee.

The chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall be elected by their respective members from among their number for a one-year term of office. Chairs shall be eligible for re-election to that position. The chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve as chair of the Senate Consultative Committee.

The ex officio members of the Faculty Consultative Committee are:

--The vice chair of the Faculty Senate (ex officio voting).
--The chairs of the Academic Health Center Faculty Consultative, Educational Policy, Faculty Affairs, Finance and Planning, and Research Committees (ex officio nonvoting).
--The past chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee for the year following his or her service as chair, irrespective of the term to which that individual was originally elected (ex officio voting).
-- One representative of the faculty on the Duluth campus eligible to vote in Senate elections (ex officio non-voting). This representative shall be elected in accord with procedures established by the eligible Duluth faculty. The ex officio Duluth representative may send an alternate to Faculty Consultative Committee meetings.
--The faculty legislative liaison(s) (ex officio non-voting).

Duties and Responsibilities

Consultative

a. To discuss with the president and other University officers issues or policies of the University of concern to the faculty and, as appropriate, to make recommendations concerning such matters to the Faculty Senate.

b. To initiate whatever studies it deems necessary and appropriate or to request such studies from the president or senior academic officers or from committees of the Faculty Senate.

c. To consult with the president or senior academic officers, in cooperation with the Finance and Planning Committee, on planning and on the annual budget and the biennial request.

d. To advise the president on procedures for making major administrative appointments and to participate in the selection process.

e. To receive from any faculty member notification of concerns which may require consultation with the president or senior academic officers.

Steering

a. To superintend and direct all committees of the Faculty Senate, which includes the authority to require that any committee of the Faculty Senate report on any matter within its jurisdiction within 30 days.

b. To receive recommendations of any faculty member who wishes to present a proposal to the Faculty Senate and to refer or act upon such recommendations as it deems appropriate.

c. To route to the appropriate body all documents, proposals, or papers on any matter pertaining to the affairs of the Faculty Senate.

d. To convene on a regular basis the chairs of Faculty Senate committees as a coordinating committee to discuss and track agenda items.

e. To serve as a coordinating body between the president and the Faculty Senate or a committee of the Faculty Senate.

f. To be responsible for the preparation and distribution of the agenda for each meeting of the Faculty Senate in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the Faculty Senate.

g. To recommend, with the approval of the Faculty Senate, such rules of procedure as are not provided in the Constitution or Bylaws.

h. To keep the published Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the Faculty Senate up to date.

Executive

a. To serve as a deliberative body of the Faculty Senate on all major items it deems necessary and appropriate.

b. To act on behalf of the Faculty Senate when a decision is required prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate and when a decision is required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the Faculty Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the Faculty Senate at its next meeting and the Faculty Senate may then overrule the Faculty Consultative Committee.

c. To examine any action taken respecting the University by the Board of Regents, the central administration, or by another individual or body having any relationship with the University.

d. To forward annually to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation the slate of candidates for the Nominating Committee. The slate of candidates for the Nominating Committee shall contain twice the number of candidates as there are positions to be filled and the candidates shall be paired. The proposed slate will be provided to the Faculty Consultative Committee by the Committee on Committees. In the event that additional nominations are made by members of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall vote by secret ballot to reduce the slate to twice the number to be elected before forwarding the final slate to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation.

e. To forward annually to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation the slate of candidates for the Committee on Committees. The slate of candidates for the Committee on Committees, shall contain the same number of candidates as there are positions to be filled. A proposed slate will be provided to the Faculty Consultative Committee by the Nominating Committee. In the event that additional nominations are made by members of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall vote by secret ballot to determine the final slate to be forwarded to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation.

f. To appoint or assist in appointing, when requested, members of non-Senate committees.

g. To appoint special committees or subcommittees or to employ other devices which it deems necessary and appropriate.

h. To report regularly on any matters which, in its judgment, should be brought to the attention of the University at large or specifically to the attention and consideration of the Faculty Senate.

i. To dispose of business which appears to be not germane to the purposes of the Faculty Senate.

j. To make editorial changes in Faculty Senate policies and documents (including the constitution, bylaws, and rules) to reflect changes in titles of administrative offices or officers; the changes will be reported to the Faculty Senate for information.

k. To provide for a Business and Rules Committee composed of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Clerk of the Senate, and the Vice Chair of the Senate. The Chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve as chair of the Business and Rules Committee. The Business and Rules Committee shall be responsible for drafting the docket of the Faculty Senate.


I. FINANCE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE

The Finance and Planning Committee serves as the consultative body to the president and senior University officers on all major issues of planning, budget, resource allocation policy, and University operations.

The committee is expected to consider matters of University-wide policy or effect.

The Committee may, from time to time, act as a Twin Cities campus committee, and take up matters exclusively of concern to the Twin Cities, and may appoint subcommittees to deal with issues that pertain to the entire University or only to the Twin Cities campus.

Membership

The Finance and Planning Committee shall be composed of 10 faculty members, 2 academic professional members, 4 students, 2 civil service staff members, and ex officio representation as specified by vote of the Senate. Faculty/academic professional and student members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Senate. Civil service members shall be appointed by the Civil Service Committee. All terms (except student terms) shall be for four years. The Committee may, on its own authority, add to its ex officio membership by requesting that faculty or student chairs and/or other members of standing subcommittees serve on the Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To consult with and advise the president and senior University officers on planning, and in particular on financial and operational planning.

b. To consult with and advise the president and senior academic and financial officers on the development of the biennial request, of supplemental budget requests, and the annual budget and to review the implementation of the annual budget.

c. To consult with and advise the president and senior University officers on the development of the University's capital budget and capital plans, the biennial capital request, supplemental capital requests, and the implementation of capital projects.

d. To participate in the development and review of all physical facilities planning.

e. To consult with and advise the president and senior University officers the financial and operational aspects of all major proposals and policy initiatives.

f. To consult with and advise the president and senior University officers on other questions of resource allocation, including space allocation.

g. To consult with and advise the president and senior University officers on the periodic review of University operations.

h. To recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee, Senate Consultative Committee, or to other Senate committees such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.

i. To take up other matters as shall be referred to the committee by the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Senate Consultative committee, or other Senate Committees.


J. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE

Membership

The Judicial Committee shall be composed of at least 9 members of the faculty. Members shall be nominated by the Faculty Committee on Committees with the approval of the Faculty Senate.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To discharge the powers, duties, and procedures of the Judicial Committee as set forth in Faculty Tenure and in the Judicial Committee's Rules of Procedure.

b. To hear complaints by faculty members claiming violations to the Tenure Code in the areas of: academic freedom; personnel (promotion) decisions concerning tenured faculty; personnel decisions concerning probationary faculty; improper refusal of a new appointment to a non-regular faculty member; unrequested leave of absence from disability; termination or suspension of a faculty appointment for cause; termination or suspension in instances of fiscal emergency. Faculty members may lodge these types of complaints directly to the Judicial Committee without first going through other grievance procedures.

c. To hear complaints of faculty members arising either from a case properly before the Judicial Committee as described in Section (b) above, or from a case heard initially before another grievance body (or bodies) at the University. In the latter, that is, the Judicial Committee has appellate jurisdiction over any other case brought by a faculty member who asserts that he or she has been adversely affected by action that violates regulations in Faculty Tenure.

d. To cooperate with other grievance bodies or related committees, especially the University Conflict Resolution Office and the University Conflict Resolution Committee regarding the routing of complaints and appeals; and to make recommendations regarding them.

e. To recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.


K. NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying Twin Cities faculty candidates for the Committee on Committees and for the Faculty Consultative Committee and for overseeing elections to those two committees.

Membership

The Nominating Committee shall consist of at least nine tenured or tenure-track faculty elected by the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation in the manner described below. In case of a vacancy, the remaining members, by majority vote, shall fill the vacancy by interim appointment until the next general election.

For the purposes of this section of the Bylaws, action by "Faculty Committee on Committees" means action taken by the Twin Cities faculty members of the Committee on Committees and action taken by the "Twin Cities Faculty Delegation" means action taken by the Twin Cities tenured and tenure-track faculty members of the Faculty Senate.

The Faculty Committee on Committees each year shall submit to the Faculty Consultative Committee for its approval a proposed slate to be considered for election to the Nominating Committee. In those instances when an incumbent member of the Nominating Committee is eligible for re-election and is willing to serve, the Faculty Committee on Committees may present to Faculty Consultative Committee the name of that individual for confirmation of reappointment without another candidate on the ballot to fill the position. For all other positions, the Faculty Committee on Committees will propose a slate composed of twice as many tenure-track or tenured faculty members as there are positions to be filled, each confirmed as willing to serve. The Faculty Committee on Committees will strive to include a diverse pool of candidates and, to ensure that the Nominating Committee as a whole will include balanced representation from across the Twin Cities campus, the Faculty Committee on Committees shall select candidates from appropriate academic units, and the slate of nominees, other than those for reappointment, shall pair candidates from related academic units. The slate and the proposed reappointments shall be submitted to the Faculty Consultative Committee for approval. In the event that additional nominations are made by members of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall vote by secret ballot to reduce the slate to twice the number to be chosen through contested election, continuing to strive for appropriate balance on the slate. The final slate and the approved nominations for reappointment shall be announced in the Faculty Senate docket for a spring semester meeting.

Additional nominations of tenured or tenure-track faculty, confirmed as willing to serve, may be made by: (1) petition of 12 voting members of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation, provided that the petition is in the hands of the clerk of the Senate the day before the Faculty Senate meeting at which the slate is to be presented; (2) nomination on the floor of the Faculty Senate by members of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation when the slate is presented. Such nominees may be named to run against a pair of candidates or against a candidate for reappointment. To ensure appropriate balanced representation on the Nominating Committee, any additional nominations shall specify against whom the nominee will run.

After a final slate is selected as specified above, the clerk of the Senate shall present the final slate to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation for a vote. The election for contested seats will be conducted by secret ballot. The candidate receiving the most votes in each pair or group will be elected. Uncontested elections for reappointment may be conducted by voice vote.

In case of a tie in any Senate vote in the election process, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate(s) by lot.

The Nominating Committee shall elect its own chair from amongst its members for a one-year term of office. The chair is eligible to re-election to that position.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. The Nominating Committee shall nominate twice as many faculty candidates for the Faculty Consultative Committee, who are confirmed as willing to serve, as are to be elected each year from the Twin Cities campus and from those faculty from the Duluth campus eligible to vote in Senate elections. To achieve balanced representation across the Twin Cities campus, the Nominating Committee may choose to pair candidates. The final slate of candidates shall be announced in the Faculty Senate docket for a spring semester meeting. Additional nominations of eligible faculty, confirmed as willing to serve, may be made by: (1) petition of 12 voting members of the Twin Cities faculty, provided that the petition is in the hands of the clerk of the Senate the day before the Faculty Senate meeting; (2) nomination on the floor of the Faculty Senate by members of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation when the slate is presented. If the nominees are paired, any additional nomination shall specify against which pair the nominee will run. In the event there are additional nominations, the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation shall by vote in order to reduce the slate to twice the number to be elected. The vote shall be taken by secret ballot in a manner determined by the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation. The clerk of the Senate shall present the final slate the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation for its approval. The slate as approved shall be presented to the faculty for an election, conducted in accordance with Article IV, Section 5(H), of the Faculty Senate Bylaws.

b. The Nominating Committee shall each year shall submit to the Faculty Consultative Committee for its approval a proposed slate to be considered for election to the Committee on Committees, composed of as many tenured and tenure-track faculty members, confirmed as willing to serve, as there are positions to be filled. The Nominating Committee will strive to include a diverse pool of candidates and, to ensure that the Committee on Committees as a whole will include a balanced representation from across the Twin Cities, the Nominating Committee shall select candidates from appropriate academic units to fill the vacancies. In the event that additional nominations are made by members of the Faculty Consultative Committee, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall vote by secret ballot to determine the slate to be forwarded to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation, continuing to strive for appropriate balance on the slate.

The final slate of candidates shall be announced in the Faculty Senate docket for a spring semester meeting. Additional nominations of individuals confirmed as willing to serve, may be made by: (1) petition of 12 voting members of the Twin Cities faculty, provided that the petition is in the hands of the clerk of the Senate the day before the Faculty Senate meeting; or (2) nomination on the floor of the Faculty Senate by members of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation when the slate is presented. To ensure appropriately balanced representation on the Committee on Committees, any additional nomination shall specify against which candidate the nominee will run. In the event there are additional nominations, the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation shall vote by secret ballot on any contested position(s) and the individuals who receive the most votes will be elected to the positions. For any uncontested positions, the election may be conducted by a voice vote. In case of a tie in any Senate vote in the election process, the clerk shall choose the successful candidate(s) by lot.

c. To oversee the conduct of the elections of the members of the Committee on Committees and the Twin Cities members of the Faculty Consultative Committee.

d. To report to the Faculty Consultative Committee any issues or problems it encounters which require the attention of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation.




L. RESEARCH COMMITTEE

The Research Committee represents the interests of faculty, academic professionals, students, and civil service staff in research and support for research at the University.

Membership

The Research Committee shall be composed of 15 faculty members, 2 academic professional members, 3 students, one civil service staff member, and ex officio representation as specified by vote of the Senate. Faculty/academic professional and student members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Faculty Senate. Academic professional members must be eligible to serve in the Senate. Civil service members shall be appointed by the Civil Service Committee.

The faculty/academic professional members shall be selected to represent the range of research and scholarship disciplines at the University, with members drawn from the health sciences, biological/agricultural sciences, physical sciences and engineering, the social sciences, professional schools, and the arts and humanities.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To recommend to the Faculty Consultative Committee such policies as it deems necessary and appropriate with respect to research activities, facilities, personnel, and patents.

b. To consult with and advise the president and senior academic officers on the stimulation of and support for research activities.

c. To assist in the evaluation of research programs within the University.

d. To speak for the faculty on governmental, industrial, and other private sector and foundation support of the research programs of the University.

e. To advise the Vice President for Research and the Dean of the Graduate School on matters relating to research.

f. To appoint one of its members to serve on any advisory committee appointed to deal with animal care and one of its members to serve on any advisory committee appointed to deal with the use of human subjects in research. These representatives shall ensure that policy questions generated by these committees shall be referred to the Faculty Senate through the Research Committee.

A. ACADEMIC HEALTH CENTER STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee (AHC SCC) shall represent the graduate, professional, and undergraduate students and not the individual institutes, colleges, schools, or departments within the Academic Health Center.

Membership:

The Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee shall be composed of 15 student members [2 from the Medical School-Twin Cities, and 1 each from Dental Hygiene, Dentistry, the Medical School-Duluth, Medical Technology, Mortuary Science, Nursing-Rochester, Nursing-Twin Cities, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy-Duluth, Pharmacy-Twin Cities, Physical Therapy, Public Health, and Veterinary Medicine]. Each member is elected/appointed by his/her respective student board if one exists. Otherwise appointments shall be made by a program advisor.

The Academic Health Center Student Consultative Committee shall elect its chair from amongst its members for a one year term of office. The chair shall be eligible for re-election to that position.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To meet at least monthly to discuss matters of concern to students.

b. To meet regularly with the Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences, the Assistant Vice President for Education, and other academic officers to represent the viewpoints of students.

c. The chair shall meet each semester with the chair of the AHC Faculty Consultative Committee to discuss issues of concern to both faculty and students, and the two committees shall meet jointly as deemed necessary by the chairs.

d. The chair shall meet each semester with the chair of CHIP to discuss issues of concern to both groups.

e. Each representative shall report to his/her student board/class at least once each semester.

f. To meet and report to the Student Senate Consultative Committee as needed.



B. STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

The Student Affairs Committee is concerned with all issues dealing with the welfare of students at the University of Minnesota.

Membership

The Student Affairs Committee shall be composed of 6 faculty/academic professional members, 9 students, one civil service staff member, one alumni representative, and ex officio representation as specified by vote of the Senate. Student members shall exceed by at least one the total of other voting members.  Faculty/academic professional and student members shall be nominated by the Committee on Committees with the approval of the Senate. Civil service members shall be appointed by the Civil Service Committee. The alumni member shall be appointed by the president in consultation with the director of alumni relations.

Duties and Responsibilities

a. To formulate and recommend to the Senate policies pertaining to all student affairs and all University-registered student organizations that are not within the control or supervision of any other committee of the Senate.

b. To provide a comprehensive link between the University and all University student organizations in accordance with the defined relationship between the student organization and the University as described in the Policy on Registration and Classification of Student Groups for the Twin Cities campus and as defined by coordinate campuses.

c. To be concerned with the general welfare of international students and the services and affairs that pertain to them.

d. To provide a link between Health Service staffs and the University community and to address problems in providing effective and efficient health care.

e. To provide for a Student Services Fee Subcommittee composed of two faculty representatives, five student representatives (one each from Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Twin Cities graduate/professional, and Twin Cities undergraduate), and four voting ex officio staff members (one each from Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Twin Cities with the coordinate campus representatives appointed by the Vice Chancellor of each campus and the Twin Cities representative appointed by the Office of Student Development). The student and faculty membership of the Subcommittee shall be taken from the membership of the Senate Committee on Student Affairs unless there is no representative meeting the designated criteria. In such case, the seat in question shall be filled by a member of the Senate Consultative Committee, or their designee, meeting the designated criteria. The chair of the Student Affairs Committee shall serve as the chair of the Subcommittee and will fill one of the designated seats as appropriate. Staff support for the Subcommittee will be provided by the Senate Office. Duties and Responsibilities of the Subcommittee include:

f. To recommend to the Senate Consultative Committee such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.


C. STUDENT COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES

The Student Committee on Committees appoints students members of certain committees of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Student Senate, and advises the Student Consultative Committee on the committee structure of the Student Senate.

Membership

The Senate Committee on Committees shall be composed of 6 elected undergraduate students and one elected graduate/professional student.

Of the undergraduate student members, 3 shall be elected from the Twin Cities campus, and one each from the Crookston, Duluth, and Morris campuses. The Twin Cities undergraduate members shall be elected by the Twin Cities undergraduate Student Senate members from among their number. The graduate/professional student shall be elected by the graduate and professional Student Senate members from among their number. Crookston, Duluth, and Morris members shall be elected by their campus assemblies. Elections shall be held during spring semester. Any student committee position that cannot be filled by October 1 will become a Student Senate at-large position and may be filled by the Student Consultative Committee on an interim basis until the next general election. Student vacancies shall be filled in accordance with the preceding procedures for the balance of any unexpired term until the next general election.

The Student Committee on Committees shall elect its chair from amongst its members for a one-year term of office. The chair is eligible for re-election to that position


Duties and Responsibilities

a. To forward annually to the Student Senate for approval names of undergraduate students, graduate/professional students, and chairs it recommends for appointment to those committees of the Student Senate specified in the Bylaws of the Student Senate. The committee shall give consideration to 1) representation from the various campuses and units when appropriate; 2) the number of committees on which the undergraduate student or graduate/professional student member currently is serving; 3) the recommendations of the respective committee chairs, faculty, academic professional, undergraduate student and graduate/professional student members, and the presidents of the respective student associations; and 4) expressions of interest in committee service offered by undergraduate students and graduate/professional students. In addition, the committee shall select student senators for committee membership when appropriate to encourage communication between the Student Senate and the committees and shall strive to assure full and adequate representation by race, gender, and class rank in constituting committees.

b. To solicit annually from each newly elected member of the Student Senate a list of Senate committees on which the senator is serving or has an interest in serving.

c. To review periodically the committees of the Student Senate and recommend to the Student Consultative Committee any changes in committee structure, charge, or membership which it deems appropriate.

d. To review and forward as appropriate to the Student Senate any proposed changes to the charge, membership, or ex officio members for committees of the Student Senate prior to approval from the Student Senate.

e. To recommend to the Senate Committee on Committees, the Faculty Committee on Committees, the Student Consultative Committee, and the Senate Consultative Committee such actions or policies as it deems appropriate.


D. STUDENT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Student Consultative Committee shall represent the students at large and not the individual campuses, institutes, colleges, schools, or departments of the University.

The Student Consultative Committee shall serve as the consulting body to the president and as the executive committee of the Student Senate.

Membership

The Student Consultative Committee shall be composed of:

- one student from the Crookston campus
- one student from the Duluth campus
- one student from the Morris campus
- five students from the Twin Cities campus, as follows:
In 2004-05, and every other year thereafter, there shall be three undergraduate students and two graduate/professional students.
In 2005-06, and every other year thereafter, there shall be four undergraduate students and one graduate/professional student.
- the chair and vice chair of the Student Senate

Student members shall be elected and/or appointed in accordance with procedures determined by the respective campuses’ student constituencies, subject to the following provision: at the time of their election, Twin Cities undergraduate students shall be members of the University Senate. A student member will relinquish their seat in the University Senate upon election to the Student Senate Consultative Committee.

Student vacancies shall be filled in accordance with procedures determined by the respective campuses for the balance of any unexpired term until the next regular election.

The chair of the Student Senate shall also serve as the chair of the Student Consultative Committee. The vice chair of the Student Senate shall also serve as the vice chair of the Student Consultative Committee. Chair and vice chair elections should be subject to the following provisions:

Duties and Responsibilities

Consultative

a. To meet separately from the Senate Consultative Committee as a consultative body, when necessary, to discuss with the president, or others, matters of concern to the student body.

b. To initiate whatever studies it deems necessary and appropriate or to request such studies from the president or senior academic officers or from committees of the Senate.

c. To advise the president on procedures for making major administrative appointments and to participate in the selection process.

d. To receive from any student notification of concerns which may require consultation with the president or senior academic officers.

Steering

a. To superintend and direct all committees reporting to the Student Senate, which includes the authority to require that any committee reporting to the Student Senate report on any matter within its jurisdiction within 30 days.

b. To receive recommendations of any student who wishes to present a proposal to the Student Senate and to refer or act upon such recommendations as it deems appropriate.

c. To serve as a coordinating body between the president and the Student Senate or a committee reporting to the Senate.

d. To prepare and approve the agenda for each meeting of the Student Senate in accordance with the Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the University Senate.

Executive

a. To serve as a deliberative body of the Student Senate on all major items the Student Senate deems necessary and appropriate.

b. To act on behalf of the Student Senate when a decision is required prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Student Senate and when a decision is required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the Student Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the Student Senate at its next meeting and the Student Senate may then overrule the Student Senate Consultative Committee.

c. To examine any action taken affecting students by the Board of Regents, the central administration, or by another individual or body having any relationship with the University.

d. To report regularly on any matters which, in its judgment, should be brought to the attention of the University at large or specifically to the attention and consideration of the Student Senate.

e. To appoint or assist in appointing, when requested, members of non-Senate committees.

f. To appoint special committees or subcommittees or to employ other devices which it deems necessary and appropriate.

g. To dispose of business which appears to be not germane to the purposes of the Student Senate.