1. 7. Recommend other policies and procedures affecting the academic mission of the University.

Article VII. Meeting

A. The University Faculty

  1. The University Faculty shall consist of the President; all full-time University employees holding the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor or Instructor, and such other administrative officers as may be recommended by the President and approved by the Board of Regents.
  2. The University Faculty shall meet in regular session at least once each academic semester upon the call of the President of the University or his/her designated representative. The President of the University or the President's designated representative shall preside at regular meetings.
  3. The University Faculty shall meet in special session upon the call of the Executive committee of the Faculty Senate or upon petition signed by at least twenty percent (20%) of the members of the University Faculty. Any such petition shall be filed with the President of the Faculty Senate, shall state the proposed items of business, and when challenging Faculty Senate action shall be interpreted as a declaration that the University Faculty is asserting its jurisdiction and authority. A meeting called by petition shall be held no later than two weeks, exclusive of holidays, from the filing date of the petition. The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate shall develop and distribute the agenda for all special sessions of the University Faculty to members of the University Faculty at least one week prior to the scheduled meeting.
  4. Emergency meetings of the University Faculty may be called by the President of the University or by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate without advance notice and published agenda but the business of any emergency meeting shall be limited to the issue giving rise to the emergency.
  5. Special sessions or emergency meetings called by the Executive committee of the Faculty Senate shall be chaired by the President or Vice President of the Senate. Emergency meetings called by the President of the University shall be presided over by the President of the University or his/her designated representative.

The Registrar shall be the official custodian of all official Faculty Senate minutes and records. The official minutes and records of each meeting with supporting material shall be delivered to the official custodian by the Faculty Senate Secretary within five (5) days of such minutes becoming official.

B. Faculty Senate

  1. 1. The Faculty Senate shall meet in regular session at least once each calendar month during the academic year unless a meeting is canceled by the Executive Committee. Special meetings may be called by the President of the Faculty Senate or the Executive

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