The Faculty Senate standing committees and their subcommittees have been assigned functions by the Senate to enable the Senate to carry out its purposes. All Senate standing committees are responsible to the Senate; their subcommittees are responsible to the parent committees. Both the standing committees and their subcommittees may in some cases also report committee views to an administrative officer(s) of the institution. The official year for the Faculty Senate extends from August 16 of one year to August 15 of the year following.
Members of the standing committees and their subcommittees of the Senate, except where the contrary is indicated, are elected by the Senate on the basis of nominations from the Committee on Committees and from the floor. Any individual may be elected by the Senate to its committees, and subcommittees may include members who are not members of the parent committee. Except for the Budget Committee, Faculty Affairs Committee, the Committee on Committees, and the Steering Committee, at least twenty-five percent of the members of all standing committees shall consist of students. Terms of members, other than assigned or ex officio members, are staggered with terms expiring August 15 of the year indicated. Vacancies on Senate committees and subcommittees of less than one academic year will be filled by action of the Senate Steering Committee on nominations submitted by the Committee on Committees. Such action will be reported to the Senate. Vacancies of one academic year or longer will be filled by Senate election.
Whenever possible, all Faculty Senate committee meetings should be scheduled in facilities which are accessible to handicapped individuals.
Committee Updates as of September 20, 2008