2012-13 Annual Report, Articles & By-laws Committee
The Faculty Senate Articles and By-laws Committee met twice during the past
academic year, once in person and once electronically. The details of these meetings are
as follows:
1. The organizational meeting was held Wednesday, August 29, in room 3104
Centennial Hall. The meeting was convened by the undersigned, Donald Sloan.
Other committee members present were Curtis Czerwinski, Aileen Staffaroni, and
R. Daniel Duquette. Committee member Anne Galbraith was excused, since she
was acting as convenor for another Faculty Senate Committee that was meeting at
the same time. At the meeting, Donald Sloan was elected Chair of the committee.
It was agreed that, consistent with past practice, members would rotate the
secretarial duties. The committee received no charge from the Senate Executive
Committee for the fall semester.
2. On March 1, 2013, the committee received its first and only charge of the year
from Senate President Steven Senger. The charge involved a provision regarding
online instruction that had been adopted by the Senate in March of 2010, stating
that departments would be responsible for determining the format of courses to be
offered, including whether the courses would be online. At the time this policy
was adopted, no provision was made for its placement in the Senate by-laws. The
SEC recommended that the committee approve the addition of this by-law to
IV.A.4, a section regarding the responsibilities of academic departments. This
recommendation was distributed to committee members by email, and it was
approved unanimously (5-0) without the need for an in-person committee
meeting.
No further business came before the committee before the end of the academic year.
Submitted,
Donald E. Sloan
Committee Chair