Voting Group Bylaw Amendment, Faculty Senate 9/14/06
XIII. The unit membership of the twelve voting groups of the Faculty Senate shall be as
follows:
1. Humanities
English
Modern and Classical Languages
& Literatures
History
Liberal Studies
Native American Studies
Philosophy
Schools —————
2. Business Administration
Accounting and Finance
Information Systems &
Technology
Management & Marketing
3. Education
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Leadership
& Counseling
Health & Human Performance
4. College of Forestry &
Conservation
Ecosystem & Conservation
Sciences
Forest Management
Society & Conservation
5. Journalism
Journalism
Radio-Television
6. Law
7. Library
Mansfield Center
Mansfield Library
10. College of
Technology
Applied Arts and Sciences
Business Technology
Applied Computing and
Electronics Technology
Health Professions
Industrial Technology
——————
8. Pharmacy & Allied
11. Science
Health College of Health Chemistry
Professions & Biomedical Computer Science
Sciences
Division of Biological
Biomedical &
Sciences
Pharmaceutical xxSciences Geology Geoscience
Pharmacy Practice
Mathematical Sciences
Physical Therapy &
Physics and Astronomy
xxRehabilitation Science
*Public & Community Health 12. Social & Behavioral
Sciences
Science
Social Work
Anthropology
Communication Studies
9. Fine Arts
Economics
Art
Environmental Studies
Drama/Dance
Geography
Music
Political Science
*Media Arts
Psychology
Sociology
*(BOR approved 9/29/06)
Voting Group Article Amendment, Faculty Senate 9/14/06
ARTICLE II.
THE SENATE
Section 1. There is hereby established a Senate, to which the faculty delegates the authority and power
of action it has possessed and exercised, subject to the limitations herein specified.
Section 2. The following are members of the Senate without vote: The President, the Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Vice Presidents, the Associate Provost, the Registrar, and other
administrative officers selected by the President, and two student members appointed by ASUM.
Section 3. Membership
The Senate shall consist of faculty members elected to represent the 12 voting groups of the faculty.
(1) The voting groups of the faculty are the Fine Arts, Humanities, Library, School of Business, School of
Education, School College of Forestry and Conservation, School of Journalism, School of Law, School of
College of Health Professions and Biomedical Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences, the Sciences, the
Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the College of Technology, which shall elect their respective quota
of members to the Senate.
(2) Each voting group shall be entitled to proportional representation in the Senate based upon the
relative numerical strength of each group. Each voting group shall elect one representative for each 10
total FTE faculty within the voting group (or remaining majority portion thereof).
(3) a. No more than three voting members of the Senate at any one time shall be from the faculty of any
one department or school. Any department whose faculty is unrepresented among the voting membership
of the Senate, may at its discretion, elect one of its members who shall be entitled to speak on the floor of
the Senate, but without vote, in matters affecting that particular department or school.
b. No member of the faculty shall be eligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms in the Faculty
Senate. No member shall serve more than eight consecutive academic years without being absent from
Senate membership for a full academic year.
(4) a. Members of the Senate shall be elected for three-year staggered terms, the terms of approximately
one-third of the members expiring each year.
b. In the event of changes in the number of faculty represented within each voting group, adjustments in
the number of representatives to be elected for three-year terms shall be made yearly as necessary. No
adjustments shall be made for the remaining one and two-year terms so that all Senators may expect to
complete their elected terms of office, except in cases where changes in their academic appointments
move them out of the voting groups from which they were originally elected.
c. The term of any Senator whose academic appointment changes out of the voting group from which
elected shall terminate upon such change.