THE
(Subject to all P.S.U. Faculty Senate Regulations)
ARTICLE I
(Name and Function)
Section 1 The name of the organization shall be The Pennsylvania State
University Hazleton Campus Senate; hereafter, the organization may be referred
to as the Faculty Senate.
Section 2. The purpose of the Faculty Senate shall be to act as a
legislative, advisory, and consultative body to the University community on any
matters that may affect the attainment of the educational objectives of the
Campus, such as, but not necessarily restricted to:
a. the
establishment, reorganization, or discontinuation of organizational units and
areas of instruction and research
b. policies
concerning the planning of physical facilities when these may affect the
attainment of the educational objectives of the Campus
c. policies
and administration of the Campus Library
d. policies
affecting Campus development and utilization of resources
e. Campus
calendar and scheduling
f. Campus
student affairs
g. Campus
educational policy and planning
h. faculty
affairs
i. Campus-Community
relationship
j. matters
pertaining to the general welfare of the Campus
ARTICLE II
(Membership)
Section 1 Faculty Membership
(Voting Membership): For the purpose of defining the electorate of the Faculty
Senate, the campus faculty shall mean all persons holding full-time
appointments in Professorial ranks, full-time instructors, FT l’s, all full
time campus employees teaching at least one officially recognized course during
a current academic year, and employees who teach nine or more contact hours
during a current academic year.
Section 2 Ex-Officio
Membership I (Voting Membership): For
the purpose of defining the electorate of the Faculty Senate, Ex-Officio I
Membership shall mean the Campus Executive Officer, Administrative Staff
appointed yearly by the Campus Executive Officer and Students delegated yearly
by the Faculty Senate with the approval of the Student Government Association.
The total number of Administrative Ex-Officio I members shall not exceed 10% of
the total Faculty membership as defined in Article II Section I of the
Constitution. The total number of Student Ex-officio I members shall not exceed
10% of the total Faculty Membership as defined in Article II Section I of the
Constitution.
Section 3: Ex-Officio Members
II (Non-Voting Membership): For
the purpose of defining non-voting ex-officio membership, Ex-Officio Membership
II shall mean the Administrative Staff members who do not hold membership under
the provisions of Article II Section I or 2 of the Constitution.
ARTICLE III
(Organization and Executive Offices)
Executive Officers: The Faculty Senate shall have the
following Executive Officers
Faculty President
Faculty Vice-President
Faculty Secretary
Faculty Treasurer
ARTICLE IV
(Amendments)
Amendments to the Constitution may be adopted at any
regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate by a two-thirds vote of those
present, provided that the amendments shall have been presented in writing at a
preceding regular meeting.
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ARTICLE I
(FGA Executive Officers and Senators)
Section 1 The Faculty
President shall be the presiding officer of the Faculty Senate and shall
conduct the affairs of the Senate in conformance with the Faculty Senate
Constitution. The President shall also chair the meetings of the Executive Committee
and shall be responsible for collecting committee reports.
Section 2 The Faculty Vice
President shall assume the duties of the President when the President is
absent and shall perform the other duties appropriate to the office of Vice
President. The Vice President shall also
chair the meetings of the Senate Procedures Committee.
Section 3: The Faculty
Secretary shall prepare and be the custodian of all documents and records
of the Faculty Senate and shall publish notices, agenda, and minutes of the
Faculty Senate meetings. The Secretary shall perform any other duties
appropriate to the office of the Secretary.
Section 4. The Faculty
Treasurer shall manage the financial affairs of the faculty Senate, and
shall report the financial status of the Faculty Senate at every regular
meeting of the Faculty Senate.
Section 5. Each Executive
Officer shall hold office for a period of one year from the day following
Commencement to the day of Commencement of the next year. Officers shall not
serve more than two consecutive terms in the same office.
Section 6. An Executive Officer
may be deposed by a two-thirds vote of those members present at any regular or
special meeting of the Faculty Senate. The vacated office may be filled as prescribed
in the Bylaws, Article VI, Section 3 (i,ii).
Section 7: The Senators
elected by the Faculty Senate for its representation on the PSU
Faculty Senate and the CWC Faculty Senate shall execute
the responsibilities and
obligations prescribed by
the PSU Faculty Senate and the CWC
Faculty Senate for
their respective
senatorial offices.
(i) The Senators shall receive
recommendations and direction from the Executive
Council in expressing the consensus of
the Hazleton Faculty Senate at the PSU
Faculty Senate and the CWC Faculty Senate.
(ii) The Senators shall
report the actions of the PSU Faculty Senate and the CWC
Faculty
Senate to the Executive Council on matters that are of concern to the
Hazleton Faculty
Senate.
(iii) The Senators shall
disseminate information on the activities of the PSU Faculty
Senate and
the CWC Faculty Senate to the Hazleton Faculty Senate members.
ARTICLE II
(Organizational Structure)
Section 1 The Faculty Senate
shall have an Executive Council and the following Standing Committees:
Committee on Instruction and
Advising
Committee on Research
Committee on Senate Procedures
Committee on Faculty Affairs
Committee on Library and
Information
Committee on Promotion and Tenure
Committee on Lectures and Cultural
Events
Committee on Educational
Technology
Committee on Curricular Affairs
(Executive Council)
Section 1 The Executive
Council shall be an instrument of the Senate without legislative authority.
It shall coordinate the activities of the Standing Committees, the Special Committees,
and other instruments of the Senate. It shall serve as an advisory body to the
Campus Executive Officer. It shall review, coordinate, and discuss means for
implementing legislation, and may initiate legislation in the same manner as a
Standing Committee. It shall review all actions of those faculty bodies to
which responsibility has been previously delegated by the Senate. It shall
maintain liaison with the Faculty Organizations of other Campuses of the
Commonwealth College and, through its University Senate members, maintain
liaison with the University faculty Senate Committee on Intra University
Relations.
Section
2. The Executive Council shall consist of:
(i) Faculty President of the Senate, presiding ;
(ii) Faculty Vice-President of the Senate;
(iii) Faculty Secretary of the Senate;
(iv) Faculty Treasurer of the Senate;
(v) Faculty Parliamentarian;
(vi) Faculty Senators representing the Hazleton Campus at the
University Faculty Senate and the
Commonwealth College Faculty Senate;
(vii) The
immediate past President of the Faculty Senate.
Section 3. The Executive
Council may at any time request reports to the Council from Standing or
Special Committees of the Senate. The Executive Council may further request, as
appropriate, the attendance of the Chairperson of any Standing or Special
Committee at a meeting of the Council.
Section 4. The Executive
Council shall consider suggestions for future agenda items to be brought
before the Senate, shall refer such items to the appropriate Senate Committee,
and shall see to it that items are in fact acted upon.
Section
5. The Executive Council shall be convened by the Faculty President,
as
necessary.
ARTICLE IV
(Committees)
Section
1. The Senate shall determine its committee structures.
Section 2. Chairpersons of
the Standing Committees shall be faculty members, as defined in the Senate
Constitution, Article II, Section I: and at least a simple majority of the
membership of a Standing Committee shall be faculty members.
Committees may add Campus administrative
staff and students to their membership, consistent with distribution
requirements imposed by Article IV, Section 2 of the Bylaws. They may also invite
individuals to render testimony or advice on particular questions as
circumstances dictate.
Committee meetings shall be announced to the faculty, and
shall be open to any interested party.
It is the responsibility of committees to prepare legislation
appropriate to the duties within their purview for presentation to the Senate
and, to this end, to prepare motions to be presented to the Senate.
A Senate Committee may establish direct consultation with
other committees, selected members of the Senate, Administration,
Administrative Staff, and Campus Student. Body, or the Community. However, such
consultation shall not be construed as Senate action.
Senate Committees shall be aware of action taken by
University Senate and Commonwealth
College Faculty Senate committees whose functions correspond to theirs.
Faculty Senators will communicate information from PSU Faculty Senate
committees to the appropriate Senate committee.
Standing committee membership will be reconstituted
following the first
Senate meeting of the Fall semester, but no later than
September 15. The
Committee on Senate Procedures shall be responsible for
recommending
committee membership according to article (iv)(1).
Section
4. Standing Committees may appoint as many ad hoc Subcommittees as
needed.
Section 5. Members of Standing Committees and their ad hoc
Subcommittees shall have an equal voice in their respective committee
decisions.
Section 6. The Faculty Senate President has the right to attend any
Committee meeting, and may authorize any member of the Executive Council to
represent him/her at meetings of any of the Committees.
Section
7. Standing Committees
(i) Committee on Instruction and Advising
a. Membership: at least five faculty members,
one ex-officio member, and two students.
b. Selection: faculty members by the
Faculty Senate President; ex-officio members by the Campus Executive Officer;
students by the Student Government Association.
c. Duties:
(1) The committee shall serve as the advisory and consultative
body of the Senate to the Campus Administration on all matters bearing upon
classroom instruction and advising.
(2) Whenever deemed appropriate, the committee shall plan
sessions for the exchange of information on teaching strategies and advising.
(3) The committee shall be charged with the responsibility of
conducting periodic classroom visitations for all faculty, and for sharing the
results of these visitations with the faculty members affected. The committee
shall also supervise the mentoring of new faculty.
(ii) Committee on Research
a.
Membership: at least five faculty members
including the Director of Academic Affairs and one ex-officio member.
b. Selection: faculty members by the
Faculty Senate President,
the
ex-officio member by the Campus Executive Officer.
c. Duties:
(1) The committee shall review and make suggestions to the
Faculty Senate on all matters relating to faculty research duties.
(2) The committee shall collect and disseminate information on research
opportunities and support, and seek ways to encourage and facilitate research
by faculty and students.
(3) The committee shall serve as the advisory and consultative
body of the Faculty Senate to the Campus Administration on all matters
affecting the research climate of the Campus.
(iii) Committee
on Senate Procedures
a. Membership: no more than five faculty
members, the Faculty Vice President shall
chair the committee.
b. Selection: the five faculty members by
the Faculty Senate President.
c. Duties:
(1) Each year the committee shall request the faculty to rank
their preferences for committee assignments. The committee shall then take into
consideration the preferences of the faculty and submit a recommendation to the
Faculty Senate President for the appointment of faculty members to each
Standing Committee.
(2) The committee shall review and make recommendations on
committee structure.
(3) The committee shall propose changes in the Constitution and
Bylaws of the Senate.
(4) The committee shall codify and publish standing rules arising
from Senate meeting resolutions.
(iv) Committee
on Faculty Affairs
a. Members: at least five members.
b. Selection: by the Faculty Senate
President
c. Duties:
(1) The committee shall review and make recommendations to the
Faculty Senate on all matters relating to
·
professional
standards
·
the
social, cultural, and general welfare of the faculty
·
faculty
rights and responsibilities
·
resources,
rewards, salaries, and benefits
·
the
educational environment in which the faculty works
(2) The committee shall be the principal agency of the faculty
Senate to consult and advise the Campus Executive Officer on all these matters.
(3) The committee shall maintain liaison with the PSU University
Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs, and serve as a conduit for
information between this committee and the faculty.
(v) Committee on Library and Information
a. Membership: at least five faculty members,
the Campus Librarian, and four ex-officio members.
b. Selection: the faculty members by the
Faculty Senate President; two ex-officio members by the Campus Executive
Officer; two ex-officio members by the Student Government Association.
c. Duties:
(1) The committee shall recommend policies for the effective
acquisition, storage, and retrieval of information in all forms and in all
media and shall advise and assist the Campus Librarian in administering these
policies. It shall make recommendations concerning the distribution of the
annual library budget for acquisitions.
(2) The committee shall serve as a clearing house for information
on the Hazleton Faculty Senate, including the gathering and proper maintenance
of Senate records.
(vi) Committee on Promotion and Tenure
a. Membership: five tenured faculty
members and two alternates, who may be included in specific cases in which a
regular member is for any reason unable to participate or recuses him- or
herself from deliberation. (Note: in cases of promotion to Associate or full
Professor, only faculty holding equivalent rank or higher may vote on such
decisions.)
b. Selection: four regular and two
alternates elected by the Faculty Senate prior to the end of Spring Semester;
one appointed by the CEO in consultation with the DAA, Chair will be elected by
the committee members at their first meeting. Chair can serve not more than two
consecutive terms.
c. Duties:
(1) The committee shall review and evaluate dossiers of
candidates under review in accordance with the requirements of HR-23.
(2) The
committee shall advise candidates on the contents and style of their dossiers,
and may give advice on their performance under the three categories evaluated:
teaching, research, and service.
(3) Members of the committee may conduct classroom visits and
review course materials, and write evaluations of teaching that will help the
committee and others in the Promotion and Tenure process evaluate the
candidate’s teaching effectiveness.
(vii) Committee on Lectures and Cultural Events
a. Membership: at least five faculty
members representing a variety of academic disciplines, one student and one
ex-officio member.
b. Selection: faculty members will be
named by the Faculty Senate President, students will be named by the Student
government Association, and the ex-officio member will be the professional
staff member from Student Affairs responsible for activities and cultural
events.
c. Duties:
(1) The purpose of the committee is to arrange lectures and
cultural events by identifying major external and internal speakers who can
appeal to a broad audience of both university and town constituencies.
(2) The committee should interact with any group or individual who
plans to invite presenters to the campus.
(3) The committee, through its membership will
·
provide
recommendations regarding audience appeal
·
coordinate
time and facilities allocation
·
provide
assistance in the accommodation of speakers
·
arrange
for advance publicity
·
identify
budgetary support
(4) The committee will make the arrangements for three “Faculty
Talk” events in each semester (Fall and Spring).
(viii) Committee on Educational Technology
a. Membership: at least five faculty
members, and four ex-officio members, including the Instructional Design
Specialist.
b. Selection: the faculty members by the
Faculty Senate President; one ex-officio member by the Campus Executive
Officer; two ex-officio members by the Student Government Association.
c. Duties:
(1) The Committee shall address current issues involving
educational technology, including issues relating to computers, software,
network connections, modems, audio-visual equipment, and technology classrooms.
(2) The Committee shall
·
plan
for future academic technology needs for students
·
and
faculty
·
approve
and plan the expenditure of the student
·
computer
fee money that is returned to the
·
Campus
·
address
issues involving Campus computer labs
·
discuss
changes in computer policies
·
share
information with concerned Campus groups
(ix)
Committee on Curricular Affairs
a.
Membership: at least five (5) faculty
members and the Director of
Academic Affairs, who will be an ex-officio member. One member
will
be elected to serve on the College Curricular Affairs
committee.
b. Selection: faculty members by the
Executive Council from a slate
of
nominees and volunteers from the full membership of the Faculty
Senate.
Each member will serve a three-year term. The membership
shall
be staggered and committee members shall serve no more than
two
consecutive terms.
c. Duties:
(1)
The
Committee shall oversee, facilitate and give advice on
the
development of course and curriculum proposals consistent with the latest
edition of the University Faculty Senate Guide to Curricular Procedures.
(2)
The Committee shall act as a liaison
between the division head(s) and the initiating individual(s) when appropriate.
(3)
The Committee shall be responsible for
forwarding, in a
timely
manner, all proposals to the appropriate authority for
approval.
ARTICLE V
(Meetings)
Section
1. Regular Meetings shall be
conducted at least twice a semester.
Section 2. In case of an emergency the Faculty President shall have
the authority to change the date of a Faculty Senate meeting.
Section 3. Regular meetings of the Faculty Senate shall be defined as
those meetings of the Faculty Senate:
(i) that are held as scheduled and announced by the Faculty
President at the first meeting of the Faculty Senate each academic semester,
and
(ii)
that
follow the order of business as prescribed in Article V1 Section 4
of the Bylaws.
Section 4. The order of Business of Regular Meetings of the Faculty
Senate shall be as follows:
(i) the
announcement of quorum
(ii)
the
approval of the minutes of the previous meeting
(iii)
the
report of the Faculty Treasurer
(iv)
remarks
by the Faculty President
(v)
comments
by the Campus Executive Officer
(vi)
forensic
business
(vii)
unfinished
legislative business
(viii)
legislative
reports
(ix)
advisory/consultative
reports
(x)
informational
reports
(xi)
new
legislative business
(xii)
comments
and recommendations for the good of the University
Section 5. The order of business may be changed by the Executive
Council prior to any meeting. Any or all items in this Section may be suspended
at any regular meeting of the Faculty Senate by a two-thirds vote of the
members present, and at any special meeting by a decision of the President.
Section 6. Motions for action by the Faculty Senate shall be submitted
in advance to the Faculty President, to assure their conformance with the Constitution
and Bylaws. Written motions may be made from the floor, but the final action on
such motions will be postponed until the next meeting, unless the Faculty
President rules that circumstances dictate immediate action.
Section 7. The rules of procedure in all meetings of the Faculty
Senate, except as may be specified otherwise in the Constitution and Bylaws,
shall be those of ROBERT’S RULES OF
ORDER, latest edition. The appointed parliamentarian shall be supplied with
a copy of the updated Constitution and Bylaws of the Faculty Senate and latest
edition of ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER.
Section
8. A quorum for the transaction
of business shall consist of twenty voting members.
Section 9. The Faculty Secretary shall arrange all items of the agenda
for meetings of the Faculty Senate. The Secretary shall receive items for the
agenda of the regular meetings until the third day preceding the meeting. The
Secretary shall distribute notices of all meetings and the agenda of the
meeting being announced.
Section 10. The Faculty Secretary shall publish and distribute copies of
the minutes of the Faculty Senate meetings to all members within a reasonable
time. The Secretary shall execute such letters of memoranda as are the result
of action taken at Faculty Senate meetings.
Section 11. When the Faculty President or Executive Council recognizes
the existence of a situation of special faculty concern, the Executive Council
shall be empowered to schedule supplementary Regular Meetings. Notice of such
supplementary Regular Meetings shall be normally given to the members of the
Faculty Senate at least three school days in advance of each meeting.
Section 12. A Special Meeting of the Faculty Senate may be called by a
majority of the membership present at any Regular Meeting.
Section 13. A Special Meeting of the Faculty Senate shall be called
whenever a request bearing signatures of a number of Faculty Senate members,
equal to at least twenty-five percent of the total voting membership of the
Faculty Senate, is presented to the Faculty President.
Section 14. At the request of the Campus Executive Officer, the Faculty
President shall call a Special Meeting of the Faculty Senate.
Section 15. A Special Meeting of the Faculty Senate shall not necessarily
follow the Order of Business which applies to Regular Meetings.
ARTICLE VI
(Elections and Appointments)
Section
1. Election of Executive Officers
(i) The Senate Procedures Committee shall appoint a Subcommittee
for Nominations. The Subcommittee shall submit the list of nominations for
Executive Officers for the following year in advance or on the floor of the
last Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate in the academic year.
(ii) The Subcommittee shall establish procedures which will allow an
opportunity for all eligible FS members to place their names in nomination.
(iii) Whenever possible, there shall be at least two nominees for
each office. There must be two nominees for Senators.
(iv)
The
names submitted by the Subcommittee shall include all eligible FS members who
have requested consideration for the office. Additional nominations may be made
from the floor. Each nominee must consent to his/her own nomination.
(v) All voting members of the FS shall be eligible for nomination
and election except as restricted.
(vi) The election shall be by secret ballot at the first regular
meeting in April. Simple majority vote shall determine election to each office.
Section 2. Election
of Senators
Upon the expiration of the term of office for a Senator in
the PSU Faculty
Senate or the
Commonwealth College Faculty Senate, the Office shall be filled by
following the procedure outlined in Article VI, Section 1.
Section 3. Election
of Officers to fill unexpired terms
(i) If the Faculty President resigns or is unable to complete
his/her term of office the Faculty Vice-President shall immediately assume the
title and duties of the office for the remainder of the term as defined in
Article I, Section 5 of the ES bylaws.
(ii) When an executive officer other than the Faculty President or
Senator is unable to complete his/her term of office the Faculty President
shall act immediately to fill the vacancy under the procedures outlined in
Article VI, Section 1.
Section
4. Appointments
(i) The Faculty President shall appoint the faculty members of
the FS committees.
(ii) The Faculty President shall appoint the Heads of FS Standing
Committees.
(iii) Faculty Members of Standing Committees shall be appointed for a
term of two years. To provide continuity, a number equal to about one-half of
the total Faculty membership of a committee shall be re-appointed each year.
(iv) A Faculty member of the FS should not serve simultaneously on
more than two Standing Committees nor serve simultaneously as Head of more than
one Standing Committee.
(v) The Faculty President shall appoint a Parliamentarian from
the membership of the FS. The Parliamentarian shall act as advisor to the
Faculty President on matters of procedure at all FS meetings. The
Parliamentarian shall be a member of the Executive Council.
(vi) The Heads of Standing Committees shall appoint the Chairperson
of their own subcommittees.
(vii) Appointments of faculty representatives of the FS to outside
agencies shall be made by the Faculty President after consultation with the
appropriate Standing Committee Heads.
Section
5. Faculty Marshall
The Faculty Senate shall present a nominee for Faculty
Marshall to the Campus Executive Office on an annual basis.
ARTICLE VII
(Finances)
Section 1 Funds of the Faculty Senate shall be deposited at a
convenient local bank in the name of the Faculty Senate and shall be withdrawn
in the name of either the Faculty President or the Faculty Treasurer.
Section 2. At the first meeting of the Executive Committee, the
Faculty Treasurer shall develop a tentative budget for the academic year. The
budget shall be submitted to the Executive Council for approval. The guidelines
for expenditure of any funds shall be voted upon by the Faculty Senate members.
Section 3. The Faculty President shall be authorized to use the fund
as outlined in the approved budget.
ARTICLE VIII
(Amendments)
Section 1 Amendments to the Bylaws may be adopted at any Regular
Meeting of the
Faculty
Senate by a two-thirds vote of those present, provided that the
amendment
shall have been presented at a preceding Regular Meeting.
AMENDMENTS
Amendment to
Article IV (Committees), Section 7 (Standing Committees) of the Bylaws of the Pennsylvania State
University Hazleton Campus Faculty Senate Constitution
There are
currently nine standing committees. The
new committee will be the tenth standing committee, reviving the Student
Relations Committee of the past.
The revival of
this committee was proposed by the SGA and the President of the Faculty Senate
and is supported by the Director of Student Affairs
The addition is
as follows:
(x) Committee
on Student Relations
a. Membership: at least five
faculty members, and four ex-officio members.
b. Selection: the faculty members
by the Faculty Senate President; one ex-officio member by the Director of
Student Affairs; three ex-officio members by the Student Government
Association.
c. Duties:
(1) The Committee shall serve as the
principle agency of the Faculty Senate to serve as an advisory and
consultative body to the Campus
Executive Officer and the Director of Student Affairs on student relations.
(2) The Committee shall serve as a
communication medium between the faculty and the student body.
(3) The Committee shall make recommendations to the Faculty Senate President regarding faculty representation on committees designating awards to students such as scholarships, social and athletic awards, etc.