Approved Proposals
Regarding Faculty Senate Governance
(Within each category below, the approved items are listed with the most recent approval shown first.)
Faculty Senate Constitution
- Motion to revise the Constitution, Section 2 and Section 5, regarding faculty titles
- Motion to amend the Senate Constitution to increase number of NTT-Teaching to three
- Motion to amend the Senate Constitution, Section 2, on eligibility to vote for and hold Non-Tenure Track (NTT) Teaching seat
- Proposal regarding Senate seat distribution
- Proposal to prescribe the rotation of the Senate seat shared by the professional schools
- Proposal to increase the number of Senate seats by two
- Proposal to transform three Assistant Professor seats into general seats
- Proposal to clarify the voting threshold for Constitutional amendments
- Proposal to allow two Senators from a department
Faculty Senate Bylaws
- Motion to amend Senate Bylaws, Section 6.2, to reflect end of University Council
- Motion to amend Senate Bylaws, Section 6.1, Executive Committee
- Motion to move "Organization and Election of Promotion and Tenure Committee" to the Bylaws, Section 9
- Motion to amend Senate Bylaws Section 5.5
- Motion to revise Bylaws regarding Convenor of Appeal, Grievance, and Hearing Panels
- Proposal to amend the Bylaws on role of Parliamentarian
- Proposal to limit the number of Senators required on working groups
- Proposal to adopt Approval Voting Method