Section 1.<\/em>\u00a0The Faculty Senate is the legislative body of Southern Arkansas University in all academic matters relating to or affecting two or more of the colleges of the University Faculty as a whole. The Faculty Senate may consider matters referred to it by any faculty member or administrative officer; and it may, upon its own initiative, undertake the consideration and the determination of policies or procedures relating to courses, curricula, instruction, and the academic welfare of students and faculty.<\/p>\n Section 2.<\/em>\u00a0All actions taken by the Faculty Senate are subject to review by a meeting of the entire Faculty Assembly.<\/p>\n Section 1.<\/em>\u00a0Faculty members eligible to vote for Faculty Senators shall include those full-time employees of the University who hold the rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, professor, or distinguished professor. Those eligible to serve as Faculty Senators must hold one of these ranks and also have tenure or tenure-track appointments. However, any faculty member may bring issues before the Faculty Senate.<\/p>\n Section 1<\/em>. Within the limitations stated in the remainder of this Article, the Senate shall have the responsibility to review University policies in all areas which directly pertain to the academic function of Southern Arkansas University, including, but not limited to<\/p>\n Section 2.<\/em>\u00a0The Senate shall have the authority to make recommendations to the University\u2019s President and the Board of Trustees on all institutional matters of direct faculty concern, including, but not limited to<\/p>\n Section 3<\/em>. To facilitate the timely review of the policy proposals which pertain to the academic function of the University, each Standing Committee of the University shall forward copies of its minutes to the president of the Senate and to the Office of Institutional Research. The president of the Senate shall bring before the Senate for its review those committee actions which recommend substantial changes or the creation of new policies or procedures that affect institutional matters of direct faculty concern, as identified in Article II, sections 1 and 2.<\/p>\n Section 4<\/em>. The Senate shall establish such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its functions.<\/p>\n Section 5.<\/em>\u00a0The Senate shall consider all matters placed on its agenda by the University and Senate committees, by individual faculty members, by the Provost, or by the President of the University.<\/p>\n Section 6.<\/em>\u00a0The elected officers of the Senate shall serve as the Faculty Committee on Committees. Each member on the Committee on Committees shall maintain a list of faculty and endeavor to learn about their interests and abilities as regards service on Standing Committees of the University.<\/p>\n Section 1<\/em>. The Senate shall consist of elected members and non-voting ex-officio members as follows:<\/p>\n Section 2<\/em>. No more than three senators shall be from any single department and no more than two chairpersons shall be elected from each college.<\/p>\n Section 3<\/em>. Elected senators shall serve a term of three years. Vacancies shall be filled by a special election to fill the unexpired term. The election to fill a vacancy shall be by the constituency represented by the vacancy. However, no person shall serve more than two successive full terms.<\/p>\n Section 4<\/em>. Vacancies for Senate positions shall be filled in three stages. By April 1, the faculty shall elect by secret ballot two senators to fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of the terms of one class of At-Large Senators and shall fill other vacancies as may be required. Subsequent to the election of the At-Large Senators, but no later than April 20, each college shall elect by secret ballot one senator to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of one class of senators and shall fill other vacancies in the ranks of College Senators as may be required. Subsequent to the election of the College Senators, but no later than April 30, each represented special constituency shall elect by secret ballot a senator as may be required to fill a vacancy.<\/p>\n Section 5<\/em>. The term of office for newly elected senators shall begin May 1.<\/p>\n Section 6<\/em>. By written notice to the president of Senate submitted twenty-four hours before a meeting, a member of the Senate may choose another faculty member from the member\u2019s constituency to represent the member at a Senate meeting. Such a representative must be eligible for election to the Senate.<\/p>\n Section 7<\/em>. In lieu of choosing a replacement representative, a member of the Senate may, by written notice to the Senate president, give a proxy vote to another member of the Senate from that member\u2019s constituency.<\/p>\n Section 8.<\/em>\u00a0Proxies and alternate representative shall be announced by the Senate president at the beginning of each meeting when the roll is called.<\/p>\n Section 9.<\/em>\u00a0The seat of a member of the Senate who has been repeatedly absent from Senate meetings can be declared vacant by a three-fourths vote of senators attending a meeting. The motion to remove a member of the Senate shall be considered a major item of business.<\/p>\n Section 1.<\/em>\u00a0The officers of the Senate shall be as follows: president; vice president, who shall serve as president-elect; secretary-treasurer; and parliamentarian.<\/p>\n Section 2.<\/em>\u00a0Eligibility for the election to an office shall be restricted to elected members of the Senate.<\/p>\n Section 3<\/em>. The term of office for any Senate officer shall be one year or until a successor has been chosen and qualified.<\/p>\n Section 4.<\/em>\u00a0The officers of the Senate shall be elected by vote of the elected members of the Senate before May 15 each year.<\/p>\n Section 5.<\/em>\u00a0The president of the Senate shall be granted one quarter \u201crelease time\u201d so that the functions of the office may be properly carried out. The secretary-treasurer shall notify the Provost of the name of the person selected as Senate vice president (president-elect) so that any necessary schedule changes may be made. Additional \u201crelease time\u201d may be granted by the Senate as approved by the Provost.<\/p>\n Section 6.<\/em>\u00a0The president of the Senate shall<\/p>\n Section 7<\/em>. The vice president of the Senate shall<\/p>\n Section 8<\/em>. The secretary-treasurer of the Senate shall<\/p>\n Section 9<\/em>. The parliamentarian of the Senate shall ensure that the established guidelines described in Robert\u2019s Rules of Order, Newly Revised are adhered to during all regular and special sessions of the Senate.<\/p>\n Section 1<\/em>. The Senate shall hold regularly scheduled meetings each month of the academic year. The agenda of each meeting will be determined by the elected officers of the Faculty Senate in consultation with the Provost, the President of the University, or any member of the Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n Section 2<\/em>. The third Thursday of each month shall be reserved for Senate meetings. The Senate shall establish at the April meeting the time at which the Senate shall convene during the following academic year. Senate members shall be responsible for class arrangements.<\/p>\n Section 3<\/em>. The following order of business shall be observed in meetings of the Faculty Senate unless two-thirds of the senators present vote to change the procedures: 1) call to order, 2) approval of the minutes, 3) special orders of the day, 4) unfinished business, 5) reports of committees, 6) other new business, 7) adjournment.<\/p>\n Section 4.<\/em>\u00a0The Senate may be called into special session by the president of the Senate or upon written petition of a majority of the Senate. A notice stating the purpose of any special session must be distributed to the members of the Senate twenty-four hours prior to the meeting.<\/p>\n Section 5.<\/em>\u00a0Any faculty member may attend any regular or special session of the Senate and may participate in its deliberations with the consent of the presiding officer. Only senators shall be eligible to propose motions or to vote.<\/p>\n Section 6.<\/em>\u00a0A quorum for any meeting of the Senate shall consist of two-thirds of the voting members.<\/p>\n Section 7.<\/em>\u00a0The rules of procedure contained in Robert\u2019s Rules of Order, Newly Revised shall govern the proceedings of the Senate, subject to such special rules as may be adopted by the Senate.<\/p>\n Section 1<\/em>. The Standing Committees of the Senate shall be as follows:<\/p>\n Section 1 (a).<\/em>\u00a0University Committees.<\/p>\n Section 1 (b)<\/em>. Academic Committees<\/p>\n Section 2.<\/em>\u00a0Senate Standing Committees will be elected by the voting members of the Senate.<\/p>\n Section 3.<\/em>\u00a0At the beginning of the academic year, the Committee on Committees will review the membership of all Standing Committees of the University and ensure that at least one member of each committee is a senator. If a committee does not have a senator, then the Senate will elect an ex officio, non-voting member to that Committee.<\/p>\n Section 1.<\/em>\u00a0An amendment to this Constitution may be proposed at any regular meeting of the Senate by a majority vote of the senators, provided a copy of the proposed amendment has been presented to each senator in attendance at the immediately preceding meeting.<\/p>\n Section 2.<\/em>\u00a0Any amendment proposed by the Senate shall be submitted to a vote of the University faculty. Each faculty member shall be notified at least two weeks in advance of such a vote and at that time be furnished with a copy of the proposed amendment.<\/p>\n Section 3.<\/em>\u00a0An amendment to this Constitution shall become effective upon approval by a majority of the members of the University faculty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Preamble Section 1.\u00a0The Faculty Senate is the legislative body of Southern Arkansas University in all academic matters relating to or affecting two or more of the colleges of the University Faculty as a whole. The Faculty Senate may consider matters referred to it by any faculty member or administrative officer; and it may, upon its… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":0,"parent":2639,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-753","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry","6":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/753\/revisions\/2477"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/faculty-staff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Article I. 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Article II. Functions of the Senate<\/h4>\n
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Article III. Membership of the Senate<\/h4>\n
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Article IV. Officers<\/h4>\n
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Article V. Meetings<\/h4>\n
Article VI. Standing Committees of the Senate<\/h4>\n
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Article VII. Standing Committees of the University<\/h4>\n
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Article VIII. Amendments<\/h4>\n