University Organization

I. University Organization

II. University Aim, Mission, and Plan

III. Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Diversity

IV. Faculty Rights and Responsibilities

V. Teaching

VI. Curriculum

VII. Students

VIII. Research

IX . Resources

Faculty Constitution

Preamble

The chief purpose of Wright State University shall be the achievement of excellence in teaching, the achievement of substantial contributions to human knowledge, the achievement of major service to humanity, and the maintenance of a free and cosmopolitan environment for the work toward such achievements.

This Constitution is established in order that the University Faculty (as defined by Article II) may participate in the achievement of these purposes through shared governance and the principle of Academic Freedom.

Article I. Authority

Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, the authority to establish, implement, and govern educational and academic policies of the university is vested in the University Faculty, as defined in the Code of Regulations promulgated by the Board of Trustees, within the constraints of any Collective Bargaining Agreement between Wright State University and American Association of University Professors (AAUP-WSU) and all pertinent government regulations.

Section 1. Powers and Duties
1. The University Faculty, in consultation with the University President and the University Provost, shall formulate codes of operating procedures governing all aspects of the academic program, admissions, academic standards, student affairs, faculty affairs not covered by the bargaining agreement, and other fields of university operation composed of academic and professional subject matter. The University President shall present such recommended operating procedures to the Board of Trustees for their consideration, amendment, confirmation, or rejection.
2. The University Faculty shall determine the curricula leading to all degrees and certification programs offered by the university and shall determine the content of all courses in such curricula.
3. The University Faculty shall determine the requirements for each degree offered by the university.
4. The University Faculty shall make recommendations to the University President or Provost and to the AAUP-WSU concerning the annual academic calendar of the university.
5. The University Faculty shall nominate all students to whom degrees shall be granted. Such nominations shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees through the University President.
6. The University Faculty can:
   1. Initiate and consider policy proposals and express its judgment on those policy proposals submitted to it by the University President or officers of the various academic divisions of the university;
   2. Investigate, discuss, and make recommendations to any appropriate body within the university regarding any matter of interest to the university;
   3. Request information through appropriate channels from any member of the university.

Article II. University Faculty

Section 1. Membership
The University Faculty shall be comprised of persons who hold the following academic ranks within the university: university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer, instructor or clinical assistant professor and clinical instructor in the College of Nursing and Health.
1. A member of the University Faculty shall be considered fully-affiliated with Wright State University if:
   1. The person is under full-time contract with the university requiring a majority of the member's professional efforts; and
   2. The contractual obligation to Wright State University has first call on the person's time and effort; or
   3. The person is on a tenure track or is fully-affiliated as defined by their contract.
2. A member of the University Faculty shall be considered partially-affiliated with Wright State University if:
   1. The person’s rank includes an additional modifier such as: voluntary, adjunct, research, visiting, acting, clinical (except as noted in Article II, Section 1), part-time, fellow; or
   2. The person’s professional activities cannot fulfill the criteria of Article II, Section 1.A., above; or
   3. The person is a member of the School of Medicine or the School of Professional Psychology and does not hold a fully-affiliated appointment as defined in the Bylaws of the Faculty of Medicine, or in the Bylaws of the Faculty of Professional Psychology.
3. Both fully-affiliated and partially-affiliated members may attend and participate in faculty discussions; however, only fully-affiliated members may vote on issues before the faculty.
4. In consultation with the Human Resources Department, the Faculty Office shall prepare annually a list of fully-affiliated faculty. Final authority for determining the nature of the affiliation lies with the University President.

Section 2. Officers
The officers of the University Faculty shall be as follows:
1. The Faculty President shall:
   1. Chair special meetings of the University Faculty;
   2. Chair all meetings of the Faculty Senate;
   3. Report to the Faculty Senate and also be the responsible correspondent to the university regarding all decisions made by the Executive Committee.
   4. Be the representative and spokesperson for the University Faculty, and the liaison and coordinator between the faculty and the administration, the committees, the students, and the general faculty;
   5. Attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee as an ex-officio member and in appropriate capacities on other Board of Trustees' committees; and shall serve on any other committee or council as directed by the Faculty Senate;
   6. Shall convene all committee chairs at the beginning of the academic year to review responsibilities and procedures;
   7. Serve as an ex-officio member and meet quarterly with the Council of Deans;
   8. Chair the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate;
   9. Be responsible for the Faculty Office; and
   10. Preside as grand marshal of commencement exercises of Wright State University.
2. The Faculty President-Elect shall:
   1. Assume the duties of the Faculty President in his/her absence;
   2. Be a member of the Faculty Senate and the Senate Executive Committee;
   3. Serve as a member and attend meetings of the Ohio Faculty Council and report to the Executive Committee regarding current thinking surrounding PERS, STRS, and current state-wide, political issues.
3. The Secretary of Senate shall be the Assistant to the Faculty President.

Section 3. Qualifications and Elections
1. Faculty President
   1. Qualifications
      1. The Faculty President shall be a fully-affiliated faculty member of the University Faculty having been granted tenure by the Board of Trustees; or, if in an academic unit where tenure is not policy, otherwise shall have met successfully the probationary requirements; and
      2. Have met the initial probationary requirements for professor or associate professor in the appropriate academic unit, or have met the initial probationary requirements for assistant professor and have been promoted ; or
      3. Have seven years of continuous service on the University Faculty.
   2. Election of the Faculty President
      1. The Faculty Senate shall adopt regulations governing the conduct of the election, the filling of a vacancy, and a procedure for recall.
      2. The Executive Committee shall solicit nominations, including self-nominated candidates, for the office and submit their names to the Office of the Faculty President. The Executive Committee shall confirm the willingness of each nominee to run and, if elected, to serve.
      3. The Secretary of the University Faculty, who is also the Secretary of the Faculty Senate, working with the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, shall conduct an election with a ballot distributed to all fully-affiliated faculty. If no nominee receives a majority of the votes cast on the first ballot, a run-off election will be held to decide between the candidates receiving the highest number of votes on the first ballot. The results of the election will be announced electronically.
      4. The Faculty President-Elect will assume the office of the Faculty President at the June Senate Meeting in the year following election.
2. Faculty Senators
   1. Qualifications
      1. Senators shall be fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty, elected from mutually exclusive constituencies as described in Article III, Section 4.A.
      2. Senators shall hold the rank of university professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer, instructor, or clinical assistant professor and clinical instructor in the College of Nursing and Health and that person has been a fully-affiliated member of the University Faculty for a minimum of two academic years. Chairs, but not deans, assistant deans, or associate deans, are eligible for election to the Faculty Senate.
   2. Election of Senators
      1. All elections shall be conducted prior to the last regularly scheduled Faculty Senate meeting of each year following these guidelines:
         
         

         Third week of Winter Quarter	The Faculty President determines what Senate seats need to be filled.
         Fourth week of Winter Quarter	Faculty Office secures the list of eligible faculty from Human Resources.
         Fifth week of Winter Quarter	Faculty Office contacts eligible faculty via mail, informing them of eligibility and soliciting candidate nominations, including self-nominations.
         Seventh week of Winter Quarter	Faculty return nominating forms to the Faculty Office which phones nominees to secure approval of their candidacy.
         Eighth and Ninth week of Winter Quarter	Ballots distributed; elections held.
         Tenth week Winter Quarter and First week Spring Quarter	Time allocated for possible run-offs.
         Second week of Spring Quarter	Faculty Office announces election results.

         *There shall be at least one candidate per constituency for each open Senate seat. If there are not the required number of candidates, the Faculty President will inform the constituency Executive Committee representative there is such a lack, seeking his/her help in securing the minimum number of required candidates.
      2. A plurality of votes is necessary for constituency elections. Should a tie exist, a run-off election shall be held to determine a winner.
      3. The Faculty Senate shall adopt regulations governing the conduct of elections, the filling of vacancies, and the recall of representatives from constituencies.
      4. The Executive Committee will appoint a replacement for any vacancy. The replacement must come from the same constituency as the original representative and will serve until the next election.
   3. Terms of Office
      1. Senators are elected for two-year terms with approximately one-half of the representatives in each constituency being elected each year. Prior to each election, the constituencies will be advised by the Faculty Senate Secretary of the number of Senators each constituency is entitled to elect.

Article III. Faculty Senate

Section 1. Authority

1. The business of the faculty is addressed through the Faculty Senate, which shall meet eight times a year (October, November, January, February, March, April, May, and June).
2. The Faculty Senate shall have and exercise such authority as may be delegated to it by the University Faculty as limited by Article I regarding collective bargaining agreements. No provisions of this constitution shall abridge the right of any member of the University Faculty to communicate that member’s views in full to the Faculty Senate, to the University President, or to the Board of Trustees through the University President.
3. All motions approved by the Faculty Senate shall be transmitted by the Faculty President to the University President and the University Provost.
4. Special meetings of the University Faculty can be called by the Faculty President to address specific Senate decisions. The Faculty President must call a meeting upon receipt of a petition signed by fifty fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty. A call for a special meeting shall specify the time and objectives thereof, and no business other than that specified in the call shall be transacted at such meeting unless otherwise agreed upon by a two-thirds majority of all present and voting members of the University faculty. A quorum of one-hundred faculty members must be present for business to be conducted at this meeting.

Section 2. Powers and Duties
1. The powers and duties of the University Faculty, as described in Article I, Section 1., are hereby delegated to the Faculty Senate. In the discharge of its duties, the Faculty Senate can form such committees, councils, etc., as it deems necessary. By regulation adopted by the Faculty Senate, such committees may involve persons from outside Faculty Senate and the University Faculty. The authority of such committees, councils, etc., shall not exceed the authority of the Faculty Senate, and they shall remain accountable to the Faculty Senate.

Section 3. Compositions
1. The total voting membership of the Faculty Senate shall be the sum of items 1. and 2. following:
   1. Elected faculty; one from each constituency for every 30 full-time faculty or fraction thereof;
   2. The Faculty President and Faculty President-Elect;
2. The University President and the University Provost shall be ex-officio, non-voting members.

Section 4. Constituencies
1. The constituencies of Faculty Senate will be as follows:
   • Raj Soin College of Business
   • College of Education and Human Services
   • College of Engineering and Computer Science
   • College of Liberal Arts
   • College of Nursing and Health
   • College of Science and Mathematics
   • Lake Campus
   • School of Medicine
   • School of Professional Psychology
2. Only members of the University Faculty may vote for representatives from their constituency. No person shall vote in or be considered a member of more than one constituency at each election. The Faculty Senate Secretary shall maintain lists of fully-affiliated faculty in each constituency with assistance from the Human Resources department. The Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate, in consultation with the appropriate departments, shall assign a faculty member to a constituency in cases where there is doubt.

Section 5. Officers and General Duties
• The Faculty President or Faculty President-Elect or the Faculty President's designee from the Executive Committee presides at Senate meetings and special meetings.
• The Faculty President shall transmit all Senate actions to the appropriate persons, including the University President and the University Provost.
• The Secretary of the Faculty shall be the Assistant to the Faculty President who is not eligible to be a member of the Faculty Senate. The Secretary shall be responsible for creating the minutes of Faculty Senate meetings within seven working days after the meeting. The Office of the Faculty President will be responsible for distributing the minutes of Faculty Senate meetings to members of Faculty Senate and the University Faculty within ten working days after each meeting.
• The University Parliamentarian shall be appointed annually by the Faculty President. The Parliamentarian shall not be a member of the Faculty Senate. That same person shall also serve as Parliamentarian to special meetings of the University Faculty.
• The Faculty Senate can elect such other officers from its membership as are deemed necessary to discharge the duties of the Faculty Senate.

Section 6. Conduct of Meetings
• All meetings of the Faculty Senate shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order, insofar as it is consistent with this Constitution.
• The agenda for each meeting of the Faculty Senate will be prepared by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate and distributed to members of the Faculty Senate and the University at least ten working days prior to the meeting. The order of business shall be: (1) Call to Order; (2) Approval of Minutes; (3) Report of the University President or University Provost; (4) Senate Executive Committee Report; (5) Old Business; (6) New Business; (7) Written Committee Reports including attendance roll and a report on Board of Trustees committee meetings; (8) Council Reports; (9) Announcements (10) Adjournment. Items of new business will not be voted on until they appear on the agenda as old business, which normally will be at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate. Exceptions to this rule can be made by a two-thirds majority of Faculty Senate members present and voting, when an immediate vote is needed.
• The Faculty Senate shall conduct eight meetings annually. Meetings can be held with any number of Senators of the Senate present; however, a quorum for transacting business shall be a majority of the full voting membership of the Senate.
• Members who are unable to attend a Faculty Senate meeting may designate a replacement from their constituency who is a fully-affiliated faculty member. The replacement may participate in discussions but may not make motions or vote on issues before the Faculty Senate.
• Members who do not attend or designate a replacement for three Faculty Senate meetings during any given academic year will be considered to have vacated their position. The Executive Committee may declare a vacancy and either appoint a runner-up or hold a new election within 30 days to elect a replacement to represent that constituency for the rest of the original occupant's term.
• Any university faculty, staff, or student may attend meetings of the Faculty Senate. The Faculty Senate may regulate the attendance of other persons. Participation in the deliberations of the Faculty Senate by persons who are not members of the Faculty Senate is allowed if approved by a majority of the members present and voting, or if requested by the presiding officer.
• At the May Faculty Senate meeting the Faculty Senate shall propose a schedule of meetings for the next thirteen-month period, and the Faculty Senate shall accept, or amend and accept, such a schedule.
• At each Faculty Senate meeting, the University Provost will report to the faculty steps taken in response to Faculty Senate actions.

Section 7. Executive Committee
1. The Executive Committee shall consist of the following persons:
   1. The Faculty President.
   2. The Faculty President-Elect.
   3. One representative of the elected members of the Faculty Senate from each constituency, chosen through election by the full faculty of each constituency.
2. The chair of the Executive Committee shall be the Faculty President.
3. The Executive Committee shall:
   1. Advise the Faculty Senate on the establishment or elimination of committees.
   2. Appoint or remove the members of standing and special committees, and the chairs of such committees, subject to ratification by the Faculty Senate. The Executive Committee shall request the name of a representative and alternate from Student Government.
   3. Appoint members of the Tenure Removal Committee. Members of this committee will be bargaining unit faculty holding the rank of professor.
   4. Conduct annual reviews of the structure of the constituencies and adjust the number of Faculty Senate representatives to meet the requirements of Article III, Section 3.A.1.
   5. Prepare and approve the agendas for Faculty Senate.

Section 8. Standing and Administrative Committees of the Faculty Senate
1. The standing committees of the Faculty Senate are the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee, the Information Technology Committee, the Faculty Affairs Committee, the Student Affairs Committee, the Faculty Budget Priority Committee, the Buildings and Grounds Committee, and the Student Petitions Committee.
2. Description of Standing Committees
   1. An Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policies Committee shall recommend action and policy to the Faculty Senate for all undergraduate study involving credit. Each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation that offers undergraduate courses shall be represented with the colleges of Liberal Arts and Science & Mathematics having two representatives. The Dean of University College, the University Librarian, and Chairs of the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee and the University General Education Committee (both appointed by the Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee) (or their designees) and two undergraduate student representatives selected by Student Government shall serve as non-voting members of this committee. The committee shall have the responsibility for recommending to the Faculty Senate the following:
      1. General education requirements.
      2. University-wide undergraduate academic requirements, programs, and policies.
      3. Approval of changes in college academic requirements.
      4. Approval of changes (additions, modifications, deletions) for all undergraduate courses and programs.
      5. The committee shall also be responsible for mediation of undergraduate curricular disputes between colleges or schools.
      6. Appointing members to its subcommittee, the Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (WACC). The WACC has oversight responsibility for writing in both General Education and in the Major and recommending action and policy for Writing Across the Curriculum requirements, including Writing in General Education requirements and Writing in the Major requirements. WACC has responsibility for approval of criteria for independent Writing Projects, monitoring and assessment of Writing Across the Curriculum, including Independent Writing Projects, Writing Intensive Courses, and Writing Across the Curriculum faculty development programs and activities. The WACC is composed of one faculty member representative from each undergraduate college with Faculty Senate constituency representation who teaches or who has taught Writing Intensive courses. UCAPC appoints and the Faculty Senate confirms faculty member appointments. The Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum (who, with faculty status, would also serve as his or her college faculty voting representative); the Director of the University Writing Center; the Director of Writing Programs (or department designee); Department of English Language and Literatures: a representative from the English as a Second Language (ESL) program; a representative from the University General education Committee (UGEC); and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government serve as non-voting members.
      7. Appointing members to its subcommittee, the University General Education Committee. The UGEC reviews all General Education new course proposals, course modification proposals and General Education requirements (including General Education substitution proposals); develops assessment guidelines and implements assessment of the General Education Program; reviews all General Education course syllabi periodically to see if they generally reflect the approved sample syllabi and reflect the approved General Education goals; communicates with departments concerning any problems with particular courses as they relate to General Education and may take appropriate action to resolve such problems, including a request that the course in question be removed from the list of approved General Education courses; develops, updates and disseminates a list of equivalencies to WSU General Education courses for transfers from other colleges and universities; reviews periodically General Education substitutions; and reviews and makes proposals on any aspect of General Education (e.g., transfer guidelines, use of adjunct faculty and course availability). The UGEC is composed of two faculty representatives each from the Colleges of Math and Science and Liberal Arts and one faculty representative from each of the other undergraduate colleges with Faculty Senate constituency representation. UCAPC appoints and the Faculty Senate confirms faculty member appointments. The Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum, the University Provost, the Director of the Honors Program, a representative of University College or their designees and an undergraduate student representative selected by Student Government serve as non-voting members.
   2. An Information Technology Committee shall study policies, consider requests for changes, and recommend appropriate action to the Faculty Senate concerning information technology issues. The committee shall be composed of one (1) faculty member from each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation. The University Librarian, the director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the director of Computing and Telecommunications Services (CATS), one (1) undergraduate student, and one (1) graduate student shall serve as ex-officio , non-voting members. (Students to be selected by Student Government.)
   3. A Faculty Affairs Committee for lecturers, instructors, clinical assistant professors, clinical instructors, and visiting faculty shall prepare and recommend action and policy to the Faculty Senate on all matters dealing with those faculty (excluding faculty from SOM and SOPP). Each college and school (excluding SOM and SOPP) shall be represented on the Faculty Affairs Committee by faculty members not represented by the bargaining agreement. The committee shall have responsibilities for the following:
      1. Formulating standards, including scholarship, teaching, and/or service for the appointment of faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement, and procedures for obtaining recognition of these standards;
      2. Acting on all matters dealing with welfare, discipline, due process , and academic freedom for faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement.
      3. Appointing a Salary Inequity Investigation subcommittee for faculty not represented by the bargaining agreement, when necessary, as determined by the Salary Inequity Appeals process.
   4. A Student Affairs Committee shall study and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate on all student affairs; including, but not limited to, scholarships, loans, government, housing, discipline, and intramural athletics. The Vice-President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Services or designee shall be an ex-officio , non-voting member and the three representatives appointed by Student Government (one of whom must be a graduate student) shall be ex-officio , voting members of this committee. The committee shall consist of five faculty members, of whom no more than two shall be from the same college.
   5. A Budget Priority Committee shall be comprised of: the Faculty President, Faculty President-Elect, and one faculty member from each college or school with Faculty Senate constituency representation. The committee shall be selected by the Senate Executive Committee and have the following responsibilities:
      1. Request information from the university budget director and the university administration regarding university income and expenditures and all other items of budgetary concern, including projected and actual budget reports.
      2. Examine all fiscal affairs of the university.
      3. Recommend fiscal priorities to the Faculty Senate and university administration.
      4. The chair of the Budget Priority Committee shall attend the Board of Trustee's Finance and Audit Committee.
   6. A Buildings and Grounds Committee shall study and recommend action to Faculty Senate on issues relating to the status of instructional space, campus physical planning, building priorities, space allocation and campus beautification . The Committee shall monitor the status of the instructional space and issue an annual report to Faculty Senate. The chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee shall attend the Board of Trustee's Buildings and Grounds Committee to report faculty concerns and to share Board of Trustee concerns with faculty. Membership of the committee shall consist of a faculty representative from each college and school with Faculty Senate constituency representation. Ex-officio , non-voting members of this committee shall be the University Registrar, the Assistant Vice-President for Facilities Planning and Management, the director for the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and a student member appointed by Student Government.
   7. Student Petitions Committee shall act to review the actions of the colleges and schools undergraduate petitions committees and shall have the authority to ensure an equitable application of academic regulations for all students at Wright State University.
   8. Other committees can be established or abolished by action of the Faculty Senate.
3. The administrative committees of the Faculty Senate are the Academic Integrity Hearing Panel, the Commencement Committee, the Course Materials Committee, the Honors Committee, the Judicial Review Panel, the Parking Services & Traffic Appeals Committee, and the University Appeals Panel.
   1. Chairs and faculty representatives of all committees shall be appointed by the Executive Committee of Faculty Senate. Faculty requests for committee appointments shall be solicited during spring quarter via the Faculty Office. Committee appointments are for a one-year period unless otherwise stated.
   2. Attendance requirements for committee members will be the same as for Faculty Senate Representatives with vacancies being filled consistent with provisions of Article III, Section 8.C.2. Committee members may designate a substitute when they cannot attend a committee meeting. The substitute does not have voting rights.
   3. Faculty Senate will allow time during committee reports for minority reports from committee members.
   4. The committees shall include the Faculty President as an ex-officio , non-voting member.
   5. The Faculty Office will maintain the respective committee charges and policies.
   6. Other committees can be established or abolished by action of the Faculty Senate.
4. Committee Responsibilities
   1. Meet at least once per quarter during the academic year.
   2. Keep minutes and attendance.
   3. Prepare an agenda that includes approval of minutes.
   4. Provide Faculty Senate Executive Committee with a copy of meeting minutes within ten (10) working days of meetings.
   5. Provide a final report to the Faculty Senate at the last official meeting that summarizes what the committee accomplished and what issues should be taken up the next academic year. These issues will be on the agenda of the first meeting of the committee the next academic year.
   6. Submit other reports to the Faculty Senate as requested.
   7. All changes to charges and policies must be approved by Faculty Senate.

Article IV. Councils

Section 1. Authority
The Faculty Senate may delegate any portion of its powers and duties to other councils.

Section 2. Powers and Duties
Certain of the powers and duties of the Faculty Senate are hereby delegated to other councils. The Faculty Senate reserves to itself the right of referendum over all matters adopted by a council with a simple majority vote of the members present and voting at a meeting of the Faculty Senate.

Section 3. Councils
1. Graduate Council
   A Graduate Council shall have the responsibility and authority for graduate faculty membership as well as admission criteria and academic policies that relate to graduate programs and graduate students at Wright State University. The Graduate Council will operate according to a written Policies and Procedures Manual. New graduate degree programs and certificate programs endorsed by the Council will be submitted to the Faculty Senate for approval. The Chair of the Graduate Council will be selected by the Senate Executive Committee and will be the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies or a member of the full graduate faculty for five years, a member of Graduate Council for two years, and a member of the Graduate Council Policies Committee for two years. The Graduate Council will report to the Faculty Senate on at least a quarterly basis on the actions of the Graduate Council and its committees.
2. Research Council
   The Research Council's mission is to stimulate scholarly research activities throughout the University.
   
   The Research Council identifies needs of the faculty, analyzes research services, and recommends policies and procedures to the Vice President of Research and Sponsored Programs. The Research Council shall evaluate and recommend priorities for internal funds to stimulate innovative research efforts.
   
   The membership of the Council will consist of the dean and one faculty member from each college or school. The Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs will serve as the chair of the Research Council. The faculty serving on the Research Council will be selected by the Senate Executive Committee. The Research Council shall report to the Faculty Senate on a quarterly basis.
3. An Athletics Council acts in an advisory capacity to the University President in all matters pertaining to intercollegiate athletics and to carry out those functions assigned to the Council by the University President. Faculty Senate shall appoint three voting members, at least one of which will be a member of Faculty Senate, to the Athletics Council. The chair of the Athletics Council will report to the Faculty Senate on a quarterly basis on the actions of the Athletics Council.

Article V. Amendments

1. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds affirmative vote of those responding with a total vote of at least 100 of the University Faculty conducted either by e-mail or through a secure web page.
2. Amendments can be initiated by the Faculty Senate, or by submission to the Executive Committee of a petition signed by at least fifty fully-affiliated members of the University Faculty.
3. The University Faculty are given the opportunity to meet and discuss an amendment at least 20 working days prior to a faculty vote thereon. Copies of the proposed amendment shall be distributed to all members of the University Faculty at least ten working days in advance of the meeting. Modifications to the wording of an amendment can be made by majority vote of the University Faculty present at the meeting.
4. At least 10 working days prior to a faculty vote on any amendment, all members of the University Faculty will have access to a web page that posts the proposed amendment and summarizes the discussion of the University Faculty meeting. No changes in the wording of any amendment can occur after it is posted.
5. Voting on any amendment will occur over a time period of three consecutive working days.
6. The Executive Committee will oversee the voting process to insure that each member of the University Faculty has the opportunity to vote and that no one is able to vote more than once.

Article VI. Quadrennial Review
This Constitution shall be reviewed every four years by an ad hoc committee nominated by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The committee shall submit a report with recommendations to Executive Committee. The Faculty Senate shall appoint such a committee every fourth year, starting in the year 2009.