East Carolina University
Faculty Officers
(1 year terms)
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/senate/content.cfm
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Marianna Walker College
of Allied Health Sciences |
Mark Sprague |
|
Hunt McKinnon |
Brenda Killingsworth |
Faculty Senate office located in 140 Rawl Annex
328-6537 (office) 328-6122 (fax)
Faculty Senate
Overview
Faculty Senate
Organization (ECU
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/manual/appa.cfm
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The total
number of senators depends on the number of full-time faculty in an electoral unit
as reported in December by the Office of Institutional Planning, Research, and
Effectiveness to UNC General Administration.
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Full-time
faculty members, including fixed term faculty members, in at least their second year of appointment to the electoral unit are
eligible to serve in the
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Full-time
faculty members, including fixed term faculty members, are eligible to vote for the election of Faculty Senators within an
electoral unit.
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Full-time,
permanently tenured faculty members are eligible to serve as Chair and Vice
Chair of the Faculty.
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Full-time
faculty members in at least their second year of appointment are eligible to
serve as Secretary of the Faculty.
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Senators
and Alternates serve two-year terms; senators may be elected to succeed
themselves twice.
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Ex-officio
members: Chancellor, Provost/VC Academic
Affairs, VC Health Sciences, VC for Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty
Assembly delegates, immediate past Chair of the Faculty, and an academic dean
elected by the Administrative Council.
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The
general faculty are the general electorate
and the
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The
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The
Chancellor and the Chair of the Faculty facilitate communication that enables continuing and effective
faculty participation in all aspects of the University community.
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/fsonline/academiccommittees/committeesmainpage.cfm
21 Standing Academic
Committees
Academic Standards
Calendar
Continuing and Career Education
Educational Policies and Planning
Faculty Information Technology Review
Libraries
University Athletics
University Budget
University Curriculum
Academic Awards
Faculty Welfare
Research/Creative Activity Grants
Teaching Grants
University Environment
Governance Issues
Agenda
Committee on Committees
Faculty Governance
Unit Code Screening
Student Issues
Admission and Retention Policies
Student Academic Appellate
Student Scholarships, Fellowships, and Financial Aid
5 Standing Appellate
Committees
Due Process
Faculty Grievance
Grievance Board
Hearing
Reconsideration
http://www.ecu.edu/fsonline/contents.htm
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Part VI: General Personnel Policies, including Frequently Asked
Questions about Faculty Personnel Records
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Appendix C: Personnel Policies and Procedures including: selection and
appointment of new faculty,
assignment of teaching
responsibilities, evaluation of faculty, professional advancement, salary and
details relating to the personnel file, which include: one master file, faculty
member may examine his/her file, no anonymous source material and faculty
members must be made aware of any changes in file
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Appendix D: Tenure and Promotion Policies and Procedures; definition of
"voting faculty member" when relating to appointments,
reappointments, promotions, and the conferral of permanent tenure
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Appendix D: Non-reappointment or Non-tenure decisions to go before the
Hearing Committee
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Appendix J: Sex discrimination and other EEO complaints
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Appendix X: Sexual or racial harassment or discrimination or conflicts
of interest
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Appendix Y: Other faculty grievances related to employment status and
institutional relationships
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Appendix L (ECU Code): definition of "voting faculty member"
when relating to appointment of administrative officials, making
recommendations on unit code content, five-year unit program evaluation,
quadrennial unit administrator evaluation and annual evaluation of university
administrators
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Unit codes and code unit changes must be approved by Unit Code
Screening Committee, the Faculty Senate and the Chancellor.
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Unit codes are available at: http://www.ecu.edu/fsonline/AcademicCommittees/uc/codes/unitcodes.htm
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Full-time faculty position and greater than one/half time position in
the unit
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Regular professorial rank (instructor, assistant professor, associate
professor or professor )
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At least one/half of teaching/research duties normal to the unit (does
not apply to unit administrators, librarians, or other university officers who
may hold tenured positions in a home unit)
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In at least the twelfth consecutive calendar month of appointment in
the unit
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On leave of absence, but in attendance
Definition
of Voting Faculty Member for Unit Evaluations (ECU Faculty Manual,
Appendix L)
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Full-time faculty position
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Permanently tenured or probationary term
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Employed in faculty position for at least 12 consecutive months
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Regular academic faculty rank
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Carry, at the time of the vote, not less than half the normal
teaching/research program as practiced in the unit of appointment (except as
noted for faculty on leaves of absence)
Personnel
Action Dossier (PAD) (ECU Faculty Manual, Part XII)
used for reappointment, promotion, and permanent tenure contains:
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Written communications with candidate on progress toward tenure
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Complete resume
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External peer reviews
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Teaching, research/creative activity, and service portfolios
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Other material
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Disagreements as to inclusion/removal of documents
Promotion
and Tenure Timeline (ECU Faculty Manual, Part XIII)
Revisions
to this timeline were approved by the Chancellor in November 2010 and will go
into effect in July 2011.
Faculty
candidate will be notified in writing within one week at each decision point.