2.2 FACULTY ASSEMBLY
AND FACULTY MEETINGS
The full faculty
will meet early in the fall semester for a Faculty Assembly in which,
among other things, chairpersons of four or five committees with urgent
agendas will report and the president and provost will speak on matters
of all-college concern. The agenda shall include an item called Question
Period. During this period faculty members may direct questions to any
committee or official regarding matters of all-college concern.
If by majority vote
the Faculty Senate decides that a special meeting of the full faculty
should be called to consider an urgent item or a major item that affects
the whole of the faculty, the Faculty Senate chair, vice chair, and secretary
shall organize such a meeting. By majority vote, the Faculty Senate can
also authorize that a given Faculty meeting have the Senate's governance
authority over some or all of the issues presented at the meeting. The
agenda shall consist of items authorized by the Faculty Senate for action
and/or discussion at the full Faculty meeting.
