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A. Membership
1. The membership of the women's studies program
is open to all faculty members who have an interest in women's studies
2. The list of members will be drawn from periodic
mailings to all faculty at AU. The list of active faculty will be
composed of those who indicate an interest in being affiliated with
the program.
3. All faculty affiliated with the program will
have voting status.
4. Interested members of the community may also
be members of the program but they will not have voting status.
B. Duties
1. Faculty will be responsible for teaching, administrative
and outreach activities sponsored by the Program.
2. Faculty will establish and change Program policies
and procedures.
A. Selection and Term
1. The Program Director shall be elected by a majority
vote of the faculty.
2. The term of office of the Director shall be three
years, renewable once.
3. To qualify for the position of Director a faculty
member must be a tenured associate or full professor.
4. Nominations for the position of Director will
be solicited by the Nominations Committee no later than October
15 of the third year of the Director's term.
B. Duties
1. The Director has general administrative responsibility
for all aspects of the Program, convening and chairing Program and
Advisory Committee meetings, and ensuring the appointment of members
of the standing committees. The Director will serve as an ex-officio
member of all Program Committees.
2. Activities of primary importance include: The
Director proposes and manages the Program's budget; supervises the
support personnel of the Program; represents the Program to University
administrators; promotes a facilitative context for teaching, research,
and outreach, including Friend's of Women's Studies; promotes effective
relationships with other units within and without the University;
and recommends and administers policies and procedures pertinent
to achievement of the Program's goals.
3. The Director is responsible for initiating and
maintaining fund raising activities for the purpose of providing
student scholarships.
C. Evaluation
1. The Director and the Program shall be evaluated by the faculty
at least bi-annually in the fall semester so that the results
of the evaluation can be used for planning. The evaluation will
be designed and administered by the Advisory Committee Chair.
III. The Advisory Committee
1. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of the Director,
the chair of the Nominations Committee, the chair of the Program
Committee, the chair of the Curriculum Committee, the chair of
the Membership Committee, and a student representative who will
serve ex-officio. The student member of the advisory committee
will recuse her/himself from personnel discussions.
2. The Chair of the Advisory Committee shall be elected by secret
ballot from among its members annually.
1. The Advisory Committee must be consulted in decisions including
but not limited to the following topics: curriculum planning and
scheduling, budget allocations and major expenditures, fund raising,
and program planning.
2. Meetings of the Advisory Committee shall be called by the Director
at least once a semester.
3. The Advisory Committee shall oversee the process of evaluating
the Director and the Program.
1. Standing Committees of the Program shall include the Program
Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Nominations Committee,
and the Membership Committee. Additional standing committees may
be established by a majority vote of the faculty. Ad hoc committees
may be established by the Director, the Advisory Committee, or
a majority vote of the faculty. Committees that fail to meet in
any twelve month academic year shall be considered to have been
abolished.
2. Staggered terms of membership on standing committees shall
be for three academic years; committee membership shall be recommended
by the Director to the Program faculty early in the fall semester
for ratification.
3. All committees will have either 3 or 5 members.
1. The Program Committee will be responsible for identifying
and coordinating the visits of outside speakers to campus and
developing educational outreach programs, as well as overseeing
a local brown bag series annually.
2. The Curriculum Committee will approve existing courses for
Women's Studies credit and develop new courses.
3. The Membership Committee will oversee the periodic mailings
to identify active faculty and they will assist in organizing
a fall reception annually to welcome new faculty.
4. The Nominations Committee will be responsible for identifying
nominees for Director and for conducting elections and counting
ballots. The results of elections will be given to the Director
who will announce them. The Nominations Committee will also assist
in identifying nominees for committee appointments.
1. The Program faculty will meet at least once a year in the
spring semester, at which time a full presentation of the budget
will be made.
2. Meetings shall be called at least two weeks in advance.
1. All motions shall be adopted by a simple majority of those
voting.
2. Voting shall normally be by a show of hands, except when the
vote is on a personnel or policy issue or when requested by nay
active, voting member present at the meeting, whereupon the vote
shall be by secret ballot.
3. Votes may also be taken by mail ballot with the advise and
consent of the Advisory Committee.
VII. Approving and Changing the Bylaws
1. Any new article of the bylaws or amendment of a previously
approved bylaw cannot be proposed or approved in a single meeting
of the program faculty.
2. A new article of the bylaws or an amendment of a previously
approved bylaw shall be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the active
members of the faculty who vote.
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