Fact Book Document 2003-2004 - West Virginia Wesleyan College

All others offering formal instruction at the College, either part­time or by special arrangement; faculty emeriti;
administrative officers; and the President of the Community Council shall be non­voting associate members with
voice.
Section 3. Minutes
Minutes shall be kept of all meetings of the Faculty Assembly, distributed to all members and associate members
of the body at least forty­eight hours prior to its next meeting, and approved by the body at its next scheduled
meeting. Stenographic support may be provided by the Office of the Dean of the College. Approved minutes of
the Faculty Assembly shall be submitted to the President of the College.
Section 4. Meetings
The Faculty Assembly shall meet no fewer than eight times during the academic year. The Chair of the Faculty
shall call special meetings as necessary with at least forty­eight hours notice. The Chair of the Faculty shall
convene special meetings, also with forty­eight hours notice, upon receipt of a request signed by twelve or more
voting members of the Faculty Assembly. Meetings of the Faculty Assembly shall be chaired by the Chair of the
Faculty or, in the Chair's absence, by the Vice Chair of the Faculty.
Section 5. Agenda
The agenda for all meetings of the Faculty Assembly shall be prepared by the Chair of the Faculty in consultation
with the Faculty Senate and distributed in writing via campus mail to all members of the Faculty Assembly not
later than forty­eight hours prior to the time of the meeting. The agenda shall include all resolutions or main
motions passed by the councils and committees which have been reviewed by the Faculty Senate. Any member of
the Faculty Assembly may submit in writing to the Chair of the Faculty items for the agenda. Resolutions
introduced on the floor of the Faculty Assembly without prior notice shall be added to the agenda of a subsequent
meeting unless the body waives the forty­eight hour notice provision by a majority vote.
Section 6. Quorum
A quorum of the Faculty Assembly shall consist of forty percent of its voting members.
Section 1. Purpose and Scope of Authority
ARTICLE III. FACULTY SENATE
The Faculty Senate shall be the executive committee of the Faculty Assembly. All actions of the Faculty Senate
are subject to review and approval by the Faculty Assembly.
Section 2. Membership
Faculty Senate shall be comprised of five faculty representatives elected by the Faculty Assembly from its voting
members, the Vice Chair of the Faculty, and the Chair of the Faculty, who shall also chair the Faculty Senate. (See
Article V. Elections, pp. 3­4.) The representatives shall serve staggered two­year terms. The person elected to the
office of Vice Chair of the Faculty shall serve as Vice Chair and Secretary of the Faculty Senate for one year and
then as Chair for one year. The Dean of the College shall be a non­voting ex officio member of the Faculty Senate.
A quorum of the Faculty Senate shall
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