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DOCUMENTS OF THE GENERAL FACULTY
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO NOMINATE
FACULTY COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR 2003-2004
Marvin Hackert (chemistry and biochemistry), chair of the Committee
to Nominate Faculty Council Officers for 2003-2004, has filed with
the secretary of the Faculty Council the report set forth below.
Notice is hereby given that this report will be presented to
the 2003-2004 Faculty Council for action at its special meeting
on May 5, 2003. At that meeting, additional nominations may be
made from the floor.
<signed>
John R. Durbin, Secretary
The Faculty Council
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO NOMINATE
FACULTY COUNCIL OFFICERS FOR 2003-2004
The Committee to Nominate Faculty Council Officers for 2003-2004
(Marvin Hackert, chair) nominates the persons whose names are set
forth below. Members of the nominating committee include Michael
H. Granof (accounting), Bruce P. Palka (mathematics), John R. Durbin
(mathematics), Jennifer S. Brodbelt (chemistry and biochemistry),
Dean P. Neikirk (electrical and computer engineering), Melba M.
Crawford (mechanical engineering), Linda Ferreira-Buckley (English).
NOMINEES FOR CHAIR ELECT
Lawrence D. Abraham, associate professor, curriculum
and instruction
Linda Reichl, professor,
physics
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NOMINEES FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM GENERAL FACULTY STANDING
COMMITTEES
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From the Faculty Advisory Committee on Budgets:
Kenneth Flamm, professor, LBJ School of Public
Affairs
James D. Garrison, professor, English
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From the Educational Policy Committee:
Archie L. Holmes, associate
professor, electrical and computer engineering
Paul B. Woodruff, professor, Plan II
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From the Faculty Welfare Committee:
Alan W. Friedman, professor, English
Sue A. Greninger, associate professor, human ecology
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The duties of these officers are specified below.
CHAIR ELECT:
Each year the voting members of the Faculty Council shall elect
a chair elect from the elected faculty members who shall serve in
that capacity for one year. At the end of the year the chair elect
shall become chair; if his or her term on the Council would otherwise
end, the chair shall be an ex officio member (with the normal
voting rights of the chair) for that year. The chair shall preside
over the Council. The chair elect shall serve as vice chair if necessary.
The chair (or the chair elect in the absence of the chair) shall
be a voting member of the Graduate Assembly and shall be a member
of its agenda-setting group. If either the chair or the chair elect
should cease to be a member of the Faculty Council, the Council shall
promptly elect a successor.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
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a.
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Composition: The chair and chair elect of the
Faculty Council; the secretary of the Faculty Council; one
Faculty Council member (elected by the voting members of the
Faculty Council) from each of the following standing committees:
Faculty Advisory Committee on Budgets, Educational Policy Committee,
and Faculty Welfare Committee; and the chair (or the chair
elect in the absence of the chair) of the Graduate Assembly.
Their term of service, commencing on the first class day of
the fall semester, shall be for one year, with the proviso
that some continuity of service from one year to the next is
desirable.
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b.
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Function: To facilitate the work of the Faculty
Council and to see that the Council has the benefit of the
work done by the standing committees and by the special committees
of the Faculty Council; to plan the Council's agenda and other
related activities; and to meet at least monthly with the President
and his or her designated representatives in order to discuss
and advise on educational, institutional, and faculty matters. |
Posted on the Faculty Council web site (http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/)
on April 30, 2003. Paper copies are available on request from the
Faculty Council Office, FAC 22, F9500.
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