Chapter 1: Faculty Governance, Section III: Faculty
Council
D. Organization
1.
Each year the voting members of the 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; and the Chair shall become Past
Chair; if the Council term of a Chair or Past Chair would otherwise
end, said individual shall be an ex officio member of the
Council [with normal voting rights] for that year. The Chair shall
preside over the Council. The Chair Elect shall serve as Vice Chair
if necessary. The Past Chair shall represent the Council at interinstitutional
activities and shall advise the Chair and Chair Elect on matters
pertaining to Council business. 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.
2.
Chair and the Past Chair shall represent UT Austin
on the UT System Faculty Advisory Council. For the first election
of officers to the Faculty Council only, the Chair shall be elected
and serve for one year; the Chair Elect shall be elected at the
same time and also serve for one year in that capacity before succeeding
as Chair. 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. If a Past Chair should cease to be a member
of the Council or be unable to serve, the Chair shall designate
an elected member of the Council to carry out the duties of the
Past Chair.
3.
The functions of the Secretary, other than those
listed elsewhere, shall be as follows:
a.
In relation to the Faculty Council, the
Secretary shall send out all notices and communications,
prepare the agenda, keep a record of attendance, record
proceedings, receive (before presentation) copies of all
matters to be presented, and preserve all records of the
Council.
b.
In relation to the General Faculty and to
the college and school faculties, the Secretary shall report
recommendations of the Council and refer matters from the
Council to the General Faculty or the college or school
faculties.
c.
In relation to the President, the Secretary
shall report actions taken by the Council and requiring
approval of the President, the UT System Executive Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs, or the UT System Board
of Regents; certify the list of members elected to the
Council.
4.
The Parliamentarian of the General Faculty shall
be ex officio Parliamentarian of the Council.
5.
The Executive Committee of the Faculty Council (a
standing committee of the Faculty Council).
a.
Composition: The Chair, Chair Elect, and
Past Chair 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,1
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.
b.
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.
1
The incoming chair will plan the September Faculty Council meeting in August before their term officially begins.
