Section III.D.2: Article II: Officers of the Faculty
Section 1. The Chair
The Dean of the College is Chair of the Faculty and, with the President of the College, represents the Faculty on official and public occasions and to the Board of Trustees.
Section 2. The Clerk
- The Clerk of the Faculty is a member of the voting Faculty and is elected by the Faculty.
- The Clerk of the Faculty moderates all regular and special meetings of the Faculty.
- Each spring the voting Faculty shall elect one of its members to serve a one-year term as Clerk of the Faculty. This term shall commence September 1 of the following academic year and shall continue for twelve months. Service by a Faculty member as the Clerk of the Faculty shall not preclude service by that faculty member on a Standing Committee.
- The nominations and elections for Clerk of the Faculty shall be conducted according to the procedure established in the Bylaws for election of at-large representatives to a Standing Committee.
- In the event that the Clerk of the Faculty is unavailable to moderate a faculty meeting, the faculty member who took second place in the election for Clerk of the Faculty will serve as Clerk Pro Tem.
Section 3. The Secretary of the Faculty
- The Secretary of the Faculty is a member of the voting Faculty and is elected by the Faculty.
- The Secretary of the Faculty is responsible for the minutes of the meetings of the Faculty, preserves a record of Faculty action, and acts as the Faculty’s correspondent. The Secretary of the Faculty, in cooperation with the Dean of the College, certifies the Faculty voting list, conducts all official Faculty elections, tallies the ballots, and notifies the Dean of the College of the results.
- Each spring, the voting Faculty shall elect one of its members to serve a one-year term as Secretary of the Faculty. This term shall commence September 1 of the following academic year and shall continue for twelve months. Service by a Faculty member as the Secretary of the Faculty shall not preclude service by that faculty member on a Standing Committee.
- The nominations and elections for Secretary of the Faculty shall be conducted according to the procedure established in the Bylaws for election of at-large representatives to a Standing Committee.
- In the event that the Secretary of the Faculty is unavailable to record the minutes of a faculty meeting, the Dean of the College shall designate a member of the voting faculty to serve as Secretary Pro Tem.