The Faculty Senate Rules Committee sets the schedule and prepared calendars for Senate and University Faculty meetings. It recommends procedures to ensure that individual Senators and Faculty members-at-large may initiate items for deliberation by the Senate and/or Faculty in conjunction with or independent of proposals from faculty standing committees or special committees. It resolves questions of committee jurisdiction, coordinates committee relationships with the Senate, and designates Senators to serve in a liaison capacity with those faculty standing committees which do not have a Senator as a member.

Meeting Schedule

DateTimeLocation
Thursday, September 4, 202511:45amLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, October 2, 202511:45amLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, November 6, 202511:45amLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Tuesday, November 25, 202511:45amLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, January 15, 20263:00pmLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, February 5, 20263:00pmLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, March 5, 20263:00pmLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, April 2, 20263:00pmLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams
Thursday, April 30, 20263:00pmLubar N456 & Microsoft Teams

Agendas

Minutes

Operating Procedures

When setting the agenda, the Rules Committee shall:

  1. Specify a time limit for each agenda item.
  2. Set a beginning time for each agenda item by inserting the language “not later than” after each item.
  3. Place the item “Unfinished Business” near the end of the agenda. Items that are not considered in a timely fashion, nor voted upon, are moved to Unfinished Business with a time limit of 5 minutes. At the end of this allotted time period, the body may:
    1. vote on the item, if ready, or vote to extend time
    2. move item to Unfinished Business. If the business item is not completed, or tabled, it automatically moves to the next meeting. If tabled, the item takes 2/3s vote to bring back for action.

Per Faculty Document 2478 (PDF).