Faculty Handbook 2025-2026

Article IV - Officers

SECTION 1

The officers of the academic faculty shall be the presiding officer, the secretary, and the parliamentarian.

SECTION 2

The presiding officer of the academic faculty shall be a tenured faculty member who is a full-time employee of the College. The presiding officer shall serve two years and shall not serve concurrently on a standing committee. Nomination and election of the presiding officer shall follow the same procedures as standing committee elections.

SECTION 3

The presiding officer shall follow parliamentary procedure, which shall inform the activities of the presiding officer at all faculty meetings.

SECTION 4

The secretary of the faculty shall be appointed by the presiding officer at the first faculty meeting of each academic year and approved by a majority of the voting members present.

SECTION 5

The secretary shall follow parliamentary procedure, which shall inform the activities of the secretary of the academic faculty.

SECTION 6

The parliamentarian shall be appointed by the presiding officer at the first faculty meeting of each academic year and approved by a majority of the voting members present.

SECTION 7

The duties of the parliamentarian shall be to advise the presiding officer and the academic faculty on rules of procedure and to make procedural rulings during faculty meetings.