THE
FACULTY
SENATE
Senate
Document Number 0708F
Date
of Senate Approval 11/13/08
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Statement
of Faculty Senate Action:
FWDC 5: Proposal to Revise the Distinguished Scholars Committee
(revision to SD5500S; Faculty Handbook Section 10.3.1)
Effective Date: Immediately
Rationale:
Participation by faculty in
the selection of honorary degree recipients is an important part of shared
governance. This revision restores a function that was deleted from the
Distinguished Scholars Committee in 1999.
Add:
In the Faculty Handbook,
Section 10.3.1, under “Purpose”
To consult with the Chancellor on selection of candidates
for Honorary Degrees
Edit: Renumber other purposes as 2, 3, and 4.
The
revised section of the Faculty Handbook reads as follows:
Purpose
1. To consult with the Chancellor on selection of
candidates for Honorary Degrees
2. To select the Highsmith Distinguished Visiting
Scholar and to arrange for the residency
3. To make a
nomination to the Chancellor annually or when advisable for a recipient of the
Oliver Max Gardner Award, a distinction granted yearly by the Board of
Governors to that faculty member on one of the sixteen campuses who has
"made the greatest contribution to the welfare of the human race"
during the year
4. To consider sponsorship of other scholars who may from time to time be
available for temporary university duties
Membership
·
four
full professors elected by Faculty Senate from the faculty at large
·
three
faculty members drawn from the full-time teaching faculty, one from each
division, appointed by the Chancellor.
Terms of office are for two years.
Service on the committee begins at the first faculty meeting of the fall
semester and runs to the same time of the following year.
Reporting
The committee shall report to the Senate
and the VCAA annually, and shall deposit copies of any minutes in the Senate
files.
Recommendations to: Chancellor