Senate Constitution and Bylaws are owned by the University Senate.
Revised:
07/02/2019 - Deleted content and linked to Senate's Constitution and Bylaws directly.
12/08/2016 - Annual Review: No changes made to content.
06/04/2015 - To reflect current University titles, "Board of Control" is now "Board
of Trustees".
02/12/2015 - Annual Review: Under section II.C. of the Bylaws, removed item "5. Emeritus/Emerita
Association".
02/09/2015 - Annual Review: To reflect current practice, the email address for questions
is now policy@mtu.edu. To be consistent within document, "By-Laws" or "By-laws" now reads "Bylaws". "Appendix
G. Senate Constitution and Bylaws of the Senate" now reads "Appendix G. Senate Constitution
and Bylaws". "Ratified by the Senate constituency on October 22, 2014 and Approved
by the Board of Control on December 19, 2014" now reads "Ratified by the Senate constituency
on October 22, 2014 and Approved by the Board of Control on December 19, 2014". Under
Article II.B.2.c of the Senate's Constitution read: "Department chairs and associate
deans shall be constituents of the University Senate but may not serve as Senators
or Alternates or as members of University Senate committees" now reads "Department
chairs, associate deans, and assistant deans, despite their additional status as academic
faculty members, shall not serve as senators or alternates. They are considered constituents
of the Senate." Under Article IV.C.3 of the Senate's Constitution, the second sentence
read "The term of office shall commence at the beginning of the following fall term.
Now reads "The term of office shall commence immediately following the end of the
last meeting of the spring term." Under Article V of the Senate's Constitution, the
last sentence read "The officers-elect of the Senate shall assume their duties on
the Monday before the first week of instruction in the fall term." Now reads "The
officers-elect of the Senate shall assume their duties immediately after the last
Senate meeting of the spring semester." Under Article VII.A of the Senate's Constitution
read "The business of the Senate shall be conducted according to Robert’s Rules of
Order when these are not in conflict with the Bylaws of the Senate." Now reads "The
business of the Senate shall be conducted according to the current edition of Robert's
Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) when these are not in conflict with the Bylaws
of the Senate." In the Bylaws of the Senate it read "(Revised: December 11, 2013)"
now reads "Most recent revision: December 10, 2014". Under section I.B.4 of the Bylaws,
added the following: "5. The Executive Committee shall represent the Senate at meetings
with the Board of Control. 6. The Executive Committee shall coordinate interaction
between the Senate and the Board of Control." Under section I.C.1. of the Bylaws,
added as the second sentence: "At the discretion of the Executive Committee, the Senate
officers may serve on but may not chair standing committees." Under section I.C.8.
it read "Normally, the Senate officers and officers-elect will draft a preliminary
list of committee assignments before the first meeting of the Senate in the fall term."
Now reads "The Senate officers will draft a preliminary list of committee assignments
before the second from the last meeting in the spring semester." Section I.D.1 of
the Bylaws read "1. Academic Policy Committee" now reads "1. Academic and Instructional
Policy Committee". Added items e,f, and g: "e. Regulations regarding attendance, examinations,
grading, scholastic standing, probation, and honors (III-F-a-iii). f. Teaching quality
and the evaluation of teaching (III-F-1-a-iv). g. All matters pertaining to the academic
calendar (III-F-1-a-v)." Deleted section I.D.3. of the Bylaws, 3. Board of Control
Relations Committee. a. Represent the Senate at meetings with the Board of Control.
2. Coordinate interaction between the Senate and the Board of Control." Renumbered
sections "I.D.4. Curricular Policy Committee" now reads "I.D.3. Curricular Policy
Committee"; I.D.5. Elections Committee" now reads "I.D.4. Elections Committee"; and
"I.D.6. "Finance Committee" now reads "I.D.5. Finance and Institutional Planning Committee".
Under Section 8. Institutional Planning Committee moved items c. Institutional priorities
(III-F-4-b-ii), d. Allocation and utilization of the university's human and physical
resources (III-F-4-b-iii), e. Admission procedures (III-F-4-b-v), and f., General
admission standards (III-F-4-b-v)" to section I.D.5 Finance and Institutional Planning
Committee. Deleted item I.D.8. Institutional Planning Committee." Renumbered items
I.D.7. Fringe Benefits Committee" now reads "I.D.6. Fringe Benefits Committee", I.D.9.
Instructional Policy Committee" now reads "I.D.7. General Education and Assessment
Committee". Under section I.D.7. General Education and Assessment Committee of the
Bylaws, added the first sentence "In all curricular matters related to General Education
and Assessment:" and item I.D.&.c. read "c. All matters pertaining to the academic
calendar (III-F-1-a-5)" now reads "c. Academic freedom: rights and responsibilities
(III-F-1-a-viii)." Added Bylaws section I.D.8. "Information Technology Committee.
As related to Information Technology: a. Allocation and distribution of unrestricted
funds made available to the university for discretionary allocation in support of
research or scholarly work (III-F-2-b-i). b. Allocation and utilization of the university's
human and physical resources (III-F-4-b-iii). c. Formulation of policy and procedures
regarding allocation and utilization of the university's human, fiscal, and physical
resources (III-F-4-b-iii)." Renumbered Bylaws sections "I.D.10. Professional Staff
Policy Committee" to read "I.D.9. Professional Staff Policy Committee" and "I.D.11.
Research Policy Committee" to read "I.D.10. Research Policy Committee." Section I.F.5.
of the bylaws read "5. The officers-elect of the Senate shall assume their duties
on the Monday before the first week of instruction in the fall term." Now reads "5.
The officers-elect of the Senate shall assume their duties immediately after the last
meeting of the spring semester." Amended the Bylaws by adding section "J.13. When
a proposal is being presented by the chair of the relevant committee, if there are
no objections, the presiding officer may delegate some responsibility for fielding
questions to that person." Amended the Bylaws by adding Section I.N. Allowing Nonmembers
to Speak." Under section II.B. Professional Staff Units, deleted items 5. Advancement,
7. Enrollment, and 11. Student Affairs"; renumbered "6. Auxiliaries" now reads "5.
Auxiliaries", "8. Finance, 9. Library, 10. Research," now reads "6. Finance, 7. Library,
and 8. Research"; and added "9. Student Affairs and Advancement A, 10. Student Affairs
and Advancement B, and 11. Student Affairs and Advancement C." Under Section II.C
added "The Executive Committee may appoint reciprocal liaisons to any or all of these
units."
05/07/2014 - Per proposal 24-14, updated section I.M. Special Constituency Issues
by adding item 6. Avoiding Conflicts of Interest, a., b., and c.
03/13/2014 - Annual Review: Updated Michigan Tech and Handbook banners. Under Operational
Bylaws, section I.C., added item "4. Given the issues likely to be addressed by the
committee in any given year, in electing a chair, committees are encouraged to consider
whether tenure would be an asset"; item "C.4. Any member of the .... of the committee."
now reads: "C.5. Any member of the .... of the committee." Added item "6. Administrative
liaisons will be invited to attend, as needed, at the discretion of the committee";
Items "C.5. The full Senate .... function." and "C.6. Normally, the Senate officers
.... in the fall term." now read: "C.7. The full Senate .... function." and "C.8.
Normally, the Senate officers .... in the fall term." Corrected numbering of items
E through M.
04/05/2013 - Annual Review: Corrected numbering of paragraphs.
10/03/2012 - Changed "Appendix G. Senate Constitution" to "Appendix G. Senate Constitution
and Bylaws of the Senate", replaced the Constitution which was approved by the Board
of Control on 4/27/2012 and replace the Bylaws with Bylaws approved by the Board of
Control on 4/18/2012.
07/28/2011 - Annual Review: Replaced Operational Bylaws with Bylaws dated December
3, 2003; to reflect current University titles and practice, MTU is now Michigan Tech,
and the email address for questions is now hbwebmaster.
10/19/2010 - Format changes.