H. FACULTY OFFICERS

Until the level of 12 full time faculty is reached, a senior academic administrator chosen by the President will be the Academic Dean and shall serve as the Faculty Chair. Upon the contracting of the 12th full time faculty member, the faculty will, by majority vote, elect its Secretary and a Faculty Representative. The Faculty Chair, the Faculty Representative, and the Faculty Secretary shall serve on the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC). If the chair is unable to complete her or his term, the Faculty Representative will become chair. In the event the President does not appoint a new Academic Dean within 45 days, the FEC may then present a slate of candidates to the faculty for the election of an interim chair to fill the position for a term of one year or until such time as a new Academic Dean takes office, whichever is sooner.

1. The Academic Dean as Faculty Chair

The Academic Dean is responsible to the faculty for promoting the faculty’s attempt to strengthen and enhance its identity and concern for academic excellence.

The Academic Dean will normally preside over faculty meetings. The Dean has an ex-officio seat on FEC, but the Faculty Representative runs the FEC. The Academic Dean serves on the FEC as vice chair, serves on the Budget Committee and is an ex-officio, non-voting member of the Board of Directors.

2. The Faculty Representative

The Faculty Representative and the FEC are responsible for seeing that new policies are communicated and implemented.

The Faculty Representative serves as chair of the FEC and in that capacity, oversees the work of all faculty committees. The Faculty Representative receives all proposals for faculty action from various faculty committees and establishes the agenda for the faculty meeting in consultation with the FEC.

The Faculty Representative will assume the responsibilities of the Academic Dean relating to faculty in her or his temporary absence.

3. The Faculty Secretary

The faculty secretary keeps the minutes and records of the faculty meetings and the meetings of the FEC. An annual file for each academic year will be kept of all minutes of the faculty and all major committee activities. Reference copies of all official documents will be collected and made available to the faculty.

4. Election of Faculty Officers to FEC

By majority vote of the faculty, a Faculty Representative and a Faculty Secretary will be elected during the final Spring meeting of faculty from among the faculty to serve a two-year term. The FEC will submit a minimum of two names to the faculty at the April faculty meeting when the term of the faculty secretary is expiring.