FACULTY HANDBOOK July 2009 - Morgan State University

PAGE 69 * Morgan State University Faculty Handbook(n) The Director of Library Services;(o) The Director of the Institute of Architecture and Planning; and(p) The Director of the Institute of Transportation.Section 3: Voting Members. The following persons shall serve as voting members of theUniversity Council:(a) Twenty faculty members, four of whom shall come from each of the University's fiveinstructional units(the College of Liberal Arts, the School of Business and Management, theSchool of Education and Urban Studies, the School of Engineering (including the Institute ofTransportation and the Institute of Architecture and Planning), and the School of Computer,Mathematical and Natural Sciences) in accordance with Article 3. At least one of therepresentatives from each of the five instructional units shall be involved in the Graduate Schoolprogram.(b) Five members of the University's Professional Administrative Staff in accordance with Article3;(c) Two members of the University's classified employees in accordance with Article 3; and(d) Three students in accordance with Article 3.ARTICLE 3QUALIFICATIONS AND SELECTION OF UNIVERSITY COUNCIL MEMBERSSection 1: Faculty Members.All full-time faculty members holding either instructional appointments (Instructor, AssistantProfessor, Associate Professor, or Professor) or non-instructional appointments (Research Assistant,Assistant Researcher, Associate Researcher, or Senior Researcher) are eligible both to serve asmembers of the University Council and to participate in the election of faculty members of theUniversity Council. In the Spring semester of each even-numbered calendar year, the eligible facultyof each of the University's five instructional units shall elect from among its members two persons toserve as members of the University Council, and each person elected shall serve for a term of twoyears commencing July 1 of the year in which the election is held and ending June 30 of the nextsucceedingeven-numbered year. In the Spring semester of each odd-numbered year, eligible facultyof each of the five instructional units shall elect from among its number two persons to serve asmembers of the University Council, and each person elected shall serve for a term of two years,commencing July 1 of the year in which the election is held and ending June 30 of the nextsucceedingodd-numbered year. Notwithstanding the election schedule provided above, thefollowing election schedule shall be implemented to allow the odd/even year rotation to be phased inand fully implemented, effective July 1993: In the Spring of 1993, the eligible faculty of the Collegeof Liberal Arts, the School of Business and Management, the School of Computer, Mathematical andNatural Sciences, the School of Education and Urban Affairs, and the School of Engineering shallelect from among its members, four persons to serve as members of the University Council. Two ofthe persons elected from each instructional unit shall serve for a term of two years commencing onJuly 1, 1992, and ending June 30, 1993. By lot, two of the four persons elected in each school duringthe Spring semester 1992, shall be designated to serve one year terms. Thereafter, all representativesfrom each instructional unit will be elected in the even-year and two in the odd-year.