Leadership

CHAIR & VICE-CHAIR: the Faculty Assembly will elect a Chair and a Vice-Chair. Each year a Vice-Chair will be elected for two years, serving the first year as Vice-Chair and the second year as Chair.

The Chair will be released from two workload units per academic year to carry out the responsibilities of this office. These include the following:

• Overseeing the ongoing work of the Faculty Assembly and its committees;
• Coordinating agenda for and chairing Faculty Assembly and Faculty Assembly Steering Committee meetings;
• Serving on the University Council (UC) and participating in the creation of the UC agenda;
• Acting as faculty liaison with administrative offices;
• Representing the faculty and its leadership at academic and university-wide events.

The Vice-Chair will be released from one workload unit per academic year to carry out the responsibilities of this office. These include the following:

• Assisting the Chair to fulfill the responsibilities of that office;
• Assuring that all procedures, actions, and decisions of the Faculty Assembly and the Faculty Assembly Steering Committee are recorded and archived;
• Assuring that written reports, minutes, and correspondence are provided to appropriate parties as necessary through verbal, written and electronic means;
• Serving on the University Council.