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01 Membership |
Membership (En 27 Feb 24) |
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01.01 |
The Faculty of the Division of Undergraduate |
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01.02 |
Faculty members must have at least a 25% appointment in the DUE to be considered DUE members and/or serve as a Senate Faculty member affiliated with a DUE program. DUE continuing lecturers, who are non-Senate Faculty, are eligible for appointment to relevant committees within the DUE. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02 Officers |
Officers (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02.01 |
The Officers of the Faculty consist of a Chair, a Vice Chair and a Secretary- Parliamentarian. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02.01.01 |
The Chair of the Faculty is elected for a 3- year term and is not eligible for a successive term. The election is conducted as provided in Section 7 of the Bylaws of the Division and in accordance with the procedure prescribed in these Bylaws. If the Chair is unable to complete the term of office, the Secretary- Parliamentarian of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate shall within two months conduct an election in accordance with the procedure prescribed in these Bylaws for the unexpired term provided that the unexpired term is longer than six months. In the interim or in the event the vacated term is less than six months, the Vice Chair will serve as Chair. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02.01.02 |
The Vice Chair is chosen by the DUE EC from among its membership. The term of office is three years. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02.01.03 |
The Secretary-Parliamentarian of the DUE Faculty is chosen by the EC from among its membership. The term of office is one year. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02.01.04 |
The Chair assumes office on the first day of September following a regular election for Chair or immediately upon completion of the ballot count at a special election. The Vice Chair takes office immediately upon appointment. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03 Meetings |
Meetings (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01 |
Faculty meetings are called by the Chair or by the EC. There must be at least one Faculty meeting each academic year. At the written request of 25% of the voting members of the DUE Faculty, the Chair must call a meeting. The Chair or the Vice Chair may serve as the meeting chair. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01.01 |
A quorum consists of 50% of the members of the DUE Senate Faculty. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01.02 |
A motion to submit a measure to email or secret ballot has precedence over a motion for an open vote in a meeting. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01.03 |
Prior to a DUE Faculty meeting, the Chair will send copies of the call for the meeting and will make all pertinent documents available to each member of the DUE Faculty. The Faculty shall not change curricular requirements of DUE unless notice is previously given to all Faculty in a call for the meeting. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01.04 |
These Bylaws constitute primary rules of order for meetings of the Faculty and of the committees of the Faculty. The order of business is that prescribed in Section 4 of the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate. Questions of order not covered by these Bylaws or those of the Division are covered by Sturgis’ Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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03.01.05 |
The minutes of every Faculty meeting shall be sent to every member of the DUE Faculty before the next Faculty meeting. For personnel matters, Faculty may consider the departmental letter in lieu of minutes. Opportunities for review of and/or comment on the departmental letter in personnel cases are as prescribed in the APM. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04 Committees |
Committees (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01 |
There shall be an EC of at least four members consisting of Senate Faculty members who are engaged in one or more of DUE’s programs, and shall include one or more DUE Senate Faculty members from the University Writing Program. The Vice Provost and Dean of the DUE will serve as an ex officio, voting member of this committee. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.01 |
The term of office of members of the EC is three years. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.02 |
The election of DUE Faculty members to the EC is as provided in Section 7 of the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate. For purposes of these elections, members of the EC are considered officers of the Faculty of the DUE. Members of the EC take office on September first of the academic year following their election at a regular election or immediately upon completion of the ballot count at a special election. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.03 |
Whenever the EC determines that a vacancy exists in its membership, the Secretary- Parliamentarian of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate conducts an election in accordance with the prescribed procedure provided the vacancy is to last more than six months. A vacancy shall be declared to exist and the committee member considered to have resigned if the member anticipates an absence from the committee of more than six months. Vacancies of six months or less are filled temporarily by appointment by the Chair of the Faculty with the advice and consent of the EC. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.04 |
The EC has the following functions: (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.05.01 |
The EC has the general oversight of the academic welfare and discipline of students in the DUE and has the power to bring before the Faculty any matters that the EC deems advisable. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.05.02 |
The EC appoints and designates the Chairs of all other standing committees and all special committees of the Faculty unless otherwise directed at a meeting of the Faculty. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.05.03 |
Should the DUE or a unit in the DUE win Senate approval to offer a degree program, the EC acts finally for the Faculty (a) in the awarding of all degrees to students of the DUE in all cases which do not involve the suspension of regulations or that involve only minor adjustments in the curricula and (b) in the awarding of honors at graduation. The EC is likewise empowered to act on petitions of students for graduation under suspension of the regulations. The EC will report all degrees approved to the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.05.04 |
The EC makes recommendations to the Faculty in the establishment, modification, and discontinuation of all divisional instructional programs and curricula. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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04.01.05.05 |
The EC acts for the Faculty in making recommendations to the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate regarding courses. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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05 Election and Balloting |
Election and Balloting (En 27 Feb 24) |
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05.01 |
Elections are conducted as specified in 02.01.01, 04.01.02. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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05.01.01 |
Balloting on measures referred to the whole Faculty of the DUE by action of a meeting of the Faculty are conducted by the Secretary- Parliamentarian of the DUE following the provisions of Section 7 of the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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06 Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations |
Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations (En 27 Feb 24) |
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06.01 |
These Bylaws can be amended or suspended only as provided in Section 6 of the Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the Academic Senate and in 03.01.03. (En 27 Feb 24) |
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02 |
Sections 02 and 03 of the DUE’s Bylaws will be held in abeyance pending the DUE’s growth to include at least five Senate Faculty (a four-member Executive Committee [EC] and a Chair of the Faculty.) (En 27 Feb 24) |