The name of the body described in this document is the University Faculty Senate of Long Island University.

The University Faculty Senate is the organized voice of the faculty of Long Island University as a whole. It reports to the entire faculty of the University and is the vehicle through which the faculty communicates and consults with the University’s Administration and Board of Trustees in formulating, developing and implementing the University’s educational mission.

A. Primary Responsibilities: The University Faculty Senate has primary responsibility for formulating, developing and implementing basic University policy in the traditional areas of faculty primacy. These areas include, but are not limited to, general matters relating to the curriculum, educational policy, the protection of academic freedom, and the status and privileges of the faculty as a whole.

B. Shared Responsibilities: The University Faculty Senate shares responsibility with the University’s Administration and Board of Trustees for formulating, developing and implementing basic University policy in other areas. These include but are not limited to, the establishment of new educational and research units, the regulation of the size, growth and structure of the University, the appointment of "All-University Professors," the appointment and periodic evaluation of University officers, relationships with other educational and cultural institutions, and significant changes in the number, distribution and structure of University programs, resources, faculty and students.

C. Limits of Authority: The University Faculty Senate has no authority in areas specifically addressed by collective bargaining agreements. The University governance which this document establishes or continues shall not serve as the basis of any action to decertify any faculty union.

A. Composition: The voting membership of the University Faculty Senate shall consist of twelve representatives from C.W. Post, ten from Brooklyn, four from the College of Pharmacy, and four from Southampton. Not more than one third of each delegation may be non-tenured faculty. The Chairperson of the University’s Board of Trustees or the Chair’s designee is invited to participate as a non-voting member of the University Faculty Senate with the understanding that the Senate reserves for itself the prerogative to enter into executive session.

B. Election of Senators: Senators are elected for two-year terms between April 10 and May 10 for the following academic year. Subject to consultation with the University Faculty Senate, each unit enumerated in Article IV (A) above will determine its own methods for electing Senators and will draft and ratify specific language governing these procedures in accord with local practice. (These documents will be regarded as appendices of the University Faculty Senate’s Constitution.) Half of each unit’s delegation will be elected every year. The electorate of each unit will be the full-time faculty at that unit. Election results will be certified by the outgoing Senate Executive Committee.

C. Replacement of Senators: A Senator who misses two regularly-scheduled meetings in one academic year or who resign from the University Faculty Senate may, at the Senate’s discretion, be replaced. The replacement will come from the same constituency as the resignee and will be effected in accordance with local procedures.

A. President: The President is the chief executive officer of the University Faculty Senate, the Chairman of its Executive Committee, and a member ex officio of all other Senate committees. The President convenes and presides over meetings of the Senate and of its Executive Committee and meets with the President of the University periodically to review all pertinent activities and recommendations of the Senate. The President is responsible for reporting the activities of the Senate at least once a year to the entire University faculty. The President establishes and circulates the agenda prior to all Senate meetings.

B. Vice-President: The Vice-President assumes all the duties of the President in the President’s absence.

C. Secretary: The Secretary keeps full and accurate record o all the activities of the University Faculty Senate and its Executive Committee and reports on these activities to the Senate at each meeting. The Secretary is responsible for compiling and distributing a roster of the Senate and all of its committees.

A. Structure: The standing committees of the University Faculty Senate consist of its Executive Committee and a network of other committees which correspond to those of the University’s Board of Trustees. Other standing or ad hoc committees may be established by the Executive Committee. With the exception of the Executive Committee, any Senate committee may include faculty representatives who are not members of the University Faculty Senate. The Chairperson of each committee of the University Board of Trustees is invited to attend meetings of the corresponding University Faculty Senate committee as a non-voting member, with the under-standing that the Senate committee reserves for itself the right to enter into executive session.

B. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee of the University Faculty Senate consists of the Senate’s three officers and four additional members of the Senate elected by the Senate at large. Each of the four units enumerated in Article IV (A) above shall be represented on the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee meets regularly with the President and other University officers and maintains communication with the Board of Trustees and its committees. It formulates proposals to be presented to the Senate, appoints officers to fill unexpired terms subject to ratification by the Senate, and implements Senate policy between meetings.

One member of the University Faculty Senate will be designated by the Senate to attend meetings of the full University Board of Trustees and of each of the Standing Committees of the Board. Such representation need not be effected by the same Senator. In the case of the Planning Committee of the Board of Trustees, the faculty representatives shall be the President of the C.W. Post Faculty Council, the President of the Brooklyn Campus Faculty Senate, the President of the Southampton Campus Faculty Council, the President of the Faculty Council of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the President of the University Faculty Senate. Senate representatives will sit on these committees with voice but not vote. The Board of Trustees and each of its Standing Committees reserve the prerogative to enter into executive session.

The University Faculty Senate recognized that its responsibilities and authority are to be exercised on the most general level of University affairs. It may consult with or advise local governance bodies at the four units enumerated in Article IV (A) above, but it has no authority in areas which fall within the jurisdiction of these units. Such areas include, but are not limited to, curriculum, setting standards for admissions and retention, grading policy, internal organization, evaluation of local University officers, and method of election to the University Faculty Senate. The University Faculty Senate and the local governance units will consult with on another regularly on their activities.

A. Officers and Executive Committee: The seven members of the Executive Committee are elected to one-year terms at the last Senate meeting of the academic year. The outgoing President calls the meeting, certifies the election results on behalf of the Executive Committee, and presides over the meeting until a new President has been elected. Candidates for Senate officers and its Executive Committee are nominated from the floor and elected by secret ballot. The President may not serve more than two consecutive terms.

B. Other Committees: Members of all other University Faculty Senate committees are nominated from the floor and elected by the full Senate by secret ballot. Such committees will be elected at the first meeting of the academic year and will serve until the first meeting of the following academic year. In exceptional circumstances, the Executive Committee may compose ad hoc committees, but their nominations must be ratified by the full Senate before their reports are considered official. Ad hoc committees may not serve beyond the academic year in which they have been organized, but this should not be taken to prevent a Senate from re-nominating any or all committee members.

The University Faculty Senate shall meet at least seven times during the academic year. In addition to adhering to its own procedure for scheduling meetings, it shall be convened by its President upon the request of the President of the University, a petition of eight Senators or a request from the local faculty governance body from any of the four units enumerated in Article IV (A) above. The Senate shall meet at least once a year with the University Board of Trustees and at least once per semester with the University officers. Robert’s Rules of Order will govern all operation and procedures of the University Faculty Senate unless a majority of Senators present and voting decides to the contrary.

Amendments to this constitution may be adopted at any meeting by a two-thirds vote of the University Faculty Senate, provided written notice of the proposed amendment is provided to the full membership of the Senate at least two weeks prior to any such meeting.

AMENDMENT TO BY-LAWS ADOPTED MARCH 16, 1991

Upon approval of the draft Constitution of the University Faculty Senate by the faculty at the C.W. Post, Brooklyn, and Southampton Campuses and the College of Pharmacy; by the University Board of Trustees, and by the University Administration, each of the four constituencies will elect half its complement according to the provisions of the constitution in the Fall of 1991. The other half will be elected the following spring. At all times each constituency’s composition will be in conformity with the guidelines referred to in the Constitution and adopted by each of the four constituencies. This means that the elections for University Faculty Senate scheduled for the spring of 1991 will not be held.