Faculty Senate Personnel Committee
(FS Bylaws, Article 3.3)

Membership of Faculty Senate Personnel Committee

3.3 Faculty Senate Personnel Committee

3.3.1 Composition All voting members of the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee shall be tenured members of the faculty, except for ad hoc clinical or research faculty who shall be included for cases involving promotion in rank for these faculty classifications, or examination of substantive policy and procedures change that may affect those in these classifications. The committee shall consist of members chosen as follows: 

3.3.1.1 Seven members of the Faculty Senate: one each from the faculty elected to represent the colleges of Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Visual and Performing Arts, and two from among the faculty elected to represent the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

These members shall be appointed by the Faculty Senate prior to the selection of other members of the committee and shall serve staggered two-year terms during their membership on the Faculty Senate. 

3.3.1.2 One member from each of the following college councils chosen by members of that college council: Business, Education, Engineering and Engineering Technology, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Visual and Performing Arts; such members shall not be chosen from the same academic departments as the members selected for the committee from these colleges by the Faculty Senate.

3.3.1.3 One member each from the faculty of the College of Law and the University Libraries chosen by that faculty.

3.3.1.4 Three ad hoc clinical or research faculty at the associate professor rank or higher. Such members shall serve only to consider and vote on cases involving clinical or research faculty promotion in rank or policy involving criteria and procedures substantively affecting clinical or research faculty promotion.

3.3.1.5 The vice president for research and innovation partnerships, who shall serve ex officio, and who shall not vote; 

3.3.1.6 The vice provost for faculty affairs, who shall serve ex officio as chair, and who shall not vote;

3.3.1.7 The executive vice president and provost who shall serve ex officio, and who shall not vote. 

3.3.2 Duties – Except as covered by the faculty union collective bargaining agreement, the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee will: 

3.3.2.1 Provide the colleges and the faculty with university criteria, current policies, and compliance dates for various personnel actions. 

3.3.2.2 Review and formulate recommendations regarding all proposed changes in university policy pertaining to tenure, promotion in rank (for both tenure and non-tenure faculty appointments), leaves-without-pay, and for sabbatical leaves for academic personnel. All such recommendations shall be reported to the Faculty Senate. 

3.3.2.3 Ensure that the personnel policies and procedures of the individual colleges and of the University Libraries are up-to-date, in compliance with university policies, adequate to the demands and expectations placed upon them, and properly enforced and implemented in all situations.  

3.3.2.4 Formulate recommendations regarding sabbatical leave applications in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of these bylaws. 

3.3.2.5 Review and forward its recommendation to the president on each case involving promotion (including non-tenure faculty, if applicable), tenure, or sabbatical leave in which the executive vice president and provost disagrees with a unanimous recommendation made by the college and department concerned. 

3.3.2.6 Serve as an appeals board to hear and forward recommendations to the executive vice president and provost on individual cases involving:

A. Allegations of procedural violations at the college level;
B. Disagreements on a personnel decision/recommendation between a college and a department;
C. Disagreements on a personnel decision/recommendation between a dean and a college council or college personnel committee;
D. Concerns of the executive vice president and provost about a possible violation of personnel procedures or standards which was not resolved at the college level.

The definition of this review authority is further specified in Article 10.3.4 of these bylaws.

3.3.2.7 Perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by these bylaws. 

FSPC Members from Faculty Senate
Two-year terms

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

Business

Mark Mellon, ACCY,
for Fredericks

Mark Mellon, ACCY, for Fredericks

 

Education

Fall-Jodi Lampi, CURR
Spring-Lisa Liberty

Jodi Lampi
CURR

 

Engineering and Engineering Technology

Gary Chen
ISYS

Veysel Demir
ELEC

Veysel Demir
ELEC

Health and Human Sciences

Jeanette Rossetti NURS

Jeanette Rossetti
NURS

Jeanette Rossetti
NURS

Liberal Arts and Sciences

George Slotsve, ECON

David Valentiner
PSYC

David Valentiner
PSYC

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Shane Sharp
SOCI

Shane Sharp
SOCI

 

Visual and Performing Arts

 

Lori Hartenhoff
THED

Lori Hartenhoff
THED

FSPC Members from the College Councils
One-year terms

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

Business

Kate Mantzke
ACCY

Education

Rebecca Hunt
ETRA

Jesse "Woody" Johnson
SEED

Engineering and Engineering Technology

Brianno Coller
MECH

Abul Azad
TECH

Health and Human Sciences

Fall-Janet Olson, AHCD
Spring-Tomoyuki Shibata, HLTH

Tomoyuki Shibata
HLTH

Law

Therese Arado

Laurel Rigertas

Liberal Arts and Sciences

Virginia Naples
BIOS

Virginia Naples
BIOS

Visual and Performing Arts

Jeremy Floyd
THED

University Libraries

Bradley Wiles

Bradley Wiles
FSPC Ad Hoc Clinical or Research Faculty Members
One-year terms
2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
TBD
TBD
TBD

Other Members
Ex officio, nonvoting

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

Executive Vice President and Provost 

Beth Ingram

Laurie Elish-Piper

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs

Chad McEvoy

Bárbara González

Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships

Jerry Blazey

 Yvonne Harris

Contact Us

University Council
Altgeld Hall 103

Benjamin Creed
President, Faculty Senate
Chair, University Council
bcreed@niu.edu

Pat Erickson
Administrative Assistant
pje@niu.edu

Linda Saborío
Faculty Advisory Council to the IBHE
lsaborio@niu.edu

Carrie Kortegast
Faculty Personnel Advisor
ckortegast@niu.edu

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