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

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

3.3.1.6 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, 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, 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 11.3.4 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	Fall-Mark Mellon, ACCY, for Fredericks Spring-TBD
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
Health and Human Sciences	Fall-Janet Olson, AHCD Spring-Tomoyuki Shibata, HLTH	Tomoyuki Shibata HLTH
Law	Therese Arado
Liberal Arts and Sciences	Virginia Naples BIOS	Virginia Naples BIOS
Visual and Performing Arts	Jeremy Floyd THED
University Libraries	Bradley Wiles	Bradley Wiles

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