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 |
2022-2023 |
2023-2024 |
2024-2025 |
Business |
Mark Mellon, ACCY, |
Mark Mellon, ACCY, for Fredericks |
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Education |
Fall-Jodi Lampi, CURR |
Jodi Lampi |
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Engineering and Engineering Technology |
Gary Chen |
Veysel Demir |
Veysel Demir |
Health and Human Sciences |
Jeanette Rossetti NURS |
Jeanette Rossetti |
Jeanette Rossetti |
Liberal Arts and Sciences |
George Slotsve, ECON |
David Valentiner |
David Valentiner PSYC |
Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Shane Sharp |
Shane Sharp |
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Visual and Performing Arts |
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Lori Hartenhoff |
Lori Hartenhoff THED |
FSPC Members from the College Councils |
2022-2023 |
2023-2024 |
2024-2025 |
Business |
Kate Mantzke |
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Education |
Rebecca Hunt |
Jesse "Woody" Johnson SEED |
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Engineering and Engineering Technology |
Brianno Coller |
Abul Azad TECH |
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Health and Human Sciences |
Fall-Janet Olson, AHCD |
Tomoyuki Shibata HLTH |
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Law |
Therese Arado |
Laurel Rigertas | |
Liberal Arts and Sciences |
Virginia Naples |
Virginia Naples BIOS |
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Visual and Performing Arts |
Jeremy Floyd |
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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 |
2022-2023 |
2023-2024 |
2024-2025 |
Executive Vice President and Provost |
Beth Ingram |
Laurie Elish-Piper |
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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs |
Chad McEvoy |
Bárbara González |
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Vice President for Research and Innovation Partnerships |
Jerry Blazey |
Yvonne Harris |
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