University Council Personnel Committee
(NIU Bylaws, Article 2.2)
Membership of University Council Personnel Committee
2.2 University Council Personnel Committee
2.2.1 Composition The University Council Personnel Committee shall consist of the following members:
(A) Two tenure-track faculty members selected by and from the tenure-track faculty members serving on University Council.
(B) One student member selected by and from the student members serving on University Council.
(C) Two operating staff members, at least one of whom is serving on University Council.
(D) Two supportive professional staff members, at least one of whom is serving on University Council.
(E) One instructor member selected by and from the instructor members serving on University Council.
(F) One clinical faculty member serving on University Council.
(G) The vice provost for faculty affairs who shall serve ex officio, and who shall not vote.
(H) The chief human resources officer (or designee), who shall serve ex officio, as chair, and who shall not vote.
2.2.2 Duties
2.2.2.1 To act as an advisory body to the university on personnel issues. Review the personnel policies and procedures of units and all proposed changes in such policies that require University Council approval. Provide recommendations on policy changes to University Council.
2.2.2.2 Ensure that the personnel policies and procedures of the university's divisions and units related to position classification other than tenured/tenure-track faculty are up to date, adequate to the demands and expectations placed upon them, and properly enforced and implemented. To accomplish this purpose, the committee may undertake analyses of aggregate personnel decisions by units for the purpose of determining compliance by such units with university policies. In doing this, the committee shall not, however, undertake investigations or reviews of individual personnel decisions, except as such decisions must be reviewed in the context of a broader aggregate analysis of unit personnel actions.
2.2.2.3 Perform such other functions as may be assigned to it by these bylaws.
Membership
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MEMBERSHIP
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2025-26
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2026-2027
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Faculty
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Eunha Myung
BUS-MKTG |
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Faculty
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Dee Anna Phares
LIB |
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Student
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Ja'Kobe Jones |
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Operating Staff
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Holly Nicholson |
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Operating Staff
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Tiffany Morris |
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Supportive Professional Staff
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Shannon Stoker |
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Supportive Professional Staff
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Edye Cowan |
Edye Cowan |
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Instructor
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Scott Stalcup
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Clinical Faculty
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Wendy Vaughn
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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
(nonvoting)
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Rachel Gordon
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Chief Human Resources Officer (or designee) (nonvoting) chair
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John Acardo
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