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WHEREAS when the University Faculty Senate was established in 1970 there were about 550 faculty and some 40 departments on this campus, but there are now twice as many faculty and about 50 departments, representing a considerably wider diversity of fields now than 40 years ago; and

WHEREAS many faculty wish to elect a senator from their own department to represent knowledgeably their departmental interests in the University Faculty Senate, as has long been the practice in the College of Arts and Sciences and some other colleges; and

WHEREAS the current limit of 50 elected senators originally prescribed by the University Faculty Constitution in 1970, and never increased since then, may soon make it impossible for the faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences and some other colleges to continue to elect one senator from each department; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED that Section IV-2 of the University of Delaware Faculty Constitution be amended to increase from 50 to 60 the number of elected faculty senators, to take effect at the beginning of Academic Year 2012-2013.