Sections One through Three

The voting membership of the University Faculty shall consist of the following: The President of the University, the University Secretary, all Vice Presidents, the Chief Business Officer of the University, all Deans, the University officer of graduate studies and the associate and/or assistant University officer of graduate studies, all Associate Deans, all Assistant Deans, the Directors of Academic Divisions of the University--including Admissions and Records, Cooperative Extension, Counseling and Student Development, Library, Research, Residence Life, International Programs and Special Sessions, Instructional Technology Center, and Continuing Education --University Physicians, full-time professional members in the Library and in the Center for Counseling and Student Development, Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, full-time Instructors and Lecturers, and such other administrative and professional members as may be approved by the Trustees. All officers of administration, as listed in the University catalog, who by virtue of their position or academic rank are not voting members of the Faculty, shall be nonvoting members of the University Faculty. All part-time instructors shall be nonvoting members of the University Faculty.

SECTION II:

1. There shall be established a University of Delaware Faculty Senate that, except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, shall function as the standing executive committee of the Faculty, and that shall, except during regular and special meetings of the University Faculty, exercise all the powers vested in the Faculty of the University of Delaware by the Board of Trustees, and that shall be empowered to determine the duties that it will delegate to faculty committees and to the faculties of the several colleges and divisions of the University.
(Rev. fall 1988)

2. There shall be established a College Faculty for each College consisting of the members of the University Faculty who hold appointments in that College. Only voting members of the University Faculty may vote in a College Faculty.

SECTION III:

1. Each College shall hereinafter be called a Unit.
(Senate 4/16/84)

2. For the purpose of determining representation on the University of Delaware Faculty Senate (hereinafter called the Senate), the relevant members shall be the full-time members of the Unit whose primary or secondary appointments are listed as faculty or professionals who have been granted active voting status by the Unit. Any questions involving the assignment of a voting faculty member to a Unit shall be resolved by the Senate (or a Committee that it designates). (Rev. Fac. Sen., 9/15/97)