Faculty Handbook

SUNY College of Optometry

Faculty Handbook 2022-23

iii. The immediate past presiding officer will help provide continuity to deliberations and discussions of the Executive Committee. iv. The secretary will record and maintain minutes of faculty meetings. If not present at a meeting, an acting secretary shall be appointed from those in attendance by the presiding officer. v. The faculty senator will represent the faculty on the University Faculty Senate and will render reports to the faculty on University Faculty Senate affairs. vi. The alternate senator shall serve in the absence of the faculty senator. vii. The Representative of the Professional Program (also representing Residency Programs and Continuing Professional Education) and the representative of the Graduate Program will represent their respective constituencies on the Executive Committee. C. TERMS OF OFFICE: i. The two-year terms for presiding officer, presiding officer elect and past presiding officer occur in succession. The secretary and representatives of the professional and graduate programs shall serve two-year terms, and incumbents may succeed themselves in each position only once. ii. In accordance with the bylaws of the University Faculty Senate, the faculty senator and the alternate faculty senator will serve a three-year term, with a two-term limit. After an intervening term, one may seek additional terms. D. ELECTION PROCESS: i. The presiding officer elect, secretary, senator, and alternate senator will be elected by the faculty during the spring quarter prior to expiration of their term of office. ii. The representatives of the Professional Program and Graduate Program will be elected by their constituencies prior to expiration of their term of office. iii. Elected officers will assume office on July 1 of the year in which they are elected. E. DECISION MAKING: Five members of the Faculty Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Faculty Executive Committee shall be made by majority vote. E. RECORDS The Harold Kohn Vision Science Library is the official depository for official faculty documents and the minutes of the faculty meetings. F. CONDUCT OF FACULTY MEETINGS 1. Robert’s Rules of Order will apply. An official parliamentarian will be appointed at each meeting by the faculty presiding officer. 2. Twenty of the voting faculty shall constitute a quorum for a faculty meeting or a meeting of the faculty of the Professional Program.

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