Faculty Constitution
We, the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, to ensure
that the aims of the University shall be fulfilled, do hereby adopt
this Faculty Constitution.
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Article I Authority
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Section 1 The Chancellor
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Section 2 The Faculty
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Article II Name, Membership, and Purpose
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Section 1 Name and Membership
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Section 2 Purpose
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Article III Meetings
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Section 1 The Chair
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Section 2 Regular Meetings
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Section 3 Special Meetings
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Section 4 Summer Session Faculty Meetings
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Section 5 Attendance
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Section 6 Quorum
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Article IV Graduate School and College Faculties
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Section 1 Organization and Membership
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Section 2 Responsibilities
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Article V Faculty Senate
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Article VI Amendments
Faculty Bylaws
Part I: The Faculty Senate
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Article I Name
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Article II Purpose
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Article III Duties and Power
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Section 1 Review Work of Academic Planning Councils
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Section 2 Review the Work of the College Faculties and the Graduate School Faculty
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Section 3 Appointments
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Section 4 Cooperate with Other Senates
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Section 5 Create Committees
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Section 6 Act on Administrative Vacancies
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Section 7 Strive for Balanced Representation
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Section 8 Refer to General Faculty
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Section 9 Submit to the General Faculty
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Section 10 Have Access to Information
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Section 11 Publish Major Policies
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Article IV Membership
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Section 1 Ex-Officio Members
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Section 2 Members to be Elected from Each College Faculty
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Section 3 At-Large Members
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Section 4 Terms of Office
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Section 5 Eligibility
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Article V Elections
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Section 1 Schedule and Procedures
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Section 2 Vacancies During Terms
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Section 3 Recall of Senate Members
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Article VI Officers
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Section 1 Officers and Executive Committee
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Section 2 Terms
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Section 3 Parliamentarian
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Section 4 Eligibility
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Article VII Meetings
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Section 1 Regular Meetings
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Section 2 Quorum
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Section 3 Agenda
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Section 4 Minutes
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Section 5 Participants
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Section 6 Parliamentary Authority
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Section 7 Special Meetings
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Section 8 Emergency Meetings
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Section 9 Closed Sessions
Part II: Governance Structure
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Article I Definitions, General Relations, and Responsibilities
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Article II Diagrammatic Representation of Governance Structure
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Article III Councils and Commissions
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Section 1 Definitions and General Procedures
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Section 2 Academic Planning Council (APC)
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Section 3 University Academic Budget Commission
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Section 4 University Undergraduate Curriculum Commission
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Section 5 University Rank, Salary, and Tenure (RST) Policy Commission
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Section 6 Appeals Commission
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Section 7 Complaints and Grievances Commission
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Section 8 Academic Information Technology Commission
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Article IV Faculty Committees
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Section 1 Definitions and General Procedures
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Section 2 Academic & Institutional Research Committee
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Section 3 Admissions and Academic Appeals Committee
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Section 4 Academic Standards Committee
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Section 5 Student Discipline Appeal Tribunal
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Section 6 Appointments & Elections Committee
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Section 7 Student Discipline Committee
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Section 8 Ethics Committee
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Section 9 Inter-Senate Advisory Committee
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Section 10 Improvement of Learning Committee
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Section 11 Bylaws Committee
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Section 12 University International Education Committee
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Article V Ancillary College-Level Structures
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Section 1 Budget Committees
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Section 2 Curriculum Committees
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Section 3 College Rank, Salary, and Tenure Committees
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Section 4 Library RST Committee
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Article VI Department Review Bodies
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Section 1 Establishment of Criteria for Evaluation
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Section 2 Establishment of Department Review Bodies
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Section 3 Voting Eligibility
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Section 4 Duties of Department Review Bodies
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Section 5 Authority of Representative Department Review Bodies
Part III: Personnel Rules and Procedures
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Article I Department Chairs
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Section 1 Selection of a Department Chair
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Section 2 Removal
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Section 3 Designation of Department Chairs
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Article II Summer Session and Winterism Faculty Assignment
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Article III Recruitment and Initial Appointment
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Section 1 Eligibility
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Section 2 Position Description and Vacancy Announcements
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Section 3 Department Search and Screen Committee
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Section 4 Dean's and Provost's Action
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Section 5 Offering a Contract
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Article IV Recommendations Concerning Renewal of Probationary Appointments
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Section 1 Notification of Review for Renewal
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Section 2 Recommendation Concerning Renewal
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Section 3 Recommendation Concerning Renewal of Department Chairs
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Section 4 Recommendations Concerning the Renewal of Academic Administrators
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Section 5 Procedure
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Section 6 Appeals
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Article V Recommendations Concerning Rank
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Section 1 Procedures
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Section 2 Recommendations Concerning the Promotion of Department Chairs, Deans, and Other Administrative Faculty
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Section 3 Appeals
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Article VI Recommendations Concerning the Granting of Tenure
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Section 1 Determination of Discipline as the Functional Equivalent of Department
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Section 2 Before Completion of the Maximum Period
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Section 3 At the Completion of the Maximum Period
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Section 4 Procedure
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Section 5 Granting of Tenure to Department Chairs, Deans and Other Administrative Faculty
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Section 6 Appeals
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Article VII Recommendations Concerning Merit Awards and Inequity Adjustments
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Section 1 Procedures
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Section 2 Salary Recommendations Concerning Department Chairs
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Section 3 Appeals
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Article VIII Reconsideration and Appeal Procedures
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Section 1 Rights of Faculty Aggrieved by an Adverse Decision
Concerning Rank, Salary, or Denial of Tenure before the Completion of
the Maximum Probationary Period
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Section 2 Rights of Non-Renewed Probationary Faculty, Faculty Denied
Tenure at the Completion of the Maximum Probationary Period, and
Faculty Terminated Because of Fiscal Emergency
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Section 3 Formal Appeal Procedures
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Article IX Complaints and Grievances
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Section 1 Complaints
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Section 2 Grievances
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Section 3 Reporting Procedures
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Article X Dismissals
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Article XI Faculty Terminated Because of Fiscal Emergency
Part IV: Amendments
