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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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O n the recommendation of the chancellor at the Chicago campus and the vice president for academic affairs, I recommend approval of the proposed constitution as presented below. O n m o t i o n of D r . D o n o g h u e , t h e c o n s t i t u t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d a s p r e sented. A R T I C L E I. NAME O F O R G A N I Z A T I O N . This body shall be known as the Senate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, hereinafter referred to as the Senate. ARTICLE II. PURPOSE. Section 1. T h e Senate shall discharge the functions mandated by the Statutes of the University of Illinois and shall undertake such additional legislative and advisory functions concerning educational policy and other governance matters as are not inconsistent with the Statutes. Section 2. T h e Senate shall seek to represent the academic concerns of faculty and student members of the Campus. ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP. Section 1. Composition. The Senate membership shall consist of faculty members and students elected as specified elsewhere in this Constitution and in the Senate Bylaws. Section 2. Faculty Membership. a. For purposes of this Constitution, faculty members are defined as academic staff members on A, 1-7, N, Q, W, or T contracts with rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor, including clinical, research, or adjunct titles. Not included are lecturers, teaching and research associates, teaching and research assistants, and visiting and emeritus faculty members. b. Faculty representation shall consist of 200 Senators elected by secret ballot by and from among the faculties of the separate voting units. c. A voting unit is a college, an independently organized school, the library, or any other equivalent independent unit as defined in the University Statutes and authorized by the Board of Trustees, and specified in the Senate Bylaws, Article I, Section 1. d. The number of faculty Senators to be elected by each voting unit at each election shall be proportional to the total number of full-time equivalent faculty members funded in that unit by the University, except that no voting unit may have more than thirty-five percent of the faculty Senatorial seats at any time. Units which are not entitled to at least one (1.0) Senator must combine with other unit(s) to form a voting unit entitled to at least one Senator. Such combinations shall be determined by mutual agreement among the faculty electorates of the units involved. If no agreement is reached, the Senate acting on the recommendations of its Executive Committee shall determine such combinations. e. Those faculty members who hold appointments funded at least fifty percent time by the University shall be members of the faculty electorate. In addition, faculty members of the electorate within a voting unit may, by majority vote by secret ballot within that unit, add other faculty members, regardless of salary source or percent time, to the faculty electorate of that unit. (This does not alter the apportionment specified above.)