University standing committees with faculty representation; faculty members are nominated by the Committee on Committees. Representatives are nominated at the April faculty senate meeting; committee members assume their positions at the beginning of the fall semester. The administrator responsible for each committee should contact members at the beginning of the fall semester regarding meeting times and places.
Please contact your faculty senate representative if you are interested in serving on any of these.
There are numerous other committees that require faculty membership; however, most appointments to those committees are by deans, department heads, or other administrators. Check the Faculty Handbook for information on those.
Committee
of Admissions, Credits, & Graduation Council: Calendar Committee
Purpose:
Plans and disseminates the five (5) year calendar, including pre-registration
and registration dates, class, holiday, and final examination schedules; duties
include minor modifications of the calendar on a timely basis.
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Committee
on Organizations
Purpose:
To recommend charters for all student organizations at the University; to
serve as a liaison between university organizations and university
administration; to establish standards; and to impose sanctions.
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Subcommittee
of Committee on Organizations: Who's
Who Selection Committee
Purpose: To select Who's Who recipients from nominations from chartered student organizations and academic departments.
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Faculty
Recognition Council
Purpose:
The Faculty Recognition Council will determine faculty awards in the
areas of teaching, service and research at both the graduate and undergraduate
levels; these awards include fellowships, sabbaticals, and outstanding teaching
awards.
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Faculty
Standards Committee
Purpose:
To recommend to the Faculty Senate changes in policy related to issues
such as tenure and promotion, faculty development, faculty honors, merit system,
faculty compensation, and new faculty orientation; to periodically review and
update the Faculty Handbook to reflect current policies; and to recommend policy
changes in the areas outside the purview of the other committees.
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Grievance Committee
Purpose:
The purpose of the Grievance Committee is to hear grievances in accord
with University policy.
Membership
shall consist of fourteen tenured Associate and/or Full Professors appointed by
the Committee on Committees, and shall reflect a diverse representation of the
University community.
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Human
Relations Council
Purpose:
To promote harmonious relations among students, staff and faculty in
accord with the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System
policy.
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Library
Council
Purpose:
The Library Council advises the Director of Libraries and makes policy
recommendations regarding library operation.
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Parking
& Traffic Committee
Purpose:
Responsible for addressing traffic and parking problems and related safety
issues on the NSU campus.
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Subcommittee
of Parking & Traffic Committee: Traffic Appeals Committee
Purpose:
Responsible for hearing and making determinations on all traffic appeals on
campus.
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Promotions Committee
Purpose:
The responsibilities of the Promotions Committee include reviewing promotion
applications and making recommendations concerning promotions of all University
faculty.
Five
tenured professors and two tenured associate professors, to serve alternating
two-year terms, appointed by the Committee on Committees, approved by vote of
the Faculty Senate
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University-Wide Benefits Committee
Purpose: To review periodically the employee benefits structure of the University and its adequacy for the needs of the University’s faculty and staff; to review continuously possible changes to existing benefits and options for new benefits which might serve the needs of the faculty and staff; to examine the appropriateness, under the Board of Regents and the Board of Supervisors guidelines, of each considered change in the University’s employee benefits structure. Appointments to the committee are made by the President.