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.

• Article I Authority
  • Section 1 The Chancellor
  • Section 2 The Faculty
• Article II Name, Membership, and Purpose
  • Section 1 Name and Membership
  • Section 2 Purpose
• Article III Meetings
  • Section 1 The Chair
  • Section 2 Regular Meetings
  • Section 3 Special Meetings
  • Section 4 Summer Session Faculty Meetings
  • Section 5 Attendance
  • Section 6 Quorum
• Article IV Graduate School and College Faculties
  • Section 1 Organization and Membership
  • Section 2 Responsibilities
• Article V Faculty Senate
• Article VI Amendments

Faculty Bylaws

• Article I Name
• Article II Purpose
• Article III Duties and Power
  • Section 1 Review Work of Academic Planning Councils
  • Section 2 Review the Work of the College Faculties and the Graduate School Faculty
  • Section 3 Appointments
  • Section 4 Cooperate with Other Senates
  • Section 5 Create Committees
  • Section 6 Act on Administrative Vacancies
  • Section 7 Strive for Balanced Representation
  • Section 8 Refer to General Faculty
  • Section 9 Submit to the General Faculty
  • Section 10 Have Access to Information
  • Section 11 Publish Major Policies
• Article IV Membership
  • Section 1 Ex-Officio Members
  • Section 2 Members to be Elected from Each College Faculty
  • Section 3 At-Large Members
  • Section 4 Terms of Office
  • Section 5 Eligibility
• Article V Elections
  • Section 1 Schedule and Procedures
  • Section 2 Vacancies During Terms
  • Section 3 Recall of Senate Members
• Article VI Officers
  • Section 1 Officers and Executive Committee
  • Section 2 Terms
  • Section 3 Parliamentarian
  • Section 4 Eligibility
• Article VII Meetings
  • Section 1 Regular Meetings
  • Section 2 Quorum
  • Section 3 Agenda
  • Section 4 Minutes
  • Section 5 Participants
  • Section 6 Parliamentary Authority
  • Section 7 Special Meetings
  • Section 8 Emergency Meetings
  • Section 9 Closed Sessions

• Article I Definitions, General Relations, and Responsibilities
• Article II Diagrammatic Representation of Governance Structure
• Article III Councils and Commissions
  • Section 1 Definitions and General Procedures
  • Section 2 Academic Planning Council (APC)
  • Section 3 University Academic Budget Commission
  • Section 4 University Undergraduate Curriculum Commission
  • Section 5 University Rank, Salary, and Tenure (RST) Policy Commission
  • Section 6 Appeals Commission
  • Section 7 Complaints and Grievances Commission
  • Section 8 Academic Information Technology Commission
• Article IV Faculty Committees
  • Section 1 Definitions and General Procedures
  • Section 2 Academic & Institutional Research Committee
  • Section 3 Admissions and Academic Appeals Committee
  • Section 4 Academic Standards Committee
  • Section 5 Student Discipline Appeal Tribunal
  • Section 6 Appointments & Elections Committee
  • Section 7 Student Discipline Committee
  • Section 8 Ethics Committee
  • Section 9 Inter-Senate Advisory Committee
  • Section 10 Improvement of Learning Committee
  • Section 11 Bylaws Committee
  • Section 12 University International Education Committee
• Article V Ancillary College-Level Structures
  • Section 1 Budget Committees
  • Section 2 Curriculum Committees
  • Section 3 College Rank, Salary, and Tenure Committees
  • Section 4 Library RST Committee
• Article VI Department Review Bodies
  • Section 1 Establishment of Criteria for Evaluation
  • Section 2 Establishment of Department Review Bodies
  • Section 3 Voting Eligibility
  • Section 4 Duties of Department Review Bodies
  • Section 5 Authority of Representative Department Review Bodies

• Article I Department Chairs
  • Section 1 Selection of a Department Chair
  • Section 2 Removal
  • Section 3 Designation of Department Chairs
• Article II Summer Session and Substitute Faculty Assignment
  • Section 1 Summer Session Assignments
  • Section 2 Substitute Faculty Assignments
• Article III Recruitment and Initial Appointment
  • Section 1 Eligibility
  • Section 2 Position Description and Vacancy Announcements
  • Section 3 Department Search and Screen Committee
  • Section 4 Dean's and Vice Chancellor's Action
  • Section 5 Offering a Contract
• Article IV Recommendations Concerning Renewal of Probationary Appointments
  • Section 1 Notification of Review for Renewal
  • Section 2 Recommendation Concerning Renewal
  • Section 3 Recommendation Concerning Renewal of Department Chairs
  • Section 4 Recommendations Concerning the Renewal of Academic Administrators
  • Section 5 Procedure
  • Section 6 Appeals
• Article V Recommendations Concerning Rank
  • Section 1 Procedures
  • Section 2 Recommendations Concerning the Promotion of Department Chairs, Deans, and Other Administrative Faculty
  • Section 3 Appeals
• Article VI Recommendations Concerning the Granting of Tenure
  • Section 1 Determination of Discipline as the Functional Equivalent of Department
  • Section 2 Before Completion of the Maximum Period
  • Section 3 At the Completion of the Maximum Period
  • Section 4 Procedure
  • Section 5 Granting of Tenure to Department Chairs, Deans and Other Administrative Faculty
  • Section 6 Appeals
• Article VII Recommendations Concerning Merit Awards and Inequity Adjustments
  • Section 1 Procedures
  • Section 2 Salary Recommendations Concerning Department Chairs
  • Section 3 Appeals
• Article VIII Reconsideration and Appeal Procedures
  • 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
  • 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
  • Section 3 Formal Appeal Procedures
• Article IX Complaints and Grievances
  • Section 1 Complaints
  • Section 2 Grievances
  • Section 3 Reporting Procedures
• Article X Dismissals
• Article XI Faculty Terminated Because of Fiscal Emergency

• Section 1
• Section 2