The Chatham University faculty have voted on and approved the structure and operations of the faculty senate, as plans continue forward. The Board of Trustees will meet in June to discuss and vote on the proposed language for the Chatham faculty manual regarding the senate.
The model that has been approved by the faculty is a representative democracy. There will be three elected members from each of Chatham’s three colleges. Eventually, each elected member will have a three-year term. For this first election cycle, some members will opt to run for a shorter term to ensure all members don’t finish their terms at once. To run for election to the senate, the faculty member must be full-time. Elections are planned to take place in April, and the hope is to have faculty seated on the senate by early May.
Once elections are finalized, the senate can then start devising the agenda for the next academic year. However, this timeline continuing forward is dependent on the Board’s vote…