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Committees of the Faculty

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To view an updated membership list please visit the Office of Provost and Academic Affairs Moodle Page Faculty Committee List Section.  https://moodle.elon.edu/course/view.php?id=2578

C24G

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 6)

Membership

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee, administrative officer
• Vice President for Student Life or designee
• Registrar
• Six members of the teaching faculty elected for two-year terms, one from the College of Arts and Sciences and one from each of the schools into which the institution is organized, and two members-at-large from among the teaching faculty. Three members will be elected each year, with at-large members elected in different years. The committee will elect annually in May a chair from among these faculty members.
• Representative appointed by and from the Koenigsberger Learning Center, ex officio, without vote
• Two student members appointed by the President of the Student Government Association
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee

Duties

• To periodically review standards for satisfactory academic performance by undergraduate students of the University
• To periodically review academic standards for probationary status or suspension of undergraduate students whose work fails to meet these standards
• To recommend an appeals procedure for undergraduate students contesting academic standing decisions
• To establish procedures for the readmission of suspended undergraduate students
• To periodically review the operation of the grading system and to propose changes that will provide for academic quality
• To publish periodic reports of its work to the faculty
• To advise on standards for making Dean’s list, Honors, and other academic programs and recognition for the undergraduate program
• To consider special projects or policies as proposed by Academic Council
• To evaluate the effect of curricular or program change on academic standing issues (e.g., Elon Core Curriculum changes, student body changes)
• To periodically review the grade appeal process
• None of the above duties of the committee will apply to the law school or graduate programs

C22A

Areas of Committee Concern

• The University grading system
• Academic standing decisions pertaining to undergraduate students and programs
• Academic standards pertaining to undergraduate students and programs
• Long term effects of academic standards pertaining to changes in the curriculum

Policies and Procedures

1. The committee elects annually in May its chair from among the full-time teaching faculty members on the committee.
2. As administrative officer of the committee, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee handles all correspondence and conferences pertaining to committee recommendations and decisions, and convenes the entire committee when necessary as decided in conference with the chair.
3. The requirements for suspension and probationary status are published in the University Catalog and the Student Handbook. Exceptions to these requirements are based on special circumstances. The committee reviews the list of probation and suspended students at the end of fall, winter, spring, and summer terms, and may review individual appeals at the request of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee.

• Academic standing requirements are applied to any student who has completed at least 12 semester hours. In order to continue at the University a student must earn a minimum grade point average each semester of 1.0 and at the end of the spring semester have a cumulative GPA of 1.70 for 1-29 semester hours, 1.80 for 30-61 semester hours, 1.90 for 62-95 semester hours, and 2.0 for 96 semester hours or more.
• Students whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.0 are placed on probation. The third consecutive semester on probation will result in suspension. A first suspension is for a minimum of one full semester. A second suspension is normally permanent.

4. Students may appeal committee recommendations and decisions to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee who, in sensitive cases, will involve other committee members prior to making a decision.
5. Readmission of students after an academic suspension is handled by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee.

Methods of Reporting to the Campus Community

The committee chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C32N

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 7)

Membership

• Assistant Vice President for Technology/CIO
• Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library or designee, without vote
• Faculty Fellow for Technology, without vote
• Seven faculty members: three from the College of Arts and Sciences (one from each division) and one each from Love School of Business, School of Communications, Dr. Jo Watts Willimans School of Education, and School of Health Sciences. Each member will serve a three-year term. To ensure membership continuity, membership is staggered in a three-year cycle:

Year One

• One member from the division of Fine Arts and Humanities
• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
• One member from the School of Health Sciences

Year Two

• One member from the division of Social Sciences
• One member from the School of Communications

Year Three

• One member from the division of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• One member from the Watts Williams School of Education

Further, the committee membership will annually elect a Chair-Elect from the first-year members at the final meeting. The Chair-Elect will assist the chair during the second year of service and then assume the responsibilities of Chairperson in the third year.

• Two student members appointed annually
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.

Duties

• To make recommendations regarding improvement, extension, and development of the services and facilities provided to make computational and multimedia technologies available for academic use
• To report to the faculty regarding the level of provision of educational technology to the academic community both in absolute terms and in comparative terms relative to other institution.
• To serve as a liaison committee between the faculty, the students, and Instructional and Campus Technologies. The committee should also discuss administrative matters pertaining to the provision of suitable technological support of the academic function

C35M

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 8.)

Membership

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
  
• Vice President of Admissions and Financial Planning, administrative officer
• Registrar
• Four faculty members, serving two-year terms, with two elected each year. The committee will elect annually in May a Chair from among these four faculty members.
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee

Duties

• To recommend to the President standards for the admission of students to the University
• To establish procedures for reviewing individual applications that are on the borderline of acceptability and collectively making decisions on acceptance
• To publish periodic reports of its work to the faculty
• None of the above duties will apply to the Law School.

C28K

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is responsible for recommending University admission standards to the President; screening marginal applications; and analyzing admission trends.

Policies and Procedures

• Committee meetings will be convened by the chair, at the convenience of the members, to meet the responsibilities of the committee.
• Work of the committee includes the evaluation of marginal applications.
• The Chair of the committee will be elected in May by committee members for the following academic year. The Chair will normally assume duties on June 1 and will serve for one year.
• The Registrar will provide the committee with the data necessary for admissions trends analysis.
• All decisions on committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C29J

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 9.)

Membership

• Director of Athletics, ex officio, without vote
• Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Administration Compliance and Campus Relations, ex officio, without vote
• Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, ex officio, without vote
• Assistant Athletics Director/Director for Academic Support Services, ex officio, without vote
  
• Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), appointed by the University President, with vote
• Six faculty members elected for three-year term, all with vote. Elections occur in three-year cycles:

Year One

• One member from the School of Communications
• One member from the College of Arts and Sciences

Year Two

• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Year Three

• One member from the College of Arts and Sciences
• One at-large member

The committee will elect a Chair in May from among these members.

• Two student members including one student representative appointed by the President of the Student Government Association, with vote, and the President of the Elon University Student Athletic Advisory Council or their designated appointee from the SAAC Executive Committee, with vote.

Duties

• To oversee the intercollegiate athletics program and make recommendations about its academic and fiscal integrity; gender equity, diversity and student athlete welfare; and athletics governance
• To monitor adherence to approved Athletics Department gender equity and diversity plans
• To serve as a liaison and provide faculty oversight of intercollegiate athletics and to report annually to Academic Council
• To review and recommend guidelines regarding participation in and scheduling of intercollegiate athletics contests
• To review and recommend general institutional guidelines for awarding, reducing, and terminating grants-in-aid
• To review and make recommendations regarding the University’s athletics conference and to advise the Faculty Athletics Representative concerning institutional positions on NCAA and conference legislative matters
• To review annually the Athletics Department’s progress toward meeting its established priorities and to advise the Athletics Director regarding priorities

C33F

Areas of Committee Concern

The Athletics Committee provides oversight of the University’s athletics program, advises the President and Athletics Director in athletics governance, serves as a liaison to the faculty, and supports NCAA and conference rules compliance.

Policies and Procedures

• The committee acts for the faculty in overseeing the intercollegiate athletics program.
• The committee considers matters related to NCAA and the University’s athletics conference and confers with the Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) about institutional positions on particular legislative concerns.
• The committee recommends guidelines for scheduling intercollegiate contests.
• The committee recommends general institutional guidelines for awarding, reducing, and terminating athletics grants-in-aid.
• The committee monitors adherence to approved Athletics Department gender equity and diversity plans.
• The FAR represents the committee as one of four official University delegates to the NCAA and the University’s athletics conference.
• The committee advises the President on athletics issues upon request.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

Minutes of all meetings are submitted to Academic Council.

C26A

Areas of Committee Concern

• All areas of the instructional program of the University
• Additions to or deletions from the curriculum
• Periodic studies of the curriculum
• Reviewing and recommending major curriculum changes
• Reviewing and evaluating independent major proposals
• Reviewing major grant proposals with curriculum implications

Policies and Procedures

• Committee meetings are usually scheduled by the chair at least once a month at a time convenient to committee members, unless committee business necessitates more frequent meetings.
• The chair informs members of meetings at least one week in advance with a written agenda, materials to be discussed, and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
• The Chair presides over the meetings and reviews the agenda with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs prior to distribution. In the event of the Chair’s absence, the Chair Pro Tempore will assume the duties of Chair of the University Curriculum Committee.
• All decisions on committee business are made through normal parliamentary procedure.
• A quorum consists of a majority of the committee’s voting membership.
• The Chair of the committee may solicit the attendance of other faculty who are not committee members. The Chair will invite proposers and department chairs to attend and discuss significant proposals; the chair generally does not invite proposers and chairs to discuss "reportable item" proposals, but may do so if committee members have questions about such proposals. (A reportable item is a curriculum proposal that would not impact any student's graduation requirements). Any other faculty members with significant relationships to or who may be impacted by the proposal(s) under consideration may request the permission of the Chair to attend.
• The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs or designee will arrange for a staff assistant to produce written minutes of each meeting.
• The committee oversees curriculum and curriculum changes (Procedures for Undergraduate Curriculum Development and Curriculum Proposals and Procedures for Graduate Curriculum Development and Program Proposals).
• On curriculum proposals involving more than one department, the committee may conduct inter-departmental or faculty-wide forums.
• For interdisciplinary proposals (majors or minors not housed in academic departments) the principal advocate for the proposal fulfills the role of Department Chair in the curricular review process. That advocate’s academic dean represents the administration in the conference committee and at Curriculum Committee meetings in which the proposal is discussed. Upon approval of a new interdisciplinary program (a new minor or major), the proposer’s academic dean will appoint a faculty coordinator for the academic program. The proposer/coordinator’s affiliated School or Division Curriculum Committee will assume responsibility for reviewing an interdisciplinary proposal unless otherwise directed by the dean representing the proposal.
• For independent major proposals, the Chair, in consultation with the Director of Elon Core Curriculum, will appoint an ad-hoc subcommittee of three members. This subcommittee must include at least one member from the University Curriculum Committee and may not include any members from the student’s interdisciplinary committee of three professors. Approval by this subcommittee will constitute approval of the proposal.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

1. The committee can decide by majority vote to take one of the following actions on any proposal being considered:

• Approve the item and forward it to the President
• Approve the item, but because of its significance or potential impact on other schools, departments, or programs, decide to forward it to the faculty as a whole. Proposals for new graduate programs will follow this procedure (see Procedures for Proposal of New Graduate Programs)
• Not approve the item and send it back to the proposer(s)
• Delay the item for further consideration

2. The minutes of each committee meeting will be disseminated to the faculty and staff in a timely fashion, either on the Web, through e-mail, and/or in printed copy.

C22V

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 10.)

Defining the Curriculum Committees

• Three division-based curriculum committees will be created in the College of Arts and Sciences, one each for Arts and Humanities, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.
• School-based curriculum committees will be created for each of the schools (the Love School of Business, the School of Communications, the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, and the School of Health Sciences).

Membership of Curriculum Committees

Membership of each committee will be determined by the school or division in question. In doing so, these guiding principles will be followed:

• The committee will include the Academic Dean or their designee.
• The committee will consist of at least five elected teaching faculty members.
• The committee will be chaired by one of the elected representatives.

Duties

• To evaluate proposed additions to or deletions from the curriculum in departments or majors located in their school or division and to report to the University Curriculum Committee recommendations for curricular changes
• To study and make decisions regarding minor changes (those designated as reportable items) to the curriculum in departments or majors located in their school or division
• Upon the request of any member of the University Curriculum Committee, any decision made by a school- or division-based curriculum committee will be subject to discussion and vote at the next scheduled University Curriculum Committee meeting. In that event, the decision made by the University Curriculum Committee will take precedence.
• To ensure that proper consultation with the appropriate Deans, Department Chairs, and Curriculum Committee Chairs has occurred on any and all grant proposals that have implications for other divisions, schools, or colleges
• To ensure that proper consultation with the appropriate Deans, Department Chairs, and Curriculum Committee Chairs has occurred on any and all curriculum proposals that have implications for other divisions, schools, or colleges

C25P

Areas of Committee Concern

• Areas of the instructional program of the University relevant to the school or division in question
• Additions to or deletions from the curriculum in areas relevant to the school or division in question
• Reviewing and recommending major curriculum changes to the University Curriculum Committee
• Reviewing major grant proposals with curriculum implications in areas relevant to the school or division in question

Policies and Procedures

• Committee meetings are usually scheduled by the Chair at least once a month at a time convenient to committee members, unless committee business necessitates more frequent meetings.
• The Chair informs members of meetings at least one week in advance with a written agenda, materials to be discussed, and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
• The Chair is elected by majority vote of the committee each May. The chair presides over the meetings and reviews the agenda with the Academic Dean prior to distribution.
• All decisions on committee business are made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of members present.
• A quorum consists of a majority of the committee’s voting membership.
• The chair of any department or program coordinator making a proposal is expected to attend even if that chair or coordinator is not a member of the committee.
• The Chair of the committee may solicit the attendance of other faculty who are not committee members. Any other faculty members with significant relationships to the proposal(s) under consideration may request the permission of the chair to attend.
• The Chair appoints another committee member to be responsible for recording the minutes of each meeting.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

1. The committee can decide by majority vote on any proposal before it to take one of the following actions:

• Approve the item and forward it to the University Curriculum Committee
• Approve items involving minor changes (those designated as reportable items), and report that approval to the University Curriculum Committee
• Not approve the item and send it back to the department(s)
• Delay the item for further consideration

2. The minutes of each committee meeting will be disseminated to the faculty and staff in a timely fashion, either on the Web, through e-mail, and/or in printed copy.

C22G

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 11.)

Membership

• Director of the Elon Core Curriculum
• Members of the teaching faculty elected for three-year terms, one from each of the divisions and schools into which the departments are organized, except the Law School, and two at- large from among the teaching faculty. At-large members must represent different divisions. Elections to the Elon Core Curriculum Council occur in a three-year cycle:

Year One

• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
• One member from the School of Communications
• One at-large member

Year Two

• One member from Fine Arts and Humanities
• One member from Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• One member from Social Sciences

Year Three

• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
• One at-large member

The Elon Core Curriculum Council will elect annually in May a Chair from among the eight teaching faculty members.

• Two student members elected for two-year terms, one elected each year
• Writing Across the Curriculum Director, ex officio
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.

Duties

• To advise the Director of the Elon Core Curriculum in implementation of the core curriculum program
• To work in consultation with the departments to insure that department courses satisfactorily meet Core Curr iculum requirements
• To provide leadership in creating, modeling, and promoting effective teaching meth ods for Core Curriculum courses
• To develop and implement assessment criteria and procedures to evaluate courses, student development, and the progress o f the Core Curriculum itself
• To promote the goals of Core Curriculum across campus
• To review periodically and make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee for curricular changes in the core curriculum
• To approve petitions from departments not included in liberal studies for acceptance for one semester of an appropriate class for credit in the Core Curriculum at the advanced (300-400) level
• To approve petitions from departments for acceptance of courses ca rrying a Core Curriculum prefix
• To plan, implement, and review Core Curriculum seminars (first year foundations and advanced)

C28W

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is concerned with evaluating, revising, and implementing a viable Core Curriculum component of the curriculum.

Policies and Procedures

• Committee meetings will be convened by the Chair, at the convenience of the members, to meet the responsibility of the committee.
• All decisions of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.
• The committee meets regularly to discuss proposals for core curriculum seminars, other Core Curriculum course proposals, and proposed alteration to current requirements.
• The committee recommends to the curriculum committee changes requiring faculty action.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C28Q

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 12.)

Membership

• Teaching faculty members elected for two-year terms. In odd numbered years one member will be elected from each of the divisions and schools, except the Law School. Four at-large members will be elected in even numbered years. The committee will elect annually in May a chair from among these teaching faculty members.
• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their designee
• Director of Sponsored Programs, without vote
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee

Duties

• To develop and recommend to the President policy regarding faculty development
• To help monitor the effectiveness of such policies
• To plan and help coordinate workshops, seminars, or other individual proposals related to faculty development
• To devise criteria for the administration and evaluation of individual proposals related to faculty development
• To receive, evaluate, and approve such proposal s
• To receive, study, and evaluate proposals for research and advanced study submitted by members of the faculty, and approve those proposals which, in the judgment of the committee, should receive financial assistance
• To receive, study, and evaluate requests for sabbatical leaves and approve those requests that, in the judgment of the committee, should be granted
• To form a subcommittee, composed of teaching faculty from both the FR&D Committee and the broader University, to select the recipient of Elon’s Distinguished Scholar Award
• None of the above duties will apply to the Law School.

C33V

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is concerned with evaluating and recommending action on teaching faculty development activities, including proposals for research and advanced study, sabbatical leaves, and doctoral programs. The committee also oversees annual selection of the Elon Distinguished Scholar.

Policies and Procedures

• The Chair is elected each May by the committee. The Chair assumes duties about June 1 and serves for one year.
• Faculty members will be ineligible for funding from this committee during the terms of their service on the committee.
• Committee meetings are scheduled by the Chair once a month at a time convenient to committee members, unless committee business necessitates more frequent meetings.
• The Chair informs members of meetings at least one week in advance and provides a written agenda and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
• The Chair presides at all meetings unless they appoint a proxy in their absence.
• The Chair appoints another committee member to record the minutes of each meeting.
• All decisions on committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum consists of a majority of the committee membership.
• The Chair reports the committee’s decisions for sabbatical and other funding promptly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, who then notifies the faculty members, department chairs and the academic council as necessary.
• The Chair is responsible for completing all reports of committee business and submitting them to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the end of each academic year as necessary.

The FR&D committee reviews proposals for

1. Full-year, full-pay sabbaticals;

2. Half-year, full-pay or full-year, half-pay sabbaticals;

3. Hultquist awards;

4. Reassigned-time fellowships

5. Summer research funding; and

6. Research expense funding

The following process will be employed when reviewing applications for support:

1. All committee members will review the proposals for all sabbaticals. The committee members cannot apply for sabbaticals while serving on FR&D.

2. The committee will split into two subcommittees to review the following groups of applications:

a.  The Hultquist and Expense Only Subcommittee, consisting of a minimum of seven members, including the FR&D chair, will review applications for Hultquist and research expense awards. None of the members of the Hultquist and Expense Only Subcommittee may apply for research expense support, and none would be candidates for a Hultquist stipend.

b.  The Summer Research Subcommittee, consisting of a minimum of seven members, including the FR&D chair, will review applications for summer research funding. None of the members of the Summer Research Subcommittee may apply for summer research funding.

c.  If the available number of FR&D members is insufficient to meet the minimums specified in a) and b) above, the FR&D chair, with the help of Committee on Committees, will seek additional reviewers from across campus, including former FR&D members.

 3. The committee will select a returning member of FR&D to chair an ad hoc committee to review Reassigned-time Fellowships. This ad hoc committee chair will, with the help of the Committee on Committees, identify and invite faculty to serve on this ad hoc review committee.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The committee chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C25A

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 13)

Membership

• Dean of Global Studies, the Director of Study Abroad, and the Director of Domestic Programs, ex-officio, without vote
• Assistant Dean of Global Education, ex-officio, without vote
• Members of the teaching faculty elected for staggered three-year terms with three members elected each year as follows:

Year One

• One member from Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• One member from Fine Arts and Humanities
• One member from Social Sciences

Year Two

• One member from the School of Business
• One member from the School of Communications
• One member at-large from the teaching faculty or support staff with faculty rank (The two at-large members must represent different divisions/schools)

Year Three

• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
• One member from the School of Health Sciences
• One member at-large from the teaching faculty or support staff with faculty rank (The two at-large members must represent different divisions/schools)

All members will have experience teaching a study abroad or Study USA course at Elon. Each May the committee will elect a chair from among the nine teaching faculty members.

Faculty from the School of Law are excluded from service on this committee.

• Director of the Elon Core Curriculum, ex officio, with vote
• Two student members, with study abroad experience or Study USA, elected annually by the Student Government Association
• Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.

Duties

• To promote the goals of global education
• To develop and apply criteria and procedures for reviewing and approving global education program proposals by Elon faculty
• To work in consultation with faculty and departments on the development of global education courses
• To review periodically and to make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee for general curricular changes in the Elon global education program
• To promote the integration of global education experiences with other components of the academic programs of Elon University
• To work in collaboration with the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center on developing and conducting assessments to evaluate credit-earning Elon global education courses and programs, including both academic and the development of intercultural competence
• To work in collaboration with the Isabella Cannon Global Education Center on reviewing and evaluating relevant programmatic aspects of the Elon University global education program
• To consult with the Dean of Global Studies on the implementation of the Elon global education program

C24J

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is concerned with promoting, evaluating, and refining a strong global education component of the curriculum (Study Abroad and Study USA).

Policies and Procedures

• Committee members will be convened by the Chair, at the convenience of the members, to meet the responsibility of the committee.
• The committee meets regularly to discuss proposals for global education programs, revisions to current requirements, and other relevant programmatic issues of concern to the Dean or committee.
• The committee recommends to the University Curriculum Committee changes requiring faculty action.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Chair of the Global Education Curriculum Committee will submit a written annual report to Academic Council and, on matters the committee deems to be of general concern, will request to report directly to the faculty.

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 14)

Membership

• Every two years, seven post-probationary teaching faculty members (one from each of the three “divisions” of the College of Arts and Sciences, one from the School of Business, one from the School of Communications, one from the School of Education, and one from the School of Health Sciences) will be appointed by Academic Council to serve a two-year term.
• Every year, one Student Government Association representative will be appointed by the student government executive president to serve a one-year term. 
• Each year, in August, the members of the Grade Appeal Hearing Committee will elect one of the seven post-probationary teaching faculty members of the committee to serve as chair of the committee for one year. 

Duties

• To serve as the final grade appeal hearing body for cases in which an undergraduate student appeals a department chair’s/program head's prior decision. 
• To follow the grade appeal process outlined in the Procedures for Appealing a Course Grade section (X28B) of the Faculty Handbook. 

The grade appeal system affords recourse to a student who has evidence or believes that evidence exists to show that an inappropriate grade has been assigned as a result of clerical error, personal bias, or arbitrary grading. Grades (for an entire course, assignment, or unit) given by a faculty member (or faculty members, for co-taught courses) after the student is found responsible for an Honor Code violation through the University Honor System may not be appealed.

Keeping in mind that the appeal of a course grade should be attended to as soon as possible, the student must contact the faculty member(s) involved within the first two (2) weeks of the start of fall semester for the appeal of a spring semester or a summer term grade and within the first two (2) weeks of the spring semester for the appeal of a fall semester grade. In the case of a winter term grade, the appeal must be made no later than April 1^st of the year in which the course was completed.

In the case of a grade that would affect a senior intending to graduate or that would result in academic probation or suspension, the student should contact the faculty member(s) as soon as possible after the grade is posted, in which case the procedure may be expedited.

If the individual faculty member who taught the course is not available (for example, is on leave or sabbatical, or no longer employed by the university), the appeal should be made to the chair of the faculty member's department.

The language in the process attempts to address the most common instructional arrangements. The standard language refers to disciplinary courses taught by faculty in departments with a chair reporting to a dean.

The policy also recognizes the following cases of interdisciplinary courses: for COR prefix courses, appeals should be made to the Elon Core Curriculum Director; for GBL courses, appeals should be made to the Assistant Dean of Global Education; and for other courses carrying an interdisciplinary program prefix, appeals should be made to the program coordinator. (Hereafter, the term "program head" applies in all of these cases).

If a student is unsure to whom an appeal should be made after contacting the faculty member(s), the academic advisor or department chair/program head can offer guidance.

For some less common instructional arrangements, the standard language in this procedure does not anticipate every consideration: for example, for co-taught courses where faculty members are in different departments or schools, or for courses taught by staff with faculty rank who do not report to a department chair or dean.

In co-taught courses, the appropriate process may depend on whether particular work in question was graded by one or more than one of the faculty members.

Where necessary, the Chair of the Grade Appeals Hearing Committee will determine the appropriate adaptation(s) of the process.

The Grade Appeals Hearing Committee should refer to Grade Appeals Hearing Procedure (X28B)

 

The grade appeal system affords recourse to a student who has evidence or believes that evidence exists to show that an inappropriate grade has been assigned as a result of clerical error, personal bias, or arbitrary grading. Grades (for an entire course, assignment, or unit) given by a faculty member (or faculty members, for co-taught courses) after the student is found responsible for an Honor Code violation through the University Honor System may not be appealed.

Keeping in mind that the appeal of a course grade should be attended to as soon as possible, the student must contact the faculty member(s) involved within the first two (2) weeks of the start of fall semester for the appeal of a spring semester or a summer term grade and within the first two (2) weeks of the spring semester for the appeal of a fall semester grade. In the case of a winter term grade, the appeal must be made no later than April 1^st of the year in which the course was completed.

In the case of a grade that would affect a senior intending to graduate or that would result in academic probation or suspension, the student should contact the faculty member(s) as soon as possible after the grade is posted, in which case the procedure may be expedited.

If the individual faculty member who taught the course is not available (for example, is on leave or sabbatical, or no longer employed by the university), the appeal should be made to the chair of the faculty member's department.

The language in the process attempts to address the most common instructional arrangements. The standard language refers to disciplinary courses taught by faculty in departments with a chair reporting to a dean.

The policy also recognizes the following cases of interdisciplinary courses: for COR prefix courses, appeals should be made to the Elon Core Curriculum Director; for GBL courses, appeals should be made to the Assistant Dean of Global Education; and for other courses carrying an interdisciplinary program prefix, appeals should be made to the program coordinator. (Hereafter, the term "program head" applies in all of these cases).

If a student is unsure to whom an appeal should be made after contacting the faculty member(s), the academic advisor or department chair/program head can offer guidance.

For some less common instructional arrangements, the standard language in this procedure does not anticipate every consideration: for example, for co-taught courses where faculty members are in different departments or schools, or for courses taught by staff with faculty rank who do not report to a department chair or dean.

In co-taught courses, the appropriate process may depend on whether particular work in question was graded by one or more than one of the faculty members.

Where necessary, the Chair of the Grade Appeals Hearing Committee will determine the appropriate adaptation(s) of the process.

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 14)

Membership

• Every two years, seven post-probationary teaching faculty members (one from each of the three “divisions” of the College of Arts and Sciences, one from the School of Business, one from the School of Communications, one from the School of Education, and one from the School of Health Sciences) will be appointed by Academic Council to serve a two-year term.
• Every year, one Student Government Association representative will be appointed by the student government executive president to serve a one-year term. 
• Each year, in August, the members of the Grade Appeal Hearing Committee will elect one of the seven post-probationary teaching faculty members of the committee to serve as chair of the committee for one year. 

Duties

• To serve as the final grade appeal hearing body for cases in which an undergraduate student appeals a department chair’s/program head's prior decision. 
• To follow the grade appeal process outlined in the Procedures for Appealing a Course Grade section (X28B) of the Faculty Handbook. 

 

C23D

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 15.)

Membership

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or designee
• Director of each graduate program, except the Law School, without vote
• Associate Dean for Admissions and Administration for the Law School, or designee, ex officio, without vote
• Director of Graduate Admissions, or designee, ex-officio, without vote
• Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library, ex-officio, without vote
  
• Registrar, or designee, ex-officio, without vote
• Three elected teaching faculty members serving three-year terms, representing the College of Arts and Sciences, one each from the Fine Arts and Humanities, Math and Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Must have achieved the rank of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, or Professor.
• Four elected teaching faculty members serving three-year terms, representing the following schools, one each from the Love School of Business, the School of Communications, the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, and the School of Health Sciences. Must have achieved the rank of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, or Professor.
• Two at-large teaching faculty members serving three-year terms, elected by the teaching faculty members. At-large members must represent different divisions or schools and be elected in alternate years.
• Elections to the Graduate Council occur on a three-year cycle. In the first year of the cycle representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences will be elected. In the second year of the cycle, representatives from the schools will be elected. In the final year of the cycle, at-large representatives will be elected. At the May meeting, one of these elected representatives will be elected by the committee as Chair.

Duties

• To evaluate proposed additions to or deletions from the graduate curriculum and to approve graduate curricular changes
• To review proposals for new graduate programs and to report to the University Curriculum Committee recommendations on those proposals
• To recommend standards for admission and retention of students in graduate programs
• To develop and recommend policy with regard to graduate programs
• To recommend academic support and student services pertinent to graduate students
• To be responsible for periodic review of the graduate curriculum in order to provide an instructional program that is consistent with the aims and objectives of the Elon University Graduate Program Mission Statement and that will meet the needs of the students who are currently enrolled
• To publish an annual report of its work to the faculty
• None of the above duties of the committee will apply to the curriculum of the Law School, nor will the Law School faculty participate in the decisions of this committee.

C23G

Areas of Committee Concern

• Overseeing all areas of the graduate program of the University, with the exception the Law School
• Approving additions to or deletions from the graduate curriculum, with the exception of the Law School
• Reviewing and recommending new graduate programs
• Upholding the Elon University Graduate Program Mission Statement 

Policies and Procedures

• The Chair of the committee schedules committee meetings at a time convenient to the majority of the committee members. Meetings usually occur at least once a month but may occur more frequently if necessary.
• The Chair of the committee informs members of meetings at least one week in advance with a written agenda, materials to be discussed, and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
• At the May meeting, one of the elected representatives will be elected by the committee as Chair. The Chair presides over the meetings and reviews the agenda with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee) prior to distribution.
• All decisions of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedures and a majority vote of the voting members present.
• A quorum consists of a majority of the committee’s voting membership.
• The Dean making a proposal is expected to attend the meeting when the proposal is formally presented and discussed.
• The Chair of the committee may solicit the attendance of other faculty who are not committee members. Any other faculty members with significant relationships to the proposal(s) under consideration may request the permission of the chair to attend.
• The Chair appoints another committee member to be responsible for recording the minutes of each meeting.
• Graduate program and curriculum proposals must conform to the graduate curriculum and curriculum changes procedures and timetable outlined in Procedures for Proposal of New Graduate Programs.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

• Graduate Curriculum Proposals. The committee can decide on any graduate curriculum proposal before it to take one of the following actions:
• Approve the item and forward it to the President.
• Approve the item, but because of its significance or potential impact on the undergraduate curriculum, decide to forward it to the University Curriculum Committee for approval.
• Not approve the item and send it back to the school/department(s)
• Delay the item for further consideration
• Graduate Program Proposals. The committee can decide to take one of the following actions on any graduate program proposal being considered:
• Recommend to approve the item and forward it to the University Curriculum Committee.
• Recommend not to approve the item and forward it to the University Curriculum Committee.
• Request for Faculty Vote. Upon receipt by the Chair of Academic Council of a written request, decisions made by Graduate Council will be subject to discussion and vote at the next scheduled faculty meeting. The request for a faculty vote must be signed by at least 15% of the fulltime teaching faculty and must be received by the Chair of Academic Council at least one week prior to the next scheduled meeting of the full faculty. In that event, the decision made at the faculty meeting will take precedence.
• Minutes. The minutes of each committee meeting will be disseminated to the faculty and staff in a timely fashion, either on the Web, through e-mail, and/or in printed copy.

C22K

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 16.)

Membership

• Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library
• Six at-large teaching faculty members, three elected each year for a two-year term. Annually in May, the committee will elect a Chair from among these six teaching faculty members
• Two student members elected for a one-year term
• Associate Dean for Library and Information Services for the Law School or their designee, without vote

Duties

• To serve as a liaison committee between the faculty, the students, and the librarian and to discuss administrative matters pertaining to the library and make recommendations for the best possible library services
• To develop and recommend policy with regard to t he library and library services
• To make recommendations regarding improvement, extension, and development of the services and facilities of the library

C26M

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee is concerned with the University library, student use of the facilities and materials, and the development of the collection of materials contained in the facilities.

Policies and Procedures

• The committee meets annually to consider and approve the allocation to the academic departments of funds appropriated for the acquisition of library materials.
• All decisions of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.
• The committee elects annually in May its Chair from among the full-time teaching faculty members on the committee.
• The committee meets regularly to discuss existing and proposed public service policies and make recommendations regarding those policies to the Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library.
• The committee evaluates special needs for materials to support new or existing courses or programs and makes recommendations regarding the appropriation of acquisition funds to meet those needs.
• The committee evaluates specific needs of the library and makes recommendations regarding those needs to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

• The committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.
• Copies of committee actions on the appropriation of funds will be mailed to Department Chairs shortly after they have been approved.

C33A

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 17)

Membership

The Post-Probationary Faculty Development Review Committee will consist of seven post-probationary teaching faculty members, all holding the rank of full professor, associate professor or senior lecturer, with vote, and the Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs without vote.

Of the seven faculty members, at least five will hold the rank of Professor. The remaining two may hold the rank of Senior Lecturer or Associate Professor.

Members will serve two-year terms with no person serving more than two consecutive terms, nor more than three terms within a ten-year period. Members will be elected annually on a two-year cycle. All committee members must be eligible to receive the base support for their rank and may not apply for a competitive award during their term.

Ex Officio, No Vote

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their designee

Year One

• Two members from Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences
• One member from a professional school
• One at-large member

Year Two

• One member from Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences
• Two members from professional schools

A Chair will be elected from and by the membership of the committee. Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.

Duties

• To devise criteria for the administration and evaluation of individual proposals related to reassigned time faculty awards
• To receive, evaluate, and approve such proposals

C29A

Areas of Committee Concern

• Recommending faculty members to receive the competitive support for their rank

Policies and Procedures

1. The Chair is elected each May by the committee. The Chair assumes duties about June 1 and serves for one year.
2. The committee meets during Planning week to review procedures, complete any unfinished business, and consider any recommendations relating to the committee's work for the coming academic year.
3. The committee reviews procedures, criteria, and policies at the first meeting, and any areas of committee concern will be discussed.
4. Faculty members will be ineligible to be reviewed for competitive faculty supports during the terms of their service on the committee.
5. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or designee, makes the faculty applications available to the committee.
6. Committee meetings are scheduled by the Chair to review the applications.
7. The committee will first review applications from full professors and will then review the remaining applications.
8. The Chair informs committee members of meetings in advance and provides a list of applications to be reviewed. The chair also provides a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
9. The Chair presides at all meetings.
10. The Chair appoints another committee member to record the minutes of each meeting.
11. All decisions on committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure. To receive competitive supports, a faculty application must receive at least 5 affirmative votes.
12. The Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity reports the committee's decisions for faculty support to the appropriate dean, who will notify the faculty and department chairs.
13. The Chair is responsible for completing all reports of committee business and submitting them to Academic Council at the end of each academic year as necessary.

Methods of Reporting to the Campus Community

The committee chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, Academic Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C28D

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 18)

Membership

The Promotion and Tenure Committee will consist of nine post-probationary teaching faculty members, at least four of whom will be full professors. Of the nine, at least four will be tenured, and all will hold the rank of Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, or Professor. Members will serve two-year terms with no person serving more than two consecutive terms, nor more than three terms within a ten year period. Members will be elected annually on a two-year cycle.

Year One

• One member from Mathematics and Natural Sciences
• One member from Social Sciences
• One member from the School of Communications
• One at-large member from the College of Arts and Sciences

Year Two

• One member from Fine Arts and Humanities
• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
• One member from the School of Health Sciences
• One member from the Love School of Business
• One at-large member

A Chair will be elected from and by the membership of the committee. Faculty members will be ineligible for promotion or tenure while serving on this committee and in the year following service on this committee. Faculty members will be ineligible for service on this committee the year following their promotion or tenure applications. Faculty of the Law School are excluded from service on this committee.

Duties

• To receive from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs a list of faculty members who are eligible for promotion in rank and/or tenure
• To consider each eligible faculty member who applies for promotion and/or tenure based on the portfolio provided to the committee by the candidate and in accordance with University policies. Members from a candidate’s department serving on Promotion and Tenure may engage in the deliberations of Promotion and Tenure related to the candidate; however, they may not write a letter for inclusion in a candidate’s application materials while on Promotion and Tenure.
• To submit to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs of the University recommendations for the next academic year no later than December 31 of each year and prior to meeting with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and each candidate’s Dean
• To meet with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and each candidate’s Dean to discuss the recommendation for each candidate and the rationale for the recommendation
• After notification of Promotion and Tenure decisions, to make available to any eligible faculty member upon request, through the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, its recommendations concerning the faculty member and an explanation of the basis for that recommendation
• None of the above duties of the committee will apply to the promotions and tenure of the faculty of the School of Law.

C34A

Areas of Committee Concern

• Recommending faculty members for promotion in academic rank
• Recommending the granting of tenure

Policies and Procedures

1. The present Chair calls a meeting after the faculty elections.
2. The members of the new committee elect a Chair and a Secretary who will keep minutes of each meeting.
3. The committee reviews procedures and policies at the first meeting, and any areas of committee concern will be discussed.
4. The committee meets during orientation week to review procedures, complete any unfinished business, and consider any recommendations relating to the committee's work for the coming academic year.
5. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs provides information for the committee.
6. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Committee Chair meet with eligible faculty members to discuss procedures and policies regarding tenure and promotion.
7. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs notifies department members the first time they are eligible for promotion and when they are scheduled for decisions on tenure, with copies of the letter sent to the Department Chair and Dean. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs requests that recommendations be forwarded to their office.
8. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs forwards to the Committee Chair the list of faculty members to be considered for promotion and/or tenure.
9. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs meets with the committee to discuss procedures and policies related to promotion and tenure.
10. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs makes the tenure/ promotion files available to the committee.
11. The committee determines the order in which candidates will be considered. Voting is done by secret ballot and a super majority (six of nine members) is required for a positive recommendation to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
12. Committee members evaluate each faculty member using the Criteria for Evaluation. Each committee member formulates judgments and discusses evaluations with the committee.
13. The chair submits the recommendations of the committee directly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs by December 31. The Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the committee meet to discuss the substance of the deliberations that led to the specific recommendations.
14. Upon request from the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the chair provides information regarding the reasons for the committee’s recommendations.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C35Y

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 19.)

Membership

• University Chaplain
• Nine at-large faculty members, serving three-year terms, with three appointed each year of a three-year cycle. The Committee on Committees invites the Chaplain's office to nominate up to two faculty members for consideration each year. The Religious and Spiritual Life Committee will elect annually in May a Chair from among these nine faculty members.
• Two to four student members, serving staggered two-year terms, elected by the faculty members of the Religious and Spiritual Life Committee.
• Two to four student members, serving staggered two-year terms elected by the SGA.
  
• This committee may supplement faculty and/or student membership by electing non-voting members.

Duties

To exercise an overall concern for the religious and spiritual life of the University and to advise the University Chaplain on needs in this area of campus life. To develop ideas, recommendations and programs that support spiritual development and education broadly across campus. To assist chaplain and Truitt Center staff in communicating and implementing efforts to encourage dialog and engagement with religious and spiritual life matters to support multi-faith and inclusive community initiatives.

C32D

Areas of Committee Concern

The committee focuses on the religious and spiritual needs and well-being of the entire campus community, regardless of individual beliefs and world views, and in particular on

• Organized religious and spiritual life on campus
• Worship services, observances, and additional religious and spiritual programs
• Religious and spiritual care to include guidance, growth, and support of all individuals in the campus community
• Policies related to religious and spiritual life on campus

Policies and Procedures

• The committee meets on a regular basis with the University Chaplain who serves as an ex-officio member.
• Although the official membership of the committee consists of nine faculty members and four to eight students, every effort is made to involve additional interested faculty members and students.
• Every effort is made by the committee to promote multi-faith understanding, cooperation, communication, and community.
• The committee elects its Chair each May from among the faculty membership.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

• The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.
• Activities and functions of the committee are also recorded as minutes of each meeting and disseminated to the Elon community.

C23Z

Membership List

(Information in italics below is repeated from the Faculty Bylaws Article VIII, Section 20.)

Membership

• Four faculty members, serving two-year terms with two elected each year. The committee will elect annually a Chair from among these four faculty members.
• Four student members appointed to two-year terms by the President of the Student Government Association. Student membership should reflect the variety of experiences and perspectives found in the student body. The committee will elect annually a Vice Chair from the student members.
• Vice President for Student Life, ex officio. The Dean will serve as Secretary to the committee.
• President of the Student Government Association, ex officio
• Director of Student Activities

Duties

• To advise and assist the Vice President for Student Life and Student Organizations
• To review extracurricular student activities and organizations periodically
• To recommend changes in policy and procedures affecting student life to the faculty and/or administration of the University
• To recommend to the Vice President for Student Life the bylaws of all new student organizations
• To promote more effective communication among the several campus constituencies in connection with student development and/or student life

C27G

Areas of Committee Concern

• Student extracurricular activities and organizations
• Policies and procedures affecting student life
• Communication among the student body, faculty and administration

Policies and Procedures

• The newly elected faculty members and newly elected SGA President will meet with the returning members of the committee in the spring to discuss appointment of new student members and to elect a Faculty Chair. One of the student members will serve as Vice-Chair.
• The Chair establishes the agenda in consultation with the Vice President for Student Life.
• The committee meets regularly to advise the Vice President for Student Life and Student Government President.
• The committee reviews the by-laws of new student organizations and makes recommendations to the Vice President for Student Life concerning recognition of such groups.
• The committee reviews all major changes in rules and regulations affecting the extracurricular life of students and proposes new or revised rules and regulations to the faculty and/or administration for approval.
• The committee may elect to review the activities of existing student organizations toward the end of making recommendations for revision or improvement.
• Periodically the committee expands its membership and serves as an open forum so as to expedite communication among the members of the student body, the faculty, staff, and administration. When it does this, it promotes the discussion of ideas, opportunities, programs, and complaints and recommends studies to appropriate agencies, offices, or people.
• The Vice-Chair of the committee serves as Secretary of the committee and keeps records of the meetings.

Methods of Reporting To the Campus Community

The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to Academic Council. On matters deemed to be of general concern, the Council may request that the committee report directly to the faculty.

C35G

 

The Academic Advising Committee works with the Executive Director of the Koenigsberger Learning Center to understand, develop, and implement best practices for academic advising on the Elon University campus. These practices include services in the Office of Academic Advising as well as school specific advising programs.

• Executive Director of the Koenigsberger Learning Center
• Director of Elon 101
• Associate Director of Academic Advising
• A faculty member from science/math; from arts and humanities; from social science; two faculty from the School of Communication; two faculty from the School of Business; one faculty from the School of Health Sciences; one faculty from the School of Education for a total of nine faculty members who are appointed annually by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty members on the Academic Advising Committee should be current academic advisors of undergraduates. Faculty members will be appointed for two year terms.
• Two staff members currently teaching Elon 101 and appointed annually by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Two students appointed annually

• The committee meets twice a semester during the academic year or as necessary.
• The committee may rely on sub-committees, task forces, special committees, and/or others to perform its work.
• The committee may conduct ongoing business and address concerns as they arise via online meetings as appropriate.

• To annually elect its Chair from among the faculty and staff members on the committee.
• To review University procedures and policies regarding effective programs for academic advising and recommend changes where appropriate
• To review, disseminate, and promote best practices for University academic advising
• To advise the Office of Academic Support and Advising regarding new initiatives and the improvement of ongoing services and programs
• To share related concerns from both students and faculty
• With support from the Executive Director of the Koenigsberger Learning Center, the Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to the Associate Provost of Academic Affairs.

B28A

For procedures, policies, and the names of current members, refer to Athletics Committee Section.

The Athletics Committee advises the Director of Athletics and Faculty Athletics Representative, directly, and the President, through the Faculty Athletics Representative. The committee reports to the President through the Faculty Athletics Representative.  The committee serves as a group to facilitate conversation between Athletics, the faculty, and other university divisions as needed.

• Director of Athletics, ex officio, without vote
• Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator, ex officio, without vote
• Assistant Athletics Director/Director for Academic Support Services, ex officio, without vote
• Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR), appointed by the University President, with vote
• Six faculty members elected for three-year terms by Academic Council through Committee on Committees, all with vote. Elections occur in three-year cycles:

Year One

• One member from the School of Communications
• One member from the College of Arts and Sciences

Year TwoThree members from other university divisions, attending when they deem agendas relevant to their work

• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business
• One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

Year Three

• One member from the College of Arts and Sciences
• One at-large member

• One student member appointed by the President of the Student Government Association, with vote
• One student member from the Student Athletics Advisory Council appointed by the President of the Student Athletics Advisory Council, with vote
• Three members from other university divisions, attending when they deem agendas relevant to their work

• The President has ultimate responsibility and final authority for the conduct of the intercollegiate athletics program. The institution's president is responsible for the administration of all aspects of the athletics program. The committee reports to the President through the Faculty Athletics Representative to contribute to broader institutional oversight of the University’s athletics program. 
• The committee acts for the faculty on the above duties in providing input on the intercollegiate athletics program to the Faculty Athletics Representative and Director of Athletics. 
• The Faculty Athletics Representative and the relevant Athletics Administrators will work with the Chair to ensure a discussion of relevant gender, equity, and inclusion plans will occur at least once per year. 
• Following the final meeting of the academic year, an annual committee report should be sent by the Committee Chair to the President’s Chief of Staff and the Chair of Academic Council. 

• To provide input to support the academic experience of student athletes 
• To provide input to support student athlete wellbeing 
• To provide input to support diversity, equity, and inclusion among student athletes 
• To review and approve guidelines regarding participation in and scheduling of intercollegiate athletics contests.  
• To contribute to broader institutional oversight by advising the President, through the Faculty Athletics Representative, regarding the intercollegiate athletics program and make recommendations about its academic integrity; gender equity, diversity and student athlete welfare 
• To serve as a liaison between the faculty and athletic administrators regarding intercollegiate athletics and to report annually to Academic Council 
• To review and recommend general institutional guidelines for awarding, reducing, and terminating grants-in-aid 
• To support the Faculty Athletics Representative in their duties, when requested 
• To confer with Athletics administrators and the Faculty Athletics Representative about matters related to NCAA and the University’s athletics conference 
• To advise the President and/or Academic Council on specific athletics issues upon request 
• To confer annually with Athletics administrators related to the division’s established priorities and to advise the Athletics Director regarding priorities 

C34M

 

The Community-Based Learning Faculty Advisory Committee is concerned with all aspects of community-based learning.

• Faculty Fellow for Community-Based Learning
• Director of the Kernodle Center for Civic Life
• Faculty members who teach community-based courses including at least one from each of the professional schools and three representing the three branches of the College of Arts and Sciences (Arts/Humanities, Science/Math, Social Sciences)
• Faculty Fellow for Civic Engagement
• Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
• One administrator with faculty rank who teaches community-based learning courses

The committee meets as needed in the fall and spring semesters

• To make recommendations regarding policies and programs to advance academic community-based learning and enhance its quality across the campus
• To assist in planning and implementing community-based learning events
• To set standards for community-based learning course designation and evaluate course proposals for designation
• To select students and/or faculty for relevant awards
• To participate in strategic planning as it pertains to community-based learning
• To conduct institution level assessment of student learning outcomes for the community-based learning program
• To advise the Director of the Kernodle Center for Civic Life and the Faculty Fellow for Community-Based Learning in their respective roles

C24W

 

The Disability Advisory Committee works with the Director of Disabilities Resources to develop, implement, and monitor procedures addressing the educational needs of students with identified needs.

• Director of Disabilities Resources, who serves as chair
• Assistant Director of Disabilities Resources
• One teaching faculty member from the Education Department specializing in special education
• Seven other teaching faculty members appointed annually by the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
• Two staff members appointed annually by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Three students, two with disabilities and one with an identified interest in disabilities issues, appointed annually

The committee meets once a semester during the academic year or as necessary.

• To review University procedures and policies regarding services for students with special educational needs
• To hear related concerns from both students and faculty
• To interpret and apply disability law to specific requests or situations
• To coordinate the dissemination of pertinent information to the University community

C27U

 

The Experiential Education Advisory Committee defines, implements and assesses common goals and standards for experiential education and the Experiential Learning Requirement (ELR) at Elon.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or designee
• Vice President for Student Life, or designee
• Professional Staff and Faculty Directors for each of the ELR programs:
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Leadership
  • Study Abroad/Study USA
  • Service Learning
  • Internships
• Faculty Fellows for each of the ELR programs:
  • Service Learning
  • Leadership
  • Internships
  • Study Abroad
• Director of Elon Core Curriculum, or designee
• Administrator for the Elon Engagement Scholarship

• Committee meets regularly as convened by the Chair to meet the responsibilities of the committee.
• All recommendations of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedures and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.
• All recommendations by the Experiential Education Advisory Committee related to the ELR are forwarded to the Elon Core Curriculum Council.

• To coordinate and deepen the curricular and co-curricular connections for those experiences that satisfy the Experiential Learning Requirement
• To identify commonalities among the ELR processes that are characteristic of excellent practices in experiential learning
• To consider proposals for additional experiences that would potentially satisfy the ELR
• To monitor, assess and further develop learning objectives established for the ELR
• To serve as the umbrella organization for each of the Elon experiences and to assist in the program development, research, and overall assessment of the Elon experiences
• To promote faculty and staff development opportunities regarding best practices in experiential education
• To cultivate institutional culture around experiential learning

C32R

 

The Fellows Program and Scholarship Committee is concerned with planning and implementing the Fellows program and scholarship award process, including policy setting, event planning, and program and scholarship recipient selection.

• Dean of Admissions, or designee, co-chair
• Assistant Dean of Admissions, co-chair
• Associate Dean of Admissions/Director of Financial Planning
• Directors of Fellows Programs
• Associate Director of Admissions/Fellows Data Coordinator
• Associate Director of the Honors Fellows Program
• Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Operations

The committee meets as needed in the fall and spring semesters.

• To recommend policies related to the selection of Fellows program participants and scholarship recipients
• To recommend recipients and alternates for Fellows scholarships
• To plan and coordinate the Fellows competition weekend

C26G

 

• Co-chair appointed by the Provost

• Co-chair appointed by the Vice President for Student Life

• Director or Associate Director of the Elon Core Curriculum

• Director of New Student and Transition Programs

• Director of Elon 101

• Director of Academic Initiatives for the Residential Campus

• Academic Dean, Associate Dean, or Director appointed by the Provost

• Student Life Dean, Associate Dean, or Director appointed by the Vice President for Student Life

• Assessment Specialist from the Office of Institutional Research

• Residence Life representative appointed by the Vice President of Student Life

• Student Health and Wellness representative appointed by the Vice President of Student Life

• Admissions representative appointed by the Vice President of Admissions and Financial Aid

• Representative of Inclusive Community initiative – appointed by Vice President of Student Life and Provost

• Two Students –appointed by the Vice President for Student Life with recommendations from the committee

• Four full-time permanent teaching faculty – appointed for a minimum of two years by the Provost with recommendations from the committee 

The First-Year Experience Advisory Committee guides the development and implementation of a coherent, innovative, high quality first year that supports the intellectual, personal and interpersonal development of first-year students to be engaged members of the Elon community. 

• To foster collaboration and integration across University programs to develop and understand coherent pathways for the first-year experience at Elon from admission to the sophomore year

• To leverage theory and empirical evidence related to the first-year experience

• To understand the lived experience of Elon’s first year students

• To collect, synthesize, and report on the coordination and assessment of programs identified as part of the first-year experience and monitor first to second year retention

• To review appropriate unit reports on outcomes related to the first-year experience and first-year students

• To submit an annual “state of the first-year experience” report to the Provost and the Vice President for Student Life with occasional presentations to the Joint Deans.

• To recommend changes to existing programs, review and provide feedback on new initiatives, and develop new initiatives based on assessment evidence and literature regarding the first-year experience. 

• The committee meets regularly as convened by the co-chairs.

• All recommendations of the committee are made through normal parliamentary procedures and majority vote of the members present. A quorum will consist of a majority of the committee membership.

• All formal recommendations of the committee are made to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Vice President for Student Life. As appropriate, recommendations are forwarded to the committees of the faculty or other advisory committees. 

C35T

 

The Fraternity & Sorority Life Advisory Committee is concerned with all aspects of faculty/staff advisement of Greek-letter social organizations.

• Faculty and staff members serving as the official organization advisor to a registered Greek-letter social organization
• Director of the Office of Fraternity & Sorority Life, ex-officio
• Three student representatives, one each from the Panhellenic Association, the Interfraternity Council, and the National Pan-Hellenic Council
• A quorum includes Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life, five Greek-letter organization advisors and two students.

• The Committee has two standing Co-Chairs, the Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life (ex-officio) and a faculty advisor elected by a majority vote of the advisory committee.
• The Co-Chairs schedule Committee meetings once a month at a time convenient to Committee members, unless Committee business necessitates more frequent meetings. The Chairs will also schedule a meeting each semester with the Residential Campus Advisory Committee to discuss their goals and activities for the semester.
• The Chairs inform members of meetings at least one week in advance and provide a written agenda and a copy of the minutes from the previous meeting.
• The Chairs preside at all meetings unless they appoint a proxy.
• The Chairs appoint another Committee member to record the minutes of each meeting.
• All decisions on Committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present.
• The Committee Co-Chairs will submit a written annual report to the Vice President of Student Life, the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the Residential Campus Advisory Committee.

• To make recommendations regarding policies and programs to advance faculty, academic, and core curriculum goals integration with Greek-letter social organizations
• To assist in planning and implementing academic programs in Greek-letter social organization.
• To set expectations for advisory support of all Greek-letter social organizations
• To select faculty/staff advisors for relevant awards
• To participate in strategic planning as it pertains to support of advisors of Greek-letter social organizations
• To assist in selecting and orienting new advisors
• To conduct institution level assessment of student learning outcomes for identified areas of Fraternity & Sorority Life
• To advise the Director of Fraternity & Sorority Life in their role.

C28F

The Fulbright Campus Committee is tasked with evaluating and mentoring Elon students applying for Fulbright U.S. Student grants.

• National and International Fellowships Office Director, chair
• National and International Fellowships Office Associate Director
• Members of the teaching faculty and university staff with expertise in world regions, languages, and cultures, appointed for indefinite terms by the National and International Fellowships Office Director

The committee meets each fall to mentor Elon's applicants for Fulbright U.S. Student grants and to evaluate each applicant's competitiveness for the grant.

• To meet one-on-one with candidates applying for a Fulbright U.S. Student grant and to provide feedback on ways to make the written components of the application stronger
• To conduct campus interviews and complete campus committee evaluation forms, which are included with each student's application

C32Y

 

The Elon University Hearing Board adjudicates violations of the University's academic and social honor codes, as prescribed in the current Elon University Student Handbook.

• Assistant Provost for Communications and Operations and Assistant Dean of Students, who serve as Co-Chairs, without vote (conveners for academic and social honor code cases, respectively)
• Director of Student Conduct, without vote
• Twelve students (six elected by the student body and six appointed by the SGA President)
• Seven teaching faculty members (three appointed by the Academic Council and four appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs)
• Five Student Life administrators (appointed by the Vice President of Student Life/Dean of Students)
• Typically, hearing boards are comprised of three students, one teaching faculty member, and one student life administrator, however, a quorum is one student, one teaching faculty member and one student life administrator.

C32K

 

The Honorary Degree Advisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity to the President regarding individuals to be awarded honorary degrees.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Vice President for University Advancement
• University Registrar
• Four faculty members appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs for two-year terms

C34X

 

The Honors Program Advisory Council is concerned with matters associated with the Elon University Honors Program.

• Director of the Honors Program, chair
• Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Operations
• Associate Director of the Honors Program
• Six full-time teaching faculty, appointed for three-year terms by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Four students in the Honors Program, one from each class, appointed by the Honors Director

The Honors Program Advisory Council duties include advising the Director of the Honors Program on matters of curricular program changes, program goals, the program's graduation requirements, and the co-curricular activities associated with the program.

C23X

 

The Institutional Review Board is concerned with the ethical treatment of humans when they are involved as participants in research. The committee seeks to ensure that the principles of confidentiality, informed consent, benefit, and minimal risk are adhered to in the conduct of such research if the activities are conducted in the name of Elon University and/or using students or personnel of Elon University as participants.

• Director of Sponsored Programs, without vote
• Five members of the teaching faculty appointed by the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity; one from Elon College and one from each of the schools of the University. Appointments to the Institutional Review Board occur in a four-year cycle. In the first year of the cycle, one member will be appointed from Elon College. In the second year of the cycle, one member will be appointed from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and one from the School of Communications. In the third year of the cycle, one member will be appointed from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education. In the final year of the cycle, one member will be appointed from the School of Health Sciences.
• Three members of the teaching faculty appointed by the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity; one from the biomedical sciences (Biology, Exercise Science, School of Health Sciences), one from the Department of Psychology, and one from Elon College, the College of Arts and Sciences
• An additional member of the committee will be named by the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity from the non-institutional population.
• Invited non-members, without vote. If the committee reviews projects involving a category of vulnerable participants or involving issues requiring competence in special areas, it may invite one or more non-members to provide special expertise.
• The committee must always include at least two scientists and two non-scientists. (Any faculty who has had substantive training or experience in a scientific discipline or in a scientific method should be considered a scientist.)
• Committee members who have a conflict of interest regarding a specific project may not participate in the review of such project.

• The Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity appoints the Chair from among the full-time teaching faculty members on the committee.
• If the committee reviews projects involving a category of vulnerable participants, or involving issues requiring competence in special areas, it may invite one or more non-members to provide special expertise. Non-members will not have a vote.
• Committee members who have a conflict of interest regarding a specific project may not participate in the review of such project.
• The Committee Chair will submit a written annual report to the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity.

• To carry out charges made by the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity which pertain to the activities of the committee or issues of human participants in research
• To review and amend the policies established in these guidelines when modification is deemed necessary by the committee
• To review all research proposals involving human subjects and act according to these guidelines to either approve, exempt, or disapprove new research and ensure the compliance of continuing research
• To act as a clearinghouse for the human subjects research ethical guidelines and regulations of various professional associations and appropriate governmental agencies
• To disseminate approved guidelines in order to promote understanding of the policies and increase general sensitivity to ethical issues related to human participants in research
• To maintain records of committee activity as required by 45 CFR 46.115, which include copies of all reviewed research proposals that involve human subjects, minutes of meetings, and copies of correspondence between the committee and investigators
• To refer cases to the Assistant Provost for Scholarship and Creative Activity regarding violations of these guidelines which have not been resolved between the committee and researcher

C29F

 

The Interdisciplinary Writing Committee is concerned with the development of writing and thinking in every discipline and at every academic level.

• Director of the Writing Across the University, Chair
• Writing Center Director
• One teaching faculty representative from each of the schools and College of Arts and Sciences divisions: Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, Social Sciences, Science/Math, Arts/Humanities, Love School of Business, School of Communications, and School of Health Sciences

• With the exception of the Chair and Associate Director, each committee member normally serves a two-year term.
• Committee membership rotates among departments, when possible.
• Committee members recommend successors at the end of their terms, and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs appoints new members.
• The committee meets on a monthly basis, or more frequently as necessary.

• To foster the development of writing and thinking in every discipline and at every academic level
• To serve as an advisory body for the director of the writing program
• To report to the committee the interests and concerns of the departments they represent, and report to their departments the committee's business and concerns

C22R

 

The Isabella Cannon Global Education Center Advisory Committee is concerned with matters pertaining to the global engagement, international community support and international programs at the University.

• Dean of Global Education, Chair
• Director of Study Abroad
• Director of Study USA
• Coordinator of International & Global Studies Major, or designee
• Director of International Student and Scholar Services
• GEC Business & Data Manager
• Director of the Center for Research on Global Engagement
• Nine full-time teaching faculty and staff with faculty rank, appointed for three years
• Three students appointed by the Committee Chair on an as-needed basis

• Advise the Global Education Center (GEC) on issues and policies of Global Engagement and International Student and Scholar Services
• Select faculty to serve as faculty-in-residence at certain Elon Centers and faculty leaders for athletic cohort programs abroad
• Oversee development and completion of strategic plans
• Serve as liaison between the Global Education Center and the faculty, sharing information about GEC and serving as a resource for GEC within their school/college and department, and keeping the GEC informed of faculty concerns and suggestions

C29B

The Leadership Studies Advisory Board is concerned with all aspects of academic curriculum for the Leadership Studies minor. Please visit the Leadership Studies Minor website for more information about the Minor and its Advisory Board.

C25W

 

The Long-Range Planning Advisory Committee will advise the President about the direction and priorities for the University.

• Chair, appointed by the President
• Chair of the Academic Council (or their designee), ex officio
• Chair of the Staff Advisory Council (or their designee), ex officio
• Five members of the teaching faculty, appointed by the President to serve staggered terms of three years
• Four members of the administrative staff, appointed by the President to serve staggered terms of three years

• Initially, the committee will meet bi-monthly during the academic year or as necessary.
• The agenda will be established by the committee in consultation with the President.
• The committee may rely on sub-committees, standing committee, task forces, special committees, and/or others to perform its work.

• To act in an advisory capacity to the President concerning direction and priorities for the University
• To make recommendations to the President concerning decisions affecting University actions several years into the future
• To make recommendations within the context of the University's larger mission
• To make recommendations which may include measurable objectives, strategies for achieving them, determinants of progress toward their achievement, and methods of funding them

C33N

 

The Lumen Prize Advisory Committee is concerned with the monitoring and implementation of the Lumen Prize program.

• Lumen Prize Director
• Coordinator of National and International Fellowships, or their designee
• Nine members of the teaching faculty, appointed for two-year terms by the Lumen Prize Director. Members will be selected from across the different schools into which the institution is organized.

• The committee meets at the beginning of each year to review the prior year’s activity and to establish objectives for the current.
• The committee conducts ongoing business and addresses concerns as they arise via online meetings as appropriate.
• Members of the committee serve as the core of the selection committee.

• To review policies and procedures related to the selection of Lumen Scholars
• To advise the Director on matters of program implementation and evaluation
• To serve as a selection committee for the review of applications and the determination of prize recipients

C28A

 

The Lyceum Committee is concerned with planning and conducting a series of concerts and other cultural events, and
providing publicity to the University community regarding the events

• Executive Director of Cultural and Special Programs
• Chair of the Music Department, ex-officio, Committee Chair
• Faculty members appointed by the President or their designees in consultation with the Executive Director of Cultural and Special Programs.  Appointed for staggered two-year terms.
• Two students appointed annually by the Executive Director of Cultural and Special Programs in consultation with the Committee Chair

• The Chair is appointed each May by the President.
• The Chair calls periodic meetings of the committee and presides over the meetings.
• All decisions on committee business are made through normal parliamentary procedures and a majority vote of members present. A quorum consists of a majority of the committee membership.
• Each spring the committee selects a series of concerts and other cultural events for the following academic year.
• The Chair selects another committee member to record the minutes of the meetings.
• The committee is responsible for coordinating the logistics of the lyceum programs.

The Micro-Credentials Advisory Committee is concerned with supporting and evaluating non-credit bearing micro-credentials awarded to undergraduate and graduate students using the name of Elon University. Micro-credentials include but are not limited to badges, certificates, and other non-credit bearing designations of learning.

• Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
• University Registrar
• An additional administrator designated by the Provost
• Three faculty member with experience or interest in micro-credentialing, appointed for two-year terms
• One staff member with experience or interest in micro-credentialing, appointed for a two-year term

The committee meets as needed in the fall and spring semesters. A Chair will be elected annually among the members.

• To make recommendations regarding policies and programs to advance micro-credentialing and enhance their quality across the campus
• To set standards for micro-credentials
• To develop and maintain a process to approve micro-credential proposals for designation
• To receive, review and make decisions on proposals for micro-credentials offered across campus
• To participate in strategic planning as it pertains to micro-credentials
• To respond to Registrar requests for advice regarding a system to record micro-credentials awarded by the university or units of the university
• To report any micro-credentials with impact to the curriculum to the Chair of the University Curriculum Committee and to seek input from the University Curriculum Committee as needed
• To promote faculty and staff development opportunities regarding best practices regarding micro-credentials and undergraduate or graduate education  

C32F

• The committee meets regularly to select Elon's nominees for national and international fellowships that require institutional nomination or internal evaluation. Committee members read draft applications, provide feedback to candidates, and conduct both evaluative and mock interviews with candidates.
• The committee holds an annual review meeting each spring.

• To review applications from candidates applying for national and international fellowship competitions and to provide feedback on draft applications.
• To serve as interviewers during evaluative and practice interviews with candidates
• To advise the Director on matters of program implementation and evaluation

• National and International Fellowships Office Director, chair
• National and International Fellowships Office Associate Director
• Lumen Prize Director
• Seven members of the teaching faculty, appointed for three-year, renewable terms by the National and International Fellowships Office Director

The National Fellowships Advisory Committee is concerned with evaluating and mentoring Elon's nominees and candidates competing for prestigious national and international fellowships.

C29U

 

The Residential Campus Advisory Committee is concerned with evaluating and recommending action on the residential campus initiative, including proposals to enhance the residential campus experience, and assessments related to the goals and outcomes of the residential campus.

Members will be appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student Life:

• Seven teaching faculty members appointed from the following areas for two-year, renewable terms
  • Arts and Sciences: Art and Humanities; Natural, Mathematical and Computational Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • School of Business
  • School of Communications
  • Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
  • School of Health Sciences
• Associate Provost or their designee
• Vice President for Student Life or their designee
• Director of Residence Life/Assistant Dean of Campus Life
• Representative from the First-Year Committee
• Director of Elon Core Curriculum, or their designee from the Core Curriculum Council, when absent
• Representative from the Inclusive Community Council
• Lead Faculty Director for a Residential Neighborhood
• Coordinator for Residential Campus Dining and Engagement
• Representative from Wellness (HHP or Campus Recreation)
• Two Student Representatives, one appointed by the Student Government Association and one appointed by the Resident Student Association

• Membership to the committee is by appointment of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student Life.
• The committee has two standing Co-Chairs, the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, or designee, and the Vice President for Student Life, or designee.
• Faculty and staff members will be ineligible to vote on funding from this committee for their own initiatives during the term of their service on the committee.
• Committee meetings are scheduled by the Chairs once a month at a time convenient to committee members, unless committee business necessitates more frequent meetings.
• The Chairs inform members of meetings at least one week in advance and provide a written agenda and a copy of the minutes of the previous meeting.
• The Chairs preside at all meetings unless they appoint a proxy in their absence.
• The Chairs appoint another committee member to record the minutes of each meeting.
• All decisions on committee business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present. A quorum consists of a majority of the committee membership.
• The Chairs report the committee’s recommendations for funding promptly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student Life. Once approved, the Chairs of the residential campus committee will notify applicants.
• The Chairs are responsible for completing all reports of committee business and submitting them to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Vice President for Student Life at the end of each academic year as necessary. This report will be forwarded to the President.

• To provide oversight of the residential campus initiative.
• To issue call for proposals to enhance the residential campus initiative and to manage and make recommendations to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Vice President for Student Life as to which proposals to fund.
• To monitor and assess the goals and outcomes associated with the residential campus initiative.

C24A

 

The principal purpose of the Residential Living Learning Communities Advisory Council is to review, advise, and make recommendations to the Council's co-chairs on Living Learning Communities' (LLC) growth, development, and assessment.

• Academic Affairs Designee: Director of Academic Initiatives for the Residential Campus.
• Student Life Designees: Assistant Dean of Campus Life/Director of Residence Life and Associate Director for Residential Education.
• All faculty members who currently serve as advisors to LLCs.
• All staff members who currently serve as advisors to LLCs.
• Two student currently involved in LLCs, appointed by Council co-chairs.

A quorum is six or more council members and must include the two co-chairs and two members of the teaching faculty on the Council unless otherwise specified below.

• The council has two standing co-chairs, the Director of Academic Initiatives for the Residential Campus and the Associate Director for Residential Education.
• The chairs schedule council meetings at least twice per semester at a time convenient to council members, unless council business necessitates more frequent meetings.
• The co-chairs when appropriate may create subcommittees of the Council. Members of any subcommittee will be nominated electronically. A simple majority of the Council is needed to have a quorum for the election of subcommittee members, with two-thirds of those voting required to carry the election of nominees.
• The Chairs inform members of meetings at least one week in advance and provide a written agenda and a copy of the minutes of the previous meetings.
• The Chairs preside at all meetings unless they appoint a proxy in their absence.
• All decisions on council business will be made through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of the members present.
• The co-chairs of the Council will share information pertaining to the Council's goals and activities each year with the Residential Campus Advisory Committee.

• To share information, provide feedback, and make recommendations on LLC growth and development.
• To foster a creative vision for the LLC program.
• To advise Student Life and Academic Affairs on promoting and improving LLCs.
• To review and make recommendations to the Council Co-Chairs on the design, implementation, and assessment of LLC learning outcomes, LLC program goals, and proposals for new LLCs.

In addition to sharing Council's goals and activities on an annual basis to the Residential Campus Advisory Committee, the Council co-chairs will submit a written executive summary of the Council's activities on an annual basis to the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, the Assistant Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Campus Life, and the Assistant Dean of Campus Life/Director of Residence Life.

C26S

 

The Student Communications Media Board is concerned with overseeing all aspects of the operation of University-approved student communications media.

• Three full-time permanent teaching faculty members or support staff with faculty rank appointed for two-year terms by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs in alternate years. One faculty member will be appointed from the School of Communications. No more than two faculty members will be appointed from any single department. Faculty advisors to the media are ineligible.
• Three student members appointed for two-year terms by the President of the Student Government Association and approved by the SGA Senate in alternate years. One of the three student members will serve as a representative to the SGA, and that student will be from the School of Communications and may not hold a leadership position in student media. Editors or managers of campus media are ineligible.
• An Assistant or Associate Dean of Students appointed by the Vice President of Student Life/Dean of Students.
• An Associate Dean of Communications appointed by the Dean of Communications.
• The Chief Information Officer, or designee.
• A designee of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs will serve as Chair, voting only in case of a tie.
• The Vice President of University Communications, or designee (non-voting member).
• Coordinator/Director of Student Media (non-voting member)

• The Media Board holds monthly meetings at a time convenient to members. The Chair may call additional meetings if necessary.
• The Media Board makes decisions through normal parliamentary procedures by a majority vote of members present. A quorum consists of a majority of the board membership.
• The Media Board invites advisors and editor/managers of campus media to attend open Media Board meetings.

• To assist, guide, and encourage in the operation of all University-approved campus media
• To set policies, approve budgetary requests received from the media and submit annual requests for funds to the University
• To initiate the process for the creation of any new University-wide student communications medium and to authorize the revision or termination of existing media
• To appoint the editor/manager and the advisor of any student media, and, if it should become necessary, to censure, suspend, or dismiss the editor/manager or the advisor of any student medium

C34J

 

The Student Professional Development Center Advisory Committee works with the Executive Director of the Student Professional Development Center to understand, develop, and implement best practices for student professional development on the Elon University campus. 

• Executive Director of the  Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) or designee
• Director of Internships
• Coordinator of the SPDC Course Programs
• Six full-time permanent teaching faculty who are appointed annually in consultation with Academic Council by the Provost
  • One member from Mathematics and Natural Sciences
  • One member from Fine Arts and Humanities
  • One member from Social Sciences
  • One member from the School of Communication
  • One member from the School of Business
  • One member from the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education

• One Student Professional Development Center staff member who is currently teaching or has taught a SPDC course and appointed annually by the Provost
• One student selected by the Executive Director of the Student Professional Development Center 

• The committee meets twice a semester during the academic year or more as necessary.
• The committee may rely on sub-committees, task forces, special committees, and/or others to perform its work.
• The committee may conduct ongoing business and address concerns as they arise via online ‘meetings’ as appropriate. 

• To elect annually its chair from among the faculty members on the committee.
• To review University procedures and policies regarding effective curricular programs for the Student Professional Development Center and recommend changes where appropriate. Once final approval is given by the committee, the faculty committee chair will submit proposals to their Department Chair/Program Director and Dean for approval and referral to the appropriate School/Division Curriculum Committee, which will, upon approval, submit proposals to the University Curriculum Committee for final review and approval.
• To review present and future professional development curriculum to ensure compliance with the approved mission and goals of the University and the professional development program and recommend changes where appropriate.
• To be a voice for students, staff, and faculty regarding Student Professional Development Center academic courses.
• With support from the Executive Director, the committee chair will submit a written annual report to the Office of the Provost. 

C34S

 

The Teacher Education Committee is concerned with:

• Planning, developing, and administering a program for the education of teachers.
• Engaging in continuous study of the undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs and making recommendations to the appropriate Curriculum Committee and/or the administration for any needed or desirable institutional policy changes with regard to teacher education.

• Director of Teacher Education, chair
• Eleven faculty members who serve as licensure program coordinators from each of the following areas: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English, Spanish, Adventure, Health and Physical Education, Mathematics, Middle Grades Education, Music, Science (comprehensive and biology), Social Studies/History, and Special Education
• Coordinator of Secondary and K-12 Programs
• Director(s) of M.Ed. graduate program
• Education and Wellness Department Chair
• Director of Accreditation
• Director of Education Outreach
• Director of Teaching Fellows Program
• Two to four public school representatives, appointed by the Dean of the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
• Two to four teacher candidates, appointed by the Teacher Education Committee

• The committee meets as often as necessary (usually three or four times per semester) to carry out its duties.
• The committee develops and supervises a system of selection, interviewing, and enrollment of students for admission to the teacher education program.
• The committee determines standards to be met by students for the satisfactory completion of teacher education curricula.
• The committee provides guidance for students who have been admitted to the teacher education program and for their advisors.
• The committee makes decisions on committee business through normal parliamentary procedure and a majority vote of members present.
• The Chair selects another committee member to record the minutes of the meetings.
• The committee chair or their designee notifies the Department of Education and Wellness and the candidate's advisor of a teacher education applicant's admission or rejection to the program.
• The committee reviews and approves through a majority vote any curricular change in teacher education programs.
• The committee forwards any proposed curricular changes concerning teacher education to the relevant School or Division Curriculum Committee (SDCC) for consideration. The relevant SDCC then forwards any approved change to the University Curriculum Committee.
• The committee notifies the general faculty of any policy changes through communication with the University administration.

C27A

 

The Teaching Fellow Advisory Committee serves in an advisory capacity to the Director, the Dean of Education, and the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Dean of Education
• Director of Teaching Fellows Program
• Director of Multicultural Center
• Two teaching faculty members
• Two representatives from the Alamance Burlington Schools
• Four students, one from each of the four classes of Teaching Fellows

The Teaching Fellow Advisory Committee meets formally once a semester and may meet more often when necessary.

• To make programmatic suggestions and give counsel regarding program policies and activities
• To act as a forum for student and teaching faculty concerns regarding the Teaching Fellow Program
• To help coordinate the Teaching Fellow Program's interaction with other campus programs and activities, such as the honors program
• To participate when appropriate in Teaching Fellow activities

C27Q

 

The Tenure/Promotion Appeal Hearing Board makes it possible for teaching faculty members to appeal tenure or promotion decisions based on alleged violations of procedure.

• Six tenured full professors who are members of the teaching faculty including two representatives from Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences, and one each from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business, the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education, the School of Communications and the School of Health Sciences. All representatives will serve three-year terms.
• Academic Council will serve as a nominating committee for Tenure/Promotion Appeal representatives, submitting to the faculty at least one week in advance of the faculty meeting one name for each place to be filled. The Council will secure consent of persons being nominated. Nominations will also be accepted from the floor.
• Election. At the May meeting of the faculty, election of tenure/promotion appeal representatives will follow a prescribed cycle:

Year One

• One member from Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences
• One member from the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business

Year Two

• One member from Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences
• One member from the School of Communications

Year Three

• One member from the Watts Williams School of Education
• One member from the School of Health Sciences

Members will be available to serve on a Tenure/Promotion Appeal Hearing Board and Continuance Appeal Hearing Board as needed (see Tenure/Promotion Appeal and Continuance Decision Appeal Process for Teaching Faculty)

The Elon Innovation Council will advise the President and campus partners on innovation priorities and areas of growth. The Council is concerned with cultivating a culture of innovation on campus and facilitating the implementation of innovative practices.

• The committee will have nine members. All members should have professional interest and experience in innovation, broadly defined. Members will be appointed for two year terms which begin at the start of academic years.
• Committee Chair, appointed by the president.
• One member from Information Technology, appointed by the Vice President for Finance and Administration.
• One member from the Doherty Center for Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. 
• Two staff members, appointed by Staff Advisory Council. One member will be appointed in even years. One member will be appointed in odd years.
• Four faculty members, appointed by Academic Council. Two members will be appointed in odd years. Two members will be appointed in even years. No more than two members may be from a single College or School. At least three of these members will be teaching faculty. Staff with faculty rank are eligible for appointment.

• The Committee chair will determine meeting agendas, frequencies and formats.
• All members are voting members.
• Official committee decisions require a simple majority vote.
• Committee members should seek input from relevant stakeholders prior to recommendations.
• This committee is not responsible for representing faculty on general items in the purview of University Curriculum Committee or Academic Council, though the committee may make relevant recommendations to those groups.
• The committee reports to the President. Major recommendations by the committee should be shared with the Chairs of Academic Council and Staff Advisory Council.

• To make recommendations to the President and other units of campus as directed by the President regarding innovation priorities, practices, and impact.
• To serve as a liaison committee between faculty, staff, students, and administrators regarding innovative practices.
• To facilitate the development of processes, incentives, advocates, and programs to support innovation.
• To encourage innovation across campus by reviewing and awarding grants for innovative projects proposals that align with the university’s strategic plan.
• To promote faculty and staff development opportunities regarding best practices in innovation and entrepreneurship.

C26X

 

The University Appeal Board is concerned with reviewing appeals of cases heard by the Honor Board or other hearing officers for violations of academic or social policies in the Code of Conduct.

• Designee of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, who serves as chair and convener for appeals related to academic policy violations
• Assistant Vice President for Student Life/Dean of Campus Life, or designee of the Vice President for Student Life, who serves as convener for appeals related to social policy violations
• Six members of the faculty, appointed by the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or designee to serve three year terms
• President of Student Government Association or another member of the executive officers, only one serving at a time

1. The committee meets at the beginning of the year for the purpose of orientation and/or training of members.
2. The committee considers all appeals of cases heard by the Elon Honor Board or administrative hearing officer upon the request of the student in question. When it does so it may review the case and the written appeal.
3. Following review, the committee may:

• Uphold the original decision;
• Uphold the original decision but change the sanction (more or less severe);
• Change the not/responsible decision; or
• Remand the case to the original hearing officer or hearing board.

4. The decision of the University Appeals Board is final.

• To convene, as needed, for the consideration of appeals of decisions regarding violations of the Honor Code and Code of Conduct, including academic and social policies
• To review written appeals to consider the merits of the information in the case file and the appeal request to determine if they meet the grounds for appeal based on established grounds for appeal
• To make final decisions about findings of responsibility for policy violations and any assigned sanctions, including the possibility of suspension or permanent separation

Within general parameters set by the President and the Board of Trustees, the committee develops a specific budget model for each upcoming fiscal year and submits the proposed budget for approval by the President and the Board of Trustees.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (serves as chair)
• Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology
• Associate Vice President for Business and Finance
• University Bursar
• An Academic Dean - appointed by the President from one of the schools or the College of Arts & Sciences
• Two Post-Probationary Teaching Faculty Representatives - appointed by Academic Council through Academic Council's Committee on Committees process in consultation with the President and Provost. Representatives will serve five-year terms that overlap by two or three years. Representatives may be appointed to serve up to two consecutive terms.

• Receives general parameters from the President to guide the development of budget models
• Meets to develop possible budget models
• Conducts a university-wide budget forum to inform members of the community of possible budget models and to receive feedback from members of the community
• Meets again to further develop a possible budget model
• Conducts a second university-wide budget forum to inform members of the community of the anticipated budget model and to receive feedback from members of the community
• Meets to make any needed final changes to the budget model and votes to approve the final budget
• Submits the final budget model to the President for approval. Then, after approving, the President submits the final budget to the Board of Trustees for approval.

The committee develops Elon's academic calendar as well as the full institutional/university calendar.

• Both the academic calendar and the institutional calendar are prepared two years in advance.
• As the first step in developing the institutional calendar, a subcommittee of the calendar committee composed of the Provost, the Registrar and the two teaching faculty committee members, meets to develop the academic calendar in a manner that ensures adherence to SACS requirements.
• As the second step in developing the institutional calendar, the full calendar committee meets to develop the institutional calendar. During this process, members of the calendar committee coordinate their respective events (e.g., family weekend, graduation, admissions events, homecoming) to work within the established academic calendar.

• Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (serves as chair)
• Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology
• Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
• Vice President for Enrollment
• Vice President of Student Life
• University Registrar and Assistant Vice President
• Director of Athletics
• Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
• Associate Vice President for University Advancement
• Executive Director of Cultural and Special Programs
• Senior Director of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving
• Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
• Senior Director of Parent Engagement
• Two Teaching Faculty Representatives - appointed by Academic Council through Academic Council's Committee on Committees process in consultation with the President and Provost. Representatives will serve five-year terms with the terms that overlap two or three years. Representatives may serve up to two consecutive terms.
• Chief Of Staff (President's representative)
• Director of Event and Space Management (keeper of the calendar)
• One student representative (appointed by the SGA)

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The University Environmental Advisory Council is concerned with maintaining and improving all aspects of environmental sustainability and increasing effective environmental stewardship on campus.

• Senior Vice President for Business, Finance and Technology, ex-officio
• Director of Sustainability, ex-officio
• Education and Outreach Coordinator, ex-officio
• Associate Vice President for Facilities Management/Director of Physical Plant, ex-officio
• Faculty Fellow for Sustainability, ex-officio
• Three faculty members
• Four staff members
• Two students
• The University President appoints the Chair from the committee members.

• To monitor and evaluate the University’s Environmental Sustainability Plan
• To suggest ideas for enhancing sustainability practices on campus
• To facilitate continued attention to effective environmental practices through lectures, extracurricular events, and advertising campaigns
• To advise the President on University policies and practices that will increase the sustainable use of resources on campus

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The Women’s, Gender, and Sexualities Studies (WGSS) Advisory Committee is concerned with all aspects of women’s, gender, and sexualities studies as our program is a home for mentoring, pedagogy, and scholarship dedicated to feminist praxis: thought, action, and reflection oriented toward ending injustice in our local and global communities. Together we carefully and collectively examine and interrogate interlocking systems of power and oppression.

 

Please visit the WGSS Studies Minor website for more information about the Minor and its Advisory Committee.

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A Committee Annual Report and Evaluation  detailing committee progress and accomplishments must be submitted to the Chair of Academic Council by April 1^st of each year.

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A Committee Members’ Evaluation detailing committee members’ assessment of progress and accomplishments must be submitted to the Chair of Academic Council by June 1^st of each year.