The Senate shall have the following powers and duties to: 1. submit recommendations to the BOT through the President; 2. review and approve changes regarding educational policy, curricula, academic programs, and academic regulations and standards; 3. adopt bylaws pertaining to the internal mechanisms of this Senate; 4. initiate action recommending studies and changes relating to educational policy, curricula, academic programs, and academic regulations and standards; 5. make recommendations on matters relating to faculty welfare or morale, student affairs, business and budgetary affairs, and other matters of professional interest to faculty; 6. facilitate communication among and between the faculty and administration. B. Membership 1. The Senate shall include: a. Voting members The following voting members are selected from faculty who hold no concurrent exempt appointment. i. One senator and an alternate elected by and from TT/T faculty from each academic department and the library. ii. Additional senators, elected as directed in paragraph I above, allocated to departments as specified in the Senate Bylaws (Bylaws). iii. One senator-at-large and an alternate from each of the university centers that have at least five full-time faculty. Also one senator-at-large and an alternate for the remaining centers with fewer than five full-time faculty. Senators-at-large and alternates may be full-time NTT, and are elected by the faculty at the respective center(s). iv. Two NTT faculty members and two alternates elected in the spring quarter for the following year by those NTT faculty under contract in the preceding winter quarter. The senators and alternates shall serve for one academic year contingent on continued employment as NTT faculty at CWU. The EC shall oversee the election. b. Nonvoting members There shall also be the following ex officio, nonvoting members: i. the President; ii. the Provost; iii. three student representatives selected by the Associated Students of CWU (ASCWU) – Board of Directors. 2. Terms of service for voting senators: a. Term appointments for TT/T senators and alternates shall run three (3) academic years. No TT/T senator shall serve more than three (3) consecutive terms. A partial term of two (2) academic years or more shall be treated as a full term, while a partial term of less than two (2) academic years shall not be counted. b. Term appointments for NTT senators and alternates shall run one (1) term. A partial term shall be treated as a full term. c. All terms begin June 16 th . 3. Provisions for replacements are contained in the Bylaws. C. Officers of the Senate
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