Vacancies under Old Bylaws


Faculty Association Standing Committees

Academic Programs Committee The Academic Programs Committee shall review and recommend policies regarding degree requirements, academic programs and priorities, program evaluation, organization of academic units, and major changes in the University curriculum.	Representatives needed: 2-year terms: two from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one from Education & Human Services one from Health one at-large 1-year term (replacement): one from the Library

Academic Standards Committee The Academic Standards Committee shall review and recommend regulations concerning admission and re-admission of students to the University, suspension of students, academic loads, withdrawal from courses and from the University, award of credit, award of academic honors, and maintenance of academic integrity.	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: four at-large

Academic Technology and Support Services Committee The Academic Technology and Support Services Committee shall review and recommend policies, regulations, and practices concerning computer support, distance learning, academic and career advisement, instructional media, the bookstore, the library, the academic enrichment center, and any other academic technological or support services.	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one from Health one from the Library two at-large

Adjunct Affairs Committee The Adjunct Affairs Committee shall review and recommend policies with regard to the appointment, evaluation, retention, professional development, ethics, affirmative action, and teaching methods of adjunct faculty; their instructional support; their orientation and training; their advancement; and such other matters as may pertain to the role of adjunct faculty in the instructional effort of the institution. The committee also shall review, on request, unresolved differences between adjunct faculty members and the administration and make appropriate recommendations, except in instances that are clear violations of such agreements as may be negotiated between the UFF and the BOR and are addressable through the grievance process.	Representatives needed (In order to establish a pattern of staggered memberships, half of the terms are one-year): 2-Year Terms: one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one at-large 1-Year Terms: one from Education & Human Services one from Health one from the Library one at-large

Budget and Legislative Information Committee The Budget and Legislative Information Committee shall apprise the Association of budgetary considerations, including formulas; shall provide the Association with information about current University budget expenditures, on faculty position availability, and the use of unfilled faculty positions; and shall inform the Association of Florida Legislature and Department of Education actions pertaining to higher education in general and to the University of North Florida in particular.	Representatives needed - 3-year terms: three at-large

Faculty Affairs Committee The Faculty Affairs Committee shall review and recommend policies regarding evaluation, promotion and tenure, professional development, release time, ethics, affirmative action, teaching methods, honorary degrees and such other matters that customarily concern the regular faculty. The Committee shall also review, on request, unresolved differences between regular faculty members and the administration and make appropriate recommendations, except in instances that are clear violations of the BOR/UFF Agreement and are addressable through the grievance process.	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: three at-large

Promotion and Tenure Committee The Promotion and Tenure Committee shall review all nominations for faculty promotion and tenure which have been presented to the Chief Academic Officer of the University. The Committee shall submit its recommendations in all cases to the Chief Academic Officer of the University.	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: Must be tenured associate and full professors; Must not have line authority over promotion and/or tenure decisions; Must not be a candidate being considered by the committee for promotion. one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Education & Human Services three at-large

Nominations and Elections Committee The Nominations and Elections Committee shall conduct elections of officers, standing committees, and delegates; shall adopt and announce procedures for such elections in accordance with these bylaws and shall present an appropriate list of nominees for all vacancies occurring on all standing committees other than itself, and shall establish procedures for filling interim vacancies when a committee member's leave is a full semester or more.	Replacement representative needed: 1-year term: one from the Library

Food Service Committee	Representative needed - 1-year term: one at-large

General Education Council	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: one from Humanities one from Mathematical Sciences

Honors Council	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: one from Arts & Sciences one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one from Education & Human Services one at-large

Osprey Productions	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: two at-large

Sabbatical Selection Committee	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: Must be tenured. two from Arts & Sciences two from Business Administration one from Computing Sciences & Engineering two from Education & Human Services two from Health

SGA Budget & Allocation Committee	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: one at-large

Spinnaker Publications Board	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: three at-large

Student Conduct Board	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: three at-large

University Appeals Committee	Representatives needed: 2-Year Terms: one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Education & Human Services Alternates - 2-Year Terms: one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one from Education & Human Services one from Health

University Committee on Affirmative Action and Diversity	Representatives needed - 2-year term: one at-large

Professorial Excellence Program (PEP) Selection Committee	Representatives needed - 1-year terms: one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Computing Sciences & Engineering one from Education & Human Services one from Health one from the Library five at-large

Sustained Performance Evaluation (SPE) Appeals Committee	Representatives needed - 2-year terms: Must be tenured associate and full professors; Must not be a candidate eligible to be evaluated during committee term. one from Arts & Sciences one from Business Administration one from Health three at-large 1-year term (replacement): one from Education & Human Services

Nominations by any member of the Faculty Association for any of the above committees should be submitted to the respective College/Library representative of the Nominations & Elections Committee, or to the chairperson, Diane Tanner at dtanner@unf.edu or x2630. No Association member may serve on more than two standing committees (excluding the Executive Committee) at one time nor serve no more than two consecutive terms on any one standing committee. Additional nominations for positions on these committees may be made from the floor at the March meeting.


Constitutional Jurisdiction Committee	Representatives needed - 2-year term: one at-large