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Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article IV., Section 5

H. FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE

The Faculty Consultative Committee shall represent the faculty at large and not the individual campuses, institutes, colleges, schools, or departments of the University. 

The Faculty Consultative Committee shall serve as the consulting body to the president and as executive committee of the Faculty Senate.

Membership

The tenured and tenure-track faculty of the Twin Cities campus shall elect 9 members, and the tenured and tenure-track faculty of the Morris and Rochester campuses, and the Duluth Campus Pharmacy and Medical School faculty (alternating terms), shall each elect one faculty member. Faculty members shall be nominated and elected by procedures established by each campus/college faculty, subject to the following provisions

• All elected members of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall hold regular appointment at the rank of professor, associate professor, or assistant professor. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, a University position carrying as any part of its title, for any percentage time, president, vice president, chancellor, provost, dean, executive director, librarian, counsel, attorney, or chief of staff at a collegiate or central administrative level may not serve on the committee. Individuals holding, in addition to their professorial title, an administrative appointment as department chair or department head (or its equivalent, such as center director) are eligible to serve on the committee.
• The faculties of the Morris and Rochester campuses, and of the Duluth Campus Medical School and College of Pharmacy (alternating terms), shall submit slates of twice as many candidates as are to be elected from their numbers. These candidates shall be nominated and certified as available according to procedures set forth by each campus/college assembly. The clerk of the campus/college assembly shall distribute election ballots and slates to all faculty members eligible to vote for members of the Senate and shall receive all returns. The election shall be held and completed by the end of spring semester. In case of a tie, the successful candidate shall be chosen by lot.
• The Nominating Subcommittee is responsible for identifying Twin Cities faculty candidates for the Faculty Consultative Committee. The Nominating Subcommittee shall consist of the Twin Cities voting members of the Faculty Consultative Committee (except the chair and chair-elect); the chairs of senate committees who are ex officio members of the Faculty Consultative Committee (chairs from other campuses shall be non-voting ex officio); and the immediate past Twin Cities voting members of the Faculty Consultative Committee. A faculty member must be eligible to serve on the Faculty Consultative Committee to serve on the Nominating Subcommittee. The Nominating Subcommittee shall elect a chair from among its members. The Nominating Subcommittee shall nominate twice as many faculty candidates for the Faculty Consultative Committee, who are confirmed as willing to serve, as are to be elected each year from the Twin Cities campus. To achieve balanced representation across the Twin Cities campus, the Nominating Subcommittee may choose to pair candidates. The final slate of candidates shall be announced in the Faculty Senate docket for a spring semester meeting. Additional nominations of eligible faculty, confirmed as willing to serve, may be made by: (1) petition of 12 voting members of the Twin Cities faculty, provided that the petition is in the hands of the Senate Office the day before the Faculty Senate meeting; (2) nomination on the floor of the Faculty Senate by members of the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation when the slate is presented. If the nominees are paired, any additional nomination shall specify against which pair the nominee will run. The Senate Office shall present the slate to the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation for its approval. In the event there are additional nominations, the Twin Cities Faculty Delegation will reduce the slate to twice the number to be elected by voting by secret ballot. The slate as approved shall be presented to the faculty for an election, conducted in accordance with the preceding paragraph of the Faculty Senate Bylaws. 
• For the purpose of FCC membership on the Senate Consultative Committee (SCC) and ex officio voting membership on the University Senate, the 10 voting members for SCC shall be the 10 elected members of FCC with the most time in service in their current term on FCC, with a tie breaker of total time of service on any Faculty or University Senate committee.

In case of a faculty vacancy, the remaining members of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall elect and individual to fill the vacancy on an interim basis until the next general election. Such members shall have all the rights of regularly elected members during their interim appointment.

Each spring, the voting members of the Faculty Consultative Committee shall elect a chair and a chair-elect to serve for a one-year term of office commencing July 1 of that year. Eligible candidates for chair and chair-elect include all voting members of the Faculty Consultative Committee; the chair, vice chair, and immediate past chair of the Faculty Consultative Committee; the vice chair of the senate; and all committee chairs serving as ex officio members on the Faculty Consultative Committee. Members of the Faculty Consultative Committee who are eligible for election to the Faculty Senate are eligible candidates even if their term of service is expiring and even if they have completed the maximum term of service. All candidates must be regular faculty members and meet the eligibility requirements for election to the Faculty Senate. 

The Faculty Consultative Committee shall hold an approval ballot for chair with the chair-elect as the sole candidate unless the chair-elect is unable or unwilling to serve as chair. Should the chair-elect fail to receive a majority vote, or should the chair-elect be unable or unwilling to serve, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall solicit nominations of eligible candidates for chair (including self-nominations) and conduct a ballot for chair in the manner specified for chair-elect below.        

To enable the Faculty Consultative Committee to consider the diversity of its leadership, the Faculty Consultative Committee shall only elect a chair-elect from among eligible candidates once a chair has been elected. The (current) Faculty Consultative Committee chair shall solicit chair-elect nominations (including self-nominations) and shall present a ballot with all nominated candidates who are willing to serve. The Faculty Consultative Committee may conduct its election using ranked-choice voting, approval voting, iterated majority voting, or another mechanism of its choosing so long as a mechanism exists to break ties and establish a majority candidate. 

Election as chair or chair-elect of an elected member of the Faculty Consultative Committee with a continuing term does not create a vacancy. The number of voting members of the Faculty Consultative Committee may vary depending on the outcome of the chair and chair-elect elections. 

Articles II, Section 2(f), Article IV, Section 2(f) and Article VI, Section 2(e) of the Rules governing absences from committee meetings and Article I, Section 4 and Article III, Section 4 of Bylaws governing absences from Senate meetings shall apply to the Faculty Consultative Committee.

Duties and Responsibilities

Consultative

a. To discuss with the president and other University officers issues or policies of the University of concern to the faculty and, as appropriate, to make recommendations concerning such matters to the Faculty Senate. 

b. To initiate whatever studies it deems necessary and appropriate or to request such studies from the president or senior academic officers or from committees of the Faculty Senate.

c. To consult with the president or senior academic officers, in cooperation with the Finance and Planning Committee, on planning and on the annual budget and the biennial request.

d. To advise the president on procedures for making major administrative appointments and to participate in the selection process.

e. To receive from any faculty member notification of concerns which may require consultation with the president or senior academic officers. 

Steering

a. To superintend and direct all committees of the Faculty Senate, which includes the authority to require that any committee of the Faculty Senate report on any matter within its jurisdiction within 30 days. 

b. To receive recommendations of any faculty member who wishes to present a proposal to the Faculty Senate and to refer or act upon such recommendations as it deems appropriate. 

c. To route to the appropriate body all documents, proposals, or papers on any matter pertaining to the affairs of the Faculty Senate.

d. To convene on a regular basis the chairs of Faculty Senate committees as a coordinating committee to discuss and track agenda items. 

e. To serve as a coordinating body between the president and the Faculty Senate or a committee of the Faculty Senate.

f. To be responsible for the review, approval, and distribution of the docket for each meeting of the Faculty Senate. 

g. To recommend, with the approval of the Faculty Senate, such rules of procedure as are not provided in the Constitution or Bylaws.

h. To keep the published Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules of the Faculty Senate up to date.

Executive

a. To serve as a deliberative body of the Faculty Senate on all major items it deems necessary and appropriate.

b. To act on behalf of the Faculty Senate when a decision is required prior to the next scheduled meeting of the Faculty Senate and when a decision is required when it would not be possible to convene a special meeting of the Faculty Senate in a timely fashion; such actions will be reported to the Faculty Senate at its next meeting and the Faculty Senate may then overrule the Faculty Consultative Committee.

c. To examine any action taken respecting the University by the Board of Regents, the central administration, or by another individual or body having any relationship with the University. 

d. To appoint or assist in appointing, when requested, members of non-Senate committees.

e. To appoint special committees or subcommittees or to employ other devices which it deems necessary and appropriate. 

f. To report regularly on any matters which, in its judgment, should be brought to the attention of the University at large or specifically to the attention and consideration of the Faculty Senate.

g. To dispose of business which appears to be not germane to the purposes of the Faculty Senate.

h. To approve editorial changes in existing administrative policies previously approved by the Faculty Senate and in Faculty Senate documents (including the constitution, bylaws, and rules), and to reflect changes in titles of administrative offices or officers; the changes will be reported to the Faculty Senate for information.

i. To correct grammatical and punctuation errors and to approve other non-substantive technical amendments in existing administrative policies previously approved by the Faculty Senate and in Faculty Senate documents (including the constitution, bylaws, and rules); such actions will be reported to the Faculty Senate at its next meeting and the Faculty Senate may then overrule the Faculty Consultative Committee.

(Updated: 11.10.22)

• Letter to the BOR Re Unit Statements - December 2025
• Driven to Recover: An FCC Report on the Competitiveness of Faculty Compensation - November 2023
• Letter to the Board of Regents to endorse the proposal by President Gabel regarding the start of fall semester 2020 classes  - August 2020
• Letter to the Board of Regents regarding Title IX regulations - August 2020
• Communication from FCC Chair Amy Pittenger regarding the Faculty Senate meeting on April 23, 2020
• Statement Regarding Financial Stringency - April 2020
• Letter to the Board of Regents Regarding Building Names and Institutional History - March 2019
• Letter to Governor Tim Walz Regarding the University's Budget Request - March 2019
• Statement in Support of the University's HEAPR Request - April 2018
• Statement on US House Tax Proposal - November 2017
• Joint Task Force for Student Mental Health Report and Summary, June 2017 (PDFs)
• Statement: Reaffirming our Values, March 2017 (PDF)
• Report of the Special Committee on Graduate Education, December 2013 (PDF)
• Reflections on Governance Service, March 2013 (PDF)
• Summer Semester Report, January 2011 (PDF)
• Metrics and Mesasurements Report, September 2008 (PDF)
• Statement on the Status of Governance, February 2008
• Instrumentalization (Lighthouse) Report, September 2004
• Instrumentalization (Lighthouse) Cover Letter, September 2004
• Academic Freedom Report, April 2004
• Future of the Research University, January 1997

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Associated Policies

2025 - 2026 Perry Leo (CSE)

2024 - 2025 Jennifer Goodnough (Morris Campus)

2023 - 2024 Mark Bee (CBS)

2022 - 2023 Colleen Flaherty-Manchester (CSOM)

2021- 2022 Ned Patterson (Veterinary Medicine)

2020 - 2021 Phil Buhlmann (CSE)

2019 - 2020 Amy Pittenger (Pharmacy) 

2018 - 2019 (1/01/19 - 6/30/19) Amy Pittenger (Pharmacy) 

2018 - 2019 (6/01/18 - 12/31/18) Joseph Konstan (CSE)

2017 - 2018 Joseph Konstan (CSE)

2015 – 2017 Colin Campbell (Medical)

2014 – 2015 Rebecca Ropers  (CEHD)

2013 – 2014 Will Durfee (CSE)

2012 – 2013 Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (CSE)

2011 – 2012 Christopher Cramer (CSE)

2010 – 2011 Kathryn VandenBosch (CBS/CFANS)

2009 – 2010 Marti Hope Gonzales (CLA)

2008 – 2009 Emily Hoover (CFANS)

2007 – 2008 Gary J. Balas (IT)

2006 – 2007 Carol L. Chomsky (Law)

2005 – 2006 Jean Bauer (CHE)

2004 – 2005 Marvin Marshak (IT)

2003 - 2004 Judith A. Martin (CLA)

2002 - 2003 Dan Feeney (Vet Med)

2001 - 2002 Joseph Massey (CNR)

1999 - 2001 Fred L. Morrison (Law)

1998 - 1999 Sara M. Evans (CLA)

1997 - 1998 Victor A. Bloomfield (CBS)

1996 - 1997 Virginia H. Gray (CLA)

1995 - 1996 Carl Adams (Mgmt)

1994 - 1995 John S. Adams (CLA)

1993 - 1994 Judith M. Garrard (Pub Hlth)

1992 - 1993 Mario F. Bognanno (Mgmt)

1991 - 1992 Thomas M. Scott (CLA)

1989 - 1991 Warren E. Ibele (IT)

1988 - 1989 Mark L. Brenner (Ag)

1987 - 1988 W. Phillips Shively (CLA)

1986 - 1987 Ellen S. Berscheid (CLA)

1985 - 1986 Deon D. Stuthman (Ag)

1984 - 1985 Jack C. Merwin (Educ)

1983 - 1984 John Howe (CLA)

1982 - 1983 Patricia Swan (Ag)

1981 - 1982 Douglas Pratt (CBS)

1980 - 1981 Marcia Eaton (CLA)

1979 - 1980 Richard Purple (Med)

1978 - 1979 Mahmood Zaidi (Mgmt)

1977 - 1978 Betty W. Robinett (CLA)

1976 - 1977 Kenneth H. Keller (IT)

1975 - 1976 Paul L. Murphy (CLA)

1974 - 1975 Leon Reisman (GC)

1972 - 1974 Sam Krislov (CLA)

1970 - 1972 Carl Auerbach (Law)

1968 - 1970 John G. Darley (CLA)

1963 - 1968 Alfred O. C. Nier (IT)

1962 - 1963 William G. Shepherd (IT)

1960 - 1962 Will M. Myers

1956 - 1960 Francis M. Boddy

1952 - 1956 William Anderson