Bylaws
Article I - Name
The name of this committee is the College Faculty Council (CFC) of the Radow College
of Humanities
and Social Sciences (HSS).
Article II - Purpose
The purposes of the CFC are to promote collegiality and effective shared governance
of the
college by increasing transparency and two-way communication between the faculty and
the
dean with regard to the development of policy and to increase communication about
the
implementation of policy including, but not limited to, strategic planning, annual
budgeting,
hiring, space and resource allocation, reassign-time, salaries and raises, appointment
and reports of ad hoc committees. The CFC is advisory to the dean, who holds decision-making
authority at the college level.
Article III - Members; Election of Chair
- CFC members should be tenured members of the department they represent. If there are
no tenured members from a department willing and able to serve, a tenure-track member
should be elected. - Each department in HSS will elect one member to the CFC for a three-year term (starting
in August and ending in July). Terms among the members are staggered and will start in
August of the following years:
School of Communication and Media: 2022, 2025, 2028
School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding & Dcv: 2020, 2023, 2026
English: 2021, 2024, 2027
Foreign Languages: 2020, 2023, 2026
Geography and Anthropology: 2019, 2022, 2025
School of Government and International Affairs: 2022, 2025, 2028
History and Philosophy: 2020, 2023, 2026
Interdisciplinary Studies: 2020, 2023, 2026
Psychology: 2021, 2024, 2027
Sociology and Criminal Justice: 2021, 2024, 2027
Technical Communication & Interactive Design: 2021, 2024, 2027 - A department may recall its CFC representative by a 2/3 vote of its permanent, full-time
faculty. The department should replace a member who does not complete their term for
any reason with a timely election. - The college may choose to add additional members by 2/3 vote of the permanent, fulltime
faculty of the college. - The dean is an ex officio non-voting member of the CFC. The dean and department chairs
are not eligible to vote for or to serve as a CFC representative. - The chair of the CFC must be an elected department representative who has served on
the council the previous year, selected by majority vote of the elected members of
the CFC. The term of chair will be one year, renewable by vote. Duties of the chair
include
preparation and publication of agendas and minutes.
Article IV - Meetings; Summer functioning
- The council shall hold meetings at least twice each fall and spring semester. The
council
chair or chair's designee shall keep the CFC informed of relevant issues that arise during
the summer; CFC may act via electronic voting during the summer, as needed. - CFC meetings shall be open to the public except as required by law or written KSU
policy; sessions with limited attendance or "executive session" will be addressed below.
The CFC shall publish agendas and meeting times in advance, and publish minutes or a
meeting summary within one week of the end of the relevant meeting that, at minimum,
records attendance and all actions, decisions or recommendations of the CFC.
- The council may meet without the dean or members of the dean's staff present.
- All sessions of the CFC and its Committees shall be open to the public except
during Executive Session. The CFC and its Committees may, upon majority vote
of those members present and constituting a quorum for business, meet in
Executive Session to consider and act upon any matter. After an Executive
Session of the CFC or of any of its Committees, the CFC or Committee shall
announce to the College any decisions taken in Executive Session and shall record
such actions in the official minutes.
Article V - Voting; quorum for voting
When matters require council decision, a majority vote of present members will represent
council decision, provided a majority of council members are present.
Article VI - Amendments
These bylaws maybe amended by majority vote of the members, provided that a notice
setting
forth the proposed amendment or amendments an explanation thereof and known objections
thereto shall have been sent to each member at least ten days prior to the vote. Any
member of the council may initiate an amendment.
Article VII - Relationship to Other Governing Rules and Regulations
Nothing in these bylaws should be construed to supersede provisions of the statutes of Kennesaw State University as described in the Faculty Handbook and other materials provided by the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences,and the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
