BYLAWS
OF THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
[Amended April and September 2003]
ARTICLE 7. ENGLISH
GRADUATE FACULTY
Section 7.1. Membership.
The graduate faculty of the English department consists of members of the
English faculty who are also members of the graduate faculty, as provided
in the Bylaws of the Faculty of the Graduate School, Article II. All
members of the English graduate faculty may participate and vote in
meetings of the English graduate faculty.
Section 7.2 Mode of Election.
The departmental chair shall solicit the recommendations of the English
graduate faculty before forwarding his/her own recommendation for
membership in the graduate faculty to the dean and the Graduate Council.
The procedure to be used in soliciting recommendations shall be
established by the graduate faculty. Election to the graduate faculty
does not imply departmental endorsement for tenure.
Section 7.3. Chair.
The Director of M.A.-English and the Director of Creative Writing shall Be
co-chairs of the English graduate faculty.
Section 7.4. Meetings.
Meetings of the English graduate faculty shall be held at the call of
either or both chairs, the departmental chair, or by the written request
of thirty-five percent of the English graduate faculty, with written
notice to all English graduate faculty members at least two working days
prior to the meeting.
ARTICLE 8. RULES OF ORDER
Robert’s Rules of Order, revised edition,
will govern English faculty and committee meetings except when they
conflict with the university faculty constitution, the college bylaws, or
these bylaws, or when additional rules are adopted by the English faculty
or committees for the conduct of meetings.
ARTICLE 9. AMENDMENTS
These bylaws may be amended by a
two-thirds affirmative vote of the English faculty in attendance at a
meeting, a quorum being present. Proposed amendments must be published in
full and distributed to all English faculty members at least two weeks
prior to the meeting in which they are to be considered. No amendment may
be proposed or adopted which conflicts with the university faculty
constitution, the College Bylaws, or the Bylaws of the Faculty of the
Graduate School.
