Committee on Committees

  • The vice president of the faculty council shall serve as the chair of the Committee on Committees.
  • The committee shall be composed five additional salaried Core faculty members from the Departments of the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, Medical Education, Clinical Sciences, Medicine, and Population Health Sciences for equal representation from these Departments. Members will serve staggered three-year terms. Committee members cannot serve two consecutive three-year terms. They must rotate off the Committee after a three-year, for at least one term, to allow for new voices on the Committee.
  • The administrative contact for each committee seeking new members will submit a request including criteria and deadlines to the faculty council administrator two months before the deadline
  • The faculty council administrator will send an open call to all faculty so that interested and eligible individuals can be identified or recruited. To promote a broad viewpoint in all issues affecting faculty, the committee will consider all forms of unique perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences in its identification of candidates for open positions.
  • The faculty council administrator will communicate nominations to the committee chair who will confirm with the administrative contact that all final candidates meet eligibility requirements and return the final slate to the faculty council administrator.
  • The faculty council administrator will communicate nominations to the Committee on Committees for their review and feedback and to confirm final nominations.
  • When applicable, the faculty council administrator will create a ballot and host an election for the open position(s) and communicate the final results to the administrative contact for the committee.
  • This committee may also be utilized to identify and recruit faculty members for additional elected or appointed positions whenever faculty council input into those positions is desired or appropriate.

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