A61.23A64: Health Sciences Center Council
PolicyApproved by: Faculty Senate
Effective: April 28, 2020
Responsible Faculty Committee: Health Sciences Center Council
Office Responsible for Administration: Office of the University Secretary
Revisions to the Policy Rationale, Policy Statement, and Applicability sections of this document must be approved by the full Faculty Senate.
Policy Rationale
The Faculty Senate Health Sciences Center (HSC) Council is charged with oversight of faculty issues that are unique to the HSC.
Policy Statement
The purpose of the HSC Council is to serve as an advisory board to the Faculty Senate, to enhance the role and visibility of the Health Sciences CenterHSC faculty in shared governance, particularly as it relates to the HSC, and to representdeliberate and act on behalf of the UNM Faculty Senate in all matters relating to faculty governance and shared governance of the HSC, consistent with the UNM Faculty Constitution, Faculty Handbook, Faculty Senate Bylaws, and with the policies of the Board of Regents and the UniversityUNM. In matters pertaining to faculty governance and shared governance of the universityUNM, as a whole, the HSC Council shall represent the faculty of the UNM HSC to the Faculty Senate, the Executive Vice President (EVP) for Health Sciences and/or Leadership, and upon request the HSC Committee of the Board of Regents.
The HSC Council shall have the right or duty to consider and advise the Faculty Senate, the EVP for Health Sciences and/or Leadership, and upon request the HSC Committee of the Board of Regents on behalf of HSC faculty onover:
a) Institutional aims and strategic plans of the HSC; .
b) Organizational structure and creation of new departments and divisions; .
c) Major curricular changes and other matters that, in the opinion of the ChancellorEVP for Health Sciences or of the faculty, including HSC Faculty via its Council members, affect the HSC, as a whole; .
d) Matters of general concern or welfare for HSC faculty.
The foregoing purposes do not supplant the rights and responsibilities of faculty within their respective academic units, nor replace the authority of the Faculty Senate. Rather, the HSC Council shall serve as a forum and voice for the HSC faculty, as a whole, in representing the interests of HSC Facultyfaculty to the HSC Committee of the Board of DirectorsRegents and Office of the ChancellorEVP for Health Sciences as well as to the UNM Faculty Senate.
MembershipVoting members of the HSC Council shall consist of allbe:
a) All duly elected faculty senators representing the academic units of the HSC.
b) Two at-large members elected by the faculty of each of the academic units of the HSC (School of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Population Health) who need not be members of the UNM Faculty Senate.
Non-voting ex officio members of the HSC Council shall be:
a) The EVP for Health Sciences
b) The Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs
c) The Provost or Associate Provost of UNM
d) The President of the UNM Faculty Senate
The terms of office for faculty members shall be for three (3) years, set up on a staggered basis so that the terms of approximately one-third (1/3) of members will expire each year.
The HSC Council structure, duties, meeting schedule, and committees are defined in the HSC Council Bylaws.
Applicability
All UNM faculty, including the Health Sciences Center and Branch Community Colleges.
Revisions to the remaining sections of this document may be amended with the approval of the Faculty Senate representingPolicy and Operations Committee in consultation with the HSC campusresponsible Faculty Senate Committee listed in Policy Heading. Membership may be increased
Definitions
There are no specific definitions required by a quorum votethis Policy.
Who should read this policy
- All UNM faculty.
- Academic administrators and staff.
- Administrative staff responsible for policy development.
Related Documents
Faculty Handbook:
HSC Council Bylaws
Contacts
Direct any questions about this policy to the UNM Office of the Council to include non-senatorsUniversity Secretary.
Procedures
A chair shall be elected every two years. Midway through the term of the chair, a chair-elect shall be elected to serve for one year as chair-elect, prior to taking office as chairThe Health Sciences Center Council will schedule regular meetings. The retiring chair shall serve as past chair for at leastCouncil Chair will meet regularly with the first year of the term of newly elected chairOperations Committee, but no less than once each semester.
HSC COUNCIL BY LAWS
History
- April 28, 2020 – Approved by Faculty Senate