2.1
Members of the faculty shall be all teaching personnel with full-time appointments, holding the rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or lecturer, whose primary responsibility is teaching students at least half time for the university. Additional release time designated by the Chief Academic Officer (CAO) does not preclude membership.
2.1.1
Full-time tenured, tenure track, and full-time lecturer faculty members are bound to the Faculty Handbook.
2.2
Individuals under an employment agreement as adjunct faculty shall be considered members of the faculty during academic terms of their employment.
2.2.1
Adjunct faculty members are bound to the Adjunct Faculty Handbook.
2.3
Members of the faculty with full-time appointments shall hold the right to vote in and outside of faculty meetings, in elections, or on other items presented to the faculty for a vote.
2.4
The Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary retain their individual voting rights as members of the faculty during faculty meetings, but may choose not to exercise them. The officers will not have any additional voting rights by virtue of their roles as Chair, Vice Chair, or Secretary.
