DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - STEVENS POINT

RULES AND PROCEDURES – REVISED: 11/9/07

 

 

I.      Definitions and General Policies.

 

                 A.             General Definitions.

 

                                          1.      Department shall mean The Department of Physics and Astronomy.

 

                                          2.      Dean shall mean the Dean of the College of Letters and Science.

 

                                          3.      Vice-Chancellor shall mean the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

 

                 B.      Regular Members.  All faculty holding the rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor or professor who are assigned to the Department for at least 50% of an academic year appointment shall hold regular membership in the Department and shall be eligible to vote on all issues at Department meetings and shall be eligible to serve on all Department committees, except as otherwise restricted by these rules.

 

                 C.      Associate Members.  All persons holding academic staff appointments who are assigned to the Department, all persons teaching less than half time in the Department, and all persons who hold rank and tenure in the Department but are currently assigned to other units of the University shall hold associate membership in the Department.

 

                                          1.      Academic staff with appointments of at least half-time shall be eligible to vote on all issues at Department meetings except for personnel questions of recruitment, promotion, retention, and tenure.

 

                                          2.      Faculty and Academic Staff who teach less than half-time in the Department are eligible to vote on all issues at Department or (as elected members) at Department committee meetings except the following: curricular matters; personnel questions of recruitment, retention, tenure, promotion, salary and merit; the election of Department representatives to college or university bodies; the nomination of Department members to Department, college or university office or award; and the nomination of a candidate for Department chairperson.