The above is drawn from Article 1, Establishment of a University Senate, of the charter and bylaws of the University of Rochester Faculty Senate. The Senate consists of 45 members elected by and from the faculties.
Election is by a preferential system.
The only stipulation regarding membership across schools is that each school shall be entitled to at least one senator. The president, the provost, and the University dean of graduate studies are ex officio members of the Senate. The Senate ordinarily meets nine times during the academic year. Meetings are from 4 to 6 p.m. by charter regulation and on a middle Tuesday of the month by custom. The agendas for these meetings are prepared by the Executive Committee of the Senate and have consisted of a variety of items, academic and nonacademic, including, for example, faculty fringe benefits, confidentiality of faculty files, computing, women s studies, and the University budget.