In the case of appointive faculty positions, the Chancellor will select appointees from names submitted by the University Committee. If there is no eligible candidate, a vacancy in a faculty elected position is filled by an appointee of the University Committee. A vacancy in a student position is filled by an appointee of the Student Association. When all faculty appointments to the committee have been made, the Secretary of the University shall designate a faculty member of the committee as the person responsible for calling an organizational meeting of the committee during the first four weeks of the academic year. Except as otherwise provided, each committee selects its own chairperson, secretary and such other officers as it deems appropriate at its organizational meeting.
Officers serve for a one-year term.
For committees composed exclusively of appointed members, the person responsible for convening the organizational meeting is designated by the Chancellor. When such a committee is appointed the action shall be included in the appropriate sections of either the Calendar or Minutes of the Faculty or Faculty Senate meeting next following such appointment. The method of designating the chair. The charge to the special committee and the relation of the committee to existing committees with similar functions.