For the Academic Tenure Committee, the Senate approves the slate that will go to the entire faculty for selection. Seely made it clear that the issue is not related to politics or to stature of any department or unit. There is a potential at least for persons to be double represented in both the IWR and Forestry faculty units. In passing the Constitutional revisions, we have identified the research institutes as being able to vote on both faculty and staff issues. As an example of double listing, Bill Kennedy holds tenure in the Humanities Department but is appointed in the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development.
Similar examples exist in Forestry.
He was elected as Senator in chemical engineering, but Provost Dobney ruled that his primary department was chemistry. Therefore he had to step down as Senator from chemical engineering and was selected as the Senator from chemistry. Thus there is no double representation within the department. Seely stated that Vice Provost Lee wondered if these will remain as separate units. Pickens responded that there is now a distinction with no ambiguity.