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Announced on: Friday, Nov. 07, 2025
The central role of the Faculty in university governance at Chico State was established in 1967 in a Constitution of the Faculty. Over the years, the constitution has fallen out of sight and out of compliance, but on October 30 the Academic Senate agreed to present the Faculty (all Unit 3 employees) with a vote on amendments to the constitution that would bring it into compliance and make it a living document to ensure the full participation of the Faculty in university shared governance. The 1967 Constitution of the Faculty identified the "duty and responsibility of the Faculty to formulate, recommend, review, and revise all academic, personnel, and professional policies, including fiscal policies of the university, related thereto broadly and liberally defined," which the amended constitution reaffirms and extends to include all employees represented in the Unit 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement. A FASP working group shepherded the amendments through the Academic Senate process, and members of the working group will host two drop-in Q&A sessions to answer any questions that "the Faculty" may have. As Senate Chair Coons explained, a vote on these amendments will take place between November 18 and November 20, and we invite you to ask questions about the amendments or their rationale. We believe that we are living in a critical period for faculty governance in university affairs, in both the CSU as well as nationally and globally, and we hope that a revived Constitution of the Faculty will strengthen the faculty's role in shared governance at Chico State for years to come. Faculty Constitution Q&A Drop-In: Zoom (URL below) Friday, November 14, 9:00-12:00 https://csuchico.zoom.us/j/5590502536?pwd=eVZPb0QwTVRrMGwvblk4RThVbmVYUT09
Monday, November 17, 2:30-5:00
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