Senate Document SD 03-15

(Approved, 3/15/2004)

TO: Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: Purdue Committee on Institutional Affairs

Elaine Blakemore, Chair

DATE: February 10, 2004

RE: Fort Wayne Faculty Representation on the [Purdue University West Lafayette] University Senate

Whereas, the Board of Trustees of Purdue University and the [Purdue] University Senate provide for elected representatives from the Calumet, Fort Wayne, and Indianapolis campuses to serve on the [Purdue] University Senate; and

Whereas, in 1990-1991 the Fort Wayne Senate (SD90-15) resolved not to fill the Fort Wayne seat; and

Whereas, the [Fort Wayne] Purdue Committee on Institutional Affairs recently surveyed the faculty to determine if they would now like to have this representation; and

Whereas, the majority of the faculty responding to this survey indicated that they would like to be represented on the [Purdue] University Senate; and

Whereas, the [Fort Wayne] Purdue Committee on Institutional Affairs has voted to recommend that the Fort Wayne Senate rescind SD 90-15, and that the Fort Wayne campus elect a representative to fill the seat on the [Purdue] University Senate;

Be It Resolved, that the Senate rescind SD 90-15, and

Be It Further Resolved, that the Nominations and Elections Committee undertake an election to select a member of the Purdue-employed Voting Faculty, elected by the Purdue-employed Voting Faculty, to serve a three-year term to the [Purdue] University Senate beginning in the next academic year; and

Be it Further Resolved, that this seat continue to be filled in the future; and

Be it Further Resolved, that the representative report to the Fort Wayne Senate on a regular basis.