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Faculty Senate
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5332 USA
(269) 387-3310
Centers and Institutes Committee
Role statement
The Faculty Senate Centers and Institutes Committee is responsible for facilitating the process for creating centers and institutes at WMU. The committee is also responsible for collecting the basic information required to produce the annual status reports. The status reports include a review of the centers or institutes web presence. The committee will also maintain copies of the centers and institutes five-year reviews.
Charges 2024-2025
In addition to its specific responsibilities listed in the Centers and Institutes Committee’s role statement and the work of subcommittees if such exist, the Faculty Senate Executive Board charges the C&IC to consider, as a committee of the whole or through the appropriate committee or task force, the following:
- Review the scope and description of the role statement and assess the effectiveness of committee practices. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
- At the annual April CIC meeting, the committee members must review the draft year-end report, to be submitted to the Faculty Senate office, by the committee chair no later than June 30.
- Address any continuing or outstanding issues or initiatives as directed by the Faculty Senate Executive Board, member of the committee, faculty, and/or academic administrators. Conclude the initiative by producing a report to the Executive Board or a Memorandum of Action.
Approved by the Faculty Senate Executive Board on , 2024
NOTE: The CIC will seek information from any administrative office to maintain communications with that office on issues directly related to it. Council recommendations are to be submitted to the Executive Board in the form of a memorandum of action (MOA) on which the recommendation(s) is/are stated. Any draft MOAs requested by the Executive Board should be submitted using the MOA template.
The CIC chairperson shall provide a written report of the committee's accomplishments and progress for the year; list the above charges noting each item's progress and current status; any other activities undertaken; and draft charges for the 2025-26 academic year, no later than June 30, 2025.
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