A. Membership: One member elected from each Major Unit Representation Slot.

B. Co-chairs: elected by the committee representing each major political party in the state. They will represent SCSU FA on the IFO Government Relations Committee.

B. Duties: the Graduate Committee shall have the responsibility and right to make recommendations through the University Curriculum Committee to the Faculty Senate as a result of the Graduate Committee's performance of the following duties:

1. Establish graduate policies, procedures, and regulations in relationship to the general purposes and goals of the Graduate Faculty and the university.
2. Advise the school of Graduate and Continuing Studies on graduate curriculum and related matters
3. Evaluate administrative proposals that have graduate curriculum implications (including the initiation, expansion, discontinuation, or reduction of programs or academic units), and make recommendations accordingly.
4. Review the graduate academic and curricular programs, policies, and practices for improvements and change, and make recommendations accordingly.
5. Develop criteria and policy for membership and act on recommended appointments to the graduate faculty.

A. Membership: A minimum of one member from each Major Unit appointed by the FA President with the approval of the Faculty Senate. Two-year terms with half being appointed each year. Members may be reappointed to continuing terms.

B. Duties:

1. Elect the chair of the committee each year.
2. Help grievance officers and chairperson of the committee to pursue and process grievance cases in accordance with Article VI.
3. Review policy and procedures periodically, recommending changes if necessary.
4. Establish and maintain a regular reporting relationship with Faculty Senate.
5. Establish and maintain information on grievances, which maintains the confidentiality of the grievant (unless the grievant grants a release of confidentiality) through the entire process of settlement.
6. Provide grievance officer training.
7. Chair schedules regular grievance committee meetings, coordinates committee activities, serves as a contact person for the IFO, assigns grievances to committee members on an equitable basis, assists new grievance officers with their grievances, and provides regular communications to the Faculty Senate.

If you want to consider filing a grievance, please contact a grievance officer in your school/college of the FA office at facassoc@stcloudstate.edu. A grievance MUST be initiated 30 working days after the incident or after knowledge of the incident.

A.  Membership: One member elected from each Major Unit Representation Slot. If not included among those elected, up to three additional members appointed by the FA President, selected from among former directors of overseas centers, one of whom is a former director of a foreign language and culture center.

B. Duties: the committee shall study policies and programs developed for the university's international study opportunities for both students and faculty, and make recommendations through the Faculty Senate to the university president regarding their development and implementation.

A.  Membership: One member elected from each Major Unit Representation Slot.

B. Duties:

1. Make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee concerning general education policies.
2. Examine the general education program continually for improvement and make recommendations to the University Curriculum Committee for action.
3. Study, help, develop, and make recommendations concerning effective teaching practices, desirable objectives, and educational consequences in the general education program.
4. Help in the planning and development of interdepartmental general education courses and assessment.

A. Membership: members shall be appointed by the FA President with the approval of the Faculty Senate.

B. Duties:

1. Plan activities and materials for new faculty.
2. Develop and implement membership campaigns.
3. Check membership lists for fair-share assessments.

A. Membership:

B. Duties:

A.  Membership: One member elected from each Major Unit Representation Slot.

B. Duties: review and make recommendations on faculty applications for sabbatical leaves, Faculty Improvement Grants, Professional Improvement Grants, and Bush Grants.

A. One member elected from each Major Unit Representation Slot.

B. Duties

1. Promote the development and use of technology and pedagogical resources on campus, e.g., including, but not limited to, computers, library books, classroom supplies for academic programs.
2. Review the formulation of the budgetary and general policies for technology and pedagogical resources on campus and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate.
3. Solicit information from faculty regarding campus needs and issues related to technology and pedagogy.
4. Provide information regarding policies and practices related to technology and pedagogical resources to the faculty.
5. Recommend technology and pedagogical resource policies for acquisitions, usage, and repair.
6. Provide feedback to the Learning Resource and Technology Services faculty on policy recommendations and changes.

A. Membership: One representative from each College or School Curriculum Committee chosen by each College or School Curriculum Committee. In addition, the Liberal Education Committee and the Graduate Committee will each choose one representative.

B. Duties: this committee shall make recommendations to the Faculty Senate as a result of its performance of the following duties:

1. Act for the faculty in matters related to curriculum in the manner described in the agreement between MnSCU and the IFO.
2. Establish curriculum policy in relationship to general university purposes and goals.
3. Examine the curriculum continuously for possibilities of improvement and make recommendations accordingly.
4. Review, coordinate, and act upon all university curriculum proposals.
5. Establish and act upon academic policies related to curriculum, such as evaluation of students and graduation requirements.
6. Aid in establishing guidelines and transmittal procedures for submitting curriculum proposals
7. Study and evaluate instructional problems and make recommendations accordingly.
8. Hear appeals on any curriculum matter.
9. Review and make recommendations on proposals concerning External Studies and Continuing Education.