{"id":1527,"date":"2026-01-22T16:03:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T22:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=1527"},"modified":"2026-01-23T09:40:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:40:46","slug":"faculty-senate","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/faculty-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"1.05 &#8211; Faculty Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>There shall be a Faculty Senate representative of the University Faculty. The Faculty Senate holds jurisdiction and powers of the Faculty between meetings of the Faculty, except that the Faculty Senate may not amend any portion of Chapter 1. Unless otherwise specified by the Faculty, the Faculty Senate operates under the same rules and procedures prescribed for meetings of the University Faculty. Changes in the provisions relating to the Faculty Senate must be approved by the University Faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1549\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/\">Chapter 1 \u2013 The University Faculty and the Faculty Senate<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/definition-of-faculty-and-voting-rights\/\">1.01 \u2013 Definition of Faculty and Voting Rights<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/powers-and-jurisdiction-of-the-university-faculty\/\">1.02 \u2013 Powers and Jurisdiction of the University Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/meetings-of-the-university-faculty\/\">1.03 \u2013 Meetings of the University Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/conduct-of-university-faculty-business\/\">1.04 \u2013 Conduct of University Faculty Business<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/faculty-senate\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">1.05 \u2013 Faculty Senate<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/membership-and-structure-of-the-faculty-senate\/\">1.06 \u2013 Membership and Structure of the Faculty Senate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/meetings-of-the-faculty-senate\/\">1.07 \u2013 Meetings of the Faculty Senate<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/relationship-to-university-faculty\/\">1.08 \u2013 Relationship to University Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/procedures-for-implementing-faculty-actions\/\">1.09 \u2013 Procedures for Implementing Faculty Actions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-university-faculty-and-the-faculty-senate\/secretary-of-the-university\/\">1.10 \u2013 Secretary of the University<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":1493,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-1527","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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