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This rule shall not preclude an Executive Committee&#8217;s electing to confer or consult with any administrative officer on any matter, nor shall it preclude an administrative officer&#8217;s attending any open meeting of any Executive Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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-department\/\">Chapter 4 \u2013 The Department<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/department-defined\/\">4.01 \u2013 Department: Defined<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-faculty-membership\/\">4.02 \u2013 Departmental Faculty: Membership<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-faculty-functions\/\">4.03 \u2013 Departmental Faculty: Functions<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">4.04 \u2013 Departmental Executive Committee: Membership<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-executive-committee-functions\/\">4.05 \u2013 Departmental Executive Committee: Functions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-chair-method-of-appointment\/\">4.06 \u2013 Departmental Chair: Method of Appointment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-chair-duties\/\">4.07 \u2013 Departmental Chair: Duties<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/exceptions\/\">4.08 \u2013 Exceptions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/department-like-bodies\/\">4.09 \u2013 Department-like Bodies<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1287,"parent":1750,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-1763","library","type-library","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>4.04 - Departmental Executive Committee: Membership - Policy Library<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"4.04 - Departmental Executive Committee: Membership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Policy Library\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-12T15:49:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/the-department\\\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/the-department\\\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\\\/\",\"name\":\"4.04 - Departmental Executive Committee: Membership - Policy Library\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-23T22:18:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-12T15:49:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/the-department\\\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/the-department\\\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/library\\\/the-department\\\/departmental-executive-committee-membership\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/policy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Chapter 4 &#8211; 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