{"id":1777,"date":"2026-01-23T16:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&p=1777"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:30:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T22:30:43","slug":"departmental-chair-duties","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/the-department\/departmental-chair-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"4.07 – Departmental Chair: Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Chair of the department has the following duties:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Serves as the official channel of communications for all matters affecting the department as a whole between the department and the President, the Chancellor, the Dean, other University officials or departments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Calls meetings of the departmental Faculty and of the Executive Committee at the Chair\u2019s own initiative or at the request of any two (2) members of the respective bodies, presides over the meetings, transmits minutes of the departmental and Executive Committee meetings to the appropriate Dean, and to the departmental or Executive Committee members and maintains such minutes in the departmental files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Has charge of all official correspondence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Determines that all necessary records of meetings, teaching, research and public service of the department are properly kept and are always accessible to the proper authorities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Reports to the Dean regarding the activities and needs of the department.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Has responsibility for all departmental supplies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Submits new courses, major revisions of existing courses, and deletion of courses proposed by the department for action by the appropriate course committee and by the Dean.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Takes action, in case of emergency, pending a meeting of the Executive Committee.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. In general, acts as the executive of the department, including the areas of personnel, student issues, budget, curriculum and research in accordance with established policies of the departmental Faculty and its Executive Committee.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n