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Ohio University Representatives to the Ohio Faculty Council

[Section VII C of Handbook]

The Ohio Faculty Council (OFC) is composed of two faculty representatives from each of the four-year public institutions of higher learning in the State of Ohio. One representative shall be the chair of the Faculty Senate or comparable elected faculty leader. The other shall be a person whom the Faculty Senate or comparable body elects to be a representative to the OFC. Each representative shall normally serve a two-year term, although terms may be staggered within each institution's two-member delegation in order to maintain continuity. 

The Ohio Faculty Council represents faculty members at all four-year public institutions of higher learning in the State of Ohio. It addresses concerns common to faculty members of those institutions and issues that are crucial to the future of higher education in Ohio, and maintains a permanent liaison with the comparable organization representing the two-year public institutions of higher education. 

The Ohio Faculty Council presents a faculty perspective on major issues affecting higher education to the Chancellor, the Ohio Board of Regents, officials of the State of Ohio, the administrations of four-year public institutions of higher learning, and the general public.  These activities incorporate, but are not limited to, the functions of the former Faculty Advisory Committee to the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents (FACOBOR). 

The election of the OFC representative will be held at the regular May meeting of the Senate. Nominations will be made by an ad hoc nominating committee, and from the floor. Election will be by simple majority of those voting. Newly elected members are eligible to vote; members whose terms are expiring are not. 

The terms of office will be for two years, starting with the time of election. Either an outgoing Faculty Senate chair and/or the retiring representative will serve as alternates for one year in order to maintain continuity. 

The representative and alternate need not be members of the Faculty Senate. 

The duties of the representatives shall be:

  • To attend the meetings of the Ohio Faculty Council,  
  • To report to the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate after each OFC meeting, and to the full Senate when appropriate,   
  • To consult with the Senate, with faculty, and with administrators in the formulation of policies to be proposed at meetings of the OFC.