Membership:  At the end of each spring term the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate will present to the Chancellor a list of 21 full-time tenured faculty members who will serve as the Academic Hearing Committee (AHC).  Faculty members will serve two-year terms that are staggered to provide continuity to the committee.  The Executive Committee will ensure that all colleges are represented when drawing up the list and that the list is diverse with regard to academic discipline, gender, race, and ethnicity.  Faculty members who have been elected to serve on a college grievance committee may not simultaneously sit on the

Academic Hearing Committee.  At the first committee meeting the committee as a whole (21 members) will elect a chair.  The chair of the AHC must be a tenured faculty member who has recently served on the AHC.  When a grievance reaches the level of the AHC, the chair of the Academic Hearing Committee will notify the Chancellor.  The Chancellor will select a subcommittee of seven from the AHC to hear each grievance.  The Chancellor also will select a Dean, from among the pool of Academic Deans, and a Department Chair, from the pool of all Department Chairs, to serve for each subcommittee.  The AHC chair will serve as the nonvoting chair for all subcommittees.  Each subcommittee will elect one member to serve as secretary to prepare reports of the proceeding for the grievance being heard.  The Chancellor will select a replacement from the AHC for any member of a subcommittee who recuses or will not be available for the duration of the hearing.

In alleged discrimination cases, three additional tenured professors, serving on the University Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee, will join the University Hearing Committee.  The two parties in the grievance shall each choose one member from the University Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee; the two selected members from the University Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee will select a third person from the University Diversity and Affirmative Action Committee.  The Office of Human Resource Services will assemble any necessary materials, arrange facilities, and maintain the official written record of the hearing.

The Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration or his/her designee will serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the committee for the purpose of providing advice and assistance on university procedural and policy matters.  The Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration will be present for the initial presentation of the grievance to the committee and during any formal hearing.  The Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration will not be present during committee discussions and deliberations unless asked to attend; however, he/she will review the committee’s report of findings and its recommendations for technical and/or legal issues prior to submission to the Chair of the Academic Hearing Committee.  In discrimination cases, the Affirmative Action Coordinator acts as an advisor in addition to the Associate Vice Chancellor for Administration.

*Debra Walden   (2009), Secretary                           *Annette Stacy  (2009)

*Kevin Humphrey  (2008)                                         *Mary Jackson Pitts   (2009)

*Lisa Ochs   (2009)                                                   *Whitney Williams   (2009) 

*Mitch Holifield   (2008)                                            *Shivan Haran  (2009)

*Terry Dancer   (2008)                                              *Phyllis Pobst   (2009)

*Joanna Grymes  (2008)                                            *Terry Roach  (2008), Chair

*Deborah Gilbert-Palmer  (2008)                               *Robert Baum   (2009)

*Paul Finnicum   (2008)                                              *Molly Simpson   (2008)

*Paige Wimberley   (2008)                                         *Dan Ross  (2008)

*Myron Flugstad   (2008)                                           *Robert Engelken  (2009)

*David Saarnio   (2008)