About the Committee
This committee, composed of five tenured and two non-tenured members of the UNO faculty, will sit on all cases covered by sections 4.14 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.
Learn more about the committee
- Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws
- Board of Regents Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws
- Resolutions
Committee Members
| Representative | Term | |
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| 2023-2024 Chair | Lisa Scherer | |
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Guoqing Lu
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10/13/2021-10/09/2024 | |
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| Brian Payne | 10/19/2022-10/8/2025 | |
| Derrick Fox | 10/19/2022-10/8/2025 | |
| Lisa Scherer | 10/19/2022-10/8/2025 | |
| Non-Tenured Faculty | ||
| Isak Kim | 10/13/2021-10/09/2024 | |
| TBD |
Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws
Faculty Senate Bylaws
This committee, composed of five (5) tenured and two (2) non tenured members of the UNO faculty, will sit on all cases covered by sections 4.14 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. Members of the committee shall be elected by the faculty to a term of three (3) years. Every year at its September meeting the faculty senate will approve, based upon recommendation of the committee on committees, a slate of nominees that shall include for each vacancy to be filled one more candidate than the number of vacant seats created by reason of resignation, retirement, or the expiration of the term of a member. The ballot will be distributed to all full-time UNO academic staff. The senate shall be notified of the newly elected members by way of a resolution presented by the committee on committees at the October senate meeting. Non-tenured faculty members who receive tenure shall resign at the end of the academic year in which it is conferred and be replaced in the manner previously described. The committee shall elect its own chairperson. A committee with a case under consideration shall, when necessary, continue past September with its membership unchanged until the case is resolved; in such an event, new cases shall be considered by the reconstituted committee.
Board of Regents Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws
University of Nebraska Bylaws, Chapter IV: Rights and Responsibilities of Professional Staff
- 4.14 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws
- 4.14.2 Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Bylaws: Rules of Procedure
Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee Policies and Rules of Procedure
I. Definitions
A. Academic freedom shall be defined as found in section 4.14 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska and in the American Association of University Professors 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
B. Continuous appointment/tenure is "an appointment terminable only for adequate cause, bona fide discontinuance of a program or department, retirement for age or disability, or extraordinarily circumstances because of financial exigencies. No personal shall acquire a continuous appointment until notice has been received by him that such an appointment has been awarded by the Board. Continuous appointment as defined herein means academic tenure." (Section 4.4.3 of the Bylaws.)
C. Adequate cause if defined as:
- 1. "demonstrated incompetency or dishonesty in teaching or research,
- 2. Substantial and manifest neglect of duty,
- 3. Personal conduct which substantially impair's the individual's fulfillment of his institutional responsibilities." (Faculty Tenure (San Francisco, Washington, London: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1973), p. 75.)
a. The University shall have the burden of proving adequate cause by a preponderance of the evidence for termination of a Continuous Appointment, the termination of an Appointment for a Specific Term prior to its stated termination date, or of a Special Appointment prior to its termination date. (Section 4.16, h of the Bylaws.)
II. Sources of Power
The UNO Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee derives its powers from the action of the Board of Regents in approving the Constitution of the Faculty Senate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and from the action taken by the Faculty Senate to carry into effect the enabling clause (Section 4.14) of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska subject to the specification of "Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee; Powers; Rules of Procedures: in Section 4.14.2 of those same Bylaws.
III. Scope of Authority
The UNO Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee shall consider:
A. "any complaint filed by any member of the professional staff alleging any grievance which constitutes an allegation that action taken, or threatened, violates the complainant's academic freedom or his academic tenure." (Section 4.14.2 (a) of the Bylaws.)
- 1. The foregoing may include a complaint by a member of the professional staff that a denial of continuous appointment is a result of violations of academic freedom. In an complaint based on one or more of the above, the burden of proof will be on the professional staff member making the complaint. (Faculty Tenure, p. 72.)
B. "A complaint filed against any member of the professional staff seeking to terminate his Continuous Appointment, his Appointment for a Specific Term prior to the termination date stated in the appointment, or his Special Appointment prior to its termination date," subject to the provision of the Bylaws that the Board, or the President, shall have authority to direct that proceedings under this scope of authority be instituted as prescribed in 4.14, (b)(2)(3).
C. Before any termination for cause may occur, it shall be necessary to submit the matter to the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. (Section 4.11 of the Bylaws.)
D. The Committee shall have power to consider a request filed by any person, board, or committee which alleges that a staff member should be subjected to sanctions less severe than appointment termination, and power to recommend in any case sanctions less severe than appointment termination where less severe sanctions seem appropriate. (Section 4.14.2 (j), of the Bylaws.)
IV. Filing a Complaint
A. The individual professional staff member or his designated representative shall be responsible for filing a complaint under 1.3 (a) or 1.3 (a)(1) of these Rules of Procedure. The complaint must be in writing and must:
- 1. Be filed with the committee and copy thereof served upon the person or persons charged in the complaint.
- 2. State in concise terms the facts upon which it is based and the relief sought.
- 3. Indicate that efforts to resolve the complaint at departmental, college, or higher levels as appropriate have been exerted but without satisfactory resolution of the complaint.
- 4. Indicate that the services of the Ombudsman, where appropriate, have been sought and used, but without satisfactory resolution of the complaint.
- 5. Indicate whether or not the complaint has been presented to any grievance committee and the results therefrom.
- 6. Indicate whether or not the complaint is currently before any grievance committee.
B. Upon receiving a recommendation that there is a reasonable cause for terminating an appointment, the President or the Board of the University may order the attorney making the report to file a complaint with the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. Section 4.16 b. (3).)
- 1. The complaint must be filed with the committee and copy thereof served upon the person or persons charged in the complaint.
- 2. The complaint shall state in concise terms the facts upon which it is based and the relief sought.
C. Upon receiving a complaint under (a) or (b) above, the chairman of the committee will provide the individual filing the grievance a written receipt inidicating the date the complaint was filed.
D. The chairman of the committee will be responsible for informing in writing the person(s) charged in the complaint that he/they shall have a period of twenty (20) days from the date of service of the complaint to file an answer in writing to the complaint, and that copy of the answer must be served by such person(s) upon the individual or attorney filing the complaint by regular United States mail with sufficient postage attached and properly addressed to said individual or attorney and mailed on or before twenty (20) days after filing of the said complaint.
E. Failure by the person(s) charged to file an answer in the prescribed, unless the time limit is extended by the committee for substantial reasons, shall constitute a presumption of facts as stated in the complaint.
F. Upon receiving a complaint, the chairman of the committee or his representative(s) shall immediately make a reasonable effort, by telephone and in person, during normal working hours, to determine whether the facts presented in the complaint are correct. Failure by individuals or University agencies to make such information available to the chairman of the committee or his representative(s) shall constitute a presumption of facts as stated in the complaint.
V. Informal Procedures
In the twenty (20) day interval between receipt of a complaint and the deadline for filing an answer, the committee may:
A. Informally inquire into the situation to effect an adjustment if possible.
B. Precipitate renewed discussion, if appropriate, between the member of the professional staff involved and appropriate administrative officers looking toward a mutual settlement.
VI. Formal Procedures
If at the end of twenty (20) days from the receipt of a complaint, the complaint has not been resolved, the chairman of the committee shall immediately call a meeting of the committee for the purpose of setting the date of a hearing. The date shall be as early as possible but permitting the parties time to prepare reasonably for the hearing. The date of the hearing shall be delivered in writing to the complainant and person or persons charged.
A. Parties to the complaint will be informed in writing by the chairman of the committee or his representative, in detail or by reference to published regulations, of procedures and procedural rights, and that they shall be entitled to counsel at their own expense.
B. Person(s) charged in a complaint may in writing waive a hearing; one of the following shall then obtain:
- 1. The situation of the complaint shall stand as alleged and necessary action shall promptly be taken by appropriate administrative officers.
- 2. Waive but deny the charges or assert the charges do not support the action requested in the complaint; the committee will then evaluate all available evidence and rest its recommendations upon the evidence in record.
C. Hearing Procedures - A hearing not being waived, the procedures shall be as follows:
- 1. The person(s) charged shall be notified in writing by the chairman of the committee or his representative at least ten (10) days in advance of the hearing of the witnesses to be called by the individual/attorney filing the complaint and of documents to be offered in evidence.
- 2. The person(s) charged shall notify the individual/attorney filing the complaint in writing at least five (5) days before the hearing of the witnesses to be called and documents to be offered in evidence by such person(s).
- 3. No witnesses or documents not so listed shall be heard or received at the hearing except in cases of surprise or for the purpose of rebutting oral testimony of the other party or for other justifiable cause found to exist by the committee.
- 4. Testimony shall be taken under oath.
- 5. Rules of evidence as followed by the District Courts in the State of Nebraska shall be applicable. Proceedings shall generally comply with the principles of law with respect to proceedings in the District Courts in Nebraska and all counsel and parties shall be bound by such rules and standards of ethics and codes of trial conduct as are applied in the District Courts.
- 6. In event any party to the proceedings desires the issuance of a subpoena, such subpoena shall be issued at the direction of the Secretary of the Board of Regents and may be served by the party requesting the subpoena or by any law enforcement officer in the manner provided for subpoenas in the Nebraska courts.
- 7. The committee, in consultation with the president or chancellor and the parties to the complaint shall exercise its judgment as to whether the hearing shall be public or private.
- 8. The president and the chancellor shall have the option of attendance during the hearing.
- 9. The committee shall determine the order of proof and normally conduct the questioning or witnesses, but parties to the complaint or their representatives shall have the right to question all witnesses who testify orally.
- 10. Individuals charged in a complaint, or their representatives, shall have the opportunity to be confronted by all adverse witnesses. Where unusual and urgent reasons move the committee to withhold this right, or where the witness cannot appear, the identity of the witness, as well as his statement, shall nevertheless be disclosed to the iindividual charged in a complaint. (a). Subject to these safeguards, statements may when necessary be taken outside the hearing and reported to it.
- 11. The committee shall reach its decision in conference, on the basis of the hearing. Before doing so, the committee will provide opportunity for parties to the complaint or their representatives to argue orally before it. If written briefs would be helpful, the committee may request them.
- 12. The committee shall make explicit findings with respect to each of the grounds of a complaint. Reasoned opinions may be provided.
- 13. The committee will submit to the appropriate administrative officers, and to the Board in case of a hearing on termination for cause, the complete verbatim account of the hearing and all exhibits filed with the committee, and report within two weeks of the hearing to the appropriate officers, to the Board in case of a hearing on termination for cause, and to the staff member involved the committee's findings, conclusions, and recommended action which the committee deems advisable.
- 14. Publicity concerning the committee's actions shall be withheld until consideration has been given to the complaint by the appropriate officials of the University.
- 15. Appropriate administrative officers, or the Board in the case of a hearing on termination for cause, are requested to file a written statement on their decisions and actions in response to the committee's recommendations within three weeks of receipt of the committee's hearing report.
- 16. In all proceedings where the complaint touches the question of policies, rules, and regulations, the UNO Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee shall be guided by written policies, rules, and regulations.
- 17. The committee may, with the consent of the parties concerned, old joint pre-hearing meetings with the parties in order to: (a). simplify the issues, (b). effect stipulations of facts, (c). provide for the exchange of documents or other information, (d). achieve such other appropriate pre-hearing objectives as will make the hearing fair, effective, and expeditious.
- 18. At least five members of the committee will constitute the hearing body. Members of the committee deeming themselves disqualified for bias or interest shall remove themselves from the complaint, either at the request of a party or on their own initiative. Should the number of qualified committee members fall below five, substitutes might be chosen by mutual agreement of the parties concerned.
- 19. Copies of the committee's report and the administrative response shall be filed with the committee, the parties to the complaint, and the Faculty Senate.
Academic Freedom & Tenure Resolutions
RESOLUTION 4390, 10/9/2019: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee Motion from Committee on Committees. In accordance with Article VIII.B.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the ballot distributed to all faculty for election to the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee shall include the following nominees: two tenured faculty members to be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2019, through October 19, 2022, to replace Anne Fruhling (IS&T) and Janice Rech (A&S), whose terms will expire, Matt Germonprez (IS&T) (71 For), Robin Gandhi (IS&T) (108 For), Carol Ebdon (CPACS) (141 For – Elected), Chris Allen (CFAM) (151 For – Elected); one tenured faculty member to be elected from the following two nominees to serve a one-year term from October 16, 2019, through October 21, 2020, to replace Laura Grams (A&S), who will be on sabbatical for the academic year 2019-2020, Lisa Scherer (A&S) (139 For – Elected), Adrian Duran (CFAM) (103 For); and one untenured faculty member to be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2019, through October 19, 2022, to replace Vivien Marmelat (HPER), whose term will expire Tenace Kwaku Setor (IS&T) (67 For), Miriam Kuhn (ED) (174 For – Elected).
RESOLUTION 4344, 9/12/18, 10/10/18: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee (Vote on Ballot, which is then sent to All Faculty. Results reported at October 10 Senate meeting.) BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2018, through October 15, 2021, to replace Gwyneth Cliver, whose term will expire: Maria Arbelaez (127 For) ELECTED, David Peterson. (99 For); And one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2018, through October 15, 2021, to replace Alecia Anderson, whose term will expire: Tara Richards (127 For) ELECTED, Jenna Yentes. (117 For).
RESOLUTION 4311, 9/13/17: Ballot/Election for Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty. Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2017, through October 15, 2020, to replace Carey Ryan and Richard Stacy, whose terms will expire: Ramon Guerra (English, A&S) (102 votes), Nancy Kelley (Social Work, CPACS) (118 votes) Elected, Ziaul Huq (Management, BA) (74 votes), Laura Grams (Philosophy, A&S) (142 votes) Elected.
RESOLUTION 4227, 10/14/15: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee: BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2015, through October 15, 2018, to replace Vincent Woolf, whose term will expire: Rami Arav (74 votes), Gwyneth Cliver (Elected with 133 votes); And one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2015, through October 15, 2018, to replace Arturo Miranda, whose term will expire: Alecia Anderson (Elected with 126 votes), Adam Rosen (80 votes); And, due to Ramon Guerra’s being awarded tenure, one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to complete his three-year term from October 16, 2013, through October 15, 2016: Anastasia Kyvelidou (Elected with 108 votes), Arturo Miranda (98 votes).
Resolution 4170, 10/8/14: Academic Freedom & Tenure CommitteeBE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee were brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot was presented to the UNO Faculty.Two tenured faculty members are elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2014, through October 15, 2017, to replace Joe Brown and Nancy Kelley Gillespie, whose terms will expire:•Rami Arav(90 votes)•David Carter(90 votes)•Carey Ryan(elected with 140 votes)•Richard Stacy.(elected with 97 votes).Resolution4227, 10/14/15: Academic Freedom & Tenure CommitteeBE IT RESOLVED, that inaccordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2015, through October 15, 2018, to replace Vincent Woolf, whose term will expire:•Rami Arav(74 votes)•Gwyneth Cliver (Elected with 133 votes)And one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2015, through October 15, 2018, to replace Arturo Miranda, whose term will expire:•Alecia Anderson (Elected with 126 votes)•Adam Rosen(80 votes)And, due to Ramon Guerra’s being awarded tenure, one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to complete his three-year term from October 16, 2013, through October 15, 2016:•Anastasia Kyvelidou (Elected with 108 votes)•Arturo Miranda(98 votes).
Resolution 4111,9/11/13: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee(for Faculty Senate nomination.The ballot has been mailed to the UNO Faculty. Results will be announced at October 2013 Senate meeting.)BE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty.Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2013, through October 15, 2016, to replace Ann Fruhling and Michael Peterson, whose terms will expire:•Donna Dufner(elected)•Robert Nash(elected)•Birud Sindhav•Robert SmithAnd one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2013, through October 15, 2016, to replace Jay Irwin whose term will expire:•Chin Chung (Joy) Chao•Ramon Guerra.(elected).
Resolution 4058, 9/12/2012 and 10/10/12: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee(ballots sent to all full time faculty)BE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with Article 6.5.2 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2012, through October 15, 2015, to replace Christina Dando, whose term will expire:•Birud Sindhav,•Vincent Woolf.(elected)And one Non-Tenured Faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2012, through October 15, 2015, to replace Cher McAllister whose term will expire:•Arturo Miranda,(elected)•Mark Pauley.
Resolution 4010, 9/14/11 and 10/12/11: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee(ballots will be sent to all full time faculty)BE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty.Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2011, through October15, 2014, to replace James Shaw and Juliette Parnell, whose terms have expired:•Joe Brown(elected with 153 votes)•Scott Glasser(111 votes)•Nancy Kelley Gillespie(elected with 150 votes)•Birud Sindhav(63 votes).
Resolution 3057, 9/8/10 & 10/13/10: Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee(ballots sent to all full time faculty, completed October13, 2010)BE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO Faculty.Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2010, through October 15, 2013, to replace Michael O'Hara and Bonnie O'Connell:•Robert Smith•Ann FruhlingELECTED•Michael PetersonELECTED•Jay Betanabhatla .And one non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2010, through October 15, 2013, to replace William Torrence:•Jay IrwinELECTED•Robin Gandhi.
Resolution 2998, 9/09/09: Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee(ballots sent to all full time faculty, results reported October 2009)BE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2009, through October 15, 2012, to replace James Carroll:•Christina Dando (tenured)ELECTED•Birud Sindhav (tenured).And one non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2009, through October 15, 2012, to replace Nancy Kelley-Gillespie:•Cher McAllister (non-tenured) ELECTED•Joyce Neujahr (non-tenured).
Resolution 2884, 9/12/07 & completed on 10/10/07: Academic Freedom and Tenure CommitteeBE IT RESOLVED,that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2007, through October 15, 2010, to replace Joan Latchaw, and Linda Parker, whose terms are expiring:•Michael O'Hara (tenured faculty) ELECTED•Joe Bertinetti (tenured faculty)•Robert W. Smith (tenured faculty)•Bonnie O'Connell (tenured faculty). ELECTED•One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2007, through October 15, 2010, to replace Mark Scherer, whose term is expiring:•Iulia Podariu (non-tenured faculty)•William Torrence (non-tenured faculty). ELECTEDResolution 2922,9/10/08:Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Nominees(ballots sent to all full time faculty, results reported 10/8/08)BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2008, through October 15, 2011, to replace John Noble and Carey Ryan, whose terms are expiring:•James Shaw (tenured) ELECTED•Robert Smith (tenured)•Juliette Parnell (tenured) ELECTED•Jayaram Betanabhatla (tenured).
Resolution 2842, 9/13/2006: UNO Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee(results of faculty wide election:10/11/06):BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2006, through October 15, 2009, to replace retiring member, Michael O'Hara:•Michael O'Hara (tenured faculty)•James Carroll (tenured faculty) ELECTED•be elected from the following two nominees to replace Peter Szto, from October 16, 2006, through October 15, 2009:•Nancy Kelley-Gillespie (non-tenured faculty) ELECTED•Tatyana Livshultz (non-tenured faculty).
Resolution 2753, 09/08/04 & 10/13/04: Academic Freedom & Tenure CommitteeBE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2004, through October 15, 2007, to replace retiring member, James Shaw:Linda Parker (tenured faculty) (ELECTED), Maria Elvira Villamil (tenured faculty).One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to replace retiring Elaine Lahue from October 16, 2004, through October 15, 2007:Mark Scherer (non-tenured faculty) (ELECTED), Pete Simi (non-tenured faculty).
Resolution 2801, 9/14/05: (Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee)(for UNO Faculty Ballot Vote):BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. Two tenured faculty members will be elected from the following four nominees to serve three-year terms from October 16, 2005, through October 15, 2008, to replace retiring members, William Corcoran, and Carol Lloyd: Carey Ryan (tenured faculty) ELECTED, John Noble (tenured faculty) ELECTED. Dwight Haworth (tenured faculty), Richard Stacy (tenured faculty).And one tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a two-year term, to balance term endings, from October 16, 2005, through October 15, 2007, to replace retiring member Steven Williams: Robert Smith (tenured faculty), Joan Latchaw (tenured faculty) ELECTED/And one non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to replace Carey Ryan, who has received tenure, from October 16, 2005, through October 15, 2006:Juan Casas (non-tenured faculty), Peter Szto (non-tenured faculty)ELECTED.
Resolution 2702, 10/08/03: (Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee Election Results):WHEREAS, the results of the faculty-wide election for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee have been tabulated, and the following individuals elected,THEREFORE, be it resolved, that the following tenured faculty member serve a three-year term from October 16, 2003, through October 15, 2006, on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee:Michael O'Hara (to replace Dale Krane).AND, the following non-tenured faculty member serve a three-year term from October 16, 2003, through October 15, 2006, on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee:Elaine Lahue (to replace Janice Collins).
Resolution 2695, 09/10/03: (Academic Freedom & Tenure Committee Nominees):BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2003, through October 15, 2006, to replace retiring member, Dale Krane:Michael O'Hara (tenured faculty, Janice Rech (tenured faculty).One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to replace retiring Janice Collins from October 16, 2003, through October 15, 2006:Carey Ryan (non-tenured faculty), Elaine Lahue (non-tenured faculty).
Resolution 2655,12/11/2002: Election of Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee(Committee on Rules)WHEREAS, the results of the faculty-wide election for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee have been tabulated, and the following individuals elected,THEREFORE, be it resolved, that•Steven Williams replaces Bruce Chase (tenured faculty),•Carol Lloyd replaces David Helm (tenured faculty),•William Corcoran replaces Michael O'Hara (tenured faculty),•as members of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee for a three-year term, October 16, 2002 through October 15, 2005, and•Elaine Lahue to complete Carol Ebdon's term (non-tenured faculty),through October 15, 2004.
Resolution 2653, 11/13/2002: Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee(Committee on Rules)BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. The ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2002, through October 15, 2005, to replace retiring member, Bruce Chase:Steven Williams, Ziaul Huk.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-yearterm from October 16, 2002, through October 15, 2005, to replace retiring member, David Helm:Sajda Qureshi, Carol Loyd.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-yearterm from October 16, 2002, through October 15, 2005, to replace retiring member, Michael O'Hara:William Corcoran, Richard File.One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to complete the remainder of Carol Ebdon's term from October 16, 2001, through October 15, 2004. Professor Ebdon has received tenure:Elaine Lahue, Timothy Yontz.
Resolution 2606, 11/14/2001: Committee on Rules:WHEREAS, the results of the faculty-wide election for the Academic Freedom and Tenure committee have been tabulated, and the following individuals elected, THEREFORE, be it resolved, thatJames Shaw replace Thomas Tollman (tenured faculty), andCarol Ebdon replace Alice Schumaker (non-tenured faculty),as members of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee for a three-yearterm, October 16, 2001 through October 15, 2004.
Resolution 2589, 09/12/01: Committee on Rules:BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws, the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. If approved, a ballot will be presented to the UNOmaha faculty campus-wide. One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2001, through October 15, 2004, to replace retiring member, Thomas Tollman whose term was extended through October 15, 2001, per Resolution 2457 to accommodate changing the election process from April to October:James Shaw, Christine Reed.One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2001, through October 15, 2004, to replace retiring member, Alice Schumaker, whose term was extended through October 15, 2001, per Resolution 2457to accommodate changing the election process from April to October:Carol Ebdon, Robert Blair.
Resolution 2532,02/14/01: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that the following tenured representative has been elected by ballot vote of all fulltime UNO faculty to serve a three-year term from February 14, 2001, through October 15, 2003, to replace Jerry Cederblom on the Academic Freedom and TenureCommittee.Dale Krane.BE IT RESOLVED, that the following non-tenured representative has been elected by ballot vote of all fulltime UNO faculty to serve a three-year term from February 14, 2001, through October 15, 2003, to replace Sheri Rogers on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee.Janice Collins.
Resolution 2501, 09/13/00: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the faculty senate bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. If approved, a ballot will be presented to the UNOmaha faculty campus-wide.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2000, through October 15, 2003, to replace retiring member, Jerry Cederblom whose term was extended through October 15, 2000, per Resolution 2457 to accommodate changing the election process from April to October:Jane Woody, Dale Krane (elected).One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from October 16, 2000, through October 15, 2003, to replace retiring member, Sheri Rogers whose term was extended through October 15, 2000, per Resolution 2457 to accommodate changing the election process from April to October:Janice Collins (elected), Susann Suprenant.
Resolution 2458, 05/10/00: Committee on RulesWHEREAS, most cases are historically filed with the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee during the Spring semester which corresponds with the changing membership of the committee, andWHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Faculty Senate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha requires that the committee membership under which a case is filed be maintained until the case is resolved, andWHEREAS, the chair of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee is thus compelled to manage two separate committees throughout the summer, depending on when the cases are filed, andWHEREAS, a slate of nominees that shall include for each vacancy to be filled one more candidate than the number of vacant seats must be presented to the senate prior to the full-faculty election; therefore,BE IT RESOLVED, that the Faculty Senate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha hereby changes the date of the election of members from April to October to allow the Committee on Rules time to present the ballot at the September meeting, andBE IT FURTHERRESOLVED, that the faculty senate coordinator run the election to be tallied by the Committee on Rules and presented at the October meeting, andBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the senate Bylaws, Article VI, Section 6, 6.2 be amended as follows:6.2Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. This committee, composed of five (5) tenured and two (2) non-tenured members of the UNO faculty, will sit on all cases covered by sections 4.14 of theBylaws of the Board of Regents of the University ofNebraska. Members of the committee shall be elected by the faculty to a term of three (3) years. Every year at theAprilSeptembermeeting, the Committee on Rules shall present a slate of nominees that shall include for each vacancy to be filled one more candidate than the number of vacant seats created by reason of resignation, retirement, or the expiration of the term of a member.The senate shall be notified of the newlyelected members by way of a resolution presented by the Committee on Rules at theOctober senate meeting.Non-tenured faculty members who receive tenure shall resign at the end of the academic year in which it is conferred and be replaced in the manner previously described. Elections to this committee shall be conducted in the same wayand at the same timethatfaculty senators are elected. The committee shall elect its own chairperson. A committee with a case under consideration shall, when necessary,continue pastAprilSeptemberwith its membership unchanged until the case is resolved; in such an event, new cases shall be considered by the reconstituted committee.Forwarded to Chancellor Belck: 05/30/00.
Resolution 2457, 05/10/00: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that the terms of the following members of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee be extended from April 16, 2000, through October 15, 2000, due to changing the election process from April to October: Jerry Cederblom, Sheri Rogers.
Resolution 2457, 05/10/00: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that the terms of the following members of the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee be extended from April 16, 2000, through October 15, 2000, due to changing the election process from April to October:Jerry Cederblom, Sheri Rogers.
Resolution 2393 05/12/99: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that the following non-tenured representative has been elected by ballot vote of all full-time UNO faculty to complete the remainder of Susan Pendleton's term from April 30, 1999, through April 15, 2001, on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee. This representative will serve the stated term to its completion or until receiving tenure, which ever comes first:Alice Schumaker (complete remainder of Susan Pendleton's term).
Resolution 2392 05/12/99: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that the following tenured representatives have been elected by ballot vote of all full-time UNO faculty to serve three-year terms from April 30, 1999, through April 15, 2002, on the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee.Bruce Chase (replaced James Dick), Michael O'Hara (re-elected), David Helm (replace Deanna Liddy).
Resolution 2371, 04/14/99: Committee on RulesBE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with section 6.1 of the faculty senate bylaws the following nominees for the Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee are brought forward by the Rules Committee for senate nomination. If approved, a ballot will be presented to the UNO faculty.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from April 16, 1999, through April 15, 2002, to replace retiring member, James Dick:Bruce Chase, Wai-Ning Mei.One tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from April 16, 1999, through April 15, 2002, to replace retiring member, Michael O'Hara:Michael O'Hara, Robert Ottemann.One tenured faculty member will beelected from the following two nominees to serve a three-year term from April 16, 1999, through April 15, 2002, to replace retiring member, Deanna Liddy:Mansour Zand, David Helm.One non-tenured faculty member will be elected from the following two nominees to complete the remainder of Susan Pendleton's term from April 15, 1999, through April 12, 2001. Professor Pendleton has resigned from UNO.Alice Schumaker, Manoj Sharma.