College Governance

Under the auspices of the Board of Regents' Bylaws and the UNO-AAUP Contract, the College of Arts & Sciences practices self-governance under the leadership of its Dean and with the participation of its faculty.  The College Dean and Faculty have created the following governance document to codify policies and procedures of the College currently in practice.

Bylaws of the College of Arts and Sciences (PDF)

Strategic Plan of the College of Arts & Sciences (PDF)

Bylaws of the College of Arts and Sciences (html):
Article I. Name | Article II. Object | Article III. Membership | Article IV. Office of the Dean | Article V. College Meetings | Article VI. Divisions | Article VII. Departments and Chairs | Article VIII. Committees | Article IX. Supra-Departmental or Inter-Departmental Units | Article X. Initial Acceptance of Bylaws | Article XI. Amendment

Standing Committees: Advisory, Educational Policy (EPC), and Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure Committees(RPT)

Board of Chairs (CAS Bylaws, Article IV, Section 4)

Request to engage in Outside Professional Activity

UNO and University-wide Governance

UNO Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate represents university faculty in the formulation of university policy. CAS faculty who have been elected to serve on the senate follow:

J. Betanabhatla  2005-2008
Elaine Lahue  2005-2008
Juliette Parnell  2005-2008

Owen Mordaunt  2006-2008
Robert Smith  2006-2008

Lisa Boucher  2006-2009
Carolyn Gascoigne  2006-2009
Wai-Ning Mei  2006-2009
Jeanne Reames  2006-2009
Suzanne Sollars  2006-2009

Meredith Bacon  2007-2010
Nora Bacon 2007-2010
Harmon Maher 2007-2010
Tatyana Novikov 2007-2010

UNO American Association of University Professors (website and link to contract)

University of Nebraska Graduate College (governance document)

University of Nebraska Board of Regents (website and link to Bylaws)