C. The Faculty

1. The Faculty Meeting The Faculty meets once each month of the Fall and Spring semesters:

1. to bring up and air matters which should be considered by one of the Boards, one of the Standing or Liaison Committees, or one of the Committees of the Faculty, and to consider any matter under discussion by any Board or Committee;
2. to act on policy proposals from the Academic Affairs Board and from Committees of the Faculty;
3. to direct the Academic Affairs Board to initiate a study on any matter under its jurisdiction and to inform the Faculty of its findings;
4. to direct the Academic Affairs Board to act upon any matter within the Board’s jurisdiction;
5. to receive regular reports from the various Boards and Committees of the Governance System;
6. to hear regular reports by the President on the state of the college and to hear reports and announcements by administrators and colleagues;
7. to vote degrees;
8. to vote “sense of the Faculty” resolutions;
9. to nominate candidates for election to the various governance bodies and to committees of the Faculty; elections will take place electronically before the next Faculty Meeting with the same voting eligibility as at Faculty Meetings;
10. to ratify amendments to the Constitution of the Colgate Governance System.