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Biomed Faculty Council

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The BioMed Faculty Council shall advise the Dean on substantive matters pertaining to the governance of the Division of Biology and Medicine and shall normally be consulted before decisions are reached. Recommendations of the BioMed Faculty Council pertaining to such matters will become policy unless sent back for reconsideration by the Dean. In consultation with the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, the Biomedical Faculty Council will discuss and formulate recommendations on academic policy matters and interdepartmental and supradepartmental affairs, including: Development of academic policies for the Division of Biology and Medicine, consonant with general University policy.

Review of criteria and process for admission of medical students. Review of criteria and process for retention and promotion of medical students, awarding of academic honors and prizes, and recommendations to the University faculty for granting of the MD degree, hearing of appeals and grievances of faculty arising from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Division of Biology and Medicine; or departmental committee actions.

Membership

Voting membership in the BioMed Faculty Council shall consist of the following:

  • Chairs of all academic departments and sections who report directly to the Dean, or their representatives
  • Directors of BioMed Centers, Institutes, and Programs, or their representatives
  • A member of the Faculty Executive Committee or a designee
  • The President of the Medical Student Senate
  • Student Representative of the Graduate Programs in Biology
  • The Chair of the Medical Faculty Executive Committee or designee

Ex-officio members serving without voting privileges shall include:

  • The Dean
  • The Associate Deans
  • Officers

Meetings

The schedule for the BioMed Faculty Council meetings shall be published at the first meeting of the calendar year and subsequent changes in those dates will require notification of at least seven days in advance of the meeting.

Special meetings may be called at the behest of the Dean, any four members of the Biomedical Faculty Council, or any 20 members of the faculty.

Quorum - One half of the voting members shall constitute a quorum.

Recommendations of the BioMed Faculty Council shall require a simple majority vote of those present provided that a quorum is present. The agenda and notice of the meeting shall be distributed to the members at least three days in advance of the meeting, and only topics listed on the agenda are acted upon, (except under special circumstances this provision may be waived by a unanimous vote of those present).

For the purpose of discharging some of these responsibilities, the Biomedical Faculty Council will operate through standing committees whose membership may include faculty as well as Department Chairs. Appointments to all standing committees are made by the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences.

The meeting dates for FY 12-13

  • Tuesday, September 25, 2012
  • Tuesday, February 19, 2013
  • Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The meetings will be held at 222 Richmond Street in the Surgical Suites Case Study Room #275 from 5:00pm – 6:00pm. An agenda will be sent prior to each meeting.