About the Senate

The College Senate is a unicameral body, representing the faculty, students, and administration of the College, and is presided over by the College president. Subject to the authority of the Bylaws of the Board of Trustees of the City University of New York, the College Senate is responsible for the formulation of academic policy and for legislative and advisory functions related to the programs, standards, and goals of the College.

Students

One-third of the Lehman College Senate is comprised of student members. Student representatives to the Senate are elected during the annual spring elections for student government.

In order to be certified as a candidate, students must be enrolled in a degree or credit-bearing certificate program. Undergraduate full-time students must earn at least twelve credits. Undergraduate part-time students must earn a minimum of six credits. Graduate students must carry a minimum of three credits. All candidates must have completed and earned a passing grade in 50 percent of the courses for which they registered the prior semester. All candidates must have a minimum 2.0 G.P.A., which they must maintain to remain in office.

Faculty Staff and Administration

One-half of the Lehman College Senate is comprised of faculty, with administrators comprising one-sixth of the membership. One faculty representative is elected from each department at the time that the election for department chair is conducted. In addition, faculty senators elected at-large are selected by and from full-time members of the instructional staff, acting as a single electorate. Three part-time faculty senators are selected from those part-time instructional staff who teach at least six semester hours per week.

The president, vice-presidents, assistant vice presidents, full deans and associate deans are ex-officio members of the Senate. In addition, there are five representatives, elected by and from those administrative officers who are not ex-officio members of the Senate, but who are members of the instructional staff. One elected representative of the Gittleson employees is also appointed as a member of the Senate.

Elected at-large, full-time faculty and administrative representatives serve two-year terms and are eligible for re-election. Part-time faculty representatives are elected annually and serve two-year terms and are eligible for re-election.

Last modified: Sep 25, 2009