STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA

CHAPTER I

SECTION 1. All statutes, by-laws, and regulations heretofore in effect at the University of Nevada are hereby repealed.

SEC. 2. All statutes, by-laws, and regulations are subject to the laws of the State of Nevada, and the powers and duties vested in the Board of Regents and the President.

SEC. 3. Following articles of organization are subject to amendment or repeal by the Board of Regents.

SECTION 1. The general faculty of the University of Nevada shall consist of all persons who shall give instruction in any of the departments of the University. SEC. 2. The general faculty shall be classified as follows:

SEC. 3 The President, the Vice-President, the Deans of the separate colleges, the Dean in Education, and the Dean of Women shall constitute the Council of Administration.

SEC. 4. The President, Vice-President, and the Deans and heads of departments of the rank of full professor shall constitute the University Senate.

SEC. 5. The faculty of each school or college shall consist of all members of the general faculty associated with each school or college.

SECTION 1. The responsibilities and duties of the President are as set forth in the laws of the State of Nevada and as herein provided.

SEC. 2. The President of the University shall be the executive head of the University and of each faculty. It shall be his duty to secure efficiency in all departments, and orderly and economical administration and healthful development in all the affairs of the University. He is clothed with all authority needful to that end, and for his acts is answerable to the Board of Regents alone.

SEC. 2. He shall be ex officio member of all committees and shall be chairman of all administrative committees.

SEC. 4. The President shall make all recommendations to the Board of Regents concerning appointments, promotions, or dismissals; all communications from members of the faculty or employees of the University directed to the Board of Regents must be transmitted through the President; likewise, all communications from the Board of Regents to members of the faculty or employees of the institution shall be transmitted through the President.

CHAPTER IV

The Vice-President or Acting President.

SECTION 1. In the absence of the President or in case of his inability to act, the Vice-President shall perform his functions.

SECTION 1. The Dean shall be the administrative officer of his college. Any matters in which the faculty of the college can legislate are within the adminis trative functions of the Dean of the college. The administrative function, therefore, of the Dean is equal in sphere with the legislative function of his college.

He shall be directly responsible to the President of the University for the carrying out of any university policy and for the execution of all established rules or special instructions given by a superior authority. He shall make an annual report to the President on or before the first day of June in each year in which he shall fully treat of the work of his college. He may make reports or advance suggestions at any time and shall report to the President whenever requested to do so.

SECTION 1. Subject always to the approval of the President and Board of Regents, the University Senate shall have legislative jurisdiction in all matters of government, discipline, and educational policy not delegated by it to the separate faculties. It shall have the right of review of all actions of the several college faculties which relate to the educational welfare of the University as a whole. SEC. 2. There shall be the following standing committees of the University Senate: 1. Admission and Advanced Standing;

2. Registration;

3. Graduation;

4. Schedules and Examinations;

5. Library;

6. University Publications;

7. Graduate Study;

8. Public Health.

SEC. 3. There shall be such other standing or special committees as the University Senate may from time to time, with the approval of the President and Board of Regents. create.

SEC. 4. All standing committees shall consist of three members who shall be nominated by the Council of Administration and elected by the University Senate. SEC. 5. All committees shall report their action to the Senate for approval and record.

CHAPTER VII

Committees of the Council of Administration.

SECTION 1.

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There shall be the following committees of the Council of Adminis

1. Student Affairs;

2. Athletics;

3. Public Exercises:

4. Literary Contests;

5. Public Health;

6. Delinquent Scholarship;

7. Scholarship;

8. Electives.

SEC. 2. The President. Vice-President, and Deans shall be ex officio members of all administrative committees.

CHAPTER VIII

Functions of the Various Committees.

A. SENATE COMMITTEES

1. Admission and Advanced Standing-Administers the regulations of the University regarding the admission of students to the University.

2. Registration-Administers the regulations of the University regarding registration, conditions, failures, irregular hours, changes in study lists, granting leaves of absence and letters of honorable dismissal. The Registrar shall be ex officio secretary.

3. Graduation--Determines whether students have completed all requirements for degrees and passes on qualifications of candidates for advanced degrees. The Registrar shall be ex officio secretary.

4. Schedules and Examinations-Regulates the coordination of lectures, schedules, and examinations.

5. Library-Represents the Senate in the administration of the Library.

6. University Publications-Has to do with the publication of all literary and scientific works published by the University.

7. Graduate Study-Administers the rules of the Senate in relation to graduate study.

8. Public Health—Makes regulations for the control of the health of the student body.

B. STANDING ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES

1. Student Affairs-Has to do with the conduct of the students as members of the university community.

2. Athletics Supervises athletics within the University and in intercollegiate events.

3. Public Exercises-Has to do with public university exercises, lectures. assemblies, etc.

4. Literary Contests-Acts as an advisory committee having to do with the intercollegiate and other literary contests.

5. Public Health-Concerns matters in relation to the health of the university community.

6. Delinquent Scholarship-Has to do with the status of students in the University so far as scholarship is concerned.

7. Scholarship-Has to do with the awarding of scholarships and scholarship aid.

8. Electives-Acts as adviser to all students in the University in the choice of electives.

The faculty of each college directs the educational and internal life of the college, makes rules and regulations peculiar to the interests of the students in that college; formulates the course of study, the entrance and graduation requirements, which, when approved by the University Senate and the President and Board of Regents, become the statutes in force in that college. It shall not have authority to take away from a student any university privilege nor shall it entrench upon the executive duties of the Deans. All matters which concern the welfare of each college which may require the action of the Senate shall be presented to that body by the Dean. The faculty of each college shall organize and carry out its functions as it deems wise. The Dean shall be chairman of the faculty and ex officio secretary of all committees. The action of each faculty is subject to the approval of the President and Board of Regents. A copy of the minutes must be filed with the President immediately following each meeting.

SECTION 1. The department is the educational unit in the University. The head of the department shall be responsible directly to the President for the efficiency and educational effectiveness of the department. All communications to or from the department shall be through him. He shall be asked to nominate his assistants and make recommendations upon the department's organization or equipment. In courses or studies in his department in which the instruction is peculiar to the college he shall communicate with the Dean of that college in administrative matters, and through the Dean to the faculty of that college in educational matters. If the courses or studies are of university concern he shall communicate directly with the President. For general administrative work the head of the department is in that college in which his major work appears, but it is expected that each head of a department will communicate with the Dean in each college in matters which concern his college, its students, or its courses. Generally it must be understood that the first responsibility of the University of Nevada rests upon the President, and that, although certain of his responsibilities may be delegated to the faculty or Deans or heads of departments, it is expected that he will be kept fully and accurately informed of all transactions which may either concern the faculty, the students, or the people of the State of Nevada, and which are the result of the action of any faculty or officer of the University.

It is expected that the head of the department will advise with and direct those who are assisting him in his work in regard to the general plans and work of the department, just as it is expected that the Dean of the college will advise

with and direct the various heads of the departments as to matters which concern the welfare of the college. Direction in this sense means, however, nothing more than seeing that the rules and regulations enacted by the college faculties are being observed by the teaching force thereof.

SEC. 2. The President appoints the heads of departments. The heads of departments make all department reports, prepare estimates for the expenses of their department and are responsible for the distribution and expenditure of the funds assigned to them.

The Mackay School of Mines is under the jurisdiction of the faculty of the College of Engineering, and is controlled through the College of Engineering in its educational and administrative functions. It is recognized, however, that the Mackay School of Mines has manifold external relations which imply the public dissemination of the results of science for practical application. This is an administrative direction of a kind that a faculty can hardly give. This function of the Mackay School of Mines is performed by a Director. In the performance of his duties the Director is responsible to the President.

There are certain departments of the University that are performing publicservice duties. These are under the direct control of the President and Board of Regents. Those who are in charge of these divisions may be members of one or more faculties of the colleges of the University: their membership and rank in the faculty is entirely independent of their duties in the public-service division. Appointment to a public-service division will not of itself place the individual upon the faculty of any college.

The Division of Extension is placed under the control of a Director. As the department is intimately related to that of instruction and research, cooperation and consultation is desirable between the Director of Extension and the heads of the departments concerned. In the administration of his office the Director of Extension is responsible to the President and Board of Regents.

The main work of the University in research is conducted in the laboratories of the Agricultural Experiment Station. While it is desirable that the highest university teachers should take their part in undergraduate work and that their spirit should dominate it all, research should be part of the aim of all departments in the University. The Agricultural Experiment Station is under the immediate control of a Director, though all projects undertaken and all expenditures proposed are subject to the approval of the President and Board of Regents. In other departments research becomes a matter of approval between the individual concerned and the President and Board of Regents.

The board shall at all times select such Deans, professors, and instructors, and such other subordinate officers as it may deem necessary. Such appointments and positions shall be held during the pleasure of the board, unless the term thereof shall be specifically fixed at the time of their appointment.

No member of the instructional force or other employee shall absent himself from his proper duties at the University except by the permission of the President, and the President shall not give leave of absence longer than two weeks without previous permission of the Board of Regents; nor without authority shall any member of the instructional force be entitled to receive special compensation for any services performed during the term time of the University in line with his profession or calling.

No one connected with the instructional force of the University shall be employed in any work that does not naturally come within the scope of his duties or for which added compensation will be accepted, except with the. approval of the President of the University and the action of the Board of Regents in regular session.

CHAPTER XVIII

Reports of Officers and Faculties.

The Deans and Directors of the several colleges and schools shall make an annual report to the President and Board of Regents of the condition and progress of the work in their charge. The reports of all faculty committees and the minutes of all faculties shall be immediately filed with the President. The President may call for any special report from any officer or employee of the University at any time.

The Librarian is responsible for the proper administration of the Library. and shall report directly to the President. He shall keep a record in which the names of persons holding office of trust in the University and those wearing its honors shall be entered, as well as all historic matters concerning the University.

The policy of the library shall be determined by the University Senate and shall be administered by a committee thereof.

All apparatus, museum materials, scientific collections, and other university property appertaining to the various departments shall be in the immediate care of the professors in the respective departments to which such material belongs, subject, however, to the control of the President and the Deans. Every professor having charge of any apparatus, specimens, books, or collections shall be responsible for the safety of the same, and shall carefully keep a record or inventory of the same, with a description of the articles sufficient to identify them, with a record of the date of receipt and from whom obtained, etc.

The President has full control of the use of the buildings and grounds of the University so far as they are for the faculty and students of the University. but the buildings and grounds for other than university uses are in charge of the Executive Committee of the University.

CHAPTER XXII

Forbidding Private Use of University Property.

No one connected with the University in any capacity shall use for his own pleasure or for any personal purpose any university property of whatever description. No one shall be permitted to remove from the buildings or grounds any property belonging to the University, even though it may seem to be of no value, unless such removal be temporary, and pursuant with some well-regulated custom or usage, or with the distinct approval of the President and Board of Regents.

CHAPTER XXIII

Miscellaneous Regulations for the University Senate.

SECTION 1. The University Senate shall hold its regular meetings at 4:45 p. m. on the first Tuesday of October, December, February, April, and June, and at other times at the call of the President.

SEC. 2.

The order of business at the meeting shall be: (a) Roll-call of members.

(b) Reading of minutes of previous meeting.

(c) Receiving the report of the Council of Administration.