The following
mission statement was approved by the Arizona Board of Regents,
To serve the
citizens of
NAU's goals:
·
To be recognized as a premier residential campus
in the Western region of the
·
To be recognized nationally and internationally
for graduate programs that build from our regional base on the Colorado Plateau
and our work with communities throughout rural
· To be recognized as a leader in partnerships with community colleges and K-12 education,
· To be recognized as a national leader in the use of technology for distance learning,
· To be recognized as a national leader in providing educational opportunities for Native American students, in providing service to Native American tribes, and in research in contemporary Native American policy issues.
The NAU Five-Year Strategic Plan outlines seven strategic directions to move over the five years.
(1) To improve undergraduate education
(2) To strengthen graduate education
(3) To enhance research and impact economic development
(4) To
assure access to public university education for all qualified residents of
(5) To capitalize on new and emerging technologies to improve teaching, learning, research, and service outcomes
(6) To strengthen relationships with governmental, educational, and constituent groups
(7) To improve efficiency and demonstrate accountability
These directions
are directly related to and provide support for the directions outlined in the
strategic plan for the Arizona University System. At the same time, they
emphasize areas of strength and of opportunity that are central to the mission
of
[From Toward the Year 2000,
Today, NAU's enrollment ranks in the top 5 percent of schools and colleges in the nation. Empowered by the Arizona Board of Regents to provide educational opportunities, NAU has established partnerships with colleges and universities throughout the world, enhancing its comprehensive academic programs. Under the leadership of its fifteenth president, Dr. John Haeger, NAU is positioning itself to meet the challenges of a global society and the needs of its students in the twenty-first century and beyond.
The main academic objective at NAU is to provide students with an educational environment that can lead to independent thought, creativity, and mastery of the fundamentals essential to a productive life. Undergraduate programs cover a diverse range of disciplines, from liberal arts and the sciences to professional and career-related fields. The undergraduate academic program is distinguished by its emphasis on liberal studies. The liberal studies program consists of foundation studies and studies in various disciplines designed to assist students in cultivating their abilities to recognize significant problems and to define, analyze, and defend solutions in a variety of contexts. A four-year baccalaureate degree program at NAU requires the successful completion of 120 semester hours of course work, including liberal studies courses.
Offering superior students opportunities for independent study and research NAU has a long-established honors program designed to challenge the talented student. This leads to graduation with honors, and honor students may elect to take the special degree of Bachelor of Arts: Honors. The program provides special courses and seminars to enrich the offering.
For the well-prepared and motivated students NAU offers a three-year bachelor's degree program. The program offers intellectual and academic challenges for those who want a fast track to graduation and graduate school.
The university also
offers a select set of graduate programs, which tend to focus research and
service upon the Colorado Plateau region and rural
Throughout the
twentieth century, the growth of
A central concern throughout this period of growth has been the preservation of certain features of the university’s character: an emphasis upon undergraduate education and relatively small classes taught primarily by full-time faculty. These features have been supplemented by NAU’s commitment to extracurricular activities and to the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical, recreational, and social development of students through a residential experience.
In response to rapidly changing career opportunities and the advance of technology, professional programs at NAU have expanded. The university has developed a range of graduate degrees, including doctorates in areas that were selected on the basis of opportunities for research, the professional maturity of the faculty, and the needs of the state and region. Consistent with its commitment to undergraduate and selected graduate education, NAU supports collaborative faculty-student research projects, interdisciplinary programs, and both individual and organized research activities.
As on-campus
programs develop, the university is progressively expanding its offerings to
the residents of
NAU seeks to remain responsive to the changing needs of the state and to retain its tradition of excellence in undergraduate and selected graduate programs through careful planning and the management of enrollments.
Hallmarks of NAU
are the quality of the educational experience and the opportunities for
personal, intellectual, and professional growth offered by interaction of
faculty and staff with individual students; relatively small classes; and the
residential campus in
NAU's main campus
is located in
NAU’s academic
programs are shaped by a broad geographical and cultural environment. Located
on the Colorado Plateau, adjacent to the Navajo and Hopi reservations, and
situated in the largest ponderosa pine forest in the nation,
Emphasis on liberal studies for undergraduates is a distinguishing characteristic of NAU. Students in all degree programs broaden their intellectual, philosophical, and cultural experience through a required liberal studies program, which provides a broad background in the arts, letters, and sciences. Central to this program are requirements for the demonstration of written, oral, and computational competencies. An important part of the liberal studies emphasis is the Honors program for qualified undergraduates. In an era of increasing global interconnectedness, the university also offers diverse international programs and activities.
Supplementing a
comprehensive set of undergraduate programs,
The university consists of six colleges, a center, and four free-standing schools:
College of Arts and Sciences - http://www.nau.edu/artsci/
Center for
Excellence in Education - http://www.nau.edu/~cee/
The colleges offer the majority of the liberal studies curriculum and related majors in the arts, letters, and sciences. The center and the other colleges and schools offer strong professional and career programs in business, education, engineering, forestry, health professions and hotel and restaurant management. In addition, the university continues to develop interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary initiatives, such as Quaternary Studies http://www.nau.edu/~qsp/, the Bilby Research Center, the Center for Colorado Plateau Studies, the Ecological Restoration Institute and the Center for Sustainable Environments.
The instructional
program of
The uiversity maintains a commitment to meeting the needs of a diverse student population. This commitment is manifested in many ways, including programs for American Indian and Hispanic students. NAU has one of the largest American Indian student populations of any university in the nation.
Complementing the
natural environment, the
NAU maintains field sites in more than 30 locations throughout the state for the support of Statewide Academic Programs.
NAU has a long
tradition of public service as demonstrated by its role as a fine arts center
for the region and by its concern for rural education and economic development,
particularly on the Indian reservations. Examples of public service activities
at NAU include research and model programs in the human services, in-service
teacher education, musical and dramatic performances in Flagstaff and in the
rural communities of northern Arizona, public affairs radio programming,
research and training for multi-resource land managers, outreach programs in
the health professions, research and informational resources for the
hospitality industry, the transfer of appropriate technologies, the provision
of conference facilities and services, and assistance with economic
development. While individual faculty are encouraged to pursue a wide range of
research, scholarly, creative, and other professional interests, the university
will continue to emphasize those endeavors which are based upon NAU’s
relationship to the rural areas of the state and the Colorado Plateau region.
Through applied research bureaus, institutes, resource centers and other activities,
the university provides a multitude of services for the citizens of
Recognizing the value of a diverse student population, NAU has designed specific recruitment, transition, and retention programs to increase the enrollment and graduation rates of under represented and ethnic minority groups.
NAU also encourages both organized and sponsored research activities, especially as they provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to work on projects with members of the faculty.
External
constituencies whose support is essential to fulfilling the mission of the
university include the Northern Arizona University Foundation, which broadens
the resource base of the university through private giving.
The Arizona Board
of Regents consists of the Governor of the State, the State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, both ex-officio, and eight resident citizens of the state
appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the Senate. This Board,
acting under the constitution and laws of the State of
Among the functions of the Board of Regents as listed in A.R.S. 15-725 are these:
1. To appoint the President of the university and, upon his/her recommendation, to appoint all other officers of instruction and administration and to prescribe their duties and to determine their salaries; and to “enact ordinances for the government” of the university.
2. To appraise the educational needs of the state and, in the light of these, to formulate general policy concerning the purposes, organization and operation of the university.
3. To approve the university budget and to authorize the expenditure of all funds.
4. For a listing of other functions see A.R.S. 15-725.
The residential university community consists of colleges, centers, schools, academic divisions, and departments, supported by such other offices, services, institutes, and functions as may receive the approval of the President and Regents.
The academic department, college, center, or school represents the units of instruction within the university. When departments are authorized, each shall be assigned to an academic division, school, center, or college, but they also shall serve other schools, colleges, centers or divisions to meet the needs of the university. Organizational changes may be proposed by the action of college/school faculties subject in all cases to the approval of the dean, provost and/or other appropriate administrators. The Faculty Senate must be apprised of proposals, and any proposed new program (refer to Section 4.13) and/or new department, school, center, or college must be recommended by the President/Provost and referred to the Arizona Board of Regents for approval. An academic department may, when duly authorized, embrace one or more majors or fields or specializations.
A college may be non-departmentalized or consist of related or assigned schools, divisions or departments. Other administrative offices, including bureaus, institutes, offices and services, may be organized by the President as necessary to administer the general functions of the university.
The organizational chart (Appendix G) shows the hierarchical relationship between the four major administrative units of the Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Business Affairs, and University Advancement.
At present the
instructional units of the university are organized into six colleges, three
freestanding schools, a Center and a Museum Faculty of Fine Art. The colleges
are Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering and Technology,
Health Professions, Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Ecosystem Science
and Management. The freestanding schools are Hotel and Restaurant Management,
Communication and Performing Arts. The center is the Center for Excellence in
Education. Additionally, a full-developed off-campus site at NAU-Yuma provides
baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degree programs for students in the
The academic dean or executive director is the chief academic administrator of a college, school, or center and is expected to provide leadership and service to students, faculty, and departments in that unit. (Hereafter, the term “college” shall refer to the academic units of colleges, schools, and centers.) The dean provides academic and managerial leadership, is informed of the coordination needs of the administration of the total university, and looks for direction from the offices of the provost, vice presidents and the president. The dean is responsible for administering programs in conformity with the objectives, philosophy and policy of the institution.
Specific duties and responsibilities include: providing leadership to improve curriculum, effective instruction, and public relations; counseling faculty and students on academic, evaluative, vocational, and personal matters; serving as liaison officer for cooperative activities among colleges, schools, communities, and other groups; carrying out policies formulated by the administration and those developed by the interaction of the colleges and schools; and administration of such matters as budgets, schedules, catalog copy, equipment, preparation of statistical reports, supervision of administrative support, and routine record keeping.
The department chair is the academic and administrative leader of the university’s basic organizational unit -- the academic department -- except in non-departmentalized units in which the dean or director serves in this role while area coordinators may perform some of these functions.
Department chairs encourage and evaluate faculty productivity, recommend persons for support and recognition, and lead the faculty of their departments in integrating research with instruction. They coordinate departmental curricula, prepare class schedules, evaluate academic standards, assign academic advisors, and keep advisors informed. They propose new candidates for hiring and evaluate faculty performance in teaching, advising, research, and professional service. They inform faculty members of departmental expectations and counsel them in realizing these goals.
Department chairs participate in college-level policy matters through regular meetings of department chairs with the Dean. They work with deans to provide opportunities for professional growth and development for the faculty.
Chairs prepare department budget requests for student wages, operational capital, and library acquisitions; propose additions to the faculty of their department; administer department budgets; recommend library acquisitions; recommend faculty travel propose scheduled usage of classrooms and laboratories; and coordinate office assignments.
The membership of
the university Faculty, hereinafter referred to as “the Faculty,” is determined
by the definition of “Faculty” in the Conditions of Faculty Service document of
the Arizona Board of Regents. The Faculty shall mean all employees of
[From the
Constitution of the Faculty,
The Faculty has responsibility for such fundamental areas as curriculum, subject matter and method of instruction, research, faculty status, and other aspects of university life that relate to the educational process. The power to initiate, review, formulate, recommend enactment of, and oversee policy and procedures in these areas rests with the Faculty, subject to the authority of the Arizona Board of Regents, the administrative authority of the President of the university, and the limitations imposed by the Faculty Constitution. The Faculty shall normally exercise these powers through its representative, the Faculty Senate. The Faculty shall retain appellate power over all official actions of the Faculty Senate. Faculty appeals of the Senate actions shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Article VI.B. of the Faculty Constitution.
The Faculty Senate, hereinafter referred to as “the Senate’” is the delegate assembly of the Faculty of Northern Arizona University. It provides a forum for free discussion, decision-making, and independent statements of Faculty judgment. It provides a vehicle and establishes the process by which the Faculty may discharge its duty to share in the governance of the university within the scope of its authority under state laws and the rules, regulations, and policies of the Arizona Board of Regents.
1. The Senate recommends policies and procedures on matters of traditional responsibilities of the Faculty.
2. The Senate advises the Administration and the Board of Regents, affording them access to the collective wisdom and intelligence of the Faculty.
3. The Senate maintains open channels of communication among Faculty, Administration, and Students.
Functions and Responsibilities
In response to the charge from the Arizona Board of Regents that the Faculty shall share in the governance and administration of the university, the Senate, as the representative body of the Faculty, shall exercise this responsibility in the following areas: curriculum, academic climate, long-range planning, budgetary planning, university organization and administration, and general Faculty welfare.
Specific functions and responsibilities delegated to and exercised by the Senate shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
1. To support and ensure the implementation of policies and procedures outlined in the Conditions of Faculty Service and in local supporting documents in any matter concerning academic freedom or grievance of a faculty member.
2. To exercise fundamental responsibility in the formulation or review of policies governing tenure, sabbatical, promotion, merit salaries, evaluation procedures, work loads, retirements, and dismissal.
3. To exercise fundamental responsibility in the formulation or review of policies relating to: curriculum; admission requirements; general requirements for degrees; academic conduct of students and faculty, including means of handling infractions; official publications of the university.
4. To advise and assist the President in establishing, reorganizing, or discontinuing major academic administrative units of the university such as colleges, schools, intercollege divisions, departments, and similar functional organizations.
5. To nominate individuals for elected memberships on university or special committees, to conduct all balloting by the faculty, and to designate one or more persons as official representatives of the faculty when necessary.
6. To advise the President on general budgetary policy, on priority in allocation of funds, and on financial problems directly affecting the faculty.
7. To share in the formulation or review of policies governing projects for which faculty will be asked to contribute their time or money.
8. To suggest candidates for honorary degrees.
9. To enact, review, and repeal Bylaws and organize the Committee structure of the Senate.
[From the Constitution of the Faculty --
See http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~senate-p/]
The following paragraphs describe administrative, institutional and faculty advisory committees and/or councils.
The following groups represent administrative advisory committees and/or councils. For additional information on the membership contact the President's Office for a membership list.
Academic Computing Council
Membership: Twenty-two members comprised of representatives of campus colleges and schools, as well as service areas.
Function: The council offers advice to service-providing departments on matters of interest to the membership, serves as a clearinghouse for information about computing issues as they affect instruction and research, and evaluates proposals for grant funds provided by Information Technology Services in support of instructional activities.
Administrative Computing Council
Membership: The Administrative Computing Council (ADCC) is a broad representative committee, whose membership includes representatives from administrative and business functions as well as clients they serve. Members are appointed by the President. The area coordinator for Administrative Computing serves as an ex officio member. Staff support is provided as needed through Administrative Computing personnel.
Function: The ADCC’s primary purpose is to make recommendations to
the chair of the Information Technology Steering Committee and chief
information technology officer on all matters related to administrative
computing, based on planning documents and activities, environmental scanning,
or special study.
Technology Systems and Support Council
Membership: The Technology Systems and Support Council (TSSC) is a broad representative committee, whose membership includes representatives from the entire NAU community. Members are appointed by the President. The area coordinators for Computing and Communication Systems and End-user Computing Support serve as ex officio members. Staff support is provided through Computing and Communications Systems and End-user Computing Support personnel.
Function: The TSSC’s primary purpose is to make recommendations to
the Information Technology Steering Committee and chief information technology
officer on all matters related to technology systems and support, based on
planning documents and activities, environmental scanning, or special study.
Information Technology Steering Committee
Membership: The Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) is a broad representative committee, whose membership includes the provost, one vice president, one dean, one academic department chair, one student representative designated by ASNAU, one Student Affairs representative, chair of the Academic Computing Council, chair of the Administrative Computing Council, and chair of the Technology Systems and Support Council. The provost serves as an ex officio member, as does one representative from the University Budget Office.
Function: The ITSC’s primary purpose is
to make recommendations to the president and chief information technology
officer on all matters related to information technology, based on planning
activities, environmental scanning, or special study.
Admissions Review Committee (ARC)
Membership: This Committee is comprised of eleven members from the faculty/academic area and an ex-officio Undergraduate Admissions staff member.
Function: This Committee reviews case files of new students who do not meet the undergraduate admissions standards as established by the Arizona Board of Regents. The committee also makes recommendations regarding the collection of additional documents for admission decisions and then makes decisions regarding the admission status.
Campus Safety Advisory Council
Membership: This council consists of 15 members recommended by the Director of Campus Safety Services and the Associate Vice President of Business Affairs. These recommendations are approved by the President.
Function: The primary purpose of the Campus Safety Advisory Council (CSAC) is to review recommendations presented to administration and/or departments concerning safety and security hazards. The CSAC formulates safety and security policies that compliment the present and future needs of the university. CSAC makes recommendations to university administrators regarding these issues and communicates safety and security plans, ideas, and programs to the university community as appropriate.
Classified Staff Advisory Council (CSAC)
Membership: Members of the Council are
appointed by the university President and consist of 17 permanent classified
staff employees who are in good standing, and have performed at minimum
standards or better for a minimum of three (3) consecutive years. The members
are appointed from the President, Provost, Institutional Advancement, Business
Affairs, Associate Provost for Student Affairs and two (2) at large members. An
equal number of participants are chosen from the nominees not appointed as
voting members on the council. A Human Resources representative and the VP of
Business Affairs are ex-officio members.
Function: The mission of the CSAC is to advise university administration on existing and proposed policies, procedures and programs which impact or are of particular interest to classified staff. CSC serves as a communication medium for all classified staff, acting as staff liaison with other university constituencies in an effort to foster effective dialogue university-wide. CSAC protects and promotes the general welfare of classified staff within the parameters of the university's mission.
Competition Between Universities and
Private
Membership: The committee for
Competition Between Universities and Private Enterprise is comprised of
representatives from the following areas: Office of the President, Purchasing,
Conference Reservations, Associate Provost for Student Affairs, Grant and
Contract Services, NAU Bookstore, and University Services.
Function: The NAU committee on Competition Between Universities and Private Enterprise is responsible for carrying out board policy and following procedures outlined in A.R.S. 41-2753. One of the main guidelines followed by this committee is the university, unless specified by statue, shall not: Provide to persons other than students, faculty, staff and invited guests, goods, services or facilities that are practically available from private enterprise unless the provision of the goods, services or facility offers a valuable educational or research experience for students as part of their education or fulfills the public service mission of the university. The paragraph is not applicable to sponsoring or providing facilities for recreational, cultural, and athletic events or to facilities providing food services and sales.
Employee Suggestion Program
Membership: The membership of this committee varies from eight to twelve members who are drawn from all functional areas of the university staff. There is usually one faculty representative, one representative of the classified staff advisory council (CSAC), one representative from student services, and at least one representative from facility services. The remainder of the members are individuals who have submitted ideas and won awards in the past and others who demonstrate an interest in serving on the committee.
Function: The committee is responsible
for researching suggestions made by university employees for improvement of
processes or work areas, realizing cost savings, or both. All employees are
encouraged to submit suggestions for improvements to campus life. Those
suggestions which can be implemented may be eligible for a cash award ranging
from $50-$1000.
Membership: This committee is comprised
of three community physicians, one Coconino County Health Department staff
member, three faculty members, three staff members, one
Function: The Fronske Health Center
Advisory Committee advises the staff of
Hearing Board for Student Affairs
Membership: This committee is composed of two faculty members, two students and one staff member.
Function: The university Hearing Board is designed to hear student appeals related to student disciplinary sanctions of expulsion and /or suspension from the university. This committee convenes only after a student has formally appealed a decision of suspension and/or expulsion.
Service Professionals Advisory Committee
Membership: The Council consists of 15 service professional employees who are in good standing and who have completed at least one year at NAU. Efforts are made to ensure representation from the areas of the Provost and Vice Presidents. Human Resources shall have a designee serving in an ex-officio capacity.
Function: The mission of the council is to recognize the service professional staff as an integral part of the university community and to advise the university administration on policy matters of interest to the service professional staff. The objectives of the council are to: a) foster and enhance communication between the service professional staff and university administration; b) advise the university administration of matters relating to service professional staff prior to the implementation of new policies, procedures and programs and to recommend changes in existing policies as needed; c) to provide a forum for service professional staff in their role in the university system; d) to serve as a liaison with classified staff, faculty, academic professionals, and administration; and e) to provide a vehicle to assist in implementation and communication of university policies and procedures.
University Employee Benefits Committee
Membership: Includes representatives from all employee groups and is responsible for reporting to the President’s Management Team (PMT). In addition to active employee groups, there is a retiree on this committee plus ex-officio members representing the administration and legal counsel. The committee carries out its responsibilities by making recommendations to the PMT.
Function: The University Employee Benefits Committee is a permanent institutional committee charged to promote the general welfare of all university employees and retirees. This includes promoting, monitoring and reviewing all types of university benefits as well as investigating potential new ones.
University Residency Appeals Committee
Membership: The committee may include representatives from the faculty, administration, staff, professionals and students. Five voting members of the committee are present for each appeal hearing.
Function: Students who are classified as nonresident for tuition purposes by the university classification officer have the right to appeal that decision and to request a review by the University Residency Appeals Committee. The committee meets to review the existing student residency file, consider testimony from the student and/or an advisor of the student's choice, review new information or documentation provided and to render a decision, which is final.
Academic Standards Committee
Membership: This committee consists of 27 members. Fifteen faculty representatives are elected by the academic colleges and schools, including NAU-Yuma. Two student representatives are appointed by ASNAU. Five voting and five ex-officio representatives are appointed by the Provost. The appointed voting representatives include two faculty, and one representative each from Counseling and Testing, the Registrar’s Office and the Office of Undergraduate Studies. The appointed nonvoting representatives include representatives from Undergraduate Admissions, Athletics, Financial Aid, Student Affairs, and Academic Retention.
Function: The Academic Standards Committee recommends policy with respect to all general and special academic policies, standards, procedures, and scholastic regulations, and continuously reevaluates such standards and policies to assure that appropriate academic standards prevail. The committee also hears and acts on requests from students regarding waiver of any of university policies. The Academic Standards Committee recommends policy with respect to all general and special policies, standards, and procedures concerning admissions and scholastic regulations, and continuously re-evaluates such standards and policies to assure that high academic standards prevail.
Affirmative Action Committee
Membership: The committee is comprised
of faculty, staff, students and three ex-officio administrators. Terms are for
three years and shall be staggered so that not more than one-third of the
committee is new in any given year. Five faculty members are elected by the
faculty senate each year. Four staff and professional employees are appointed
by the university President each year. Three students are nominated by the
Associated Students of NAU and one student is nominated by the
Function: The purpose of the committee is to assist the Affirmative Action Office (AAO) to improve the campus climate as it relates to diversity, multiculturalism, civility, and equal opportunity. In collaboration with other units on campus, the committee apprises AAO of concerns and works with the AAO to resolve issues presented to the committee for investigation. Members encourage development of a pluralistic environment for the campus community.
Campus Improvement & Beautification
Committee
Membership: The Campus Improvement and Beautification Committee is comprised of two persons from Facilities Development, one from Residence Life, one from Student Services, one from Facilities Management, and nine faculty members (one from each college).
Function: Its mission is to contribute
to the development of new facilities and the improvement of existing ones, emphasizing
the contribution facilities can make to the quality of education and campus
life. The responsibility is to represent
the student body and the faculty/staff in the facility planning process, and
will involve student/faculty/community as appropriate in its deliberations, and
in-house expertise will be used to the fullest extent possible. This committee is an advisory body to NAU’s
central administration. It serves a dual
purpose by functioning as both the Art Committee and the Campus Improvement
& Beautification Committee. Its
members represent all facets of the university community, from administration
to faulty and students. The intent of
the committee is to recognize and discuss issues related to physical facilities
and the beautification of the NAU campus.
Recommendations for change or implementation are made to NAU
administration. The CIBC’s primary goal
is to support the mission of the university in providing quality education and
campus life. The committee is sensitive
to the needs of students, the staff, and the surrounding
University Graduate Committee
Membership: The committee is chaired by the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies. It is composed by 17 faculty elected by the colleges and schools in proportion to the size of their graduate programs. It includes a graduate student representative, and the dean of the university library as an ex-officio member.
Function: The University Graduate Committee articulates objectives for graduate study and establishes and maintains proper graduate standards and policies for graduate programs and graduate assistants, consistent with university objectives. This council coordinates all graduate programs and curricula to prevent undue course proliferation; studies and recommends means for improving graduate programs; and considers new and revised graduate programs. Specifically, the council establishes and maintains standards and policies in such matters as admission to graduate study, admission to candidacy, examination requirements, transfer credits, extension credits and approval of graduate courses programs and degrees. It acts as the graduate curriculum committee for new courses, course changes and deletions, new programs and program revisions.
Intercollegiate Athletics Committee
Membership: The committee includes one full-time student, appointed by the Associated Students of NAU (ASNAU) for a two-year term; eleven elected faculty representatives, one from each college/school; four appointed representatives to include three staff members and one administrator; and one faculty athletic representative (FAR). All members (except students and FAR) serve three-year rotating terms. The terms are staggered in order to provide continuity. Members are encouraged not to serve consecutive terms.
Function: The committee is charged to act in an advisory capacity to the director of Athletics on the operations of the Department of Athletics. The committee is ultimately responsible to the President of the university.
Liberal Studies Council (Draft)
Membership: Recommendations are forwarded to the Dean of Liberal Studies. Representation on the council comes from various colleges and schools.
Function: The Council establishes the template for liberal studies courses and colloquia, approves courses recommended in the new liberal studies requirement and advises and consults with deans regarding implementation of assessment concepts and methodology for liberal studies courses and all academic program assessment issues on campus.
Library Committee
Membership: The committee is chaired by
a faculty member and is composed of faculty from each college/school and
Function: There are four main purposes of the University Library Committee:
1. Develops, recommends, and reviews policies within the framework of the curricular objectives of the university for the selection and purchase of library materials.
2. Represents the interests of the library, students, and faculty in consideration of library policies.
3. Studies and recommends means to optimize use of library resources.
4. Maintains a strong interface with library personnel.
NAU Commission on the Status of Women
Membership: The Commission is made up of not more than 35 members and consists of a diverse group of women and men from across campus, including students, classified staff, faculty, administrators, service professionals, and academic professionals. Nominations for membership are forwarded from the Nominations Subcommittee to the NAU Commission on the Status of Women. The Chair forwards the recommendations to the President. The President formally appoints the Commission and also appoints one individual to serve as a liaison to the Commission. The Commission's membership recommendation is submitted to the President by April 15 of each year.
Function: The Commission acts as a clearinghouse for women's issues on campus and provides informed recommendations to the President in order to ensure a campus environment in which the full participation of women is supported and the contributions of women are valued.
Parking and Traffic Advisory Committee
Membership: This is a permanent council with membership terms comprised of one to three years. Members are appointed by the Faculty Senate.
Function: The charge of the Parking and Traffic Advisory Committee is to assess, address and recommend current and future campus parking and traffic needs or concerns. The Advisory council will make provisions to assure user input in the development and direction of the campus parking and traffic system. The Committee will promote a practical and cost-effective approach compatible with the philosophy, goals and objectives of the university and those which best serve the interest of the campus community.
Organized Research Committee
Membership: This committee is chaired by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs-Research and Graduate Studies and is composed of 17 faculty members elected by the colleges and schools, with at least one representative from each school or college.
Function: The primary duty of this committee is to review proposals submitted by Faculty for Organized Research funding. This activity takes place during the Fall Semester each year, and involves evaluation of proposals during and approximately 1-month period. The final step in this review is a panel meeting where the committee discusses proposals and assists in making decisions on funding. The committee may be asked to provide input into research policy at NAU.
Parking Citation Appeals Board
Membership: The appeals board is a permanent council with membership rotating from one to three year terms. The board shall consist of 10 voting members and three non-voting members. The non-voting members function as a resource people to the voting committee. Voting members: three students, four faculty, two university Staff members, one administrative professional, and one residence life. Non-voting members: one physical resources, one campus safety and security, and the Dean of Students.
Function: The purpose of the appeals board is to provide a second level of review for those members of the university community who have made an unsuccessful appeal of parking citation to the Parking Appeals Officer.
Residence Life Advisory Committee
Membership: The Residence Life Advisory Committee includes one representative from each college, 10 student representatives, and five appointed representatives.
Function: The Residence Life Advisory Council exists as a formal sounding board for current issues, major policy review and budgetary review and recommendation for the Office of Residence Life. The council is advisory in nature and the responsibility for final decisions and implementation rests with administration.
The council provides input and a formal recommendation regarding the locally funded rate structure for single student and family housing for the following academic year. This includes reviewing plans for renovation of existing facilities, as well as other facility improvements. The council also provides guidance for major policy and procedural changes impacting service to students, and provides feedback regarding committee members’ experiences and perceptions of the service and image provided.
Scholarships Committee
Membership: This committee consists of nine faculty members, three students and five staff members.
Function: The University Scholarship committee is responsible for the annual awarding of scholarships from 30 scholarship accounts. They review donor criteria, student scholarship application forms, academic transcripts and letters of recommendation. They also function in an advisory capacity to upper-level administration in the formulation and implementation of policies affecting academic scholarships at NAU.
University Curriculum Committee
Membership: The UCC is chaired by the
Provost as a member of the Committee, or his/her designee. Total Committee membership is 25, with 21
voting members. The voting membership,
elected by the respective academic units, is comprised of the following: the
Provost or designee, 15 representatives from the NAU Flagstaff academic units,
one from Cline Library, one from NAU-Yuma, one from
Function: The UCC establishes and maintains standards, policies and procedures that will ensure that university undergraduate curricula and all regulations pertaining there to comply with the stated mission and goals of the university. The UCC coordinates all undergraduate curricula to assure academic integrity and to prevent unnecessary course proliferation. The UCC reviews, evaluates, and recommends to the Provost, approval or disapproval of all new undergraduate courses, programs, and degrees, and proposed changes in existing courses, programs and degrees. New programs and major programmatic reviews are subject to the approval of the President and the Arizona Board of Regents.
University Program Review Committee
Membership: The committee is comprised of 15 members elected for three-year terms by the respective academic units, Cline Library and NAU-Yuma. The Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies serves as an ex-officio member.
Function: The function of the committee
is to conduct periodic reviews of the various degree granting programs of
Office for Teaching and Learning
Effectiveness Committee
Membership: The Office for Teaching and
Learning Effectiveness Advisory Council includes one representative from each
college, one from NAU at
rotating term, meet throughout the year, and are assigned to one or more sub-committees reflecting their interests and expertise.
Function: The committee works with the Office for Teaching and Learning Effectiveness to set policy and guidelines relating to the grants and programmatic
activities sponsored by the Office. The committee takes leadership in addressing campus issues of teaching and learning, and with finding innovative ways of supporting faculty growth.
The following committees represent the governance committees of the general faculty. For additional information, refer to Appendix B, Committees.
Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee
Membership: Nine tenured faculty members shall constitute the Committee of Academic Freedom and Tenure and these members will serve three-year terms on a rotational basis with three members being selected each year. Three to five committee members will be selected by the committee chair to hear individual cases.
Function: This committee establishes such general procedures as are reasonable and prudent for carrying out its business. The procedures will incorporate those mandated by the Arizona Board of Regents in ABOR Policy no. 6-201.General procedures agreed upon by this committee are found in Appendix B of the NAU Faculty Handbook. Principal obligation of the committee is the protection of academic freedom and tenure. The committee reviews, on behalf of affected faculty, recommendation for dismissal or suspension. Also hears grievances and complaints by faculty members if Committee on Conciliation fails to achieve resolution.
Faculty Grievance Committee
Membership: A committee comprised of twenty faculty members, elected from the faculty senate and trained in the process and procedures for hearing a grievance. Members shall serve a term of two years. Members may be re-elected for a second term, to be served consecutively after the first term, or at a later period. The chair of the FGC is responsible for selecting from among the faculty elected to the FGC a sub-committee of 3-5 individuals to hear a grievance. The chair of the FGC will also appoint one of the members of the sub-committee as sub-committee chair.
Function: The committee is charged with reviewing allegations and requests for hearings to determine whether the matter is grievable and for hearing all grievances as outlined in the grievance hearing process (see Appendix A, Faculty Problem Resolution Procedures).
School/College Promotion and Tenure
Committee
Membership: Each school/college creates an elected committee. There shall be at least three members on the committee. Membership on the committee is restricted to tenured full-time faculty.
Function: To review and recommend promotion, tenure, sabbatical or Regents' Professor awards. Refer to Appendix B for additional information.
Annual Review Committee (ARC)
Membership: Each academic unit establishes an ARC each fall semester. The committee consists of a minimum of three full-time faculty members elected by the department/unit.
Function: The ARC conducts the academic unit's annual performance evaluation of faculty and makes recommendations on matters concerning the annual performance rating of faculty members, merit increases, and other matters pertaining to annual performance evaluation determined to be appropriate by the academic unit. Refer to Appendix B for additional information.
Faculty Women’s Association
The Faculty Women’s Association of Northern Arizona university is a professional organization concerned with the academic and economic welfare of women faculty members. The FWA Constitution and Bylaws are available in the Library at the Reference Desk.
American Association of University
Professors
The American Association of University Professors is concerned about faculty welfare and is organized on the NAU campus. AAUP information can be obtained at the Library Reference Desk.
Northern
The NAU Alumni
Association is an active organization with clubs and chapters throughout
The Alumni Association’s activities are under the direction of a Board of Directors and coordinated by a full-time Executive Director and staff. For more information, visit the Alumni web page at: http://www.nau.edu/~alumni/
The Northern
The NAU Parents' Association is an advisory organization dedicated to providing families with information regarding campus resources, programs, and activities. The association also provides a vehicle through which parents may direct questions and concerns about the functions of the university.
Members of the NAU Parents' Association may make recommendations to the university regarding activities that will better serve their sons and daughters. In addition, parents may become involved in membership, fund-raising, publications, and other activities of the association such as Previews, recruitment of new students, evaluation of NAUPA scholarship applications, and Family Weekend.
Membership in NAUPA is voluntary and open to any parent or guardian of an NAU student. Annual membership donations support the quarterly NAUPA newsletter, From Our Family to Yours, the annual Family Handbook, special university projects, and the day-to-day operations of the NAU Parents' Association office.
The NAU Parents' Association serves all families of NAU students. NAUPA acts as a liaison between the university and families, to assist with problems, and answer concerns. For more information, call (520) 523-6267.
The Office of Parent Services
The
Office of Parent Services operates under the Department of Orientation,
Transition, and Retention Services and is dedicated to providing families of
NAU students with information regarding campus resources, programs, and
activities. Our services are available
to any parent or guardian of an NAU student. Parents and families are invited
to call us when they need a referral, have a question, concern or comment.
The
staff at Parent Services is available as a resource for
Our
office has assisted students and their families with housing issues, medical
situations, academic concerns, legal questions, financial problems, and crisis
intervention.
To contact the Office of Parent Services, please call Nancy Maurer, Coordinator of Parent Services at (520) 523-6267, or e-mail: Nancy.Maurer@nau.edu
The Board does not
oppose labor organization membership of employees as such membership is their
right and in no way affects their employment relationship, but the Board, as a
public employer functioning under the provision s of A.R.S. 15-1626, does not
have legal authority to recognize a labor organization as the employees’ agent
for purposes of collective bargaining. In addition, neither the board nor the
universities shall engage in "meet and confer" activities. [A.B.O.R. 6-906 (A.R.S. 15-1626)]
In an age characterized by rapid changes in technology for information storage and retrieval, the Cline Library welcomes the challenge of meeting the curricular, informational, and research needs of NAU students, faculty, and staff.
The Cline Library
website [http://www.nau.edu/library]
serves as a gateway to the Library’s catalog and web pages, numerous indices
and databases, library services and to the holdings of
Through the Reference Department's Document Delivery Services, researchers can gain access to research materials that are not available in the Cline Library. There is no charge for most materials obtained via Document Delivery. Materials may be requested at the Document Delivery Service Desk or via the Library's web page [http://www.nau.edu/library/services].
Librarians share with faculty a concern for improving the research skills of students and are prepared to meet with classes and individuals to discuss and demonstrate information sources and effective literature search strategies. Interactive classes are held in a fully equipped computer lab at Cline Library. Library tours and instruction may be requested by contacting the Instruction Librarian at 523-7100 or via the Library's web page.
The Circulation and Reserves Department has two service desks. The Circulation Desk is where all circulating books, except books from Reserves and other library departments such as Media or Special Collections, are checked out. The Reserves Desk is where faculty can request that required course materials be set aside, making them accessible to a class. For additional information on Reserves procedures call 523-6190.
The Periodicals and Microforms Area provides access to current, bound, and microfilm periodicals. Assistance with periodicals and related services is available at the central service desk located in this area. Many full-text journal articles are also available through databases, accessible via the library's web pages at http://www.nau.edu/library/.
Media Services offers facilities for individual and group access to an extensive collection of video and audio recordings, as well as multimedia resources on topics which reflect the diversity of the University’s curriculum. Within the area are media carrels and screening rooms for accessing programs from the Library’s media collection as well as "live" programming from KNAU and ITV. There are also assistive technologies for assisting the physically challenged to access NAU library resources. Instructional videos can be checked out at the Media Service Desk, or delivered on one of the Library's cable television channels to campus locations. To schedule videos call the library at 523-6820 during normal business hours. Requests may also be submitted via email, fax or mail.
Special Collections
and Archives located on the second floor of the Library, collects, preserves, and makes available
primary and secondary materials in a variety of disciplines which relate to
Northern Arizona and the Colorado Plateau. The department also maintains the
University’s Archives. In addition to manuscripts, monographs, maps,
periodicals and other print materials, SCA curates an extensive collection of
still photographs (750,000+) which document the history of the Colorado Plateau
as well as
Photocopying services in the Library are offered by Xerox Business Services, a vendor who specializes in providing library duplicating services. Faculty members may arrange for a photocopying charge account with a staff member at the Copy Center Desk, on the second floor of the library. Self-service photocopiers are also located strategically throughout the general stacks area on each floor. For more information about setting up a charge account, contact the Xerox representative at 523-1318.
Information Technology Services (ITS) is responsible for managing the University digital telephone, computer, and network infrastructure. Services include telephone service, voice mail, electronic mail, World Wide Web, and data networking connects for NAU faculty. The campus is fully wired and data connections are provided by ITS for each University desktop. While it is the responsibility of the department to purchase the desktop computer and in some cases the software—in 1999, NAU entered a software license agreement with Microsoft that allows university employees to use many Microsoft products at work and at home—ITS will provide the data jack and network software required to access the Internet at NAU. Also, ITS manages a series of Web pages beginning at http://www.nau.edu/its that describes the ITS organization and provides some services (such as software downloads).
Telephone and Communications: For
telephone related questions, contact the
Voice Mail: Voice mail is available for
all full-time faculty and staff. In many cases, department administrative
assistants request the actual voice mailbox and provide training handouts or
videotapes. Please check first with your department to find out how best to get
set up with voice mail, but feel free to call the
E-Mail: Electronic mail is available
for all employees (full or part time) as well as for professor emeriti. Contact
the
Training: Client Computing and
Telecommunications Services (formerly End-user Computing Support) runs training
classes on a regular basis. Go to www.nau.edu/its
and click on "Training" for current course information, or call the
Teleconferencing: A teleconferencing
system is available to support as many as 12 people who may call into one phone
number for a conference. Contact the
Videoconferencing: Videoconferencing is available on a case-by-case basis. Please contact The Solution Center for more information.
Professor/Student Link: A voice
messaging system is available whereby students can phone in to hear messages
left for them by their professor. Professors and students identify themselves
via their NAUID numbers. Please contact the
Modems and NAUPPP: ITS provides
"modem pools" throughout the state to allow faculty, staff, and
students to work from home using a home computer and modem. Directions for
obtaining the NAUPPP software can be obtained by visiting the ITS page at www.nau.edu/its
and clicking on “Dial Up (NAU-PPP),” or by calling the
Ethernet connections: The campus
Ethernet network provides access to campus email, Cline Library and the
Internet. ITS will coordinate the installation and moves of Ethernet
connections. For IBM-compatible PCs and Macintosh computers, software, hardware
and cabling will be provided. Requests must be made through the ITS
Consultation: ITS will consult with
faculty on projects or ideas related to information technology. Faculty members
should contact ITS if they plan to establish a new networked area (like a lab)
or submit a grant proposal with any complex network or computer specifications.
Data exchange with other sites is another example of ITS consultant services.
To schedule a consultation, please contact the
Microcomputer Support: The
Mainframe/Minicomputer Services: ITS’s
Academic Computing Group operates two primary servers: "Jan" for
faculty and staff, and "Dana" for students. "Jan" is a high
speed Sun server with a large repertoire of UNIX tools and services. Examples
include e-mail; statistical packages (SAS, SPSS); Web server, streaming audio,
and video server, languages (FORTRAN, C/C++); and numerous other services.
“Jan” is the primary platform for developing web courses. Faculty accounts are
available at no charge for instructional purposes and for non-funded research.
To get an account, please contact the
NT Services: ITS operates two primary
NT domains: "NAU" for faculty and staff and "NAU-STUDENTS"
for students. These enterprise-wide domains provide access to various services
including the ability to "log in" at an ITS computer lab, release
software through a "faculty share," and gain access to campus
software. Contact the
Computer Labs: The academic computing
group manages a number of general-access computer labs on campus. The largest
lab is in the
Classroom orientations: The academic
computing group is available to make presentations in the classroom regarding
how to use standard ITS services. Generally these courses are introductory in
nature and involve using email, working with statistics, or building simple web
pages. Other requests for assistance are handled on a per case basis. Contact
the
Automatic Test Scoring: ITS supports a
facility to aid faculty with test scoring. SCORER uses optically-scanned test
forms and provides the instructor with test scores, score histograms, item
analyses and individual student score sheets. Contact the
Faculty and staff are provided with on-campus mail service through the NAU Postal Services located in the basement of the Bookstore.
NAU Postal Services provides two daily mail deliveries to 37 designated mail drop points. A current delivery schedule is available upon request.
Mailboxes are assigned Residence Life. All faculty mail is delivered to the department box. Mail must be University related, not personal. It is up to the department to forward mail for their staff or off campus.
Faculty has limited mailing privileges through their own department. Only mail pertaining to University business may be metered at the Post Office. Each item to be metered must show a University return address, including the department and campus box number, as well as the departmental AREA/ORG account number.
Visit www.nau.edu/~postoff to review policy procedures, express mail tracking, zip code lookup service, automation guidelines.
The Office of
Public Affairs & Marketing offers an array of services to
· Media Relations/External Communications
· Community Relations
· Issues Management
· Internal/Employee Communications
· Special Event Planning
· Marketing Services
· Creative Services
· Copying Services
· Printing Services
With three dining halls and seven restaurants on campus, NAU dining services offers something for everyone. Employees are invited and encouraged to eat at any of these locations. Employees can purchase "flexi dollars" in $25 increments that can be used in any of the dining locations.
The University
Union has tastes to tempt any palette. The Atrium, a sit-down restaurant, has a
scenic view of the
Banquets, luncheons, and business meetings can be arranged in a number of locations on campus. Contact the Sodexho catering office at extension 523-4981 for all your catering needs.
The following
programs have been developed to serve the educational needs and interests of
persons outside the
The university
within limits of its facilities and fiscal resources, will provide qualified
instructors for a locality in which there is a sufficient number of individuals
with needs or interests that can be met in an organized university course.
Groups or individuals are invited to submit requests for assistance at least
two months prior to the semester in which the services are desired.
Participants in such instructional programs are reminded that appropriate
applications for admission should be completed if NAU academic credits are to
be applied to degree work at this institution. A student expecting to use
The Distributed Learning Programs staffs Local Area Coordinators at sites around the state with coordinating personnel who should be contacted regarding the course needs of their areas.
The institution provides facilities and personnel for both on- and off-campus workshops, institutes, conferences, and other consultation services to educational, business, community, and social organizations in the state. Requests for such services should be directed to Distributed Learning Programs.
For some programs, regular faculty members may be required to teach Distributed Learning programs as part of their regular teaching loads.
Recognition of the
previously educationally under-serviced region of the southwestern quadrant of
The university’s
correspondence study program was terminated in January 1992. Inquiries about
correspondence study should be forwarded to the
An expanded number of course offerings are being made available during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Students who find it difficult or impossible to attend regularly scheduled classes during the daytime hours may participate in evening offerings through this division. Specific requests for additional programs or courses should be directed to Distributed Learning Programs.
Faculty members are not guaranteed assignments each summer. Some may be required to teach in the summer as dictated by the needs of academic programs. Finalizing summer appointments for faculty members is usually contingent upon class enrollments.
Faculty members who are funded for both teaching and research during the summer should consult either the current policy of supplemental pay or with the Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Studies. Faculty members who receive summer stipends from Organized Research are not permitted to teach during the summer. Faculty may split summer assignments between teaching and sponsored research. Sponsored research may be reimbursed at the appropriate fraction of the faculty member’s salary if approved by the grantor. Present procedures for determining salary bases will be used for a total salary if such a split is elected.
The maximum combination of summer
teaching, research, and/or service a faculty member will be asked to work, and
paid from State funds, will be ten weeks unless a request for additional time
is approved by the Dean of Distributed Learning Programs and the Provost.
Personal and
Professional Development Programs is a self-supporting division of Statewide
Academic Programs. This unit is responsible for serving the campus and rural
communities of northern
The Honors Program offers an alternative program of study for completion of an undergraduate student's liberal studies requirement. This program is designed to meet the needs of academically successful students. Honors courses are taught by NAU's top faculty in small, seminar-style classes that encourage discussion and independent thinking. Honors classes are reading and writing intensive and often interdisciplinary in nature.
Requirements for completion of honors liberal studies can be found in the NAU Undergraduate Catalog. Honors students receive dual advising from a major advisor for determining the appropriate major and minor course of study, as well as an honors advisor to address the student's liberal studies needs. Students wh successfully complete the Honors Program are eligible to wear distinctive regalia at graduation, receive a specially embossed diploma, and have "With Honors" on their transcripts (in addition to "Cum Laude" recognition).
Fronske Health
Center hours during the academic school year are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesdays; and 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. on most Saturdays. When the health center is not open, students should
listen to the
Students may be referred to specialists in the community for consultation when a health center physician considers it advisable. Fees for thee services are the responsibility of the student.
The university does not provide care for dental disease or tooth injuries. However, through the Dental Hygiene Program, students can obtain full prophylactic health care including examinations, cleaning and x-ray while they are students at NAU. This service is provided at a reasonable cost to the student.
Through the
excellent facilities at the Physical Therapy Clinic, students can obtain
rehabilitation care for sprains or other injuries and assistance with chronic
problems on campus. Arrangements for this service can be made at the
The Speech and Hearing Clinic provides comprehensive diagnostic and treatment services for any type of communication or hearing impairment. Hearing aids are available for sale as part of the comprehensive services offered. These services are offered to all NAU students, faculty, staff and family members. A sliding scale fee is available upon request for those financially eligible. The clinic accepts a number of insurance plans. Appointments can be made by contacting the clinic office at 523-8110.
The
Any student
enrolled at the university who becomes, in the opinion of the medical staff of
the
The Employee Assistance and Wellness Office is designed to assist the employee community with personal and professional problems they may encounter and to enhance overall health: emotional, physical, intellectual, social, vocational, and spiritual. The EAW Office offers confidential services at no charge to benefit-eligible employees and their family members. Contact the EAW Office for complete details. Employees and their family members can make appointments directly.
The Clinical Exercise and Research Facility (CERF) offers many different types of health and fitness services and programs for NAU students, staff, and faculty as well as the Flagstaff community including:
· Pre-exercise physical evaluation by the attending physician
· Exercise stress test with 12-lead ECG and blood pressure
· Maximal oxygen consumption testing
· Lactate threshold testing
· Blood glucose and cholesterol screening
· Pulmonary function testing
· Body composition analysis (skinfolds or underwater weighing)
· Muscular strength and endurance testing
· Flexibility assessments
These services are
offered individually and as packages, depending on your needs. In most cases,
clients will be equipped with a written report including home-exercise
prescription that addresses lifestyle guidance, with specific recommendations
for attaining and maintaining good health. For more information about CERF,
visit our web site, http://www.nau.edu/hp/cerf/index.htm
at 523-9540.
The university is an equal employment opportunity employer. University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran status or sexual orientation. The university bases decisions on employment solely upon the individual’s qualifications for the position being filled. The university recruits, hires, and promotes for all job classifications, without regard to of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran status or sexual orientation except as affirmative action, legal requirements or carefully analyzed and thoroughly documented bona fide occupational qualification permit or where an individual’s disability would prevent him/her from successfully performing the essential functions of the position to be filled despite a reasonable accommodation by the university.
Policies regarding equal employment opportunity and affirmative action for women, minority persons, disabled persons, and veterans will be followed. When there are substantially equally qualified candidates, preference shall be given to candidates whose hire will help correct underutilization as identified in the university’s Affirmative Action Plan and then to candidates whose hire promotes diversity through workforce representations of disabled persons and/or veterans.
No officer or employee of the Arizona Board of Regents shall discriminate against any person because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation in any of its programs, activities, contracts, personnel administration practices or any other action it undertakes. Furthermore, the Board and the universities will maintain and advance those practices, processes, and circumstances that afford equal opportunity to all individuals. The Board and the universities will take affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity to faculty, administrative, professional and classified staff positions, in educational programs, and in all other Board or university programs and activities. [ABOR 6-702]
The Executive Director of the Board and each university president has primary responsibility for ensuring equality of opportunity and affirmative action. In carrying out this responsibility, these individuals, their vice presidents and other administrators will:
1. Publicly state their support for and commitment to diversity, equality of opportunity and affirmative action.
2. Periodically review the statistical composition of their workforces in an effort to achieve a representation of females and minorities comparable to that of relevant labor market communities.
a. Recognize demonstrated progress and achievement of affirmative action.
b. Where the workforce or job groups are underutilizing females and minorities in comparison with relevant labor markets, establish and maintain affirmative action plans in order to correct the underutilization by:
(1) Establishing, communicating and implementing systems of annual goals and timetables to achieve employment patterns in the underutilized workforce or job groups that reflect equality of opportunity and affirmative action for qualified minorities, females, veterans and persons with disabilities.
(2) Identifying, motivating and training appropriate personnel within the system to achieve the goals and timetables where underutilization exists.
(3) Providing an environment that fosters the advancement of females and minorities to higher level and non-traditional job opportunities.
(4) Participating fully in meeting the objectives outlined in the affirmative action plans to include recruitment, employment, all educational programs, and other Board or university programs and activities.
The Board and the universities will recruit, hire, train, and promote individuals, in all job classifications, based solely upon their qualifications and ability to do the job and will consider race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation only where affirmative action, requirement of law, or bona fide occupational qualifications permit.
The Executive Director of the Board, each university president, provost and their respective vice-presidents, administrators, managers and supervisors, who have hiring authority, will seek affirmatively to achieve faculty, administrative, professional, and classified staff employment patterns that reflect equality of opportunity for qualified minorities, females, covered veterans and persons with disabilities. These efforts will be reviewed as part of the annual performance evaluation process for those persons.
All personnel administration practices, including but not limited to, compensation, benefits, layoff, return from layoff, discipline, dismissal, sponsored training, education, tuition assistance and social and recreational programs, will be administered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation. The Board and the universities will take affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity for qualified minorities, females, veterans, and handicapped persons in all its educational programs.
Educational opportunities shall be open to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation. The Board and the universities will take affirmative action to ensure equality of opportunity for qualified minorities, females, veterans, and persons with disabilities in all its educational programs.
The Board and the universities will operate facilities without regard to factors of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation.
The Board and the universities will make facilities and services available only to organizations that do not unlawfully discriminate against any qualified person because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation.
The Board and the universities will lease, contract, subcontract, and purchase only from those organizations which, if chartered in the United States, do not unlawfully discriminate against any qualified person because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation.
The Board and the universities will enter into cooperative agreements only with organizations that do not unlawfully exclude or expel from their membership or unlawfully limit their membership on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation.
The Executive Director of the Board and each university president shall maintain grievance and disciplinary procedures that allow for the resolution of complaints of discrimination and allegations of violations of this policy.
The Board and the
universities shall provide reports on equal opportunity and affirmative action
programs to the appropriate federal and state agencies and to the
This policy is to be interpreted and applied in harmony with the requirements of law regarding equality of opportunity and affirmative action. The terms “discriminate” or “discrimination” and the terms “bona fide occupational qualifications,” “race,” “color,” “sex,” “religion,” “national origin,” “age,” “disability,” and “veteran,” shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the respective federal and state statutes and regulations, as interpreted by the courts. [ABOR 6-702]
The objective of
the educational program at
In order to promote this objective it is the official policy of the university to prohibit discrimination as defined in federal and state statutory and decisional law, against individuals because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, nondisqualifying disability, covered veteran status, or sexual orientation in all aspects of university life. The goal of this policy and procedures is to prevent the occurrence of discrimination in the form of sexual harassment by anyone on this campus, to assist those victimized in obtaining relief, and to provide appropriate sanctions and consequences for those who by their actions practice, promote, or condone such discrimination.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT, like harassment on the basis of race/ethnicity, religion or disability is a form of prohibited discrimination. Specifically, sexual harassment is prohibited by Section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972; and has been challenged on the basis of other legal theories in both State and Federal courts. The policies and procedures herein are in compliance with the legislation and the policies of the Arizona Board of Regents.
In addition to being illegal, sexual harassment runs counter to the objectives of this university. When individuals -- whether students, faculty, or staff -- feel coerced, threatened, intimidated or otherwise pressured by others into granting sexual favors, or are singled out for derision or abuse based on their gender, their academic and work performance are likely to suffer. Such actions violate not only the dignity of the individuals, but also the integrity of the university as an institute of learning. Academic freedom can exist only when all are free to pursue ideas in a non-threatening, non-coercive atmosphere of mutual respect. Sexual harassment is harmful not only to the persons involved but also the entire university community.
The
It is the obligation of faculty, administrators, and supervisors who become aware of harassment to take steps to prevent its continuation and report alleged violations. Failure to do so is a violation of university and Regents policy.
In addition,
Definition - Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: (a) submission to such conduct is either explicitly or implicitly made a term or condition of an individual’s employment, education, or participation in a Board or university activity; (b) submission to, or rejection of, such conduct by an individual is used as a basis for employment or education decisions affecting such individual; or (c) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s work, education, or participation in Board or university activities or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment. [A.B.O.R. 6-707]
In determining whether the alleged conduct constitutes sexual harassment, it is necessary to look at the entire context and patterns of behavior. The most extreme form of sexual harassment is an attempt to coerce an unwilling person into a sexual relationship by misusing an employment or education relationship. Sexual harassment differs from voluntary sexual relations in that sexual harassment involves coercion, threat, or unwanted sexual attention. Any behavior, whether verbal or physical, constitutes sexual harassment if:
· There is a threat, overt or implicit, that any educational or employment decision may be affected by an unwillingness to grant, tolerate, or accept sexual attentions (those decisions may involve grades, recommendations, evaluations, and/or any other decisions about the requirements, terms, and conditions of employment or learning); this includes cooperative and consenting sexual favors in trade or apparent trade for educational or employment privileges;
· A person is required to grant, tolerate, or accept sexual attentions as a condition of employment or learning;
· The behavior creates an environment which is intimidating, hostile, or offensive for members of one sex, and thus interferes with a person’s ability to work or learn;
· Any educational or employment decision has been affected by a person’s refusal to submit to or tolerate inappropriate sexual behavior; or
· Any reprisals are taken for reporting or objecting to sexual harassment.
In the past, sexual harassment has sometimes been tolerated for several reasons, for example:
· Individuals may have feared reprisal.
· Individuals may have had the mistaken notion that sexual attentions and advances in a learning or work environment are complementary or flattering or that jokes, slurs, disparagement, or insults (often sexual in content, and directed at members of one sex), are dismissed as harmless humor. However, students and employees report that such behavior interferes with work or learning. Sexual harassment is prohibited not only because it is sexual, but also because it is harassment and a form of discrimination.
· Individuals may have lacked information or been unclear about reporting procedures.
The purpose of this procedure is to provide a clearly defined means of reporting and investigating the complaints of students, faculty, and employees (students and staff) when they believe they have encountered sexual harassment as defined by this university policy.
The university encourages the prompt reporting of such harassment and prompt resolution through either informal or formal procedures. An informal complaint need not be in writing; however, the recipient of a verbal or informal complaint is requested to document the complaint by taking notes and clarifying them as necessary with the complaining party.
Notification of all sexual harassment complaints will be forwarded to the appropriate administrator or supervisor and to the university Affirmative Action Officer.
The following procedures are required for the reporting of sexual harassment:
a. Complaint by student against student - file a complaint with the Dean of Students or Affirmative Action Office.
b. Complaint by a faculty member or employee against a student - same as above. Staff employees should contact the Human Resources Department or Affirmative Action Office for filing a complaint.
c. Complaint by a student against faculty member or employee - file a complaint with the employee’s immediate supervisor (i.e., department chair, dean, or classified supervisor), Dean of Students, Affirmative Action Officer or a faculty member with whom the student feels comfortable. In the case of a complaint against a classified employee, the official receiving the complaint should notify the Human Resources Department.
d. Complaint by faculty member against employee - file a complaint with the employee’s immediate supervisor, chair, or head of the department, administrative unit, dean of academic unit, or the university Affirmative Action Officer. The official receiving the complaint should notify the Affirmative Action Office.
e. Complaint by a faculty member against faculty member or supervisor - File a complaint with the employee’s immediate supervisor, or chair, or head of department, or administrative unit, or dean of academic unit, or the university Affirmative Action Officer.
f. Complaint by employee against faculty member, other employee, or supervisor - file a complaint with the employee’s immediate supervisor or chair or head of department, or administrative unit, or dean of academic unit, or the university Affirmative Action Office.
In the event that informal resolution is not accomplished, and the complainant desires to pursue the matter, s/he should file a grievance in accordance with the Personnel Policy Manual for classified staff employees, Policy #91.0.
The responsible administrator or supervisor and the Affirmative Action Officer will, after investigation of the facts, recommend measures that are appropriate to the nature of the alleged act(s) and are designed to:
a. Determine whether sexual harassment has occurred;
b. Prevent further acts of harassment;
c. Prevent acts of retaliation for bringing the complaint and issues to the
attention of university officials;
d. Provide such other corrective action as may be appropriate in the individual case.
The administrator or supervisor and the university Affirmative Action Officer will transmit to the university administrator or supervisor authorized to impose or recommend disciplinary sanctions a written summary of the complaint, the result of the investigation and will submit recommendations for action which may be for one of the following:
(1) No action.
(2) Verbal admonishment when an offender may not have perceived his/her actions as constituting sexual harassment.
(3) A written reprimand which would become part of the offender’s record and would include specific conditions for continued service, (e.g., requirements for classroom or individual training).
(4) Suspension with or without pay, or other appropriate short-term actions.
(5) A recommendation of termination, non-renewal or expulsion.
(6) In the case of an alleged criminal act, the accused may be suspended from NAU until the matter is resolved by the courts.
The accused will receive a written summary of the allegations and findings of any proposed sanctions.
If after review of the complaint and a recommendation for action either party is not satisfied with the decision, either party may request that a review and final recommendation to the President including specific sanction be made by a three-member panel of the university Affirmative Action Committee. Members of the panel shall be selected by the chair of the university Affirmative Action Committee.
Although appropriate Regents or university policy and manuals shall be referenced with respect to any corrective action, depending on the severity of the misconduct, the panel may recommend any additional action. Their decision shall be subject to review and final judgment by the President.
Anyone of the university community can file a complaint with the university Affirmative Action Office/Office of the President.
It is the obligation of faculty, administrators and supervisors to whom a complaint of harassment is brought to maintain confidentiality to the greatest extent possible insofar as it does not interfere with the university’s legal obligations to investigate the allegations of misconduct and protects the right and privacy of parties involved.
It is illegal to retaliate or bring reprisal against an individual because he/she has filed a complaint, brought an issue of sexual harassment to the attention of university officials or participated in an investigation. Retaliation is grounds for a separate complaint and investigation, which could lead to severe disciplinary action including termination or expulsion.
Alcohol and other drug abuse affects the individual, the family, the workplace, and society in general. Health risks associated with excessive alcohol abuse include liver disease, central nervous system damage, respiratory depression and heart damage. Besides the physical harm that various substances inflict upon the individual, they also prevent the abuser from reaching his/her intellectual, societal, emotional, and spiritual potential. These are necessary ingredients both for the future happiness and success of the individual and for that individual’s positive contribution to society. Alcohol and other drug abuse damages society both in dollars and in pain and suffering. Among the problems often associated with alcohol and other drug abuse are: automobile crashes, incest, child abuse, assault, vandalism, rape and many other crimes.
Several counseling, treatment and rehabilitation programs are available to employees. Additional information about these agencies may be obtained through Project Daylight or the Employee Assistance and Wellness Office.
Project Daylight
Part of the NAU
Counseling and
Employee Assistance and Wellness Office
The Employee Assistance and Wellness Office offers free services to assist NAU employees and their immediate family members with a wide range of personal or work-related concerns. Short-term counseling, information and referral services are provided. 523-1552.
12 Step Anonymous Groups
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 779-3569, Narcotics Anonymous (NA) 774-6779, Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA) 774-0895, ALANON - 779-1498.
On-campus
possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages of those of legal age (the
State of
The possession,
use, sale, manufacture/cultivation of any type of illegal drugs (to include,
but not be limited to, barbiturates, opiates, marijuana, amphetamines, or
hallucinogens) or aiding in the use of such are violations of the statutes of
the Sate of Arizona. Violators will be
subject to disciplinary action and subject to prosecution under the laws of the
State of
University employees will be subject to disciplinary action for the following:
· Unauthorized use, possession, or distribution or possession for purposes of distribution of any controlled substance or illegal drug on the university campus or at a university-sponsored activity.
· Failure to comply with other published rules and regulations of conduct that may from time to time be adopted by the Arizona Board of Regents or the university, including, without limitation, restrictions on the sale or possession of alcoholic beverages on the university campus or at university-sponsored activities.
Violations of university policies regarding alcohol and other drug abuse will be subject to legal sanctions and/or disciplinary action. The Northern Arizona University Code of Conduct details the sanctions that may be imposed for violation of disciplinary regulations. These include expulsion from the university, suspension from the university for a specified period, probation, warning and restitution. Further, the university may refer a student to appropriate authorities for prosecution for alcohol and other drug abuse violations. Examples of legal sanctions for alcohol-related violations include: illegal possession or consumption of alcohol (minor consumption) is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $2,500; penalties for driving under the influence (first offense) include fines of up to $1,000, loss of driver’s license for 90 days, the possibility of 24 hours in jail, and alcohol evaluation counseling.
Essentially all budgets at NAU are considered either “State,” “Local,” or “Grant,” dependent upon their respective source of funding.
“State” budgets are primarily funded by State Legislative appropriation, and begin preparation at the departmental level up to a year and a half prior to their effective date (July 1 of a given fiscal year). Reviews and/or hearings on departmental requests are held and those receiving endorsement throughout this process are incorporated into the overall university request presented to the Arizona Board of Regents for approval preparatory to the official October 1st submission to the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting and the joint Legislative Budget Committee. The ultimate departmental budget is then determined following the close of the Arizona Legislature (and presuming no “special session” is called), at which point a final appropriated budget is adopted for each State agency including the university.
“Local” budgets are primarily funded by income self-generated through some activity and begin preparation at the department level up to eight months prior to their effective date (July 1 of a given fiscal year). Reviews and/or hearings on departmental requests occur with the Provost/designee and NAU Budget Development Committee levels. These budgets are then incorporated into the university “All-Funds Budget” request presented to the Arizona Board of Regents in September, for the Board’s final approval.
“Grant” budgets are primarily funded by restricted or unrestricted grants and are established consistent with grant proposals approved by the funding agencies following endorsement by the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies and other proper university officials.
Anyone wishing to recommend items for inclusion in these budgets should work with her/his department heads or responsible individuals as are identified by those departments.
Reimbursement for the expense of travel is governed by laws of the State, regulations of the Arizona Board of Regents, and policy of the university. Department chairs are responsible, through their deans, to initiate travel requests and to see that regulations are followed.
Travel authorizations should be submitted prior to the trip being taken. These forms must be approved by the dean or department head. Forms are available from the departmental office and are to be initiated through the dean of the college.
Upon completion of a trip for which allowable expenses have been approved, a travel claim must be submitted within five business days to the Travel Office through the department chair and the dean. Original receipts for travel (air, train, bus, etc., motel bills and other defined items) must accompany the travel claim and costs itemized.
Refer to the Travel Policies and Procedures on file in the departmental office for complete information, instructions for completion of forms, travel requirements, and general travel information.
Use of university
vehicles for in-state travel is preferred.
Vehicle requests are processed by the user through the appropriate department
head/dean to the