{"id":428,"date":"2021-09-24T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/constitution-bylaws-handbook\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T09:57:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:57:33","slug":"constitution-bylaws-handbook","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/constitution-bylaws-handbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Constitution and Bylaws &#038; Faculty Handbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Faculty Senate Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/senators-officers-committees\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Senators, Officers, and Committees<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/meetings-office-hours\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Meeting Schedule &#038; Open Forum<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/academics\/faculty-senate\/constitution-bylaws-handbook\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Constitution and Bylaws &#038; Faculty Handbook<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/faculty-senate\/freedom-of-expression\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Freedom of Expression and Inclusion Statement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-constitution-and-bylaws-amp-faculty-handbook\">Constitution and Bylaws &amp; Faculty Handbook<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-constitution-bylaws\">Constitution Bylaws<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The purpose of the Faculty Senate constitution is to create a Senate whose objective is to represent the faculty members of Butler University in all areas where they have authority or interest. 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