Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 35.51
Liaison Jessica Thompson
Submission Date March 2, 2017
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Northern Michigan University
PA-3: Participatory Governance

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.75 / 3.00 Sarah Mittlefehldt
Professor
Earth, Environmental & Geographical Sciences
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Part 1

Do the institution’s students have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a student council)? :
Yes

Do the institution’s students have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which students are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Associated Students of Northern Michigan University (ASNMU) is the student government on NMU's campus. ASNMU represents and advocates for all Northern Michigan University students to administration and across the state of Michigan, as well as provides programs for the student body. Additionally, NMU's Academic Senate includes from the NMU student body. Northern Michigan University’s Academic Senate advises and makes recommendations to the vice president for Academic Affairs on matters of faculty-wide concern, communicates items of concern to their respective constituencies and informs the academic community of issues under consideration. The Academic Senate consists of 39 senators who represent all academic schools and departments on campus as well as three student government representatives and NMU’s five deans. Along with the executive committee, it has 11 other committees that related to all aspects of the Northern academic experience. The vice president of Academic Affairs continues to serve as ex-officio members without voting power, as does the president of the AAUP faculty union.

Do the institution’s staff members have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a staff council)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s non-supervisory staff members have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body?:
No

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which staff are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Administrative/professional staff, technical and office professional staff, and food service/maintenance/policing staff each have a union through which they can engage NMU governance. The Board of Trustees recognizes these unions as the exclusive collective bargaining representatives of these groups of employees of Northern Michigan University for the purpose of negotiating with respect to wages, hours, terms, conditions of employment, etc.

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have a representative body through which they can participate in governance (e.g. a faculty senate)?:
Yes

Do the institution’s teaching and research faculty have an elected representative on the institution’s highest governing body? :
No

If yes to either of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which teaching and research faculty are engaged in governance, including information to support each affirmative response above:
Teaching and research faculty at NMU have two bodies through which they can participate in governance at NMU. The first is the faculty union, AAUP. The Board of Trustees recognizes this union as the exclusive collective bargaining representative of faculty at Northern Michigan University for the purpose of negotiating with respect to wages, hours, terms, conditions of employment, etc. Additionally, NMU's Academic Senate includes numerous representatives from NMU faculty. Northern Michigan University’s Academic Senate advises and makes recommendations to the vice president for Academic Affairs on matters of faculty-wide concern, communicates items of concern to their respective constituencies and informs the academic community of issues under consideration. The Academic Senate consists of 39 senators who represent all academic schools and departments on campus as well as three student government representatives and NMU’s five deans. Along with the executive committee, it has 11 other committees that related to all aspects of the Northern academic experience. The vice president of Academic Affairs continues to serve as ex-officio members without voting power, as does the president of the AAUP faculty union.

Part 2

Does the institution have written policies and procedures to identify and engage external stakeholders (i.e. local residents) in land use planning, capital investment projects, and other institutional decisions that affect the community?:
No

A copy of the written policies and procedures:
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The policies and procedures:
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Does the institution have formal participatory or shared governance bodies through which community members representing the interests of the following stakeholder groups can regularly participate in institutional governance?:
Yes or No
Local government and/or educational organizations No
Private sector organizations No
Civil society (e.g. NGOs, NPOs) No

If yes to one or more of the above, provide:

A brief description of the bodies and mechanisms through which external stakeholders are engaged in institutional governance (including information about each stakeholder group selected above):
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Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
ASNMU website: https://www.nmu.edu/asnmu/

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