Article IV. Officer Duties

Section 1: General Expectations of All Officers

A. All Campus Senate officers are expected to uphold the duties of their office with the utmost integrity, ethical leadership, and respect for the entire Kenyon community.

B. Officers are expected to:

a. Take initiative and seek out opportunities to enhance the Kenyon College community.
b. Set aside personal opinions and biases to advocate for the needs of the constituency.
c. Maintain and foster communication with appropriate campus entities and engage in meaningful partnerships.

C. Provide the Campus Senate with pertinent information it requests from Officers to conduct its business in an informed way.

a. The Cabinet can deny such requests should they violate the College’s ethical and legal responsibilities.

D. All officers shall have a vote, excluding the Administrative Coordinator; however, the College President or their designee may only vote in the event of a tie.

Section 2: Faculty Co-Chair

A. Shall be responsible for running an effective and efficient Campus Senate in collaboration with their fellow co-chairs. This includes duties such as:

a. In coordination with the other co-chairs, call, develop priorities and agendas for, and preside over meetings of the Senate.
b. May be called upon by the Senate to be its spokesperson and to represent the Senate in other forums within the College as needs arise.
c. Serve on the Executive Committee of the Faculty and report on the Senate activities to the faculty.

Section 3: Student Co-Chair

A. Shall be responsible for running an effective and efficient Campus Senate in collaboration with their fellow co-chairs. This includes duties such as:

a. In coordination with the other co-chairs, call, develop priorities and agendas for, and preside over meetings of the Senate.
b. May be called upon by the Senate to be its spokesperson and to represent the Senate in other forums within the College as needs arise.
c. Shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Student Council.

B. Must maintain good standing as described in Article 3, Section 1., B.

Section 4: Staff Co-Chair

A. Shall be responsible for running an effective and efficient Campus Senate in collaboration with their fellow co-chairs. This includes duties such as:

a. In coordination with the other co-chairs, call, develop priorities and agendas for, and preside over meetings of the Senate.
b. May be called upon by the Senate to be its spokesperson and to represent the Senate in other forums within the College as needs arise.

Section 5: Student Council President

A. Must meet Student Council officer expectations;

a. Responsible for bringing pertinent information and legislation to the student body, typically through the Student Council, to ascertain student opinion to inform voters on Campus Senate matters;
b. Should the Student Council President resign or be removed from their Student Council Office, they will automatically be removed from the Campus Senate as well.

Section 6: Class Representative Officer

A. Must maintain good standing as described in Article 3, Section 1., B;

B. Regularly communicate with their respective class committee;

C. Represent the opinions of their respective class.

Section 7: Faculty Officer

A. Responsible for bringing pertinent information and legislation to the faculty to ascertain faculty opinion to inform voters on Campus Senate matters.

Section 8: Staff Officer

A. Responsible for bringing pertinent information and legislation to staff, typically through the Staff Council, to ascertain staff opinion to inform voters on Campus Senate matters.

Section 9: Cabinet Officers

A. Responsible for bringing pertinent information and legislation to the administration, typically through the Cabinet, to ascertain opinion to inform voters on Campus Senate matters;

B. Provide the Campus Senate with pertinent information it requests from Senior Staff to conduct its business in an informed way.

a. Senior Staff Officers can deny such requests should they violate the College’s ethical and legal responsibilities.

Section 10: Administrative Coordinator

A. The administrative coordinator shall be responsible for:

a. Taking accurate meeting minutes,
b. Publicly distributing meeting minutes via the student-info and employee-info emails or current similar medium, as well as to any additional appropriate campus populations,
c. Serve as a parliamentarian to advise the co-chairs on questions of parliamentary procedure during meetings, and
d. Ensure all official documents of the Campus Senate are maintained with the College archives.

B. The administrative coordinator shall have no vote, and must strive to maintain their impartiality in all business of the Senate.