Vice Chair Elect:
General Faculty Assembly & University Faculty Senate

Robert A. Sorrentino, MD Creel Distinguished Chair in Cardiology Medicine Professor, Medicine, Cardiology Medical College of Georgia 706-721-7815 rsorrentino@georgiahealth.edu

Authority

The Vice Chair-Elect shall be a member of the faculty* elected by and from the General Faculty Assembly and shall become Vice Chair the following year.

Term of Office

Serves one term of one year duration following which the Vice Chair-Elect assumes the position of Vice Chair of the GHSU Faculty. Elected in March and takes office on July 1.

Responsibilities

1. Presides at all meetings of the Executive Committee and the University Faculty Senate in the Chair's absence or inability to serve.
2. Attends and serves as a member of all meetings of the Executive Committee and University Faculty Senate and special meetings called by the Chair.
3. Assists the Chair in administering the affairs of the faculty as requested by the Chair.
4. Calls meetings of those appointed to the University System Advisory Council Academic Committees.
5. Reviews resolutions adopted by the University Faculty Senate the preceding year for review by the Executive Committee at the beginning of each new year.

*GHSU Statutes, Article III, Section 2.A.