Board
of Regents
(February 10, 2000, Gazette)
The Memorial University Act empowers the Board of Regents “to do and perform all other matters and things which may seem appropriate and useful for the well ordering and advancement of the university.”
Section 34 (1) of the Act states that “the management, administration and control of the property, revenue, business and affairs of the university are vested in the board.”
However, section 56 of the Act states “The Senate shall have general charge of all matters of an academic character.”
The board consists of the chancellor; the president, who is the vice-chancellor; and the vice-president (academic), who is the pro vice-chancellor (these three members are ex-officio); six members elected by the alumni association, 17 members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council (government), and two members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council who are full-time students. (One of these student positions is currently vacant.) The chairperson of the board shall be appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and the board will elect one of its members as vice-chairperson. Membership on the board is voluntary.
The board has the following powers:
• To maintain property the board considers necessary for the use of the university and to erect and maintain those buildings and structures the board considers necessary, and to spend the money needed to maintain, build and furnish these buildings;
• To appoint the president, vice-presidents, deans of all faculties, the librarian, the registrar, the bursar, the professors, the associate professors, assistant professors, lecturers, instructors, demonstrators and other teachers in the university and all officers and employees that the board considers necessary for the purposes of the university and to fix their salaries, define their duties and their tenure of office or employment. All teaching appointments, promotions and dismissals must be approved by the president of the university.
• To fix, determine and collect all fees and charges to be paid to the university;
• To exercise disciplinary jurisdiction over the students of the university with the power to suspend, expel or fine;
• To determine the number of students the university can accommodate and to make regulations for limiting those numbers and setting the academic requirements of those seeking admission;
• To provide for representation of a faculty or school on the Senate and to fix the number of representatives.
Editor’s note: This feature replaces the Gazette’s occasional Meet the Board feature and is intended to introduce the members of the Board of Regents to the university community. For more, see the Board of Regents Web page at www.mun.ca/regents.
To read more on the following board members just click on the photo or scroll down the page.
