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APPENDIX 1—E

SEMINARY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: ANDREWS UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES GOVERNANCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Amended March 2004

I—Preamble

The Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary is the primary source of professionally trained pastors and evangelists for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists and, within the church, of academically trained bible/religion teachers and missionaries for the Seventh-day Adventist church worldwide. Most graduates find careers within the Seventh-day Adventist church and are trained with such a career in view. Since the Seventh-day Adventist church, both in North America and worldwide, is the primary employer of graduates of the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary it is, therefore, appropriate that various organizational entities of the Seventh-day Adventist church should have a special relationship to the seminary. In order to further develop this relationship, the Board of Trustees of Andrews University hereby establishes the Seminary Executive Committee as a committee of the Board of Trustees.

  1. This committee may act on behalf of the Board of Trustees in matters relating to the seminary as described under Terms of Reference below;
  2. Ten members shall constitute a quorum;
  3. The actions of the committee shall be reported to the full Board and the minutes distributed to its members.

II—Membership and Officers

Membership

The Seminary Executive Committee shall consist of the following regular members of the Board of Trustees: members from the General Conference, members who are presidents of union conferences of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, one member who is president of a local conference, one member who is a pastor of a church, six members who are laypersons, and the president of Andrews University.

Persons who serve as Advisory Members of the Board of Trustees from the General Conference and from among the presidents of union conferences in the North American Division shall serve as Advisory Members of the Seminary Executive Committee. In addition, the presidents of the world divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist church shall serve as Advisory Members of the Seminary Executive Committee.

Chair, Vice-Chair, and Secretary

The president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists shall be the chair of the Seminary Executive Committee, the chair of the Board of Trustees shall be vice chair, and the secretary of the Board of Trustees shall be secretary.

III—Terms of Reference

The Board of Trustees delegates the following powers to the Seminary Executive Committee under the provision of article IV, Section 6, paragraph (f) of the Bylaws of Andrews University.

  1. Power to act in matters relating to faculty, including hiring, rank, tenure, appointment of departmental chairs and directors of programs.
  2. Power to act in matters relating to all academic and professional programs and certificates offered by the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary as listed in the current Andrews University Bulletin in such matters as by policy are the responsibility of the Board of Trustees to decide. It is understood that the academic programs bear the same relationship to the Graduate Council as all other graduate programs of the University and that the Seminary participates in some programs with other schools, requiring shared oversight.
  3. Power to recommend a budget to the Board of Trustees.
  4. Power to review the finances of the seminary and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees as are seen necessary.
  5. Power to recommend to the Board of Trustees other actions, as are necessary for functional efficiency and the achievement of seminary goals.

IV—Appointment of Personnel

Letters of appointment to personnel hired by vote of the Committee, as well as notification of other personnel decisions, shall be sent from the office of the University president.

Dean

When there is a vacancy in the deanship, the University president shall recommend a new dean to the Board of Trustees following consultation with the faculty of the seminary, by way of the search process (see policy #2:142), the Provost, the Seminary Executive Committee, and the president of the General Conference and/or such person(s) as he shall designate.

Department Chair

When the appointment of a departmental chair is to be made in the seminary; the seminary dean, as assigned by Seminary Executive Council (SEC) Action 87-2, shall implement the search process (see policy #2:142), and with the concurrence of the Provost, the dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research, and the president; recommend to the SEC a person for the chair appointment. Normally more than one name of qualified persons will be provided for filling the department chair position. Where more than one name is provided, the department may choose to prioritize them.

Faculty Member

When a faculty appointment is to be made in the seminary, the seminary dean, as assigned by SEC Action 87-2, shall implement the search process (see policy #2:142), and with the concurrence of the president, the Provost and the dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research recommend to the SEC a person for faculty appointment. The seminary dean will have consulted with the chair of the department where the faculty appointment is to be made (the wishes of the department will not be rejected without stated reasons). Normally the search committee will provide at least three names of qualified persons to be considered for filling a position.