Fiscal Year 2017

Point of Contact: Merranda Marin mmarin@nmsu.edu 

Chair: Merranda Marin mmarin@nmsu.edu 

Established Date: 2010

Office Providing Administrative Support: The Faculty Senate Chair or their designee and the Assistant Vice President of Human Resource Services shall coordinate to provide the FGRB with the necessary clerical, administrative, and technical support it requires.

Authorizing Body or Offical: BOR Policy

Type of Board: Standing

Scope of Impact: System

Purpose:

The purpose of the FGRB is to be the vehicle that provides eligible faculty members with a fair and
expeditious process by which faculty members may seek redress for grievable issues and may seek
resolution of disagreements/disputes arising in the workplace.

Authority:

The jurisdiction of the FGRB includes faculty grievances of all types, EXCEPT for issues subject to an
appeal or review process covered in another policy or rule, and except for some non-grievable issues
such as job direction, non-renewal of annual employment, the merits of promotion and tenure, disputed
matters that fall within the jurisdiction of another NMSU entity or hearing body, reassignment or
transfer, changes in status of an academic administration position, or a resignation that has been sent
and received.

What university function / office is responsible for appointments?

The FRGB shall consist of a total of 9 faculty members (4 tenured/tenure track, 2 college non-tenure
track, and 3 department heads). Elections are held in the Fall semester. Nominations are the result of a
general announcement calling for nominees, including self-nominations. The faculty shall elect the
members from a complete list of nominees. For the department head faculty, a general call through the
NMSU system is done and the Executive Vice President and Provost will forward at least two
nominations for each vacant position to the Faculty Senate Chair who will elect the member.

Process for Selecting Chair: 

A chair is elected from the membership of the FGRB.

Position appointment description:

Members are elected by peers. Elected members serve a three year term and shall serve no more than
two consecutive 3-year elected terms. Nominations are made so that no Faculty Senate electing group
shall have more than three members on the FGRB and no department will have more than one.

Members appointed by: As individuals

Voting Members:

Merranda Marin, Associate Professor

Kathy Garza, Professor

David Keys, Associate Professor 

Alyne Fulte, Professor

Hiranya Roychowhury, Professor

Robert Wood, Department Head

Edward Pines, Department Head

Manal Hamzeh, Associate Professor

Kathryn Stoner, Department Head

Was the requirement for the number of meetings met? Yes

Major Accomplishment:

We have been successful at determining if cases are or are not within  the jurisdiction of the FGRB. Furhtermore, we held an annual training on March 10, 2017 with members from the office of general counsel and human resources who provided information on the authority of FGRB. Members found the training to be helpful and it is my understanding that this was the first time a formal training of this type took place.