1.4 Chancellor and Chancellor’s Team

According to the University Bylaws, the Chancellor and President of the University serves as its chief executive, educational and administrative officer, and ex officio head of each of its faculties. The Chancellor is elected by the Board of Trustees to serve for such term as the Board prescribes and is responsible for implementing the policies of the Board.

The Chancellor is vested with the general powers and duties of supervision and management of the property and affairs of the University and has general charge of all educational activities of the University, as well as the direction of and general responsibility for all matters of discipline and general order and welfare of the students. The Chancellor acts as the official medium of communication between the faculties and the Board and between the students and the Board. The Chancellor serves as representative of the Trustees and faculties of the University at the Annual Commencement and on other public occasions and confers upon the candidates the academic degrees which have been voted by the Trustees. (From the University Bylaws https://policies.syr.edu/charter-governing-documents/syracuse-university-bylaws/)

Chancellor’s Executive Team
The Chancellor’s Executive Team is composed of senior-level administrators, each a head of a major division of the University. Chaired by the Chancellor and President, the team is involved in budget and policy decisions.

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Syracuse University includes the following academic units:

• School of Architecture
• The College of Arts and Sciences
• School of Education
• College of Engineering and Computer Science
• David B. Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics
• iSchool
• College of Law
• Martin J. Whitman School of Management
• Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
• S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
• College of Visual and Performing Arts
• The Graduate School
• College of Professional Studies

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Syracuse University was chartered by the State of New York on March 24, 1870, as a private, coeducational institution offering programs in the physical sciences and modern languages. From its beginning, Syracuse University sought to develop the full potential of the human mind by offering equal education to men and women from all walks of life. Syracuse University has a long and proud tradition of academic excellence and was one of the first universities in the United States to blend professional studies with a strong liberal arts core. The University has grown from an institution encompassing a College of Liberal Arts, a College of Medicine (which later became SUNY upstate Medical University), and a College of Fine Arts that included architecture, art, and music to a campus of thirteen schools and colleges as well as innovative research centers and educational partnerships around the world. Syracuse University is classified as a Carnegie research university (very high research activity). For more information, see SU Archives http://archives.syr.edu/ and History of SU.

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The current version of Syracuse University’s mission and vision statements can be found here.

Syracuse University’s Mission:

As a university with the capacity to attract and engage the best scholars from around the world, yet small enough to support a personalized and academically rigorous student experience, Syracuse University faculty and staff support student success by:

▪ Encouraging global study, experiential learning, interdisciplinary scholarship, creativity, and entrepreneurial endeavors
▪ Balancing professional studies with an intensive liberal arts education
▪ Fostering a richly diverse and inclusive community of learning and opportunity
▪ Promoting a culture of innovation and discovery
▪ Supporting faculty, staff, and student collaboration in creative activity and research that address emerging opportunities and societal needs
▪ Maintaining pride in our location and history as a place of access, engagement, innovation, and impact

Syracuse University Vision:

Syracuse University aspires to be a pre-eminent and inclusive student-focused research university, preparing engaged citizens, scholars, and leaders for participation in a changing global society.

In 1992, the Syracuse University Senate adopted a mission focused on promoting learning and a positive campus culture. Syracuse University continues to embrace those goals and is guided by the principles contained in the statement above. In building on that foundation, the University recognizes that its greatest strength is based on the interactive and collaborative nature of its many programs. Through active engagement with practitioners and communities around the world, Syracuse University faculty and students learn, discover, and create. We are dedicated to faculty excellence and scholarly distinction, attracting and supporting enterprising students, and a close interaction and engagement with the world—locally, nationally, and globally.

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The Faculty Manual brings together information on the mission and vision of Syracuse University, on policies governing the faculty, and on the rights and responsibilities of the faculty of Syracuse University. Policies are subject to change through normal procedures.

Members of the faculty are those individuals having the academic rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, or lecturer, who have been duly appointed by the dean or director of an academic unit with the concurrence of the Chancellor or Vice Chancellor and Provost and whose primary duties are instruction and scholarly or creative activity.

The Faculty Manual and its periodic corrections and additions are maintained in electronic format only. A number of topics not fully covered in the Faculty Manual are treated in a variety of University publications and documents such as SU Policies; various publications of the Office of Human Resources; University Senate, school and college bylaws; and statements of policy adopted by programs, departments, schools, and colleges.

Academic rules and regulations governing students can be found in the Course Catalog: Academic Rules and Regulations.

Some of the most important student policies, including students’ rights and responsibilities with respect to student conduct, academic integrity, and financial obligations, are outlined in the Syracuse University Student Handbook published by the Student Experience Division. This publication also includes available resources and services related to these areas.

Syracuse University is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, national origin, religion, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

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