Section 10Sec./Art. 10

Powers and Duties of the University President. - The administration of the University shall be vested in the President of the University, who shall exercise the following powers and functions:

(a) Carry out the general policies laid down by the Board, and within the lines of said, general policies;

(b) Exercise general supervision over the University, including businesses and financial operations, all offices, members of the teaching staff, and employees of the University;

(c) Accept the resignation of faculty member/s and employee/s, which shall be reported to the Board in its meeting immediately following the resignation;

(d) Exercise general supervision over extracurricular activities of students and to issue adequate rules for the organization and operation of student organizations;

(e) Authorize the renewal of appointments of faculty members and employees for not more than one (1) year if their continued service is necessary, and ff funds are available for the purpose;

(f) Authorize the transfer of faculty members and employees from one (1) department or unit of the University to another, with the written consent of the faculty member or employee concerned: Provided, That such transfer shall not result in a demotion in rank and salary, and it is with the consent of the head of the unit;

(g) Serve as the official center of communication between the faculty, employees and students of the University, on the one hand, and the Board, on the other hand;.

(h) Prepare an annual report to the Board on the work and accomplishments for the previous year and the needs for the current year;

(i) Present to the Board the annual budget of the University, with the estimates of income and expenditures;

(j) Execute and sign, in behalf of the University, all contracts, deeds and other instruments necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the University, unless otherwise therein provided;

(k) Authorize the enforcement of discipline and to maintain satisfactory academic standards in all of its units;

(l) Exercise the right to modify or disapprove any action or resolution of any university, faculty or administrative body, if the interest of the University so requires. Should the President exercise such power, the decision shall be communicated in writing to the body immediately affected, and shall state the reason for the action. Thereafter, the President shall accordingly inform the Board, which may take any action it may deem appropriate in connection therewith:

(m) Exercise such other powers as elsewhere provided in this Act, or as authorized by the Board, such as those usually pertaining to the Office of the President of a University. The President may delegate in waiting any of these specific functions to the chancellors, campus directors or to any office in the University;

(n) Recommend to the Board, upon consultation with the Vice President for Academic Affairs and University Deans and Heads of Nonacademic Units, as the case may be, suitable persons to fill the vacancies and new positions, and to make such other arrangements as to meet emergencies that occur during periods when the Board is not in conference so that the work of the University will not be hampered;

(o) Authorize or deny permission to members of the faculty to accept training grants, scholarships, assistantships, or invitations to conferences sponsored by other agencies or organizations;

(p) Authorize the change of the leave status of the faculty from that of teachers leave to that of cumulative leave, or vice versa, on the recommendation of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and respective college deans concerned;

(q) Hold officers, teachers, and employees responsible for the full discharge of their duties, and when necessary, after consultation with the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University Deans and Administrative Officers, to initiate the necessary proceedings for their separation from the service for cause;

(r) Report to the Board all cases of erring employees or faculty members for the Board to appoint a committee to hear the case;

(s) Invite, from time to time, scholars of eminence and other persons who have achieved distinction in some learned professions or careers, to deliver a lecture or a series thereof; and

(t) Exercise such other powers as are required pursuant to the provisions of this Act, or by the Charter of the University, or as may be specially authorized by the Board, such as those usually pertaining to the office of a president of similar universities. The President may delegate in writing any of these specific functions to any official within the University.