Elections Committee

FUNCTION

1. To generate policies and procedures related to the conduct of faculty elections and to report to the Faculty Senate on all such matters.
2. To accept in nomination for the coming year the name of any faculty member who requests nomination to a faculty committee or whose name is placed in nomination with his consent by a third party, and to nominate candidates with their consent for each committee position for which there are not at least two nominees.
3. To conduct, supervise and adjudicate elections of all faculty committees and the election of senators to the Faculty Senate.
4. To report the results of various committee elections to the entire faculty.
5. In the event of vacancies on faculty elected committees the Elections Committee shall fill such vacancies by appointment. The committee shall consult the results of the most recent election in making their decisions and/or appointments.
6. Upon request, to secure at-large or constituency nominees from the five constituencies for interim, ad hoc, and permanent committees established by the Administration, Faculty Senate or Faculty, through a constituency elections committee.

MEMBERSHIP

5 voting members

One faculty member elected from and by each constituency:

• College of Arts and Communication/Library
• College of Business and Economics
• College of Education and Professional Studies
• College of Integrated Studies
• College of Letters and Sciences

TERM

Two-year staggered terms. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms.

Representatives from Education and Professional Studies, Letters and Sciences, and Integrated Studies are elected in even years.

Representatives from Business and Economics, and Arts and Communication/Library are elected in odd years.

-Adopted at All-Faculty Meeting (Extraordinary Session) on 4/2/2019

Current Committee Membership

page revised 9/20/2019