All elections will be held online using Blackboard. There are guidelines in the Faculty Handbook that describe the election process.
2.3.4. Article III. Method of Election
On or before March 1st of each year, the secretary of the
Faculty Senate shall issue to each member of the faculty a
description of membership criteria and a list of faculty
members eligible for nomination. Each full time faculty
member holding the rank of assistant, associate, or full
professor may nominate not more than one person from
each of the following categories: (a) assistant professors;
(b) associate professors; and (c) full professors.
Nominations must be returned to the secretary of the
Faculty Senate within one working week for the
nominations to be valid. The nominations will be counted
by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The
four persons in each category receiving the highest number
of nominations will be the nominees, with the followingexceptions: if three or fewer persons are nominated, each
with two or more nominations, then the names received
shall be those on the ballot; and, as many names as
necessary shall be included on the ballot in order not to
omit the name of a person who has received as many
nominations as another whose name is included. No person
receiving fewer than two nominations shall be included on
the ballot. The final ballot will be sent to the Secretary of
the Faculty on or before March 17. Before the list of
nominees is forwarded by the Executive Committee to the
secretary of the faculty, confirmation of the individuals’
willingness to serve shall have been secured.
The secretary of the faculty shall distribute or post the
list of confirmed nominees to the full faculty by March
20th. Faculty must submit their vote to the secretary of the
Faculty by April 5th. The votes will be counted by the
Secretary of the Faculty and the President of the Faculty
Senate. The candidate receiving the majority of all votes
cast wins the election. Absent a majority, the two
candidates in each category receiving the most votes will be
reconsidered in a run-off election. The Secretary must
announce the results of the election within one week of the
election. Each year three At-large members shall be elected,
one each from the following faculty-ranks: Assistant
Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor.
Nomination and Election of the Adjunct Faculty Senate Member: Before the end of the Spring Semester in odd years, a
nominating committee consisting of the current Adjunct
member, the Associate Provost for Undergraduate and
Special Programs, and the president of the Faculty Senate
will meet to nominate up to 3 Adjunct Faculty for the
position of Adjunct Faculty Senate member. Ballots will
be distributed in the first week of the Fall semester to active
adjunct faculty and must be returned to the Faculty Senate
President by the end of the third week of the Fall Semester.
The Adjunct member’s term begins immediately.
Section 2. Divisional Election:
Each of the four voting divisions in the college of arts
and sciences and the remaining four voting divisions, as
described in Article II, shall conduct its own election under
the chairmanship of the ranking elected member of the
council from that voting division. There shall be two
constraints placed upon these otherwise autonomous
elections; within each voting division, the members elected
must be from at least two different faculty-rank categories,
and wherever three members represent a given voting
division, it is desirable that they come from three different
categories; and, these elections must be held after the
completion of the University-at-large election and prior to
the final full faculty meeting of the spring semester. (Webmaster editorial: This means between April 5 and Reading Day of the Spring semester)
Section 3. Non-Tenure Track Faculty Election: Before the end of the spring semester in odd years, a nominating committee consisting of the current Non-Tenure Track senate representative, The Associate Provost for Academic Affairs, and the President of the Faculty Senate will meet to nominate four non-tenure track faculty for the position of Non-Tenure Track Faculty Senate member. The list of nominees will be distributed in the first week of the Fall semester to active non-tenure track faculty and votes must be submitted to the Faculty Senate Secretary by the end of the third week of the fall semester. The votes will be counted by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. The Non-Tenure Track member’s term begins immediately. If the elected Non-Tenure Track member does not return in the fall, the next available candidate receiving the most votes from the list of nominees shall be elected to serve as Non-Tenure Track representative.
