2024 Faculty Senate Election Schedule and Distribution List
Effective Date
The Faculty Senate unanimously passed a motion to adopt the proposed 2024 Faculty Senate election schedule and distribution list.
Background
Section 12 of the Faculty Senate Bylaws creates an annual process by which elections are conducted. Under this process, the Appointments and Elections Officer must submit a proposed election schedule and distribution list for approval by the Faculty Senate during the Winter Quarter, with elections to be conducted by college governance bodies and certified by the Faculty Senate during the Spring Quarter.
The schedule for the election of Faculty Senators for the 2024-2026 term is:
March 11 | Mon | Faculty Senate review and approval of election schedule and distribution list |
April 5 | Tues | Schedule and distribution list sent to college governance bodies |
April 26 | Fri | Deadline for constituencies to submit nominations to college governance bodies |
May 10 | Fri | College governance bodies to certify and submit nominations to Faculty Senate |
May 20 | Mon | Faculty Senate to certify election results |
May 22 | Wed | Election results posted to Faculty Senate website |
June 3 | Mon | New Senators seated and officers elected at Faculty Senate meeting |
Faculty members with a .5 FTEF (annual average) or greater appointment are eligible to be nominated to fill representative seats. Each college faculty and/or constituency is entitled to determine the procedure that will be used to nominate and elect area representatives, provided that all voting-eligible faculty (.5 FTEF annual average) are afforded the opportunity to vote in the election of their respective representative(s).
The distribution of Senate seats by college and area are determined annually using a formula set forth in the Senate bylaws. There were no proposed changes to the college voting areas distributions for 2024, with a total of nine seats to be included in the 2024 election, as follows:
Area A – College of Science and Engineering |
Total Seats: 7 Open Seats: 1 |
Area B – College of Humanities and Social Sciences – Social Sciences |
Total Seats: 4 Open Seats: 0 |
Area C – College of Humanities and Social Sciences – Humanities |
Total Seats: 5 Open Seats: 5 |
Area D – College of Fine and Performing Arts |
Total Seats: 2 Open Seats: 0 |
Area E – College of Business and Economics |
Total Seats: 3 Open Seats: 0 |
Area F – Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies |
Total Seats: 1 Open Seats: 0 |
Area G – College of the Environment |
Total Seats: 2 Open Seats: 1 |
Area H – Woodring College of Education |
Total Seats: 3 Open Seats: 1 |
Area I – The Libraries |
Total Seats: 1 Open Seats: 1 |
Graduate School |
Total Seats: 1 Open Seats: 0 |
Senate Action
Following a technical correction by consent to change the April 5 (Tuesday) date on the proposed schedule to April 2 (Tuesday), a motion to adopt the proposed schedule and distribution list was unanimously approved.