The Faculty Senate shall consist of elected members only.

Eligibility. Any member of the full-time faculty shall be eligible for election to membership in the Senate. The University faculty shall consist of all full-time faculty members holding academic appointments with the rank of instructor, assistant professor, associate professor, or professor, whose primary duties are teaching, research, library service or departmental administration.

Term of Office. The term of office for an elected member of the Senate shall be three (3) years with the exception that:

• 1. The term of the president-elect shall be extended for one additional year to four (4) years if the president-elect is in the third year of his or her term. At the end of this extended term of office, the affected school, college, or academic unit shall elect a senator to complete the remaining two years of the normal three year term.
  
  
• 2. In the event of the death or resignation of a faculty senator during the senator's elected term of office, the remaining senators of the affected school, college or academic unit shall, at the direction of the president of the Faculty Senate, select a new representative from the affected school, college, or academic unit. The new representative is to complete the unexpired term of the vacated Senate seat. The selection of the new representative shall be accomplished by a majority vote of the remaining senators or as specified by the constitution of the affected school, college, or academic unit.
  
  
• 3. In the event that circumstances temporarily prevent a faculty senator from fulfilling his or her obligations as a senator, the senator (hereafter referred to as the requesting senator) may apply to the Senate Executive Committee for a leave of absence from the Faculty Senate.

Proxy Voting. In the event that a senator may not, because of extenuating circumstances, be able to attend a Senate meeting, the senator may designate a faculty member who is eligible for Senate membership from the senator's school, college, or academic unit to represent him/her. Prior written notice of such designation shall be provided to the president or secretary of the Senate before the meeting. The designated representative shall have voting privileges. Senators who designate representatives shall be noted as "present by proxy" in Senate records.

Representation. Each college, school, or equivalent academic unit with its own faculty shall be entitled to elect three (3) Senators. Additional Senate members shall be elected by and within the various colleges, schools or equivalent academic units in the following manner:

• 1. A college, school or equivalent academic unit shall be entitled to one additional representative for every twenty-five (25) faculty members. The number of senators eligible shall be determined from the records of the Vice President of Academic Affairs at the beginning of each Spring Semester. In cases where new Senate representation is awarded to a college, school or academic unit, the Senate may determine with the consent of a simple majority of the unit's senators to utilize staggered terms. Terms of the new senators then would initially be established by drawing lot for terms of one, two, and three years, as appropriate. This provision shall apply beginning with senators elected for 1983-86 term.
  
  
• 2. The University Libraries shall be entitled to elect one (1) senator until it can comply with the proportional representation arrangement listed above in Article III. 1.4.4.5.A.
  
  
• 3. Any college, school or equivalent academic unit organized after the adoption of this constitution shall attain Senate representation in the first Senate election following its organization.
  
  
• 4. By two-thirds vote of those present at any regularly scheduled meeting, the Senate may grant senatorial representation to divisions or academic units not covered in this section. If a college, school or academic unit loses faculty so as to affect Senate representation, the first position to become vacant will not be filled.
  
  

Elections.

• 1. Elections shall be held each year by secret ballot prior to the first meeting of the Senate in the Fall term. The term of office shall begin with the first Senate meeting in the Fall.
  
  
• 2. Elections shall be supervised and conducted by the Committee on Faculty Elections or by senator(s) that the committee designates. The rules and regulations stated in the Senate By-Laws will be followed. (See By-Laws 1.5.1.4.)