UW-Whitewater University Handbook
Elections Committee
FUNCTION
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To generate policies and procedures related to the conduct of faculty elections
and to report to the Faculty Senate on all such matters.
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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.
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To conduct, supervise and adjudicate elections of all faculty committees
and the election of senators to the Faculty Senate.
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To report the results of various committee elections to the entire faculty.
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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.
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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
One faculty member from each constituency. Education, Letters and Sciences
and Other constituency will be elected in even years, Business and Economics
and Arts & Communication in odd years.
TERM
Two-year staggered terms. No member may serve more than two consecutive
terms.
METHOD OF SELECTION
In addition to the requirements set forth in Article III, Section 2
of the By-Laws, the primary ballot shall list nominees for the Election
Committee according to their rank and constituency. A special consideration
is that in the formal election of this committee, the voters shall vote
only for candidates of their rank and from their constituency.
| MEMBERS |
TERM EXPIRES |
| Gautam Wadhwa (A&C) |
2014 |
| Meifang Xiang (B&E) |
2013 |
| Vacant (EDU) |
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| Mohamad Ahmadi (L&S) |
2014 |
| Vacant (At-large, min. 50% non-teaching load) |
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