Each of these additional senators will be elected solely by faculty members of their group. The constituents of each major group shall be established by the Election Committee, including the decision on placement, for election and representation purposes, of academic departments unaffiliated with a major academic disciplinary group. The number of senators to be selected to represent each major group shall be based on the proportional number of full-time equivalent faculty employed in that group. A special departmental faculty election will be requested to select a senator from each and any academic department not represented on the Senate. A special major group election will be requested to select a senator or senators from major groups that are not represented or have insufficient representation to meet the newly-calculated major group Senate representation level.
Any faculty member is eligible for election as a senator.
When a Senate seat is declared vacant by the chair, the appropriate unit shall elect an eligible replacement to serve until the next annual Senate election. The person elected at the annual election shall serve until the expiration of the term to which the original senator was elected. Terms of Office a. The term of service for senators shall begin on August 25 and end on August 24. 6. The Election Committee shall be responsible for the conduct of all Senate elections except elections of departmental senators.