The College of Law shall be considered an academic college. Within each college, every department or independent program elects one Senator. Independent program is defined as a group of faculty having a director. The NKU Library faculty shall be considered as one program. The Salmon P. Chase College of Law, including the Law Library, shall be considered as one program.
Eligible colleges elect additional Senators to fill out their allocation.
The term of office shall run from July 1st through June 30th. By no later than the tenth week of the Fall semester, those departments or independent programs whose Senator's term will expire on June 30th shall elect, from those not already elected to the Faculty Senate, a representative from among their faculty. By no later than the twelfth week of the Fall semester, the Elections Committee shall provide all eligible faculty members with ballots listing those faculty members within their college, who, in writing have consented to stand for election to the Faculty Senate. The Elections Committee shall tabulate the ballots and submit the results to the Faculty Senate by the December meeting of the Faculty Senate. Notification of the results shall be made in writing to the president of the Faculty Senate.