The Chairperson of the Graduate Faculty is an ex-officio, voting member of the Graduate Council. Exclusive of ex-officio members, no more than one faculty member of the Graduate Council shall be from the same department or school. Election and Term of Office Elected members of the Graduate Council serve for a term of two years, with no member allowed to serve more than three consecutive terms. Elections are staggered so that one member of each academic college is elected in the spring of each academic year. The graduate student representing the doctoral programs serves for two years and the graduate student representing the master's programs serves for one year with no graduate student allowed to serve for more than three consecutive terms.
Terms begin and end with the beginning of the Fall Semester.
Each academic college conducts its own election and reports the results to the Graduate Dean. At the first meeting of the Graduate Council in the Fall Semester, the elected members of the Council will elect a Chairperson and a Vice-chairperson from their ranks. The chairperson of the Graduate Council will be elected by the members of the Graduate Council for a one-year term. The chairperson will convene regular and special meetings of the Graduate Council and preside over them. The chairperson will prepare, with the assistance of the vice-chairperson, agenda for meetings and provide for the distribution of the agenda to the Graduate Council prior to any meetings.