Elections

Nominating Petition for Faculty Senate Seat

Nominating Petition for University Personnel Committee

UNIVERSITY PERSONNEL COMMITTEE

NOTICE OF ELECTION OF FACULTY

THREE FALL 2008 VACANCIES

College of Education and Human Services
College of Fine Arts and Communication
University Libraries/Counseling Center/Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

According to the 2007-2011 UPI/WIU Collective Bargaining Agreement, there shall be a University Personnel Committee (UPC) elected by the eligible faculty members of the Bargaining Unit. The nomination and election procedure shall be determined by the Faculty Senate. The following committee structure and nomination and election procedures have been established:

I. Committee Structure

A. The Committee shall consist of nine (9) tenured, full professors.

B. There is to be one member representing Bargaining Unit A employees in University Libraries, the Counseling Center, and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.

C. There are to be two members elected by and from each of the four academic colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business and Technology, Education and Human Services, and Fine Arts and Communication.

D. Staggered terms shall be for three years. The Faculty Senate shall conduct the election.

E. The University Personnel Committee recommends to the Academic Vice President in cases where there are any negative recommendations.

II. Nominations and Election Procedures

A. Only tenured, full professors may serve on UPC.

B. Only members of Bargaining Unit A (tenured or tenure-track faculty) may SIGN petitions or VOTE for a candidate. Department chairs are not eligible to sign petitions or to vote in UPC elections.

C. An eligible faculty member may sign petitions and may vote only for candidates seeking nomination and election as a representative of the faculty member's College. Eligible faculty in University Libraries, the Counseling Center, and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs may sign petitions and may vote only for candidates seeking nomination and election as a representative of University Libraries/Counseling Center/Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Bargaining Unit A employees.

D. Nominations and elections are to take place as specified in the Constitution and Bylaws of the Faculty Senate under the procedures established for the election of members to the Faculty Senate. Fifteen signatures of eligible faculty are required on nominating petitions for election to the College positions; six signatures of eligible faculty are required on petitions for the position designated for University Libraries/Counseling Center/Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs Bargaining Unit A employees.

E. The following timetable for nominations and elections has been set:

1. Nominating petitions must reach the Faculty Senate Office, #323 Stipes Hall, no later than 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, 2008.

2. Final date for withdrawal of petitions is 4:00 p.m., Friday, May 2, 2008.

3. Ballots will be mailed to members of the Bargaining Unit on Monday, May 5, 2008.

4. All ballots must reach the Faculty Senate Office, #323 Stipes Hall no later than 4:00 p.m., Monday, May 19, 2008.

5. Election of members to the University Personnel Committee is by plurality. In the case of a tie vote, a run-off election will take place.

6. If only one person is certified to be nominated for any seat on the University Personnel Committee, that person will be declared elected.

III. Of the following positions on the University Personnel Committee, all three (3) are to be filled in the fall for three-year terms.

One (1) 3-year term, College of Education and Human Services
One (1) 3-year term, College of Fine Arts and Communication
One (1) 3-year term, University Libraries/Counseling Center/ Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs

Please direct any questions regarding the election to Annette Hamm, Faculty Senate Office, #323 Stipes Hall, 298-1589 or via email to AE-Hamm@wiu.edu.