Rules

Rules

The Senate Rules Committee shall have the responsibility for providing the President with a list of faculty nominations for University committees. The committee shall serve as the Committee on Committees.

Faculty: Six members elected by the Senate

Continuing/Ex-officio:

Chair of the Senate
Chair-elect
Secretary (as Chair of the committee)
Secretary-elect
Immediate Past-Chair

Restrictions: Elected members shall serve two-year staggered terms. Election of members to two-year terms shall be held by secret ballot at each March meeting of the Senate. Candidates who receive a majority vote shall be elected and their appointment shall become effective the following August. Nominations shall be made from the floor at the Senate's February meeting. Information about candidates shall be distributed to all Senators with the agenda for the March meeting. All members of the committee must be members of the Senate at the time of their election.

Members

Chair, Jaena Alabi

Lori Eckhardt, Chair of University Senate, Ex-Officio, June – 2025
Virginia Davis, Chair-Elect of University Senate, Ex-Officio, June – 2025
Jaena Alabi, Secretary of the University Senate, Ex-Officio, June – 2025
Rachel Prado, Secretary-Elect of the University Senate, Ex-Officio, June – 2025
Lisa Kensler, Immediate Past Chair of University Senate, Ex-Officio, June – 2025

Kasia Leousis, Library– 2025
Murali Dhanasekaran, PY Drug Discovery and Development – 2025
Andrew Pendola, Educational Foundations and Leadership Technology – 2025
James Birdsong, School of Aviation – 2026
David Miller, Philosophy – 2026
Danilea Werner, Sociology – 2026

Last Updated: Oct. 3, 2024