College Council Representatives

"The College Council shall have primary responsibility and authority, subject to the general governing authority of the President of the College and the Board of Trustees, to establish policy and adopt regulations on matters of concern to the College community as a whole." (By-laws of the College Council)

1. Fifteen members of the Faculty, three elected from each division by the Faculty of each respective division, and six elected at-large, shall represent the Faculty on the College Council. They will be elected for a three-year term. One-third of the representatives will be elected each year. Members may be re-elected. To be eligible for election, a Faculty member must be self-nominated or be nominated by another member of the Faculty. All full-time employees of the College having Faculty rank, except continuing or incoming Division Chairs, are eligible for nomination. The President of the Faculty, continuing or newly elected members of the Committee on Faculty Development and the Committee on Curriculum and Academic standards, continuing members of the Tenure and Reappointment Committee, and the Off-Campus Programs Committee will not be listed on the ballots for College Council Faculty representative elections. Nominations should be submitted to the appropriate Division Chair for divisional elections and to the Registrar for the at-large elections.  Additionally, the incoming appointed chairs of the General Education and Assessment Committees will not be listed on the ballot.
2. The Division Chairs will run the Divisional elections in the spring immediately after the Faculty Steering Committee elections, and the Faculty will elect at-large representatives in the spring, usually at its April meeting.
3. Vacancies of elected members for a long academic term or longer will be filled by the Faculty Steering Committee with advice from the appropriate Division Chair.
4. “With the exception of the Steering Committee, membership and chairs of committees of the Council shall be appointed by the President of the College with the advice of a Nominating Committee to consist of the President of the Faculty, the President of Student Congress, the Co-Presidents of the Staff Congress, and the Dean of the College, who will serve as its chair. Elected members of the Council will be appointed in reasonable proportion to all Council committees. Additionally, all full-time members of the Faculty, all full-time students, and all full-time members of the staff may serve as members of Council committees." (By-laws of the College Council)