3335-17-01 Administration members.
The twenty-four members from the administration shall consist of the university president, the executive vice president and provost, the senior vice president for business and finance, the vice president for research, the senior vice president of student life, the deans of the fifteen colleges, one dean from the regional campuses for a two-year term as selected by the council of deans, the dean of the graduate school, the dean for undergraduate education and the dean of libraries.
Senate revision dates: 4/14/2005, 4/18/2019, 11/14/2019
(Board approval dates: 5/7/2004, 5/6/2005, 2/11/2011, 5/31/2019, 11/21/2019, 5/19/2022)
3335-17-02 Elections.
The faculty, staff, professional student, graduate student, and undergraduate student members and alternates of the university senate shall be chosen in the manner prescribed by the appropriate constituency as defined in rule 3335-17-03 of the Administrative Code. All terms of service shall begin in the autumn semester following election.
Senate revision dates: 9/29/1984, 12/2/1989, 4/18/2019
(Board approval dates: 5/31/2019)
3335-17-03 Administration and supervision of elections.
The primary responsibility for administering and supervising senate elections shall reside with the faculty council, for the election of faculty members of the senate; council of graduate students, for the election of graduate student members; inter-professional council, for the election of professional student members; undergraduate student government, for the election of undergraduate student members; and university staff advisory committee, for the election of non-bargaining staff members. Each group shall:
(A) Propose procedures and regulations for nominations and elections, consistent with these bylaws; the nomination procedure shall include the opportunity for direct nominations by an appropriate number of electors eligible to vote in an election for the office in question.
(B) Report the results of elections in its constituencies to the senate secretary for certification of senate members. Faculty elections will begin the second week of January and results are to be submitted by the first of March; other constituencies by the fifteenth of May.
(C) Take action to ensure that the time and manner of nominations and elections are well publicized so as to provide reasonable notice to those eligible to participate. Any notices referring to the university senate elections shall be conspicuously designated as such.
Senate revision dates: 6/2/1979, 3/8/1980, 12/2/1989, 4/18/2019
(Board approval dates: 5/31/2019)
3335-17-04 Apportionment of faculty members.
(A) Seventy-one faculty members shall be apportioned as follows: at least one to represent each of the following faculty constituencies:
- College of arts and sciences: division of arts and humanities
- College of arts and sciences: division of natural and mathematical sciences
- College of arts and sciences: division of social and behavioral sciences
- College of food, agricultural, and environmental sciences
- The Max M. Fisher college of business
- College of dentistry
- College of education and human ecology
- College of engineering
- The Michael E. Moritz college of law
- College of medicine
- College of nursing
- College of optometry
- College of pharmacy
- The John Glenn college of public affairs
- College of public health
- College of social work
- College of veterinary medicine
- OSU Lima campus
- OSU Mansfield Campus
- OSU Marion Campus
- OSU Newark Campus
- University libraries
- Departments of military science, naval science, and air force aerospace studies
(B) The other faculty members shall be apportioned among the faculty constituencies, such that no more than ten per cent of the total faculty membership of the senate shall be assigned to any one unit listed in paragraph (A) of this rule. The schedule for apportionment shall be reviewed annually and derived from the distribution of tenure-track faculty and shall be proposed by the executive committee of the faculty council and approved by the faculty council.
(C) For the purpose of voting in a senate election, the eligible faculty shall be tenure-track faculty and such clinical/teaching/practice track faculty as are authorized for senate service pursuant to rule 3335-7-11 of the Administrative Code. They shall vote only in the election of members from the college or unit in which they hold their primary appoint.
Senate revision dates: 12/3/1983, 9/29/1984, 12/2/1989, 4/6/1991, 4/6/1996, 5/13/2004, 4/18/2019
(Board approval dates: 6/4/2004, 12/2/2005, 7/7/2006, 6/6/2008, 6/6/2014, 5/31/2019)
3335-17.07.5 Apportionment of staff members.
(A) Five staff members from different campus units shall be selected by the university staff advisory council in accordance with its bylaws.
(B) Non-bargaining unit staff members will be eligible to apply for selection to the five senate positions.
Senate adoption date: 4/18/2019
(Board approval dates: 5/31/2019)
3335-17-05 Apportionment of graduate student members.
(A) Ten graduate student members shall be elected by the council of graduate students in accordance with its bylaws so as to ensure a diverse representation of graduate programs.
(B) For the purpose of voting for the graduate student delegation to the university senate, each graduate student elector shall be a delegate in the council of graduate students.
(Board approval date: 12/5/2003)
3335-17-06 Apportionment of professional student members.
(A) Five professional student members shall be elected by the inter-professional council senate in accordance with its bylaws so as to ensure a diverse representation of professional colleges.
(B) For the purpose of voting for the professional student delegation to the university senate, each professional student elector shall be a senator in the inter-professional council.
(Board approval date: 12/5/2003)
3335-17-07 Apportionment of undergraduate student members.
(A) Twenty-six undergraduate student members shall be elected by the undergraduate student government senate in accordance with its bylaws so as to ensure a diverse representation of student interests.
(B) For the purpose of voting for the undergraduate student delegation to the university senate, each undergraduate student elector shall be a senator in the undergraduate student government senate.
Senate revision dates: 10/25/1980, 6/2/1984, 12/1/1990, 4/6/1996, 3/6/1999, 3/14/2002
(Board approval date: 12/5/2003)
3335-17-08 Qualifications for membership.
(A) To be eligible for service as members of the university senate:
- Faculty members shall be on the roster of the tenure-track faculty, or on the roster of a college or unit’s clinical/teaching/practice track faculty who are authorized for senate service pursuant to rule 3335-7-11 of the Administrative Code, and available for senate service autumn and spring semesters during their elected terms.
- Staff members shall be on the roster of a college or unit and available for senate service autumn and spring semesters of their elected terms.
- Graduate, professional and undergraduate student members shall be in good standing and enrolled each semester.
- Faculty, staff, professional and undergraduate student members shall, at all times including the time of election, be members of the constituency which they were elected to represent. The graduate student senators shall be deemed to represent all graduate students.
- Faculty or staff that assume an administrative title containing dean, provost or president during the academic year shall not continue to represent faculty or staff into the next academic year.
(B) No person shall represent one constituency while serving as a representative of another.
(C) The requirements for alternate members shall be the same as for members.
Senate adoption date: 6/4/1977; Senate revision dates: 4/29/1978, 2/9/1980, 1/26/1985, 5/13/2004, 4/18/2019
(Board approval dates: 6/4/2004, 6/6/2008, 6/6/2014, 5/31/2019)
3335-17-09 Amendments.
(A) Amendments to these election bylaws shall follow the procedures specified in rule 3335-5-43 of the Administrative Code.
Senate adoption date: 3/8/1986; Senate revision date: 4/6/1996
(Board approval dates: 2/27/2020)