2025 Election Information
The Texas State Faculty Senate is holding their annual elections beginning on February 17 - February 24 for the following Colleges:
College of Education 2025
The College of Education has a vacancy for
1 seat for a 3-year term from May 2025 through May 2028
Eligible Candidates from the following departments will be on the ballot:
- Counseling, Leadership, Adult Ed, and School Psychology
- Health and Human Performance
College of Fine Arts & Communication 2025
The College of Fine Arts & Communication has a vacancy for
1 seat for a 3-year term from May 2025 through May 2028
Eligible Candidates from the following departments will be on the ballot:
- Art & Design
- Communication Studies
- Theatre, Dance & Film
College of Health Professions 2025
The College of Health Professions has a vacancy
1 seat for a 3-year term from May 2025 through May 2028
Eligible Candidates from all Health Professions departments/schools will be on the ballot
College of Liberal Arts 2025
The College of Liberal Arts has vacancies for:
1 seat for a 3-year term of May 2025 through May 2028, and
1 seat for a 1 -year term of May 2025 through May 2026
Eligible Candidates from the following departments will be on the ballot:
- Anthropology
- Geography & Environmental Studies
- Philosophy
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology
- World Languages and Literatures
College of Science and Engineering 2025
The College of Science & Engineering has a vacancy for
1 seat for a 3-year term from May 2025 through May 2028
Eligible Candidates from the following departments will be on the ballot:
- Agricultural Sciences
- Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Computer Science
- Ingram School of Engineering
- Engineering Technology
- Mathematics
FROM THE FACULTY CONSTITUTION:
III. NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
A. No later than the first Friday of March of each year, the Senate shall offer faculty members eligible to serve on the Senate the opportunity to remove their individual names from the ballot. The Senate will consider that those who do not remove their names have consented to be listed on the ballot and to serve if elected to the Senate.
B. The Senate will then prepare a ballot for each college to be distributed to faculty voters. These ballots shall list the names of the faculty members eligible to serve on the Senate who have consented to stand for election. A candidate receiving a majority of votes will be considered elected. If there is no majority, within five business days the election committee will distribute a second ballot listing those receiving the highest number of votes in the first round. The total number of nominees will be twice the number of vacancies. In the event of a tie for the last place, those in the tie shall be listed.
C. The Faculty Senate is empowered to make the determination for a place on the Senate should a final vote result in a tie.
D. If a person elected to the Senate is unable to serve, the candidate with the next highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
E. After the Senate's certification of the results of the elections, the Senate shall elect the Chair and Vice Chair by majority vote. The Senate may also elect a Secretary and other officers.
F. The term of office for Senate members shall be three calendar years with the term beginning and ending in May.