Election Information

The Faculty Senate elections for the 66th Faculty Senate (2024-2025) have concluded.

Congratulations to those elected and thank you to all the candidates for your willingness to serve the Texas State University Community. Thank you also to the voters for your participation in this very important process. 

2024-2025 Senators-elect to fill the following vacancies are as follows:

Applied Arts - 

1 Seat (May 2024 - May 2027) - P. Michael Supancic (Criminology and Criminal Justice)

Fine Arts & Communication - 

1 Seat (May 2024 - 2027) - Lynn Ledbetter (Music)

McCoy College - 

1 Seat - Unexpired 2-year Term (May 2024 - May 2026) - Kevin Jetton (ISAN)

Liberal Arts -  

1 Seat (May 2024 - May 2027) - Steve Wilson (English)

1 Seat (May 2024 - May 2027) - Peter Dedek (History)

1 Seat - Unexpired 1-year Term (May 2024 - May 2025) - Valentina Glajar (World Languages)

Science & Engineering - 

1 Seat (May 2024- May 2027) - Noland Martin (Biology)
 

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.