All employees are encouraged to participate in Senate activities with the following provisions:

Attendance

Your presence at Senate meetings, as well as special or called meetings is imperative so that discussion can be held, and decisions made that are in keeping with the well being of staff and Senate operations.

Membership Eligibility

Senate eligibility shall consist of permanent, full-time SPA and EPA non-teaching employees who have completed their probationary requirements.

Representation

 There shall be one Senator for each thirty (30) permanent full-time members rounded to the nearest tenth.
A Senator shall be elected from a district by staff within that district.  If a district has less than one-tenth staff, that district will have one Senator.  Representation shall be based on proportional distribution across six (6) electoral units.  The Senate shall have the same representation and proportion as Senate Alternates.

Districts

The representative districts (voting units) of the Senate shall be as follows:

1.  Division of Academic Affairs - Three Senators (3)

COLLEGES/SCHOOLS

• School of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences

• College of Arts and Sciences

• School of Business & Economics

• School of Education

• School of Engineering

• School of Technology

• School or Graduate Studies

• School of Nursing