Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Caucus Leaders

General Duties:

1. Report to the Faculty Senate the relevant activities within their respective colleges
2. Serve as a conduit between the Faculty Senate and the Deans of their respective colleges and their departmental chairs
3. Conduct the elections for new faculty senate members in their colleges.

Election Duties

• Around the middle of March, the Caucus Leader should receive from the Faculty Senate Secretary the list of positions and terms to be filled.
• Send an announcement to all full-time faculty members of the respective college that elections will be taking place and request nominations.
• Compile a slate of candidates from the nominations and distribute ballots to all full-time faculty members.
• Accumulate all ballots and tally the votes.
• Notify the Faculty Senate Secretary the names and terms of the newly elected senators. 
• Notify all candidates, individually, as well as the rest of the faculty members in the college, the results of the election.

Faculty Senate Meetings to Attend

• Monthly Senate meetings
• Regular Committee meetings

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