Common use of Selection of Division Chair Clause in Contracts

Selection of Division Chair. a. Only tenured faculty (including those who have been approved for tenure the following September) are eligible to serve as Division Chair, except in cases in which there are no tenured faculty within the affected division. The Faculty Association President will not be eligible to serve as Division Chair. The selection of the Faculty Association President or a non-tenured faculty as Division Chair may be granted by mutual agreement between the Faculty Association President and the College President or designee. b. The Division Chair will be selected by a vote of the full-time faculty members of the particular division. All full-time faculty members should participate in the selection of their Division Chair. Faculty with temporary or single-year contracts are not eligible to vote. c. By April 15, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will query eligible full-time faculty members of each division for the nomination of faculty to serve as Division Chair. Nominations must be made in writing by hard copy or email to be considered official. The process of choosing faculty to nominate is internal to each division. The Vice President of the Faculty Association will put forth all proper nominations for a vote. d. By May 1, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will then provide ballots to the full-time faculty members in each division listing the names of those division members nominated to serve as Division Chair. In the event that the Vice President of the Faculty Association is serving as a Division Chair, the election for that division will be conducted by the President of the Faculty Association. e. In the case of a tie, the senior faculty member (of those tied) will serve as the Division Chair for the following year. f. Announcement of the names of Division Chairs for the following year will be made by June 1.

Selection of Division Chair. a. Only tenured faculty (including those who have been approved for tenure the following September) are eligible to serve as Division Chair, except in cases in which there are no tenured faculty within the affected division. The Faculty Association President will not be eligible to serve as Division Chair. The selection of the Faculty Association President or a non-tenured faculty as Division Chair may be granted by mutual agreement between the Faculty Association President and the College President or his/her designee. b. The Division Chair will be selected by a vote of the full-time faculty members of the particular division. All full-time faculty members should participate in the selection of their Division Chair. Faculty with temporary or single-year contracts are not eligible to vote. c. By April 15, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will query eligible full-time faculty members of each division for the nomination of faculty to serve as Division Chair. Nominations must be made in writing by hard copy or email to be considered official. The process of choosing faculty to nominate is internal to each division. The Vice President of the Faculty Association will put forth all proper nominations for a vote. d. By May 1, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will then provide ballots to the full-time faculty members in each division listing the names of those division members nominated to serve as Division Chair. In the event that the Vice President of the Faculty Association is serving as a Division Chair, the election for that division will be conducted by the President of the Faculty Association. e. In the case of a tie, the senior faculty member (of those tied) will serve as the Division Chair for the following year. f. Announcement of the names of Division Chairs for the following year will be made by June 1.

Selection of Division Chair. a. Only tenured faculty (including those who have been approved for tenure the following September) are eligible to serve as Division Chair, except in cases in which there are no tenured faculty within the affected division. The Faculty Association President will not be eligible to serve as Division Chair. The selection of the Faculty Association President or a non-tenured faculty as Division Chair may be granted by mutual agreement between the Faculty Association President and the College President or designee. b. The Division Chair will be selected by a vote of the full-time faculty members of the particular division. All full-time faculty members should participate in the selection of their Division Chair. Faculty with temporary or single-year contracts are not eligible to vote. c. By April 15, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will query eligible full-time faculty members of each division for the nomination of faculty to serve as Division Chair. Nominations must be made in writing by hard copy or email to be considered official. The process of choosing faculty to nominate is internal to each division. The Vice President of the Faculty Association will put forth all proper nominations for a vote. d. By May 1, the Vice President of the Faculty Association will then provide ballots to the full-time faculty members in each division listing the names of those division members nominated to serve as Division Chair. In the event that the Vice President of the Faculty Association is serving as a Division Chair, the election for that division will be conducted by the President of the Faculty Association. e. In the case of a tie, the senior faculty member (of those tied) will serve as the Division Chair for the following year. f. Announcement of the names of Division Chairs for the following year will be made by June 1. This announcement will be made by the Vice President of the Faculty Association via email to the faculty, the Vice President of Learning & Student Success, all deans/directors who supervise faculty, and the Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Learning & Student Success.