All-faculty & At-large Elections
Faculty Governance Service & Opportunities
- Current and Upcoming Faculty Service Opportunities in Faculty Governance; not all may be scheduled for election or appointment at this time (see the Constitution and Academic Senate By-laws for additional information regarding eligibility, elections, schedules, and related processes).
- Faculty Governance Membership and Opportunities per College or Area; please reach out to the respective college elections committee or area regarding college, academic department, student, or administrative department seat status and related processes for the represented area.
Processes & Procedures
Constitution of the Faculty - Additional guidance can be found in the Academic Senate By-laws
All-Faculty Representative Elections and Appointments Cycles Schedule
2026-2027 Academic Year Elections & Appointments Cycle/s & Dates:
- Fall 2026
- All-faculty Representative Election & Appointments
- Call = 8/24/2026
- 2nd Call, Officers and/or At-large Senator (if applicable) = 8/31/2026
- Election (if applicable) = 8/31/2026
- S&F Appointments = 9/1/2026
- Election Runoff (if applicable) = 9/8/2026 (Labor Day is Monday, 9/7/2026)
- Officer or At-large Senator Election (if applicable) = 9/8/2026 (Labor Day is Monday, 9/7/2026)
- Officer or At-large Senator (if applicable) Runoff Election (if applicable) = 9/15/2026
- All-faculty Representative Election & Appointments
- Spring 2027
- Officer or At-large Senator with terms beginning 2027-2028 AY
- Call = 1/25/2027
- 2nd Call = 2/1/2027
- Election = 2/8/2027
- Runoff Election (if applicable) = 2/15/2027
- All-faculty Representative Elections & Appointments for terms beginning in 2027-2028 (*Currently scheduled despite the overlap with Spring Break, S&F will need to decide if or how to adjust)
- Call = 3/15/2027
- *Election = 3/29/2027 (or 3/22/2027, as Spring Break = 3/22-3/26/2027, a suggestion would be to have a 2-week call and shift the election one week, which would be S&F's decision)
- S&F Appointment (if applicable) = 3/30/2027
- *Runoff Election (if applicable) = 4/5/2027 (or 3/29/2027, see note above)
- Officer or At-large Senator with terms beginning 2027-2028 AY
All Faculty Election
All-faculty Ballot Link - (active when election/s are live)
For terms beginning 2026-2027 Academic Year, ballots must be cast by Sunday, September 6th, 2026. Please see the SSU Faculty Constitution and the Academic Senate By-laws for additional position, eligibility, and process information.