
As Amended Through April 30, 2007
Article III — Student Representation
- Section 1. The student electorate shall consist of all persons
actively pursuing a degree on this campus who meet
the eligibility requirements for voting and who are
not members of the faculty electorate. Eligibility
for voting shall require that the student be:
- Section 2. Any member of the student electorate shall be eligible
for nomination and election to the Senate if at the
time of nomination and election the student is making
satisfactory progress towards a degree as certified by
the student's academic dean. The nomination and
election requirements and procedures shall be as
provided by the Senate, consistent with the provisions
of this Article.
- Section 3. The total number of senators elected from the student
electorate shall be as close to fifty as possible.
They shall be elected from student election units as
provided in this Article. The Senate shall determine
prior to each election the number of senators to be
elected from each student election unit. This
determination shall be based insofar as feasible on
each unit's proportional share of those eligible for
nomination and election to the Senate, provided,
however, that each college or its equivalent shall be
entitled to elect at least one senator.
- Section 4. Student election units shall be comprised of the major
academic divisions, normally the colleges or their
equivalent or subdivisions thereof. Insofar as
feasible the larger academic divisions shall be
subdivided into smaller student election units based
on related subject matter areas. Undergraduate
students, graduate students, and professional students
shall be grouped separately, and shall vote only for
the senators from their respective groups.
- Section 5. The terms of senators elected from the student
electorate shall be one year, with a maximum of six
consecutive terms. Unless the Senate provides
otherwise, special elections shall not be held to fill
vacancies.
- Section 6. The elected head of the student body, or the elected
head of the undergraduate student body and the
elected head of the graduate student body, shall have
ex officio membership in the Senate during concurrent
tenure of the elected office and membership in the
student electorate. If such a person is or becomes
an elected member of the Senate, that person shall not
be deprived of voting rights as a senator.
- Section 7. A student senator can be recalled by a vote of
two-thirds of those voting in the recall election.
- Section 8. The student electorate of the College of Medicine at
Urbana-Champaign shall be entitled to elect voting
members of the Senate. The provisions of this Article,
Sections 1 through 5 and 7, shall apply to these members.