Article III. Officers

Thirteen (13) officers shall comprise Campus Senate: six students, two members of the faculty, two staff members, the provost or designee, the vice president for student affairs or designee, and the president of the College or designee.

Section 1: Eligibility

Any full-time student in residence, tenured or tenure-track faculty, staff, or administrator shall be eligible to hold office as specified under this Constitution. Students may not serve in officer roles when participating in an off-campus study program or while on leave from the College.

A. Faculty Officers

  • a. The faculty shall elect two of its members to serve on the Campus Senate, one member to serve as the co-chair, one to serve as a member-at-large.
    • i. Faculty co-chair
      • 1. One year (two consecutive semesters) term, preferred prior experience serving on Campus Senate.
      • 2. Must have obtained tenure status prior to the beginning of the term.

B. Student Officers

  • a. Student officers must be fully enrolled at Kenyon College and be in good conduct standing with the College at time of verification through the duration of the term, and have an earned 2.500 cumulative grade point average at the time of verification.
    • i. Student co-chair
      • 1. Candidates for the Student co-chair must have had a minimum of one full semester of experience as a Senate student officer or Student Council officer.
    • ii. Student officers
      • 1. The Student Council president, or their designee, shall serve as a student officer.
      • 2. Additional student officers shall represent a designated class year: first year, second year, junior, or senior class.

C. Staff Officers

  • a. Staff officers, one member to serve as co-chair, one to serve as a member-at-large, shall be appointed by the Kenyon Staff Council or equivalent body. If there is no such body active, the President of the College will appoint staff members to the Senate.
  • b. Staff officers may not be members of the President’s Senior Staff.
    • i. Staff co-chair
      • 1. One year (two consecutive semesters) term, preferred prior experience serving on Campus Senate.

D. Cabinet Officers

  • a. Administrative representation shall be the provost or their designee, and the Vice President for Student Affairs or their designee as they serve as members of the senior staff team.
    • i. Administrative Coordinator
      • 1. The Administrative Coordinator shall be an administrator appointed by the Office of the President.
      • 2. The Administrative Coordinator shall not have a vote. 

2: Officer Selection

A. Faculty Officers

  • a. Faculty positions will be selected through the regular election procedure facilitated by the faculty as indicated in the Faculty Handbook.

B. Student Officers

  • a. Elections will be conducted by the Student Council per their election guidelines.
  • b. The entire student body may vote for the Student co-chair position.
  • c. Only members of a class year may vote for their class representative.

C. Staff Officers

  • a. Staff Officers are designated by the Staff Council through its outlined process.

D. Organizational Meeting of New Officers

  • a. One organizational meeting shall be held after the general election of officers and before the last day of classes. All newly elected officers, the continuing faculty co-chair (if applicable), and ex officio officers shall be eligible to participate.
  • b. Amongst the matters discussed at this meeting shall be access to resources for incoming members, including but not limited to official email accounts and passwords.

Section 3: Removal from Office

A. Eligibility

  • a. All elected or appointed officers of the Campus Senate are subject to removal from office.
  • a. Officers may face removal for the following reasons:
    • i. Failure to perform the functions of their office.
    • ii. Failure to meet officer meeting attendance requirements.
    • iii. Failure to comply with officer eligibility requirements.
    • iv. Failure to execute regularly assigned responsibilities and meet the obligations of the Campus Senate.
    • v. Violates the regulations laid out in the applicable sections of this Constitution.

B. Facilitation

  • a. Campus Senate co-chairs shall  begin the removal from office process by notifying the member’s respective council of violations.
    • i. Each council shall conduct the process for removal of their respective officer
  • b. In the event of an appointed designee facing removal from office, the appointing ex-officio member of the Senate may revoke the appointment, and put forth another eligible candidate following the procedures outlined in Article IV. 

Section 4: Vacancy

A. Vacancy Details

  • a. If a vacancy occurs, the procedure for special elections will be implemented by each council.