Senators shall serve for two-year terms from the beginning of the Fall Semester to the beginning of the Fall Semester two years later. An elected senator shall be eligible for re-election for a second consecutive term but ineligible for further re-election until one year has elapsed.

For officers, terms of office shall be for one year from August of one year to August of the next year, and any elected officer shall be eligible for re-election or for election to another office if eligible for active membership. No Senator may be elected to more than two (2) consecutive terms in the same office.

If the President resigns, becomes ineligible to serve or otherwise vacates the Office of President of the Faculty Senate, the Vice President automatically becomes President.

If any elected office of the Faculty Senate other than President is vacated, the President shall declare a vacancy and proceed with an election of the replacement following procedures established by the Senate for the election of others.

If an elected member of the Senate should at any time become ineligible to serve (e.g. by reason of assuming an administrative position, resigning, taking official leave which precludes attendance, or being purged from membership for non-attendance), the administrative head of the educational unit represented shall declare a vacancy and designate that member from those eligible who in the last election received the next highest vote to serve for the duration of the elected faculty member's term or period of eligibility. If there is no one eligible to assume the vacant seat, the Faculty Senate President shall request the Registrar to initiate, in conjunction with the administrative head of the unit, a special election to select a representative for that unit until the next regular election. If one of the five (5) at large Senators vacates a seat, the eligible individual who received the next highest vote shall serve for the duration of the academic year until the next election. If there is no eligible individual to assume the vacant seat; a special University faculty meeting shall be called to nominate candidates.