every election cycle. An individual cannot vote in more than one department within a three-year period. d. Administrators, including but not limited to Interim Deans, Associate Deans, Deans, Interim Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents, shall not have voting rights in Department Chair elections. e. HR will provide a list of eligible voting members in the department to the Faculty Senate Chair, the Dean, or appropriate designees. The Dean or designee will confirm the accuracy of the list. The list will include the following information for department members eligible to vote: first and last names, ID numbers and TMCC email addresses. 3. Nominations. a. Nominees must have voting rights in the department and be tenured faculty or tenure-track faculty who will receive tenure before starting a term as Department Chair. Nominees may be self-nominated or nominated by a department faculty member. b. An individual on a leave of absence may become nominee for Department Chair, but only if they are scheduled to return from the leave in time to assume the Department Chair’s duties at the beginning of the Department Chair’s term. c. Former members of a department currently serving in administrative positions are not eligible to become candidates for Department Chair unless they relinquish their administrative positions, return to faculty status, and resume their membership in the department. d. The Faculty Senate Chair or appropriate designee will call for nominations and 2022-2025 TMCC-NFA Contract Article 10 Page 46
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