Affiliate Faculty Governance Elections
Winter 2025 Timeline
- Nominations open at noon Monday January 27
- Nominations close, and acceptances due by noon Monday February 17 *extended*
- Voting begins noon Friday February 21
- Voting ends noon Friday February 28
- Results certified by noon Tuesday March 11
- Winners notified by noon Friday March 14
Use the buttons below to nominate yourself or others, accept a nomination, or vote (once the election opens).
Don't see the forms?
Come back during an active election cycle when the nomination form, acceptance form, and ballot are available on this webpage.
If it is an active election cycle and you still don't see the forms, please contact Kirk Anderson.
More Information
Information about the CLAS Affiliate Faculty Advisory Committee (CAFAC) can be found by returning to the CLAS Faculty Governance and Elections homepage:
CLAS Faculty Governance and Elections
Information about the University Affiliate Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) can be found on the Committee Descriptions page:
Nominations: To nominate a colleague (or yourself), you must first identify that colleague’s GVSU email address. Once you log in to the nomination form, type that faculty member’s GVSU username into the box associated with the particular committee/position and submit.
Accepting a nomination: If you self-nominated, you will get an automatic email with a link to the acceptance form. Please provide a ballot statement. Remember, with 450+ faculty members in CLAS, it is important to give people a reason why they should vote for you. CLAS elections involve approval voting where faculty are asked to vote for everyone they think can ‘do the job’ of the committee.
Voting: As mentioned above, CLAS elections involve approval voting. Faculty vote for everyone they think can ‘do the job’ of the committee. If there are 5 people running for 2 seats on a committee and all of them (based upon the text they uploaded about why they are accepting the nomination) appear capable of embracing the work of the committee, then you may vote for all 5. Once voting is open, click on the Ballot link and vote by clicking on the box beside the nominee’s name. Please be sure you have the time to look at every committee as voting can take some time to go through the entire ballot.
Questions may be directed to Kirk Anderson, Chair of CLAS Faculty Council at: [email protected]