All members of a department Faculty including those who are designated, in accordance with 4.02, as being eligible to vote by the Executive Committee, shall be given the opportunity to register an individual preference for departmental Chair. departments may authorize a preliminary procedure of nominating a limited number of candidates for departmental Chair. Such individual preferences shall be communicated to the Dean in due course following the request of the respective Deans for same.
The method of expression of individual preferences must include the use of a written preference ballot, which may be a mail ballot.
In all cases, the individual preference ballots shall be received by a departmental Faculty member(s) designated by the department who shall forward all individual preference ballots to the Dean. Where the department authorizes, the individual preference ballots may be examined by designated departmental Faculty member(s) for the purpose of informing the department of the individual preferences indicated.
A departmental Faculty member on leave may express a preference provided the expression is not accomplished through a substitute person.
The Dean shall exercise the authority to appoint a Chair from among the members of the department holding Professorial rank provided:
The Dean has received and examined the individual preferences noted by the eligible members of the department.
The Dean has consulted with the Chancellor
Consultation between the Dean and both the departmental Faculty and the University Committee shall occur when the Dean contemplates appointment of an individual
who is not the individual who received a plurality vote for Chair; or
who is not a member of the Faculty of the department
The term of office of a departmental Chair is one (1) year, but there is no limit upon the number of terms he/she may serve.