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Election Districts

The Campus is divided by department into nineteen districts from which faculty are elected to the Senate.

Click here for a list of Senators representing each district (pdf version).

The districts are:

  • District 1  -  Art, Music & Dance, Theater
  • District 2  -  Chemistry, Polymer Science & Engineering, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • District 3  -  Microbiology, Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences
  • District 4  -  Civil & Environmental Engineering, Military Leadership, Chemical Engineering
  • District 5  -  Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • District 6  -  Communication, Journalism, Anthropology, Psychology
  • District 7  -  Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Linguistics, Judaic and Near Eastern Studies
  • District 8  -  Computer Science
  • District 9  -  Economics, Legal Studies, Political Science, Labor Relations & Research Center,
                      Sociology
  • District 10 - Education Policy, Research & Administration, Student Development & Pupil Personnel
                      Services, Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies
  • District 11 - English, Journalism, Afro-American Studies, Women’s Studies
  • District 12 - Communication Disorders, Kinesiology, Nutrition, Public Health
  • District 13 - Nursing, Aerospace Studies, Food Science
  • District 14 - Department of Natural Resources Conservation, Resource Economics, Veterinary &
                      Animal Sciences, Entomology, Cranberry Station, Landscape Architecture & Regional
                      Planning
  • District 15 - Finance & Operations Management, Marketing, Management, Accounting & Information
                      Systems, Hospitality and Tourism Management, Sport Management
  • District 16 - Geosciences, Mathematics & Statistics
  • District 17 - History, Philosophy, Classics
  • District 18 - Library
  • District 19 - Physics, Astronomy, Biology