Run for Faculty Representative

    • Perform all TWUSA duties outlined in Bylaw IV: TWUSA Council Members: General Duties B

    • Represent the students within the respective faculties/schools to the TWUSA Council and the Administration of the Faculty/School. In order to do so, each representative will:

    • Establish a relationship with the respective Dean of the faculty or school along with the department Chairs within each faculty.

    • Seek to resolve, where applicable, concerns within faculty/school in a timely manner.

    • Represent and support all clubs within the representative’s faculty/school. In order to do so, the representative will:

    • Meet in the first month of each semester for the Council of Club Presidents meeting, with all Faculty Representatives, Club Presidents, the Vice President of Academic Relations and the Vice President of Finance in attendance, for the purpose of communicating council policies and business procedures.

    • Organize at least one meeting per semester with club presidents within their faculty/school.

    • Facilitate communication between the faculty’s clubs and the Vice President of Academic Relations.

    • Assist any clubs proposing ratification or renewal.

    • Facilitate community and academic excellence through various events. In order to do so, each representative will:

      • Partner with and assist clubs for all events, at the discretion of the Vice President of Academic Relations.

      • Organize, coordinate, publicize, and execute a minimum of 2 events per semester. A minimum of one of those events must be an independent event. The format of the events should be: 1 online and 1 in person.

      • In faculties where club events are significantly more demanding, the requirement for an independent event may be waived with permission from the Vice-President of Academic Relations.

      • Attend all events within the school/faculty for the purpose of connecting with faculty and students, if able due to COVID-19 restrictions. Absence from an event may only be granted by the Vice President of Academic Relations.

      • Partner with the faculty’s social media accounts, or in the absence of them, create social media accounts to communicate faculty updates, events and other relevant communication.

      • In the Spring semester of the current term in office, undertake the training of the relevant Faculty Representative-elect.

    • Faculty representatives must complete a minimum of one faculty specific initiative per semester. The following are examples of initiatives, but are not an exhaustive list:

      • Improving faculty infrastructure.

      • Opening additional resources for the faculty, both for students and professors.

      • Creating faculty merchandise.

      • Advocating for specific changes within the faculty.

      • Connecting students with faculty or alumni in new ways.

  • The Leadership Grant for a Faculty Representative is $2,600

    • All Elected Representatives must have a minimum career GPA of 2.50 not including the incomplete current semester, or a minimum term GPA in the previous two (2) semesters of 2.75, not including the incomplete current semester.

    • It is recommended – but not mandatory - that Faculty Representatives have completed fifty-seven (57) credit hours.

    • The Faculty Representatives must be majoring in a discipline within the faculty that they represent throughout the duration of their term in office, beginning September 1 of their term.

    • All candidates and those appointed must be members of the Student Association as outlined in Article II.A. of the Constitution.

    • No TWUSA Council members may hold another official student leadership role, including a role on TWUSA Senate, subject to appeal to the TWUSA Senate.

  • See the Election Process in detail in the TWUSA Policy Manual