The Faculty Senate approved results of faculty committee elections without approving the candidates.

Members to the councils and committees were nominated, but additional names were written in for some positions at the polls last Tuesday and Wednesday.

Those write-ins must be eligible to serve and be contacted to make sure they want the position, said Doug Brandt, physics professor and chair of the senate Elections Committee.

“For positions that had candidates (already), the nominated candidates all had the most amount of votes,” he said.

The senate must review results before they are finalized. Candidates will be approved next Tuesday after the senate meeting.

The election will change membership to 11 committees, such as the Council on University Planning and Budget and Council on Academic Affairs.

Even with the write-ins, the election ran smoothly.”This is the most refined process we’ve ever had,” said Reed Benedict, sociology professor and senate member.

Ties are settled by tradition.

“There’s a mechanism in the senate for settling the tie, which includes the infamous coin toss,” senate chair Anne Zahlan said.

Most committee memberships last three years.

Only tenure or tenure-track faculty and department chairs could vote.

Membership was contested on the senate, Council on Academic Affairs, Academic Program Elimination Review Committee, Council on Graduate Studies and Council on Faculty Research.

Five faculty were selected at-large to the senate. Those who will serve are: associate biology professor Robert Fischer; English professor John Allison; recreation administration professor John Henry Pommier; math professor Leo Comerford and John Stimac, assistant geology and geography professor.

Three seats were available to CAA. Those elected are: associate health studies professor Julie Dietz; assistant history professor Debra Reid and Jean Dilworth, professor with the School of Family and Consumer Sciences.

One position is open to the Elimination Review Committee. Assistant physical education professor William Russell will serve.

One member from the College of Business and Applied Sciences and one from the College of Sciences was selected for the Council on Graduate Studies. Melanie Burns, assistant professor with the School of Family and Consumer Sciences, and assistant economic professor Eric Hake will serve.

One member from humanities and one from social sciences will serve on the Council on Faculty Research. English professor Richard Sylvia and associate psychology professor Gary Canivez will serve.