Proposed Changes
Current Membership
The current structure is 8 divisions with 8 elected faculty, one per division:
| Division | Representatives | Department | # Faculty |
| Animal Sciences | 1 representative | Animal Sciences Dairy Science |
16 13 Division total = 29 |
| Basic Sciences | 1 representative | Bacteriology Biochemistry Genetics |
21 32 22 Division total = 75 |
| Extension | 1 representative | All faculty in CALS with greater than 50% appointment in Extension | Division total = approx 56 |
| Food and Nutrition | 1 representative | Food Science Nutritional Science Food Microbiology and Toxicology |
10 12 13 Division total = 35 |
| Natural Sciences | 1 representative | Entomology Forest and Wildlife Ecology Landscape Architecture |
16 21 6 Division total = 43 |
| Physical Sciences | 1 representative | Biological Systems Engineering Soil Science |
16 18 Division total = 34 |
| Plant Sciences | 1 representative | Agronomy Horticulture Plant Pathology |
19 20 14 Division total = 53 |
| Social Sciences | 1 representative | Agricultural and Applied Economics Community and Environmental Sociology Life Sciences Communication Urban and Regional Planning |
22 13 7 4 Division total = 46 |
Proposed Membership
The proposed structure is for 5 divisions with 12 elected faculty:
| Division | Representatives | Department | # Faculty |
| Division 1 | 2 representatives | Animal Sciences Biological Systems Engineering Food Science Dairy Science |
16 16 10 13 Division total = 55 |
| Division 2 | 2 representatives | Entomology Forest and Wildlife Ecology Soil Science |
16 21 18 Division total = 55 |
| Division 3 | 2 representatives | Agricultural and Applied Economics Community/Environmental Sociology Landscape Architecture Life Sciences Communication Urban and Regional Planning |
22 13 6 7 4 Division total = 52 |
| Division 4 | 2 representatives | Agronomy Horticulture Plant Pathology |
19 20 14 Division total = 53 |
| Division 5 | 3 representatives | Bacteriology Biochemistry Genetics Nutritional Sciences |
21 32 22 12 Division total = 87 |
| Extension | 1 representatives | open to any faculty with extension appointment | Division total = approx 56 |