Student Regent

(a)The student member shall be a full Board member with all rights, privileges and responsibilities thereof. To be eligible to serve as a student member of the Board the person shall be a full-time student at the University who has completed one

(1)year of study (at least thirty

(30)credits) and who has maintained good academic standing as defined by the Board.

(b)The student member shall be that person receiving the highest number of votes cast at an election of all students registered at the University of Guam whether full-time or part-time, to be held in March of each even numbered year. The election of the student member shall be conducted by the Student Body Senate in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Senate and approved by the Board. The Chairperson of the Board shall proclaim the day of the election. The student receiving the highest number of votes shall be certified by the Chairperson of the Board, provided that the student received at least a certain percentage of the votes cast of a certain percentage of those eligible to vote, as determined by the Board. In the event that no student receives sufficient votes, a run-off election will be held between the two

(2)students with the most votes. The student receiving the most votes in the run-off election shall serve as the student member of the Board of Regents. The student member position shall not require the appointment by I Maga’hågan/Maga’låhen Guåhan and the advice and consent of I Liheslaturan Guåhan.

(c)Any student member candidate must be nominated by a petition signed by one hundred

(100)students attending the University of Guam.

(d)The student member shall serve for a term of two

(2)years beginning at twelve o’clock noon on the first Monday in May in the year in which he or she is elected. When a student ceases to be a full-time student or falls below the academic standing required for student membership, as specified in § 16104.6 of this Title, at the University, he shall be deemed to have vacated his position on the Board. Any vacancy CH. 16 CHARTER during the term of a student member shall be filled for the remainder of the term by an election of a majority of the Student Body Senate.