The Office of the Assemblies supports the Dean of Faculty in all of its faculty-wide elections. Faculty have five voting seats on the University Assembly and serve on its committees. More information is available about the Faculty-Elected Trustee, the election of the Dean of Faculty, and election of faculty representatives to University committees through the Office of the Dean of Faculty.

Cornell is one of relatively few institutions of higher education in the nation whose campus community directly elects constituent members to the Board of Trustees, its highest governing body.

Non-faculty employees at Cornell are encouraged and invited to run and vote in two main elections: Employee Assembly (EA) elections and Constituent-Elected Trustee elections.

Graduate and professional school students may participate in two elections: the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly (GPSA) and Graduate Student-Elected Trustee elections.

For undergraduates, shared governance at Cornell spans two main elections: Student Assembly elections and Undergraduate Student-Elected Trustee elections.

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The assemblies are a dynamic part of shared governance at Cornell. The faculty have a senate, and the staff and students have assemblies.

Faculty, staff members, undergraduate students and graduate and professional students at Cornell all have a voice in university concerns through two formal channels: 

The Office of the Assemblies helps each assembly organize and run elections annually or semi-annually: