Definitions of Eligible Candidates and Nominators

The Nominee and all nominators must be members of McMaster University as defined below:

GRADUATE STUDENT means a person who is proceeding toward a Master’s or a Doctor’s degree. Students registered in McMaster University degree programs in the McMaster Divinity College shall be eligible to be candidates for election as graduate students in the Faculty of Humanities.  Any graduate student, either full-time or part-time, is eligible to be elected.

NOTE:  Graduate students registered in joint or collaborative programs under the auspices of more than one Faculty are eligible for nomination in only one of those Faculties. Those registered in interdisciplinary programs not under the auspices of any Faculty are eligible for nomination in the Faculty of their choice. For graduate students in joint, collaborative, or interdisciplinary programs, the seconders must be registered in either the same program or in the same Faculty in which the candidate intends to run for election.

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT means: a full-time undergraduate student who has not been declared ineligible to continue at the University in the preceding Session; or a part-time student, a continuing student, or a second-degree student, registered for at least six units of undergraduate work.