Student Regent/Commissioner Nomination Procedures

 

Fall 2026

  • The University of Alaska Board of Regents’ Office will disseminate instructions regarding the nomination, election and reporting of the student regent and student commissioner elections.

Fall 2026 – Winter 2027

  • An election will be held on each campus; this may occur in the fall or spring semester. A campus is defined by the Board of Regents as a university institution in any of the following locations:  Anchorage, Bethel, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Homer, Juneau, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Nome, Palmer, Sitka, Soldotna, and Valdez.
  • Only full-time students may appear on the ballot and be nominated for student regent or student commissioner.
  • Elections will be conducted by local student associations on each campus. In the case where no established student association exists, an ad-hoc student group will be appointed by the campus director or chancellor.
  • Each local student association or group will provide nominating petitions, advertising, and adequate polling time(s) and place(s) for the election.
  • The nominating petitions will contain the requirements for the position, a minimum of three signatures of students who endorse the nomination of the candidate, the deadline for submitting the petition, and the date of the election.
  • The local student association or group will establish an election committee to oversee the election, polls, and counting of ballots if such is not provided for in the organization of the group. Voting discrepancies will be resolved by the election committee or appealed to the ad-hoc student appeal board for final settlement within 24 hours after the election. If not appealed, the election results will be attested to by the election committee and become final 24 hours after the election.
  • The local student group is responsible for meeting the following timetable in relation to the election:
    • Nominating Petition Deadline - minimum of one week prior to election.
    • Elections should be advertised at least one week prior to election. Nomination petition availability should be advertised at least one week prior to petition deadline.
  • Each student may vote as determined by the requirements of local student associations or groups. No student may vote more than once.  Each student will cast a vote for only one candidate for each position. Students may vote only for candidates from their respective campus.
  • All elections will be by secret ballot.
  • Each voter must satisfy election or polling officials of their status as qualified students to vote in the election.
  • In a situation where there is a tie vote between a second and third place candidate, the local student association will elect, or if there is no organized group, the ad-hoc student group will elect, by secret ballot, the second candidate for its campus from among the tied candidates.

By March 3, 2027

Each campus will submit, through the Board of Regents’ Office to the Office of the Governor, up to two nominees for each position who receive the greatest number of student votes in the campus election. Nominations must include the following documents:

From the student nominee (single PDF for each of the nominees):

  • resume or brief personal biography
  • letters of recommendation
  • proof of cumulative 2.5 G.P.A. (unofficial transcript)
  • copy of Alaska Driver’s License or other Alaska State I.D.

From the campus student organization (single PDF):

  • campus election certification
  • names of candidates in campus election and vote tally

The Board of Regents’ Office will transmit the list of nominees and supporting materials to the Office of the Governor by March 17, 2027.

 

For more information about the nomination process, please contact the Board of Regents' Office at (907) 450-8010 or ua.bor@alaska.edu