The Board of Governors is composed of 11 voting members. The president of the university is an ex officio, nonvoting member. Two faculty and one student are elected by the University Senate as nonvoting representatives. Of the 11 voting members, six are appointed by the governor of the state with confirmation by the New Jersey State Senate and five are elected by and from the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is composed of 59 voting members. The president of the university is an ex officio, nonvoting member. Two faculty and two students are elected by the University Senate as nonvoting representatives. The 59 voting members are chosen in the following way as mandated by state law: 28 charter members (of whom at least three shall be women), 20 alumni members nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Trustees, and five public members appointed by the governor of the state with confirmation by the New Jersey State Senate. The six members of the Board of Governors appointed by the governor also serve as members of the Board of Trustees. Of the 28 charter seats, three are reserved for students with full voting rights.
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