[Guidelines and procedures].

D. The minimum size of the DPC or any subcommittee of the DPC shall be three. If the Department Chair elects to serve as a member of the Personnel Committee rather than as a separate report writer, the Department Chair will count toward achieving this minimum size. A majority of members of the Personnel Committee shall come from within the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences when possible. A committee considering promotion to Associate Professor shall be composed entirely of Associate Professors and/or Professors. A committee considering promotion of an Associate Professor to Professor, in which case the committee shall be composed entirely of Professors. (FPPP 5.0)