Faculty Senate Seeks Candidates for Senate, Committee

The Faculty Senate is soliciting candidates for an at-large seat on Budget Advisory Committee and a part-time senator on the Faculty Senate.

The at-large seat on the Budget Advisory Committee expires in August 2011. The seat is chosen from among those permanent, full-time faculty not working within the formal six colleges. If interested, please send your name along with a short statement of interest to be sent out to faculty by Thurs., Sept. 2.

The part-time senator is elected by the part-time faculty (part-time faculty are defined as “part-time employees of the university with teaching included as a responsibility of their appointment” by the Faculty Senate Constitution). The term is for one academic year and expires on May 1, 2011. The part-time senator is a non-voting member except on issues that directly affect part-time faculty as determined by the president of the Faculty Senate. All Senators are expected to attend every meeting. If interested, please send your name, department and college along with a short statement of interest to be sent out to faculty by Thursday, September 2.

Early voting for seat on the Budget Advisory Committee and Faculty Senate will take place in the library Sept. 8 and Sept. 9 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the circulation desk. The election will be held on Fri., Sept. 10 in the library from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, contact Lynn Burley, president of the Faculty Senate, at (501) 450-3633 or
lburley@uca.edu