University Times

This year’s slate of candidates for seats on the 15 University Senate standing committees has been set. There are three openings on each committee. Voting will take place April 28-May 9.

• Admissions and student aid: Rakie Cham, engineering; Consuella Lewis, education; Vicky Hoffman, business; Julius Kitutu, nursing; Robin Kear, University Library System (ULS); Tony Novosel, history.

• Anti-discriminatory policies: Maher O. Ayyash, psychiatry/medicine; Deborah Brake, law; Robin Gandley, medicine; Jordan Karp, psychiatry/medicine; Paolo Palmieri, history and philosophy of science; Cindy Popovich, psychology; John Siegel, Health Sciences Library System (HSLS).

• Athletics: Toby Chapman, chemistry; Jean Ann Croft, ULS; Marie Fioravanti, nursing; Suman Golla, medicine; Timothy Kane, medicine; Don Martin, education; Donna Nativio, nursing; Jaspaal Singh, physical medicine and rehabilitation/medicine.

• Benefits and welfare: Sandra Founds, nursing; Stephen Lai, medicine; Yong Li, medicine; Alan Meisel, law; Terry Northcutt, nursing; Michael Pinsky, medicine; Angelina Riccelli, dental medicine; Linda Rinaman, neuroscience; Mark Scott, ULS.

• Budget policies: Yuanpu Peter Di, public health; Christopher J. Marquette, behavioral science, UPG; Carrie Iwema, HSLS; Paula Sherwood, nursing; Sue Skledar, pharmacy.

• Bylaws and procedures: James Cassaro, ULS; Marilyn Davies, nursing; Joe Grabowski, chemistry; Ted Rice, pharmacy.

• Commonwealth relations: Carl Fertman, education; Kimberly Latta, English; Ronald Neufeld, engineering; Bob Daley, computer science; Stella Smetanka, law.

• Community relations: Burhan Gharaibeh, medicine; Denise Chisholm, health and rehabilitation sciences; Marian Hampton, ULS; Susan Wieczorek, communication, UPJ.

• Computer usage: Vincent Arena, public health; Gilles Clermont, medicine; Karen Courtney, nursing; Alexandros Labrinidis, computer science; Luis Vargas, business; Xiuying Zou, ULS.

• Educational policies: Amy Aggelou, health and rehabilitation sciences; Judith Erlen, nursing; Ethan Pullman, ULS; Priya Krishna, medicine; Charlene Trovato, education.

• Library: Lou Berry, education; Heidi Donovan, nursing; Rhobert Evans, public health; Jean Latimer, medicine; Margaret Rosenzweig, nursing; Andrew Strathern, anthropology; Michael Vanyukov, pharmacy.

• Plant utilization and planning: Alice Blazeck, nursing; Paul Munro, information sciences; Susanne Leers, law; Susan Neuman, ULS.

• Student affairs: Jacob Deininger, ULS, UPG; Laura Fonzi, education; Kathy Magdic, nursing; Melissa Tabbarah, medicine; Tricia Tuite, nursing.

• Tenure and academic freedom: Carey Balaban, medicine; Robert Edwards, medicine; Sean Hughes, education; Irina Livezeanu, history; Kenneth McCarty, medicine; Ann Ronchetti, ULS; Manuel Vallejo, medicine.

• University Press: Faith Adiele, English; William Chase, history; Annette Dabbs, nursing; Kathleen DeWalt, anthropology; Seymour Drescher, history; Alberta Sbragia, political science; Valerie Weis, law; Michael West, English.

In other Senate election news, the slate is complete for Faculty Assembly candidates. (See April 3 University Times.)

Sabina Deitrick of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs is a candidate for Faculty Assembly. Deitrick had not declared her candidacy by the time the April 3 University Times went to press.

Voting for Faculty Assembly members will continue until tomorrow, April 18.

—Peter Hart