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April 30, 2009

Senate committee slates announced

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 by Faculty Assembly members will take place May 4-15. For more information, contact the Senate office at 4-6505.

• Admissions and student aid: Ray Jones, business; Linda Dudjak, nursing; Robin Kear, University Library System (ULS); Julius Kitutu, nursing; Steve Levine, dental medicine; Kyeongra Yang, nursing.

• Anti-discriminatory policies: Mark Lynn Anderson, English (A&S); Maggie Folan, pharmacy; Rebecca Harmon, health and rehabilitation sciences (SHRS); Sharon Nelson-LeGall, psychology (A&S); Bruce Venarde, history (A&S).

• Athletics: Elias Aizenman, medicine; David Brienza, SHRS; J. Patrick Card, neuroscience (A&S); Toby Chapman, chemistry (A&S); Timothy Kane, medicine; Don Martin, education; Patrick Smolinski, engineering.

• Benefits and welfare: Don Angelone, SHRS; Sandra Founds, nursing; Irene Kane, nursing; Yong Li, medicine; Lara Putnam, history (A&S); Robert Robertson, education; Mark Scott, ULS; Elsa Strotmeyer, public health (GSPH); Dawna Woodyear, medicine.

• Budget policies: John Baker, dental medicine; Jim Cassing, economics (A&S); Y.P. Peter Di, GSPH; Hiroyuki Good, ULS; Jay Sukits, business; Barbara Warnick, communication (A&S).

• Bylaws and procedures: Vernon Gay, medicine; Kurt Summersgill, dental medicine; Alexandre Vieira, dental medicine.

• Commonwealth relations: Rodger Beatty, GSPH; Kim Coley, pharmacy; Ronald Neufeld, engineering; Nancy Sussman, GSPH; Edda (Floh) Thiels, medicine.

• Community relations: Sabina Deitrick, public and international affairs; Robert Edwards, medicine; Meredith Guthrie, communication (A&S); Tracy Soska, social work; Margaret Rosenzweig, nursing.

• Computer usage: Frank Beatrous, mathematics (A&S); Mike Bolam, ULS; Arif Jamal, ULS; Thomas McWhorter, English (A&S); Susan Sereika, nursing.

• Educational policies: John Close, dental medicine; Bonnie Falcione, pharmacy; Beverly Gaddy, Greensburg; Ivanka Nikolova, computer science; Todd Otteson, medicine; Lisa Pan, medicine.

• Library: Annette Dabbs, nursing; Rhobert Evans, GSPH; Den-nis Looney, French and Italian (A&S); Scott Tashman, medicine; Michael Vanyukov, pharmacy.

• Plant utilization and planning: Michael Beach, nursing; Irene Frieze, psychology (A&S); Tracey Olanyk, ULS; Michael Sean Ramsey, geology and planetary science (A&S).

• Student affairs: Christopher Bise, SHRS; Danielle Colbert-Lewis, ULS; Otto Graf, education; Margaret Hannan, nursing; David Malehorn, medicine; Adam Rosendorff, medicine.

• Tenure and academic freedom: Anto Bagic, medicine; Barry Gold, pharmacy; Linda Penkower, religious studies (A&S); Joshua Rubin, medicine; Rakesh Sindh, medicine.

• University Press: John Earman, history and philosophy of science (A&S); Miriam Meislik, ULS; Edward Muller, history (A&S); Alberta Sbragia, political science (A&S); Tom Twiss, ULS; Michael West, English (A&S).

Winners of the Senate officer and Faculty Assembly elections also were announced this week. (See related story this issue.)

—Peter Hart


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