Robin Kear and Kristin Kanthak were re-elected as Senate Council president and vice president, after facing no opposition in the just-concluded voting.
They will serve second two-year terms, starting in July. Senate Council voted in 2021 to extend the terms to two years and allow for two consecutive terms. Kear, a liaison librarian in research and educational support, previously served as vice president and is the first librarian elected president. Kanthak is a professor in the political science department in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences.
Faculty also were elected to several seats on Faculty Assembly. Those elected include:
Arts & Sciences, Humanities: Amy Flick and Cory Holding, both from the Composition program
Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences: Melanie Good, Physics and Astronomy
Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences: Jane Caldwell, Economics, and Michael Glass, Urban Studies
Business: Eric Paljug
Computing & Informaton: Nora Mattern
Dental Medicine: Juan Taboas
Education: Max Schuster
Health And Rehabilitation Sciences: Laura Dietz
Health Sciences Library System: Angela Zack
Law: Linda Tashbook
Medicine: Francis Ferdinand (Cardiothoracic Surgery); Frank Jenkins (Molecular Virology & Microbiology); and Sam Khader (Pathology)
Nursing: Rob Kaufman
Pharmacy: Deanne Hall
Public Health: Nancy Glynn
The election for Senate committees runs April 27 to May 9.