University Times

This year’s candidate slates for Faculty Assembly members and members of the University Senate’s 15 standing committees have been set.

(The slate of candidates for University Senate president, vice president and secretary was published in the March 8 University Times. See related story on the presidential candidates, this issue.)

Newly elected members to Faculty Assembly serve the first year of their three-year terms on the Assembly; during their second and third years, they serve on both the faculty-only Assembly and on Senate Council, which includes faculty, staff, students and administrators.

The 2007-08 Senate elections are being conducted via electronic balloting for the first time. Printed instructions on how to vote electronically will be mailed the last week of March. The electronic system will be activated on April 1 for voting for Faculty Assembly members/office election. Faculty have until the end of April to complete their e-ballots for officers and Assembly members.

Voting for the standing Senate committee members will take place April 30-May 15.

The following are candidates for Faculty Assembly. The number of vacancies in each unit is indicated in parentheses.

School of Arts and Sciences (A&S)

• Humanities (2 vacancies):

Alan Juffs, linguistics; Gordon Mitchell, communication; Adam Roth, communication; Claire Bradin Siskin, linguistics.

• Natural Sciences (2):

Robert Daley, computer science; William Saunders, biological sciences; Vladimir Savinov, physics and astronomy; Mark Strauss, psychology.

• Social Sciences (1):

Lisa Brush, sociology; Anthony Novosel, history.

Professional schools

• Education (1):

Jere Gallagher; Steve Lyon.

• Engineering (1):

Ronald Neufeld; William Slaughter.

• Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) (1):

Phyllis Coontz; Sabina Deitrick.

• Social Work (1):

Valerie Carr Copeland; Helen Petracchi.

• University Library System (ULS) (1):

Miriam Meislik; Ethan Pullman; Tom Twiss.

Schools of the Health Sciences

• Dental Medicine (1):

Steve Wendell.

• Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS) (1):

Samuel Robert Seitz.

• Health Sciences Library System (HSLS) (1):

Leslie Czechowski; Linda Hartman.

• Medicine (7):

Dalila Akkal; Timothy Averch; Maher Ayyash; Carey Balaban; Anthony Bauer; J.T. Becker; Adeel Butt; Russell Delude; Jens Ehmcke; Lillian Emlet; Adam Gordon; Kenneth S. McCarty Jr.; Todd Otteson; Mark Sanders; Tom Smitherman; Sanjay Srivastava; Diane Strollo; Jules Sumkin; Dawn Thatcher; Adele Towers.

• Nursing (1):

Eileen Chasens; Dorothy Hawthorne.

• Pharmacy (1):

Scott Mark; Sue Skledar.

• Public Health (GSPH) (1):

Linda Frank; Wes Rohrer.

There are no openings this year for new Assembly members from the Katz Graduate School of Business (KGSB), the School of Law or the School of Information Sciences (SIS).

Pitt’s Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville campuses elect their own representatives to Faculty Assembly.

The following are candidates for seats on the 15 University Senate standing committees. There are three openings on each committee.

• Admissions and student aid:

Michael DeVera, medicine; Susan Kimelman, SHRS; Tony Novosel, A&S; Vladimir Svainov, A&S; William Saunders, A&S.

• Anti-discriminatory policies:

Dalila Akkal, medicine; Anthony Bauer, medicine; Russell Delude, medicine; Dorothy Hawthorne, nursing; Janine Janosky, medicine; Emilia Lombardi, GSPH.

• Athletics:

Timothy Averch, medicine; Gabrielle BonHomme, medicine; Lou Fabian, education; James (Jay) Irrgang, medicine; Don Martin, education; Miriam Meislik, ULS; Jamie Pardini, medicine.

• Benefits and welfare:

Roger Flynn, SIS; Judith Lave, GSPH; Ethan Pullman, ULS; Dawn Thatcher, medicine; Patricia Weiss, HSLS.

• Budget policies:

Steve Carr, A&S; Rakie Cham, engineering; Nancy Glazener, A&S; Daniel Milberg, Greensburg; Frederik Sherman, medicine; Sue Skledar, pharmacy; John P. Williams, medicine.

• Bylaws and procedures:

Nick Bircher, medicine; Andrew Franz, Greensburg; Debbie Gould, A&S; Thomas Smitherman, medicine; Kurt Summersgill, dental medicine.

• Commonwealth relations:

Kim Coley, pharmacy; Susan Hansen, A&S; Wendy Mann, ULS; Ann Mitchell, nursing; Adam Roth, communication; Debbie Rougeux, ULS; Nancy Sussman, GSPH.

• Community relations:

Kate Colligan, ULS; Jennifer Braemer Ogilivie, medicine; Wes Rohrer, GSPH; Mark Sanders, medicine.

• Computer usage:

Vincent Arena, GSPH; Irene Frieze, A&S; Jeen-Shang Lin, engineering; Claire Siskin, A&S; Luis Vargas, KGSB; Fran Yarger, HSLS.

• Educational policies:

M. Kathleen Kelly, SHRS; Steve Lyon, education; Todd Otteson, medicine; Jay Rajgopal, engineering; Joel Sabadasz, Greensburg.

• Library:

Eileen Chasens, nursing; Youhua Lin, medicine; Barry Mitnick, KGSB; Clark Muenzer, A&S; Adam Shear, A&S; Frances Zauhar, Johnstown.

• Plant utilization and planning:

Mark Collins, A&S; Leslie Czechowski, HSLS; Attilio (Buck) Favorini, A&S; Susanna Leers, law; Christopher Marquette, Greensburg; Robert Ries, engineering; Stephen Tonsor, A&S.

• Student affairs:

Maher Ayyash, medicine; Anthony Bledsoe, A&S; Jacob Deininger, Greensburg; Cynthia Lausberg, A&S; Scott Mark, pharmacy; Patricia Tuite, nursing.

• Tenure and academic freedom:

Rose Constantino, nursing; Linda Frank, GSPH; Melanie Dreyer-Lude, A&S; James Sciote, dental medicine.

• University Press:

Willa Doswell, nursing; Clifford Luke, medicine; Natasha Margulis, Greensburg; Sallie Smith, ULS; Linda Tashbook, law.

—Peter Hart