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UT Faculty Senate elects new officers, representatives |
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Jim Winkler |
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Apr 30, 2008
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Dr. Jamie Barlowe, professor and interim chair of women’s and gender studies and professor of English, was elected president of the UT Faculty Senate for the 2008-09 academic year at the first meeting of the legislative body Tuesday following the merger of the faculty senates of the Main and Health Science campuses.
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| Dr. Kris Brickman and Barbara Floyd at the first meeting of the newly merged UT Faculty Senate |
Barlowe, who begins her official duties Sunday, May 4, topped Drs. John McSweeny, professor of psychiatry, and Walter Olson, professor of mechanical, industrial and manufacturing engineering, in voting for the leadership post.
Also elected were John A. Barrett Jr., associate professor of law, president-elect; and Dr. Nick Piazza, professor of counselor education and school psychology, secretary. Barrett, who wrote the constitution for the newly merged senate, will be president for the 2009-10 academic year.
Dr. Harvey Wolff, professor of mathematics, was elected representative to the Ohio Board of Regents, and will represent the Senate and faculty at meetings of the OBOR Faculty Advisory Committee.
Karen Hoblet, assistant professor of nursing, and Dr. Lawrence Elmer, associate professor of neurology and Center for Neurological Disorders medical director, were elected Health Science Campus at-large representatives, and Dr. Mike Dowd, associate professor and chairman of economics, and Olson were elected at-large representatives from Main Campus.
Outgoing Main Campus Faculty Senate Chair Barbara Floyd, director of the Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections, university archivist and professor of library administration, was elected past president.
Barlowe and Barrett will represent the Senate at Board of Trustees meetings.
The newly elected officers and representatives comprise the body’s executive committee and will serve one year in the posts.
Floyd and Dr. Kris Brickman, associate professor of surgery and UT Medical Center Emergency Department medical director and outgoing Health Science Campus Faculty Senate president, both noted the historical significance of the first meeting and stressed that the faculty needs to work together to build trust and focus on overcoming cultural differences and issues that still exist between the Main and Health Science campuses.
At the meeting, Main Campus Provost Rosemary Haggett discussed the administration’s plans to revamp undergraduate education that were outlined in President Lloyd Jacobs’ community address last month and answered questions.
Richard Stansley, Board of Trustees chairman, discussed the board’s role in governing the University and the importance of effective communication and dialogue between trustees and the faculty and announced that Faculty Senate representatives will serve on the board’s Academic and Student Affairs committees. He also fielded questions.
The new Faculty Senate has 64 senators. Fourteen are from the College of Arts and Sciences, 14 from the College of Medicine, seven from the College of Engineering, seven from the College of Health Science and Human Service, six from the College of Business, four from the Judith Herb College of Education, four from the College of Nursing, and two each from the College of Pharmacy, College of Law, University Libraries and University College.
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