SUBJECT:

Notice of Election

Dear Colleagues:

In accordance with Bylaws 115 and 185 of the San Diego Division of the Academic Senate, notice is hereby given that nominations are open for the following positions and that the date of election will be May 18, 2011:

- Vice Chair (Chair Designate) of the Division for a two-year term, effective   September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2013. The first year will be served as Vice   Chair (Chair Designate) and the second year as Chair of the San Diego Division.

- Two Divisional Representatives to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic   Senate for two-year terms, effective September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2013.

- Three members of the Committee on Committees (Nominations are restricted to   these areas.)

* One from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, for a three-year term, September   1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
* One from any of the Health Sciences departments, except Pathology and Psychiatry,   for a three-year term, September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2014
* One from any of the Social Sciences departments for a three-year term, September   1, 2011 through August 31, 2014

A Nominating Petition can be found on the Senate web page at http://senate.ucsd.edu. Please note that the nominee must be contacted by the Senate members signing the Petition and must have agreed to serve the appropriate term, if elected. To be valid, a Nominating Petition must be signed by five voting members of the Division and must be received in the Academic Senate Office [mail code 0002, University Center 215], no later than Monday, April 11, 2011, 4:30 p.m.

Service terms of the following Senate members will expire effective August 31, 2010:

* Chair of the Division: Frank L. Powell (Medicine)
* Divisional Representatives to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate:   Timothy Bigby (Medicine)
* Committee on Committees: Mark Appelbaum (Social Sciences   Member/Psychology), Christopher Charles (SIO), and Deborah Spector (Health   Sciences Member/Cellular & Molecular Medicine/SSPPS)

The following Senate members continue to serve:

* 2011-2012 Chair: Joel Sobel (Economics)
* Divisional Representatives to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate:   Lorraine Pillus (Molecular Biology), Peter D. Wagner (Medicine)
* Committee on Committees: Steven Constable (At-large Member/SIO), Anne Hoger   (Engineering Member/MAE), Katja Lindenberg (Sciences Member/Chemistry &   Biochemistry), Aleck Karis (Arts Member/Music), Lisa Lowe (Humanities   Member/Literature), Kit Pogliano (Sciences Member/Molecular Biology),Andrew   Scull (Social Sciences Member/Sociology), Sharon Reed (Health Sciences   Member/Pathology), Sidney Zisook (Health Sciences Member/Psychiatry)

Cordially, Joel Sobel, Vice Chair Academic Senate San Diego Division