SUBJECT:

Notice of Senate 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 Monday, April 24, 2017.

* Vice Chair (Chair Designate) of the Division for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2019. The first year will serve as Vice Chair and the second year as Chair of the San Diego Division.
* Divisional Representative (three vacancies) to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2019.
* Divisional Representative (one vacancy) to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate for a one-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2018.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from a Health Sciences department, excluding the Department of Pathology and the Department of Pediatrics, for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from SIO for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from a Social Science department for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2017 through August 31, 2020.

A Nominating Petition can be found at http://go.ucsd.edu/2jkFQQK.

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 (Center Hall 307, mail code 002) no later than 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 26, 2017.

Please note that the nominee must be contacted by the Senate members signing the petition and must have agreed to serve the term if elected.

The following previously elected Senate members will continue to serve in 2017-2018.
Divisional Chair 2017-2018: Farrell Ackerman (Linguistics). Divisional Representatives: Anna Joy Springer (Literature). Committee on Committees: Amy Adler (Visual Arts), Robert Edelman (History), Peter Ernst (Health Sciences-Pathology), Douglass Forbes (Cell & Developmental Biology), Marilyn Jones (Health Sciences-Pediatrics), Nancy Postero (Anthropology), Kimberly Prather (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Stefan Llewellyn Smith (Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering), and Daniel Widener (History).

Cordially, Farrell Ackerman Vice Chair Academic Senate, San Diego Division