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, May 4, 2020.

* Vice Chair (Chair Designate) of the Division for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2022. The first year will serve as Vice Chair and the second year as Chair of the San Diego Division.
* Divisional Representative (two vacancies) to the systemwide Assembly of the Academic Senate for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2022.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from a Health Sciences department, excluding the Department of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry, for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from SIO for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023.
* Member of the Committee on Committees from a Social Science department for a three-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2023.
* At-large Member of the Committee on Committees for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2020 through August 31, 2022.

A Nominating Petition can be found at
https://go.ucsd.edu/2GudO1i

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, February 6, 2020.

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 2020-2021.

Divisional Chair 2020-2021: Steven Constable (SIO-IGPP). Divisional Representatives: Seana Coulson (Cognitive Science), Tara Javidi (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Stephanie Mel (Molecular Biology). Committee on Committees: Mary Blair-Loy (Sociology), Neil Chi (Medicine), Elsa Cleland (Ecology, Behavior & Evolution), Olga Dudko (Physics), Rachel Klein (History), Lei Liang (Music), Tajana Rosing (Computer Science and Engineering) and Tamara Wall (Psychiatry).

Sincerely, Steven Constable Vice Chair Academic Senate, San Diego Division