Announcement of FSU Spring 2026 Elections

12/17/2025

Dear Colleagues, 

The Faculty Staff Union (FSU) holds an election every Spring semester for positions on the FSU Executive Committee.  

The positions up for election or re-election in Spring 2026 include: 

President

Librarian (1 position)

Non-Tenure Track (2 positions)

Pre-Tenure (1 position)

Tenured (2 positions)

The attached Election Announcement document contains an election overview along with the schedule of election activities including nominations, campaigning, and voting.  

In late January, another email will be sent, and this email will include the nomination form. Nomination forms will be accepted during the nomination period: January 30 – February 20, 2026.  

Term of Office: Each Executive Committee member’s term runs two (2) years. For example, those elected in Spring 2026 will begin their term in June (at the conclusion of the 25-26 academic year) and serve through May 2028, the end of the academic year.  

Voting Platform: For this election cycle, we will be using Qualtrics. You will receive detailed information about this prior to the voting period in the spring. 

The Elections Committee has our own email account, FSU.Elections@umb.edu. Watch for election communications to come from this email address. 

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. 

FSU Elections Committee:

Lynne Byall Benson, Senior Lecturer, Women’s Gender And Sexuality Studies

Andrew Elder, Librarian V, Healey Library

Travis Johnston, Associate Professor, Political Science 

Rania Said, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures