FSU Special Election for vacant Tenured position

9/2/2020

Dear Tenured FSU Member,  

Welcome back!    September is the beginning of the new academic year and this year includes an election to fill the vacant seat for a Tenured faculty member on the FSU Executive Committee (the Ex Com is the governing body of the FSU and is comprised of elected representatives from the librarian, NTT, pre-tenured, and tenured constituents; for more, see here).  

The FSU will be holding a special election to fill the vacancy.  The term of office is October 2, 2020 to May 2022.   

Attached is the Nomination Form.  Nominations close on September 16th with voting taking place September 25^th to October 2^nd.   

Election Schedule  

Nominations:   Closes at 5PM on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. 

Election Committee Review:   September 17^th and 18^th 

Announcement of candidates:  September 18^th 

Campaigning:  Begins once candidate announcement email sent and ends Friday, September 25^th at 8:59AM.  

Voting:  Begins 9AM Friday, September 25^th and ends 8:59AM Friday, October 2^nd. 

Announcement of Election Results:   Friday, October 2^nd. 

The Executive Committee meets twice a month for ninety minutes.  Fall 2020 meetings are Fridays 4:00- 5:30PM on September 11^th and 25^th, October 16 and 30^th, November 6^th and 20^th and December 4^th and 18^th.     The actual meeting date and time changes each semester based on the committee member’s teaching schedules.   

The Elections Committee reminds candidates of our campaigning rules:  

• Obey all UMB rules on posting of materials. Posting rules can be found at: (www.umb.edu/life_on_campus/student_involvement/activities) 
• Be respectful to all candidates and members when communicating to or from email accounts, social media (including facebook, candidate websites and twitter) and posting of materials.  
• Adhere to UMB acceptable use of technology at https://www.umb.edu/it/about/policies/acceptable_use 

The Elections Committee has our own email account, FSU.Elections@umb.edu.  Please send nomination forms and any questions to this email address. 

FSU Elections Committee: 

Jessica Holden, Librarian III 

Caroline Coscia, Senior Lecturer II, Political Science, FSU Vice President 

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