Nomination Period for FSU Spring 2023 Elections

1/27/2023

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 2023 include: 

Vice President

Non-Tenure Track (2 positions)

Pre-Tenure (1 position)

Tenured (2 positions)

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

Nomination period: Nominations will be accepted during the nomination period: January 30 – February 13, 2023.  (contact the FSU office for a nomination form).  

Term of Office: Each Executive Committee member’s term runs two (2) years. For example, those elected in 2023 began their term at the conclusion of the academic year and serve to May 2025, 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

Dana Commesso, Senior Lecturer II, Exercise and Health Sciences

Monique Fuguet, Senior Lecturer, Mathematics

Travis Johnston, Assistant Professor, Political Science 

For information on the FSU, links to our contract and bargaining updates, and a calendar of events, see the FSU webpage