New Faculty Assembly officers announced

UCCS Faculty Assembly President-elect Andrea Hutchins, associate professor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, announced election results for the 2012-2013 academic year as part of her report at the April 13 meeting.

Results were disseminated by email April 6, but Hutchins presented updates.

Her year as president-elect completed, Hutchins will ascend to the presidency. Current President Katie Kaukinen, associate professor, School of Public Affairs, will continue to serve on the assembly executive board as past president.

Election results for 2012-2013 follow.

Officers

• President-elect: Amanda Elder, assistant professor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
• Secretary: Jeff Spicher, assistant professor-clinical teaching track, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
• Faculty Council representative: Christina Martinez, senior instructor, Kraemer Family Library.

College representatives

• College of Business and Administration: Monique Dooley, associate professor, and Morgan Shepherd, professor.
• College of Education: Christi Kasa, associate professor, and Jim Saunders, senior instructor.
• College of Engineering and Applied Science: Pam Carter, senior instructor, and Rebecca Webb, assistant professor.
• Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences: Kathy Blair, professor, and Craig Elder, instructor.
• School of Public Affairs: Michael Martinez, senior instructor.
• Kraemer Family Library: Carla Myers, assistant professor.
• College of Letters, Arts and Sciences: Suzanne Cook, senior instructor, Department of Languages and Cultures; Debra Dew, associate professor, Department of English; Curt Holder, associate professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies; Christine Robinson, instructor, Department of English; David Weiss, associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Andrea Wenker, instructor, Department of English.

Initially, Hutchins said, there was a tie for the position of representative from Beth-El, mandating a run-off election. Blair won the position when the other candidate dropped out of the running.

A write-in candidate was entered as the seventh LAS representative, but that individual did not wish to accept the position, Hutchins said, so there is still a need for a representative.

In other action, the document “UCCS Policy: Lecturer, Instructor and Senior Rights and Responsibilities” received minor corrections to its text, and was unanimously approved by the assembly.