On the first line, please post your name, department, and the committee or position for which you are running. Follow that with your brief statement.  If you are having issues please contact Christian via email and he can help with getting your statement listed.

Cheers!

The Nominating & Balloting Committee

P.S. The current list of nominees and candidate statements follows.

Sample Ballot

Academic Affairs Committee

There are three (3) openings on the Academic Affairs Committee.  The Academic Affairs Committee meets 3rd Mondays 3:45-5:15 and 4th Fridays 2:30-4:00.  In addition, the committee meets on two weekdays in January and again in June to write Probation Contracts and review Severance Appeals.  These terms are for three years.

• Christin Chenard
• Stephanie Halter
• Jamie Hannon

Academic Technology and Online Education Committee

There are six (6) openings on the Academic Technology and Online Education Committee.  The Academic Technology and Online Education Committee meets 2nd Tuesdays at 3:30. These terms are for three years (top 3 positions) or one year.

• Pamela Anneser
• Liesl Lindley
• Ann McClellan
• Kathleen Norris
• Robyn Parker
• Meagan Shedd
• Hilary Swank
• Mark Turski

Athletic Council – Male

There is one (1) opening for a male faculty position on the Athletic Council.  The Athletic Council meets 1st Mondays at 2:30. This term is for three years.

• Roger Blake
• Anil Waghe

Athletic Council – Female

There is one (1) opening for a female faculty position on the Athletic Council.  The Athletic Council meets 1st Mondays at 2:30. This term is for three years.

• Bonnie Bechard

Curriculum Committee

There are three (3) openings on the Curriculum Committee.  The Curriculum Committee meets 3^rd Fridays at 2:30.  These terms are for three years (top 2 positions) or two years.

• Christian Bisson
• Michelle Fistek
• David Mackey
• Wendy Palmquist
• Hilary Swank

Faculty Welfare Committee

There are three (3) openings on the Faculty Welfare Committee.  The Faculty Welfare Committee meets 2^nd Fridays at 2:30.  These terms are for three years (top 2 positions) or two years.

• Anil Waghe
• [Nominee Needed]
• [Nominee Needed]

General Education Committee

There are three (3) openings on the General Education Committee.  The General Education Committee meets 2^nd and 4^th Mondays from 2:30 to 4:00.  These terms are for three years.

• Pat Cantor
• Peter Drexel
• Sandra Gamble
• Jason Swift

Grievance Resolution Committee

There are two (2) openings on the Grievance Resolution Committee.  The Grievance Resolution Committee meets as needed. These terms are for two years.

• Aditi Grover
• Bob Heiner
• Anne Marie Jung
• Anil Waghe

Planning/Budget Leadership Group

There are two (2) openings on the Planning/Budgeting Leadership Group.  These terms are for three years.

• Daniel Lee
• Vedran Lelas
• Kathleen Norris

Observers to the Student Senate

There are two (2) openings for Faculty Observers to the Student Senate.  These terms are for one year.

• Pamela Anneser
• Susan Buchholz-Jones

Representative to the PAT Senate

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the PAT Senate.  This term is for one year.

• Christin Chenard

Representative to the Board of Trustees

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees.  This term is for one year.

• Aditi Grover

Representative to the Board of Trustees – Financial Affairs

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees’ Financial Affairs Committee.  This term is for one year.

• Aditi Grover

Faculty Speaker Elect

There is one (1) opening for the Faculty Speaker Elect.  This term is for three years (one year as Faculty Speaker Elect, one year as Faculty Speaker, and one year as Parliamentarian).

• Bob Egbert

Candidate Statements

Mark Turski, Environmental Science and Policy Department, Academic Technology and Online Education Committee Candidate

I have been involved with educational technology since I arrived at PSC in 1991. I have served in a wide variety of technology roles at PSC/PSU.

• First Technology and Teaching Fellow in 2001 and responsible for coordinating academics, administration and ITS in developing a model for technology moderated instruction and learning for the faculty and students.
• Chaired The Instructional Technology Coordinating Council (ITCC).
• Director of Plymouth State College’s Earth System Science Education Alliance (ESSEA) grant that provides online earth systems science courses for teachers. This course was one of the first fully online courses offered at PSU and available for a worldwide audience.
• Director of Plymouth State University’s Preparing the Earth System Scientists of Tomorrow (PESST) Project funded by NSF’s and the Earth System Science Education Alliance’s (ESSEA) GEO-TEACH grant that provides online earth systems science courses for in-service teachers.

I have presented at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Geological Society of America’s (GSA) national conferences on a variety of topics related to online education at both the graduate and undergraduate level. I currently serve on NSTA’s standing committee for The Journal of College Science Teaching and the Board of Directors of the NH Science Teachers Association and advocated for moving to electronic media for both journals.

I am an advocate of faculty led initiatives and professional development funding for faculty who want to remain on the cutting edge of technology use in the classroom. I feel that this PD funding should be separate from PD funding that is designated for your content specialty.

After serving in multiple administrative roles at PSU and working with state and national organizations I realize the problems and opportunities that technology represents in education. It is my belief that we need to work to overcome the fiscal issues that surround technology in order to better prepare faculty to use the tools available in the most efficacious ways.

While I’m very current on teaching technologies, computer systems and programs/apps available on Mac and Windows platforms I don’t use a telephone if I can avoid it. Hate ‘em!

Notes from Faculty Forum on Unionization – December 5, 2012-1

10-19-12 minutes – Approved

11-16-12 minutes – Approved

12-21-12 minutes – Approved

2-15-13 minutes - Approved

3-15-13 minutes – DRAFT

10-21-11 minutes – Approved

11-18-11 minutes – Approved

12-16-11 minutes – Approved

2-17-12 minutes – Approved

3-16-12 minutes – Approved

4-20-12 minutes – Approved

5-18-12 minutes – Approved

October 2010 minutes

November 2010 minutes

December 2010 minutes

2-18-2011 minutes – Approved

3-18-2011 minutes – Approved

4-18-2011 minutes – Approved

May 2011 minutes

10-16-2009 minutes – Approved

11-13-2009 minutes – Discussion

11-20-2009 minutes - Approved

12-11-2009 minutes – Discussion

12-19-2009 minutes – Approved

2-19-2010 minutes – Approved

3-12-2010 minutes – Approved

4-16-2010 minutes – Approved

May 2010 minutes

October 2008 minutes

11-21-2008 minutes – Approved

12-19-2008 minutes – Approved

2-20-2009 minutes – Approved

March 2009 minutes

4-17-2009 minutes – Approved

5-15-2009 minutes – Approved

On the first line, please post your name, department, and the committee or position for which you are running. Follow that with your brief statement.

Cheers!

The Nominating & Balloting Committee
Christian Roberson, vacant, and vacant

P.S. The current list of nominees and candidate statements follows.

Sample Ballot

Academic Affairs Committee

There are three (3) openings on the Academic Affairs Committee.  The Academic Affairs Committee meets 3rd Mondays 3:45-5:15 and 4th Fridays 2:30-4:00.  In addition, the committee meets on two weekdays in January and again in June to write Probation Contracts and review Severance Appeals.  These terms are for three years.

• Roger Blake
• Roxana Wright
• Tinglan Yang
• Kerry Yurewicz

Athletic Council – Male

There is one (1) opening for a male faculty position on the Athletic Council.  The Athletic Council meets 1st Mondays at 2:30. This term is for three years.

• Brad Allen
• Roger Blake
• Mark Fischler
• Phil Lonergan

Athletic Council – Female

There is one (1) opening for a female faculty position on the Athletic Council.  The Athletic Council meets 1st Mondays at 2:30. This term is for three years.

• Rebecca Busanich
• Lisa Spradley

Curriculum Committee

There are three (3) openings on the Curriculum Committee.  The Curriculum Committee meets 3^rd Fridays at 2:30.  These terms are for three years.

• Liz Ahl
• Michele Pruyn
• Christine Rine
• Hilary Swank
• Anil Waghe

Faculty Welfare Committee

There are two (2) openings on the Faculty Welfare Committee.  The Faculty Welfare Committee meets 2^nd Fridays at 2:30.  These terms are for three years.

• Bonnie Bechard
• Nick Sevigney
• Anil Waghe

Frost School Council

There are three (3) openings on the Frost School Council.  The Frost School Council meets 2nd Tuesdays at 3:30. These terms are for three years (1st and 2nd highest vote-getters) or one year (3rd highest vote-getter).

• Bonnie Bechard
• Aditi Grover
• K. Hridaya Hall
• Vedran Lelas
• Kristine Levan
• Christine Rine
• Christian Roberson
• Lisa Spradley
• Mark Turski

General Education Committee

There are two (2) openings on the General Education Committee.  The General Education Committee meets 2^nd and 4^th Mondays from 2:30 to 4:00.  These terms are for three years.

• James Stiles
• [Nominee Needed]

Grievance Resolution Committee

There are two (2) openings on the Grievance Resolution Committee.  The Grievance Resolution Committee meets as needed. These terms are for two years.

• Michael Fischler
• Soo Jang
• Paul Rogalus
• Anil Waghe

Planning/Budget Leadership Group

There are two (2) openings on the Planning/Budgeting Leadership Group.  These terms are for three years.

• Cathie LeBlanc
• Vedran Lelas
• Sheryl Shirley

Observers to the Student Senate

There are two (2) openings for Faculty Observers to the Student Senate.  These terms are for one year.

• Eric Cintron
• Terri Dautcher

Representative to the PAT Senate

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the PAT Senate.  This term is for one year.

• Lisa Spradley

Representative to the Board of Trustees

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees.  This term is for one year.

• Pat Cantor

Representative to the Board of Trustees – Financial Affairs

There is one (1) opening for a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees’ Financial Affairs Committee.  This term is for one year.

• [Nominee needed]

Faculty Speaker Elect

There is one (1) opening for the Faculty Speaker Elect.  This term is for three years (one year as Faculty Speaker Elect, one year as Faculty Speaker, and one year as Parliamentarian).

• Lourdes Aviles

Candidate Statements

Christine Rine, Social Work Department, Frost School Council Candidate
Since Fall 2009, I have been a faculty member in the Social Work Department. In that time, I have represented my department in various service initiatives such as the Homeless Access Survey and the GIS/ DCYF Foster Care Project both in conjunction with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. It is my hope to take the same active role in service among Faculty Governance by serving on the Frost School Council. I am committed to the importance of ensuring access to Higher Education with particular interest in the development of on- line options to meet the needs of our diverse student body.

Christine Rine, Social Work Department, Curriculum Committee Candidate
Since Fall 2009, I have been a faculty member in the Social Work Department. In that time, I have represented my department in various service initiatives such as the Homeless Access Survey and the GIS/ DCYF Foster Care Project both in conjunction with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. It is my hope to take the same active role in service among Faculty Governance by serving on the Curriculum Committee. I would be proud to represent the interests of our active, supportive, and diverse faculty to ensure the integrity of our curriculum as a member of this committee.

K. Hridaya Hall, Counselor Education and School Psychology Department, Frost School Council Candidate
I am a third year faculty member in the Counselor Education and School Psychology Department. My department targets people who work full-time and other adult learners and I am attentive to their unique needs in course delivery.  I was one of last year’s delegates to the USNH Academic Technology Institute and have attended a series of trainings on educational uses of technology. I have a scholarship interest in technology and pedagogy and will be presenting in this year’s Spotlight on Faculty Using Technology. My combined interest and experience in adult learning and technology would make me an asset to the Frost Council.

Phil Lonergan, Art Department, Athletic Council Candidate
I am a professor in the Art Department and the Head of the Sculpture Program here at PSU.  I have served on many committees during my 12 years here, including the Honors Council, Grievance Resolution Committee, and the old Executive Council and First-Year Council.  I was also recently the faculty rep to the Board of Trustees.  I am interested in serving on Athletic Council because I miss being involved with college-level athletics.  I played college hockey in Minnesota, and have coached soccer for my daughter’s elementary school team.  I have also coached for White Mountain Youth Hockey.  I believe that athletics can be a positive complement to students’ intellectual and holistic development, and I would enjoy working on issues related to the intersection between university academic programs and sports.