Introduction

  • This election is for CAPC College of Business and Public Affairs Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the CAPC College of Business and Public Affairs Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
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The nominees for CAPC College of Business and Public Affairs Representative are:

David Doorn
Matin Katirai

Nominations close Mar 26, 2015.
Regular Faculty in the College of Business and Public Affairs may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Each department can have at most two representatives on CAPC.
    • The election is decided by a plurality of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rule or the number of candidates does not exceed the number of positions to fill. In the later case, each candidate will be voted on by an approve/disapprove ballot.
    • Vacant seats will be filled one at a time with the current vacant seat filled by the candidate with the highest vote count. As each seat is filled, the candidate filling that seat and any other candidates from the same department as the candidate filling that seat will be disqualified. Votes cast for disqualified candidates, as just defined, will not be considered in filling remaining vacant seats.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.
    • Members elected to at-large seats cannot be nominated for school representative seats.
    • Seats with longer terms will be filled first. In the case of an approve/disapprove ballot, candidates will be ranked according to number of approve votes.

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David Doorn


Department: Economics and Finance

Since arriving at WCU in the fall of 2012 I have striven to be an active member of the campus community. This has included being involved at a variety of levels – department, college, and university.

In addition to being a vocal participant and agent for change at department meetings, I have been involved with numerous department activities including membership on faculty search committees and service on the department’s Assessment Committee, which I will be coordinator for next year. At the college level, I serve as my department’s representative to the CBPA’s Undergraduate Program Committee and I have also served on the CBPA Task Force on AACSB Faculty Qualifications, to help ensure we meet the standards put forth by the Business School’s accrediting body. For the university, I am currently a member of the CAPC Low Enrollment Advisory subcommittee and I have served on the University’s Distance Education Advisory Committee as well. For the past year I have been involved with the WCU Assurance of Student Learning Initiative and I was also part of the first cohort of the campus Blended Learning Initiative, which seeks to encourage and enhance the development of online and hybrid courses at WCU.

With all of these groups I have never hesitated to speak up and add my input to any discussions, while at the same time being very open-minded in taking others viewpoints and ideas into consideration. I would continue this approach in my service on CAPC, seeking to represent all of you as best I can.

The above, along with many years of experience in similar roles at my previous institution, has well prepared me for the breadth of topics dealt with by CAPC. I am very interested in putting my knowledge and experience to work in helping WCU become the best it can be for all stakeholders. I would greatly appreciate your support in these endeavors.


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Matin Katirai


Department: Geography and Planning

Dear Friends and Colleagues

In the past two years I've had the opportunity to serve on the graduate subcommittee of CAPC as an ad hoc member and I also serve on the graduate executive council as the CBPA representative and I believe that I have been assisting with some important work, such as the thesis standards committee and graduate school path-back committee. I have a great interest in the work of CAPC and would like to continue to work on important initiatives such as these, and be of service to the university and my colleagues. Thank you for your consideration.


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