Introduction

  • This election is for CAPC College of Arts and Sciences Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the CAPC College of Arts and Sciences Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
  • This list in not official until nominations have been closed and the list of nominees has been reviewed and verified by the APSCUF Nominations and Elections Committee.
  • The statements the candidates submitted with their nominations are given below. By clicking on a name in the list of candidates, you will be taken to that candidate's statement.
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The nominees for CAPC College of Arts and Sciences Representative are:

Mahrukh Azam
Wayne Hanley
Rodney Mader
Fred Patton
Loretta Rieser-Danner
Cheer-sun Yang
Stefani Yorges

Nominations close Apr 24, 2005.
Regular Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Each department can have at most two representatives on CAPC. For this election, NO ONE FROM MAT, BIO, or COM IS ELIGIBLE AS THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE A FULL COMPLEMENT.
    • 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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Mahrukh Azam


Department: Chemistry

I am new to WCU and want to become a more integral part of the campus community. I would consider participation on CAPC an honor and an outstanding opportunity for me to help the University.


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Wayne Hanley


Department: History

Having served on my department's undergraduate committee and having been deeply involved in secondary education,I believe I could bring additional insight in to programmatic issues discussed by CAPC.


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Rodney Mader


Department: English

Maintaining the richness and integrity of the curriculum is one of the most important jobs we can do as faculty. I have worked with people from many different disciplines in numerous campus-wide committees since coming to WCU in 1999. I have also served as an APSCUF Local Delegate and an Alternate State Delegate. If I were elected to CAPC, I would bring a collegial, ethical, and well-rounded perspective to my work on the curriculum.


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Fred Patton


Department: Foreign Languages

If re-elected to CAPC, I will continue to support and stress the importance of faculty governance, especially in the area of curriculum. Faculty vigilance is especially important at this time of administrative centralization and SHEE streamlining.


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Loretta Rieser-Danner


Department: Psychology

Students come to WCU with a wide variety of talents, skills, academic abilities, and strengths. I believe our curriculum and academic policies should reflect and address this variety in our attempt to prepare students for an ever-changing world. To this end, I believe that a variety of pedagogical approaches are useful as we help students meet both general and specific learning objectives. Thus, I would welcome the opportunity to serve as a member of CAPC, working with others interested in curricular and academic policy issues and serving the educational needs of our students.


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Cheer-sun Yang


Department: Computer Science

WCU has long been an innovative institute in the south-eastern region of Pennsylvania due to the contributions of all hard-working faculty members and the state-of-the-art curriculua. If I am elected to be a CAPC College of Arts and Sciences Representative, I strive to maintain the quality tradition with the synergy and enthusiasm to represent faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences. My major focuses will be:

(1) To evaluate the course proposals based on the heritage of being a leading higher-education institution,

(2) To maintain the quality of each proposal with the incentive to meet the requirements of training the work force for the 21st century,

(3) To collaborate with all faculty to foster an innovative environment for all disciplines, and

(4) To nurture the process of developing inter-disciplinary courses based of the principles illustrated in the Plan for Excellence.

Thank you all and have a nice semester!!


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Stefani Yorges


Department: Psychology

CAPC is a critical university committee. In the ten years I have been at WCU, I have served on the Faculty Senate, Faculty Development Committee, and as the Assistant Chair and Graduate Coordinator in my department. I would appreciate the opportunity to become more involved at the university level with issues related to curriculum and academic policies. It would be a great learning experience for me and I look forward to the opportunity to serve the best interests of our students.


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