Introduction

  • This election is for University Faculty Development Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the University Faculty Development Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative election are listed to the right. The list to the right is not a ballot.
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The nominees for University Faculty Development Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative are:

Deanne Z. Bonifazi
Felix Goodson
Judith Scheffler

Nominations close Mar 23, 2001.
Regular Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Faculty from the departments of Biology and Foriegn Languages have continuing representation on the Faculty Development Committee. Faculty from these department should not be nominated for this election.
    • Length of Terms: One term begins Fall 2001 and ends Spring 2004; the other term begins immediately following the announcement of the election results and ends Spring 2003. The candidate with the higher vote count will be awarded the term that expires in Spring 2004.
    • Each department can have at most one representative on the University Faculty Development Committee.
    • The committee has nine faculty representatives--four from the College of Arts and Sciences, one from each of the Schools of Health Sciences, Education, Music, and Business and Public Affairs, and one from the non-classroom faculty--and four additional members representing various university groups.
    • The election is decided by a plurality of those casting votes unless such results violate the previous rules 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.
    • All regular terms begin the first day of the academic year.

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Deanne Z. Bonifazi


Department: Psychology

I have been on the faculty of WCU since 1991. Currently, I am Graduate Coordintor for the Psychology Department. My area of psychology is Clinical Psychology and my research primarily focuses on eating disorders. Last year I received an FDC Award to support a prevention program for eating disorders. I would now like to serve on the Faculty Development Committee. I feel it would be a wonderful opportunity to help other faculty with their scholarly pursuits.


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Felix Goodson


Department: Chemistry

Over the past three years, I have been fortunate enough to have received funding from both internal and external agencies. This success has enabled me both to expand my scholarly research and to give students the opportunity to experience first-hand what scientific research is all about. The Faculty Development Committee has been an important part of my early success in this area. If elected, I will look forward to using my experience to help other faculty obtain external funding and develop further their scholarly pursuits.


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Judith Scheffler


Department: English

Currently I serve on the CASSDA Committee, which funds faculty projects in the College of Arts and Sciences. I was a member of the University Faculty Development Committee from 1989 to 1991. In these positions I have gained experience working with an interdisciplinary faculty committee to review with fairness a wide range of project proposals from many disciplines. I believe that faculty development and research must be valued and rewarded on campus, and I would welcome the opportunity to serve on the University Faculty Development Committee again.


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