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.
  • 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.
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The nominees for University Faculty Development Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative are:

Matthew M. Waite

Nominations close Apr 21, 2014.
Regular Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Mathematics Faculty are not eligible for CAS Seats at this time.
    • 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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Matthew M. Waite


Department: Physics

I have served on the CASSDA committee numerous times and have also served as a reviewer for the PASSHE Faculty Professional Development Council grants program. I would very much appreciate the opportunity to help promote a wide diversity of research programs and projects across the University.


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