Introduction

  • This election is for Sabbatical and Educational Leave Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative. The rules for this election are listed below.
  • The nominees for the Sabbatical and Educational Leave 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.
  • 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 Sabbatical and Educational Leave Committee College of Arts and Sciences Representative are:

Karen Fitts
Lainey Jenks
Vanessa Johnson

Nominations close Mar 19, 2009.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Each department can have at most one representative on the Sabbatical and Educational Leave Committee.
    • Membership on the committee is restricted to the following structure: 4 faculty representatives from the College of Arts and Sciences, 1 faculty representative from each of the Schools of Health Sciences, Education, Music, and Business and Public Affairs, and 1 faculty representative from the non-classroom faculty.
    • 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.
    • Seats with longer terms will be filled first.

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Karen Fitts


Department: English

I appreciate the importance of the sabbatical and educational leave committee's work and feel that I can contribute to it. Since arriving at WCU in 2000, I have seen the value in others' lives of the sabbatical program and, this semester, am personally experiencing the renewal and re-direction that this benefit provides. If elected to this post, I will do my best to maintain the program's strengths and develop it more fully. I would appreciate your support. Thank you.


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Lainey Jenks


Department: Communication Studies

I’m on my second sabbatical since joining the faculty at WCU in 1992. There’s no substitute for an extended block of time to read and think and study and write about ideas. I’d be delighted to work on this committee to help make sure other faculty members get this opportunity.


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Vanessa Johnson


Department: Psychology

I have served on the SeL committee for the last two years and wish to continue my service for an additional term.


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