Introduction

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

Michele Bratina
Orhan Kara

Nominations close Mar 31, 2021.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Business and Public Management may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • Faculty from the Department of Public Policy Administration cannot be nominated since that department has continuing representation.
    • Each Department and each School within a College can have at most one representative on the university wide Tenure and Promotion Committee.
    • Membership on the committee is restricted to the following structure: 2 faculty representatives from each of the five academic Colleges and 1 faculty representative from the non-classroom faculty.
    • The election is decided by a majority 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.
    • Each candidate selected counts as a cast vote.

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Michele Bratina


Department: Criminal Justice

Greetings, all! Since 2016, I have served the University on the Curriculum and Academic Policies Council (CAPC), General Education Assessment Committee, Interdisciplinary (I) Course Assessment, and the University Writing Council (UWC) Advisory Board. I am a co-founder/current advisor for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Campus Student Organization. I have also served the College of Business and Public Management on the Interdisciplinary, Strategic Plan, and International Committees, and the Department of Criminal Justice as New Faculty Search Committee member, Co-Editor of the Alumni Newsletter, Website liaison, and as current Advisor for Nu Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Sigma, the National Criminal Justice Honor Society. I am engaged in service with the state as a member of the PA Statewide Forensic Interagency Task Force (FITF), and in the local community through my membership on the Chester County Police Crisis Intervention Team Steering and Curriculum Committees. These various opportunities have helped prepare me to serve in multiple capacities and from varied disciplinary perspectives. I hope that you will consider voting for me. Thank you and be well!


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Orhan Kara


Department: Economics & Finance

Since I began at West Chester University, it has been my passion to assist faculty as they pave their journey through the tenure and promotion pathway, which are important milestones in faculty members careers. Having chaired college level committees deepened my insights into the process and how it relates to each individual as they venture through this process. I have been successful in assisting faculty members, including department chairs, of the College of Business and Public Management to prepare for their tenure and promotion applications, including preparing chair reports and recommendation letters to TeP. I have also co-chaired the Tenure and Promotion Workshop committee, which provided insight into the entire process. I feel I will have a positive impact on the committee to represent our college and would appreciate your vote. Stay safe!


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