Introduction

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

John Baker
Robert Fletcher
Peter L. Glidden
Deborah Mahlstedt
Michael J. Renner

Nominations close Mar 14, 2001.
Tenured Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences may be nominated.

Rules for the Election

    • The departments of Foreign Languages and Astronomy/Geology have continuing representation on the Tenure and Promotion Committee. Faculty from these departments should not be nominated for this election.
    • Each department can have at most one representative on the university wide Tenure and Promotion 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.

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John Baker


Department: Art

I have recently been promoted to full professor, have been a chairperson for six years and employed by the University for the past twenty six years. I feel through these experiences, I could provide a fair perspective to the evaluation/tenure/promotion process.


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Robert Fletcher


Department: English

I have been an English Department faculty member at WCU for eight years. Having served on my department's executive and associate professor promotion committees, I have some experience in faculty evaluation, and I wish to work with my university colleagues on the TeP committee to ensure that the tenure and promotion process continues to be fair and comprehensive.


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Peter L. Glidden


Department: Mathematics

Since coming to West Chester in the Fall of 1995, I have served on a variety of Department, College, and University Committees. Now I am interested in serving on the Tenure and Promotion Committee. It is important to make objective, fair, and consistent recommendations for tenure and promotion because a university is only as good as its faculty. If elected, I will work hard to maintain West Chester's excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service.


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Deborah Mahlstedt


Department: Psychology

My service record demonstrates a continuing commitment to the view that all evaluation processes should be both formative and summative. For me, this commitment is most reflected in my work with New Faculty Orientation, Faculty Development Committee, and faculty development programs. As a long-time faculty member, and having served on the evaluation committee for several of colleagues in my Department and as current Chair of the departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee, I have gained an appreciation for the difficult balancing act we as WCU faculty must do to meet our responsibilities and realize that we can fulfill the requirements outlined in the C.B.A. in our own unique way. My interest in serving on TePSEL is a logical next step for me.


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Michael J. Renner


Department: Psychology

In nine years at WCU, I have served the university community in many ways, including multiple Psychology departmental, College of Arts & Sciences, and University committees. For the past two years I have served in the Office of Planning and Analysis, the Office of Graduate Studies and Sponsored Research, and most recently, the newly created Office of Sponsored Research & Faculty Development.

Administrators come and go, university priorities come and go, and specific political pressures come and go. The one thing that endures at a university, and defines it, is the faculty. It is vital for the long-term health of the university that tenure and promotion decisions be made on the basis of the quality of the applicant's credentials and the CBA, rewarding excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service; all other considerations must be rendered irrelevant. I would be proud to represent CAS as a member of the TEP committee.


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