NEIU Faculty Senate

PLEASE NOTE THE EXTENDED DEADLINE: The deadline to self-nominate for seats in faculty governance is Friday, March 15 at 1 PM.

The Faculty Senate Elections Subcommittee hereby announces the Spring 2013 Faculty Governance Elections for councils and committees including and related to the Faculty Senate and Faculty Council on Academic Affairs, the University Council on Budget and Planning, the University Personnel Committee, and the Academic Program Elimination Committee. A list of open seats and election timeline are available on the Publications page of this website.

You may self-nominate for an open constituency seat, voted for by your college, an at-large seat, voted for by faculty in all colleges, or both. The constituency election is held first, and the at-large election is held after the constituency results are announced. If you have self-nominated for both a constituency and an at-large seat and you win a constituency seat, you will be taken off the list of at-large nominees.

Tenured and tenure-track faculty and chairs may self-nominate and vote for councils and committees with the exception that chairs and tenure track faculty may not self-nominate for seats on the University Personnel Committee

Instructor faculty may self-nominate and vote for instructor representatives from their colleges on the Faculty Senate.

Emailed responses are required for self-nomination. Write to Sabrina Guth at the Faculty Governance Office at S-Guth1@neiu.edu or FacGovElections@neiu.edu by Friday, March 15 at 1PM with the following information:

• your name
• your department
• the council(s) or committee(s)
• the type of seat desired for each self-nomination: constituency, at-large, or both

PLEASE NOTE: Ballots may also be submitted by campus mail.

Posted by Mary Thill on behalf of Sabrina Guth

Last semester, the Senate formed the “Instructors’ Voice” Task Force to examine instructor issues and propose a course of action. The Task Force submitted its recommendations to the Senate in the second week of January 2013.

A Senate subcommittee is in place to organize the Senate’s response to the Task Force report. The subcommittee invites all instructors and members of the Faculty Assembly to share their views on the roles of instructors at Northeastern at two open forums, scheduled for the following dates:

Tuesday, February 19, 3:05 PM-4:05 PM, LWH 1001
Wednesday, February 20, 1:00 PM-2:00 PM, LWH 3020

The Senate also received a petition requesting that the Faculty Constitution be amended to include full-time instructors in the Faculty Assembly and to allow all full-time instructors a vote in department elections and unit matters. Open forums on the proposed amendment are being organized for March 2013 before the petition goes to the Faculty Assembly for a vote.

Members of the Northeastern community are encouraged to view related materials and share their comments at the Instructors’ Voice Center on this website.

Posted by Mary Thill on behalf of Mark McKernin

The at-large voting deadline is Thursday, September 27th, 2012 at 9am.

To vote, use the link:

At-Large Ballot

then you may either

1) fill out by marking the names you wish to vote for, save and email the ballot as an attachment to FacGovElections@neiu.edu. Please type Ballot in the subject of the email.

OR

2) fill out the attachment and print it out or print it and fill it in by hand and take the following steps:

• enclose the ballot in a small, unmarked  envelope
• seal this envelope and place it in a larger envelope
• sign your name (a signature is required) in the upper left-hand corner of the larger envelope
• print your name clearly and legibly below your signature
• mark ballot underneath your name.
• mail the completed ballot to Sabrina Guth, Faculty Governance Office (Room C520A). You may also use USPS and mail to the above campus address at 5500 N St Louis Av, Chicago, IL 60625.

If you have any questions or wish to observe or participate in the tabulation of votes in this election, please email Sabrina Guth (S-guth1@neiu.edu) or call x4377.

Thank you,
Sabrina Guth
Faculty Governance Office

 Posted by Mary Thill on behalf of Sabrina Guth

The voting deadline is Tuesday, September 18 at 9am.

To vote, go to the end of this message and use the ballot appropriate to your college, then you may either

1) fill out by marking the names you wish to vote for, save and email the ballot as an attachment to FacGovElections@neiu.edu. Please type “Vote” in the subject of the email.

OR

2) fill out the attachment and print it out or print it and fill it in by hand and take the following steps:

• enclose the ballot in a small, unmarked  envelope
• seal this envelope and place it in a larger envelope
• sign your name (a signature is required) in the upper left-hand corner of the larger envelope
• print your name clearly and legibly below your signature
• mark “ballot” underneath your name.
• mail the completed ballot to Sabrina Guth, Faculty Governance Office (Room C520A). You may also use USPS and mail to the above campus address at 5500 N St Louis Av, Chicago, IL 60625.

If you have any questions or wish to observe or participate in the tabulation of votes in this election, please email Sabrina Guth (S-guth1@neiu.edu) or call x4377.

Thank you,
Sabrina Guth
Faculty Governance Office

Posted by Mary Thill on behalf of Sabrina Guth

CAS Ballot
CAS Instructor Ballot
CBM Ballot
COE Ballot
RP Ballot

In an attempt to improve its communications with faculty, the senate has redesigned its website.

Enhancements include:

* the ability to search the site by keyword
* the ability to comment on posts
* the ability to subscribe by RSS feed to updates

Please share comments, questions, errors, and omissions with Mary Thill, interim webmaster, at m-thill@neiu.edu or leave us a comment below.