Clark elected senate president

By Jessica Wettig

Faculty Senate members unanimously elected marketing professor Terry Clark as their new president during their Tuesday meeting.

Clark ran uncontested, as did most other candidates for positions such as the budget and governance committee chairs. Meera Komarraju, senate president and associate psychology professor, said Clark is a good candidate and will serve the senate well. Komarraju said she chose not to accept re-election nomination because of personal time constraints.

Physiology assistant professor James MacLean won the vice-presidency, which was the only contested seat. MacLean beat opponent Mark Dolan, photojournalism assistant professor, with a 15-12 vote. However, Dolan was elected secretary as there were no opposing candidates for the secretary position.

Advertisement

In other committee elections, George Boulukos associate English professor, was elected budget committee chairman and Brooke Thibeault, foreign languages and literatures lecturer, was elected governance committee chair. The faculty status and welfare committee, as well as the undergraduate education policy committees, did not have a quorum to elect new chairmen.

The committee on committees, which proposes appointments of senators to other senate committees, filled four vacancies with faculty members Thibeault; Lyle White, chair of education psychology and special education; Komarraju; and Tsuchin Chu, professor of mechanical engineering and energy processes. White was elected the committee’s chair.

The senate will reconvene with its elected officers May 14.

Advertisement