Melanie Scott, associate professor of surgery in the School of Medicine, was elected as Senate Council secretary in voting in April.

In addition, 18 new or returning members were elected to Faculty Assembly.

“As you know, Melanie is a tireless advocate for shared governance and has been working hard for the Senate for a long, long time,” Senate President Kris Kanthak said at the April 23 Senate meeting. “I'm really excited for the opportunity to get to work more closely with Melanie.”

At the same time, Kanthak said she’s saving a true goodbye for the final Senate Council meeting of the academic year on May 21 for Penny Morel, “who has been a fabulous Senate secretary.”

Faculty Assembly representatives

Below are the newly elected or re-elected Faculty Assembly members.

Arts & Sciences, Humanities: Ljiljana Duraskovic (Slavic Languages & Literatures) and Amy Flick (English)                                                    

Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences: Burhan Gharibeh (Biological Sciences)                                                                                                                                 

Arts & Sciences, Social Sciences: Jane Caldwell (Economics) and Michael Glass (Urban Studies)

Business: Ernie Benchek

Computing and Information: Nora Mattern

Dental Medicine: Juan Taboas                                               

Education: Keith Trahan                                                                

Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Laura Dietz

Health Science Library System: Candise Branum

Law: Peter Oh

Medicine: Sarah Glass, Melissa Medich and Louis Rapkin

Nursing: Kristin Dickinson

Pharmacy: Aaron Devanathan                                                  

Public Health: Michael Deem