PSCC Faculty Senate Nominating Committee Information:

President Elect of the Faculty

The Faculty Senate Nominating Committee is seeking candidates for the office of President Elect of the Faculty. Nominees must be full-time, tenured members of the faculty. To nominate a colleague (or yourself), contact one of the following members of the Nominating Committee:

  Alex Fitzner (amfitzner@pstcc.edu)

  Teresa Fulcher (tfulcher@pstcc.edu)

  Bobby Jackson (rtjackson@pstcc.edu)

  Jean Jackson (jejackson@pstcc.edu)

  Wanda Scarbro (wlscarbro@pstcc.edu)

We hope to hear from you.

The following excerpt from the Faculty Senate Constitution describes eligibility for and duties of this office.

Article VII - Officers

Section 1. Eligibility

    A. Any member of the tenured full-time faculty is eligible for the office of the President of the Faculty. However, the President and the President Elect may not represent the same department.

(Note that our current president represents the Business and Computer Technologies Department. Faculty from this department will not be eligible for candidacy for   

president elect this year.)

Section 2. Duties

    A. The President serves as the representative and spokesperson for the faculty; communicates individual and collective faculty concerns to the administration; attends Learning Council and        

disseminates the official minutes of same; attends President's Council (or sends a designee); meets regularly with the President of the College and the Vice President of the Division of        

        Learning; serves as chief executive officer of Faculty Senate and its Standing Committees and as ex-officio, non-voting member of all Faculty Senate committees except the Nominating        

        committee; commits the Faculty Senate to courses of action only through the approval of Faculty Senate; serves as budgetary official; serves a two-year term, or until a successor is elected,    

        beginning July 1; receives a one-course teaching load reduction per semester to carry out Senate business; presides over Faculty Senate and Committee meetings in the absence of the

        Business Officer; and appoints the Business Officer with the approval of the Senate members.

    B. The President Elect substitutes for the President when necessary; serves one year, or until a successor is elected, as President Elect before assuming the presidency; and advances to office    

of President if it becomes vacant.

   C. The Immediate Past President serves on Faculty Senate; may assume duties of President if needed; and serves one year as Immediate Past President after serving as President for two    

years.

If you have questions, please contact Jean Jackson, Nominating Committee Chair.

Jean Jackson

Circulation Librarian

Pellissippi State Technical Community College

Library Services

10915 Hardin Valley Road/P.O. Box 22990

Knoxville, TN  37933-0990

E-mail: jejackson@pstcc.edu

Phone: 865-539-7047 or 865-694-6516

Fax: 865-694-6625