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From the Chair of the College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee
Today is the final day to vote in the College Senate elections to fill one at-large senator position for faculty, one at-large senator position for professional staff or faculty, one University Faculty senator position, and one alternative University Faculty senator position.

The College Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee will again use an electronic voting system supplemented by paper ballots to conduct the elections. All elections are for three-year terms. Voting began at 12:01 a.m. Monday, April 18, and continues until 11:59 p.m. today, Friday, April 29.

Our primary goals are to encourage participation in the shared governance of Buffalo State and to share information on each candidate. If you have not already visited the College Senate’s elections information site to review the candidates’ qualifications, please do so.

Voter Eligibility
All full-time academics and professionals (NU = 8; negotiating unit 8)

Electronic or Paper Ballot
If you plan to vote electronically:

• The election e-booth is located on the College Senate’s College Elections voting site.
• Log in using your e-mail user name and password.
• When you log in, the system will identify the election(s) in which you are eligible to vote. If you think you have been misidentified or some other issue arises, please contact Slade Gellin, College Senate parliamentarian.
• For general questions, please contact Vincent Masci, secretary to the College Senate, 878-5139.

If you plan to vote by paper ballot, you must request a ballot. Ballots will be sent only to voters who request them. Please request a paper ballot in one of the following ways during the election period:

• Call the Senate Office at 878-5139. Provide your name and phone number. If you leave a voice mail message, a follow-up call will be made to you before we send out the ballot to make sure we correctly record your name.
• E-mail Vince Masci, secretary to the College Senate. Please provide your name and phone number.

Paper ballots will contain the same information about each candidate as the electronic site (with the exception of photographs or information from candidates’ web sites, should any of the candidates have web sites). They must be returned to the Senate Office by the close of business Thursday, April 28, in order to be counted.

2016 candidates are listed below:

Three candidates for two at-large Senate seats:

• Holly Bewlay, associate professor, Music Department, School of Arts and Humanities
• Jennifer Toohey, assistant professor, Theater Department, School of Arts and Humanities
• Amy Wilson, assistant professor, Higher Education Administration, School of the Professions

Two candidates for one University Faculty Senate seat:

• Frederick Floss, chair and professor, Economics and Finance Department, School of Natural and Social Sciences
• Amitra Wall, assistant dean for intellectual foundations, University College; interim chair, Political Science Department

One candidate for one alternative University Faculty Senate seat:

• Heather Maldonado, assistant dean, University College

Thank you for your participation in this year’s election. Please share any feedback, questions, or concerns with Kevin Williams, chair of the Senate Bylaws and Elections Committee.