Faculty Nominations Committee – Annual Report – 2024-2025

Members:

Name	Rank	Department	Div	E/A	Term ENds	Email
Jeana Holt	FAC	Nursing	PR	E	2027	jmholt@uwm.edu
Devendra Misra	FAC	Electrical Engineering & Computer Science	NS	E	2027	misra@uwm.edu
Ionel Popa 1, Chair	FAC	Physics	NS	E	2026	popa@uwm.edu
Iris Xie	FAC	Information Studies	PR	E	2026	hiris@uwm.edu
Ai Bo 2	FAC	Social Work	PR	E	2025	aibo@uwm.edu
Esther Chan	FAC	Sociology	SS	E	2025	chane@uwm.edu
Sheila Feay-Shaw	FAC	Music	AH	E	2025	feayshaw@uwm.edu
John Reisel	FAC	Secretary of the University	x-o	o	2025	reisel@uwm.edu

Charter:

A3.5 Nominations Committee

1. Membership.  Eight members as follows: seven Faculty members, no more than four of whom are from a single college, to be nominated using the same nomination and election procedures that are used for other Faculty standing committees.  The Secretary of the University serves ex-officio.  The elected members serve three-year staggered terms.
2. Functions.
   1. Nominates candidates for all positions to be filled by Faculty election.
   2. Advises the Chancellor on appointive Faculty positions and on such other Faculty appointive positions as the Chancellor may request.
3. Procedures.
   1. The Secretary of the University circulates a questionnaire to the Faculty not later than the second regular Faculty meeting, which shows the names of all Faculty committees and all other elected and appointed positions, and requests the Faculty members to indicate first, second and third choices of such positions in which they are willing to serve if elected or appointed.  The committee is authorized to solicit appropriate biographical data as prescribed by the committee.
   2. The Committee then prepares a slate of nominees to be distributed with the calendar of the March Faculty Senate meeting, where it is the first item of business.  The committee nominates at least two candidates for each vacancy.  Additional nominations may be made viva voce from the floor of the meeting.  Other nominations, sponsored by three Faculty members, may be made, prior to the meeting, by submitting the names of the nominees to the Secretary of the University.
   3. Immediately following the meeting, the Secretary of the University prepares an electronic ballot to be distributed to all members of the Faculty.  Accompanying the ballot will be a brief biographical statement of the candidates.

Meetings:

1. The following actions were taken at the first meeting of the Nomination Committee that was held on
   September 4, 2024.
   • Ionel Popa was elected Chair for year 2024-2025.
   • Committee charter was reviewed.
2. The following actions were taken at the committee’s second meeting that was held on October 16, 2024:
   • Preference sheet and Nominations/Election Timeline were reviewed.
3. The Committee met again on February 5, 2025, to select candidates for year 2025-2026 standing
   committee elections. Chair was delegated to recommend candidates for ARPC, URC, and the Faculty
   Senate Parliamentarian to the Chancellor.