The slate of candidates for the spring 2024 Graduate Council ballot has been finalized. The vote will take place electronically via Form Stack. Voting will open Monday, March 18, and will close at noon on Thursday, March 28. An email with the link to the ballot will be sent to all members of the graduate faculty. Results will be announced in the Report.
Additional nominations to the ballot may be made. Nominees must be full members of the graduate faculty who have given consent. For the nominee to appear on the ballot, forward a current vita for the nominee along with 10 signatures of full graduate faculty to Noelle Selkow, director of Graduate Studies, no later than 4:30 p.m. March 8. One year must lapse between the expiration of an elected Graduate Council member’s term and the nomination.
The candidates are:
Membership/Student Development Committee (College of Education seat) – Vote for 1
Antonio Causarano – Special Education
Carolyn Hunt – Teaching and Learning
Anna Smith – Teaching and Learning
Membership/Student Development Committee (College of Applied Science and Technology seat) – running unopposed
Qi Zhang – Information Technology
Graduate Curriculum Committee (College of Education seat) – running unopposed
Lydia Kyei-Blankson – Educational Administration
Graduate Curriculum Committee (Mennonite College of Nursing seat) – running unopposed
Mary Dyck – Nursing
Research and Creative Activity Committee (College of Arts and Sciences seat) – running unopposed
Kevin Meyer – Communication
Research and Creative Activity Committee (College of Applied Science and Technology seat) – Vote for 1
Fanson Kidwaro – Agriculture
Chang Su-Russell – Family and Consumer Sciences
Kyoungwon Suh – Information Technology
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (College of Arts and Sciences seat) – Vote for 1
Greg Braswell – Psychology
Eda Ozyesilpinar – English
Karen Stipp – Social Work
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (College of Applied Science and Technology seat) – running unopposed
H. Sally Xie – Technology
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (College of Business seat) – running unopposed
Mona Bahl – Management
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (College of Education seat) – Vote for 1
Ellis Hurd – Teaching and Learning
Miranda Lin – Teaching and Learning
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (College of Fine Arts seat) – running unopposed
Claire Lieberman – Art
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee (Mennonite College of Nursing seat) – running unopposed
Jessica Sullivan – Nursing
Visit the Graduate Council web page before the election to review bios for the candidates.
Dr. Noelle Selkow, Director of Graduate Studies
