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AY24-25ÌýBFA Fall Elections -ÌýElections for seat vacancies on BFA Standing Committees are heldÌýin September.Ìý Additional BFA and CU Faculty Council seat vacancies as noted will be included during this time. The nomination and election process for these seats has two phases - internal (only open to BFA representatives) and external (open to all Boulder faculty senate members). BFA Assembly representatives vote on nominees for both internal and external elections. For more information on BFA committees and seat vacancies, please see the individual committee of interest or contact bfa@colorado.edu.
Phase I - Internal BFA electionsÌý- Open to BFA Assembly representatives only. Faculty should send self-nominations* to BFA Secretary Vicki Grove at: bfa@colorado.edu.
- Nominations open from August 26th to September 3rd
- Elections are held via Qualtrics from September 3rd through September 5th
Phase II - External BFA Elections - Open to campus faculty senate members** who will receive an e-memo from BFA Secretary Vicki Grove with details on nominations.Ìý
- Nominations open from September 9 to 18
- Elections held via Qualtrics from September 19-20.Ìý
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*All nominations for fall elections should:
- Come directly from the nominee (self-nomination)Ìýand be emailedÌýto BFA Secretary Vicki Grove at bfa@colorado.edu with "BFA Elections" as the subject line
- List name, title, department affiliation and include 1-2 sentences (max) about your interest in the specific committee(s).Ìý
- Do not list multiple committees unless you are able to serve on all of them. If you are not elected to your first committee of choice, we will work with you to find an alternative if possible.Ìý
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**Please see the CU Faculty Senate - Who Qualifies? for details on who is eligible to serve and run for seats on the BFA.Ìý
BFA 2024ÌýSpring At-Large Assembly Representative ElectionsÌý
Elections for BFA Assembly At-Large Representatives occur each year during February and March. Assembly At-Large Representative seats are open to all eligibleÌýcampus facultyÌýand are voted on by the full faculty senate. See Becoming a Member for more information on what is entailed in serving as a BFA At-large Assembly representative. All terms are for three years.Ìý Non-A&S units include: Leeds School of Business, College of Engineering, College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI), CU Law, School of Education, Campus Libraries, Environmental Design, and the College of Music. Elections concluded on Friday, March 15th.
Please join us in congratulating the following new BFA Assembly At-Large Representatives:
- Ernesto Acevedo Muñoz, Professor - Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
- Bobby Benim, Assistant Teaching Professor – Applied Mathematics
- Caitlin Charlet, Associate Teaching Professor – Environmental Design
- Michaele Ferguson, Associate Professor – Political Science
- Victoria Hand, Associate Professor – School of Education
- Catherine Kunce, Associate Teaching Professor - Program for Writing & Rhetoric
- Carmen Pacheco, Scholar in Residence - Mechanical Engineering
- Markus Pflaum, Professor - Mathematics
- David Quigley, Assistant Teaching Professor – Computer Science
- Ted Shear, Assistant Teaching Professor - Philosophy
Spring 2024ÌýBFA OfficerÌýElections
Spring elections were held on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024 and all three nominees were elected to a second term of one year expiring spring 2025:
- BFA Vice Chair - Alastair Norcross, Philosophy
- BFA Secretary - Vicki Grove, Germanic and Slavic Literature & Languages
- BFA Executive Committee At-Large Representative - Adam Norris, Applied Math
BFA Elections: Academic Calendar Cycle
September
- BFA representatives are elected to fill open standing committee seats - Phase I
- Remaining open seats become open to all eligible campus faculty and are voted on by BFA representatives - Phase II
February/March
- BFA At-large Assembly Representative vacancies are advertised to eligible campus faculty with an electronic election occurring between February and the end of March.
April/May
- BFA Officer vacancies are announced to eligible campus faculty and nominations are accepted.
- BFA Officer & ExCom At-Large Representative seats are elected at the May General Assembly meeting. Representatives must be present to vote
CU Faculty Council
- Nominees for Boulder seat vacancies on CU Faculty Council standing committees are also selected in September
Election Updates
Fall 2024 Committee SeatÌýElections:
Internal to BFA representatives:
- Nominations - Aug. 19-30
- Elections - Sept. 3-5
External to all campus faculty:
- Nominations Sept. 9-18
- Elections - Sept. 19-20
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