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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635">DATE: December 16, 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635">TO: CALS/CES Faculty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635">FROM: CALS/CES Faculty Council Chair and Co-Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635">RE: Summary of CALS/CES Faculty Council Activities in Fall 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#403635"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635">Dear CALS and CES Faculty, <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#403635"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Faculty Council welcomes input from CALS and CES faculty on topics or interest or concern that specifically relate to, or impact faculty.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Topics addressed by the CALS/CES Faculty Council during the fall 2022 semester:<o:p></o:p></p>
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Clarifying the purpose and role of CALS/CES Faculty Council in faculty governance<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="color:#403635">Transparency around merit pay decisions</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Professional development opportunities for Professors of Practice
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<span style="color:black">Professors of Practice Involvement in Research and Sponsored Projects</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Contract length for career-track faculty</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Computers/IT centralization</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Safety/security – people do not feel safe</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">Graduate student pay</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:5.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span style="color:black">TA funding allocations </span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#403635"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A full list of Faculty Council members, as well as the council’s charter and meeting summaries are linked here:
<a href="https://compass.arizona.edu/faculty-council">CALS/CES Faculty Council | ALVSCE Compass: Employee Resources (arizona.edu)</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Sincerely,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Ashlee Linares-Gaffer<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Associate Professor of Practice<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">Chair-elect, CALS/CES Faculty Council<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#002060">Ashlee L Linares-Gaffer, MS, RDN, FAND</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#495057"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Student Success, Retention and Equity<br>
School of Nutritional Sciences and Wellness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of Agriculture and Life Sciences <br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<br>
Shantz, 615 | PO Box 210038 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
<a href="mailto:alinares@email.arizona.edu">alinares@email.arizona.edu</a><span style="color:#495057"><br>
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