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and I urge you to consider becoming a candidate for one of these roles. Your voice is an essential part of shared governance at the University of Arizona, and this is an important opportunity to have your voice heard.</span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(73, 80, 87);">Vice President for the Division of Agriculture, Life and Veterinary Sciences, and Cooperative Extension</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(73, 80, 87);"><br>
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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion,
the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.</i></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 16, 2024 7:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> generalfaculty@list.arizona.edu <generalfaculty@list.arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [generalfaculty] DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - SPRING 2024 General Faculty General Election</span>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">NOTICE OF GENERAL FACULTY <b><u>GENERAL ELECTION</u></b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>DO NOT FORWARD THIS EMAIL</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><b>DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY - SPRING 2024</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Declaration of Candidacy for
<span style="color: black;"><b>Chair of the Faculty</b>, <b>Vice Chair of the Faculty</b>,
<b>Secretary of the Faculty</b>, <b>thirty-six seats for the Faculty Senate College Representatives</b>,
<b>five seats for the Committee of Eleven</b>, <b>two seats for the Nominating Committee</b>, and
<b>two seats for elected faculty representatives to the Strategic Planning and Budget Advisory Committee (SPBAC)</b>
</span>will be available online at the <a href="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/elections/elections" id="OWAd4f5fa9b-3372-eb70-fd05-de9d4f4abd9c" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Faculty Governance website</a> beginning on Monday, January 8, 2024 continuing through Friday, January 19, 2024.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/elections/elections" id="OWA5fc5ae69-05ec-53a5-a4cd-c432ffda034b" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Faculty
Governance Elections Page</a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The form on the Faculty Elections website is set up only to allow members of the General Faculty to declare their candidacy. For information on criteria for membership in the General
Faculty, see the Faculty Constitution at: <a href="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/2023-09/Faculty%20Constitution%20v.%208-21-23.pdf#page=4" id="OWAbc208637-83a6-afe4-0426-16269de4b17a" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Faculty Constitution</a><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><u>.</u></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Declaration of Candidacy Instructions can be found on the
<a href="https://facultygovernance.arizona.edu/elections/elections" id="OWA62d8eeb0-3736-a379-0d16-b10949d19468" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">
Faculty Governance Elections Page</a>.</p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Completed Declaration of Candidacy must be submitted by 5:00 P.M. Friday, January 19, 2024.</p>
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In the Declaration of Candidacy form, candidates are requested to provide a paragraph of 300 words or less, to be used for publicity purposes and for the ballot, describing their interest and qualifications for the office they are (or continue to be) interested
in and their willingness to serve. You <b><u>MUST</u></b> submit a declaration <u>
for each seat that you choose to run for</u>. <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt; font-family: "Arial Nova", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">
Any declarations received without an accompanying candidate statement will be disqualified.</span></p>
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<b>COMMITTEE ON ELECTIONS, 2023-24<br>
</b>Dr. Leerom Medovoi, CHAIR, Department of English<br>
Dr. Ravi Goyal, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology<br>
Mr. Paul Bennett, College of Law</p>
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