[Plsfaculty] CALS Faculty council

[Rebecca Mosher]

Hi all,

Here's a little more information about what it's like to serve on Faculty
Council.

The council meets once a month during fall and spring semesters via zoom to
discuss issues raised by our constituent faculty. When appropriate, we
draft memos to the Dean and CALES EC or other university governing bodies;
we also interact with CALES faculty senators to ensure issues that extend
beyond CALES are addressed at Faculty Senate. Some of the issues we worked
on this year included concerns regarding UITS centralization, equity and
transparency in the merit increase process, and understanding graduate
funding mandates in CALES. Service on faculty council has also been a great
way to meet faculty from across the college (at least virtually). Next year
the council will be chaired by Ashlee Linares-Gaffer from Nutritional
Sciences.

We are on summer break at the moment, but it would be good to have a new
SPLS representative in place when the fall semester begins. If you have any
other questions, please reach out.

Best wishes,
Becky
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Dr. Rebecca Mosher
Associate Professor

The University of Arizona
The School of Plant Sciences
PO Box 210036
Tucson, AZ 87421-0036
USA

+1 (520) 626-4185 (office)
+1 (520) 401-1633 (mobile)
rmosher at email.arizona.edu
mosherlab.com


On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 9:28 PM Galbraith, David W - (galbrait) <
galbrait at arizona.edu> wrote:

> Dear faculty:
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> Every year, we elect a new SPLS representative for the CALS Faculty
> Council.  The current Chair of this council is Jeff Fehmi, Professor,
> School of Natural Resources and the Environment. The charter of the council
> and its current composition is found at
> https://compass.arizona.edu/sites/compass.arizona.edu/files/charter.pdf
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> As a School, we are entitled to elect two representatives: currently they
> are Zhongguo Xiong and Rebecca Mosher.  Becky rotates off the Council at
> this point in time, hence my call for anyone that is interested in serving
> on this Council. I would like to thank Becky for her engaged service!  I am
> sure she can convincingly articulate to you the importance of this
> committee in voicing faculty concerns to the higher administration. I have
> served previously, and recognize the critical role of this committee in
> providing faculty input.  If you are invested in the concept of faculty
> governance, this is an important conduit for your beliefs and those of your
> colleagues.
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> Anyone interested in serving, please contact me and Becky, and we can
> willingly provide more information.
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> Thanks and best wishes!
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> David
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> *David W. Galbraith, PhD*
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> *Interim Director*
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