Neuroscience Election 2011

(On-line election active November 11, 2011 (6:00 am CST through November 18, 2011 (8:00 pm CST)

Voter Eligibility

Members of the Neuroscience Graduate Faculty with voting rights only. See Neuroscience Graduate Faculty Eligible to Vote – 2007 for a complete list of members who are eligible to vote in this election. If an error or omission is discovered, immediately contact James Unnerstall (jru@uic.edu, or 996-7513).

Voting Times

On-line election active November 11, 2011 (6:00 am CST through November 18, 2011 (8:00 pm CST).

Voting Procedures

To vote in the referendum, go to https://ness2.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap-auth/bin/election/election. You will be asked to authenticate your eligibility through Bluestem. (NOTE:Use only your “….@uic.edu” net ID and password. Do NOT use other IDs/passwords such as “xyz@psych.uic.edu”, etc.)

The on-line election process through ACCC ensures that voters will be allowed to vote only once per net ID. Only Neuroscience Graduate Faculty with voting rights will be allowed to vote (Bluestem authenticated) – see the “Voter Eligibilty” section above for a link to the current list. Voting is completely confidential and no member of the Graduate College will be able to access any individual voting records.

UIC Graduate College Faculty

As members of the Graduate College Faculty of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience, you are asked to approve the appointment of the following faculty (see below) to membership in the faculty of the Neuroscience Program as dictated by the Bylaws of the Graduate College.

Standards for admission to membership in the Faculty of the Graduate College are determined jointly by the Dean and the Executive Committee of the Graduate College. There are four levels of membership: Full, Associate, Adjunct and Courtesy. Note that the levels of membership are different than the professor’s rank of full professor, associate professor, etc., even though some of the same terminology is used for both.

Membership Categories

Membership categories of Graduate College Faculty allow different rights and privileges pertaining to student mentoring and serving on student committees. The following is excerpted from the Bylaws of the Graduate College.

Full Membership

Full Membership is granted for the term of employment to tenured or tenure-track faculty in a UIC department that houses a program under the umbrella of the Graduate College who have been recommended by the department or other teaching or research divisions and approved by the Dean. In the College of Medicine, recommendations for full membership are limited to appointments in the Research Track.

Retired faculty with Full membership automatically retain their memberships at the same level for three years after retirement. In special cases membership can be extended upon request to the Graduate Dean by the Executive Officer attesting to the fact that the nominated faculty is still active in graduate education.

Associate Membership

Associate members are typically clinical track or non-tenure system faculty whose program wishes to grant them the right to serve as primary advisors to students in that program. Once appointed, Associate members retain their membership so long as they continue to meet the criteria. Associate Membership is granted upon recommendation to the Dean by the Executive Officer of the department or equivalent unit. Retired faculty with Associate membership automatically retain their memberships at the same level for three years after retirement. In special cases membership can be extended upon request to the Graduate Dean by the Executive Officer attesting to the fact that the nominated faculty is still active in graduate education.

The nominating department must take a vote of the Full members of the Graduate Faculty on the question of the candidate’s membership. The results of that vote must accompany the membership request.

The following individuals have been nominated by the Graduate Program in Neuroscience for membership in the faculty of the Graduate College. Click on an individual’s name to see his/her curriculum vitae. For each nominee for Associate Membership, please select “Yes” to vote in favor of the nomination, “No” to vote against, or “Abstain.” For Full Membership, please select “Affirm” or “Do not affirm.”

BALLOT

Online voting will open at 6:00 a.m., Friday, November 11, 2011 and close at 8:00 p.m., Friday, November 18, 2011. Below is a sample ballot — voting will occur at https://ness2.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap-auth/bin/election/election.

Part I: Are you in favor of the following nominations for associate membership in the faculty of the Graduate College?

Neelima B. Chauhan, Research Assoc. Prof., Pediatrics

Edwin J. Cook, Jr., Professor, Psychiatry

Suma Jacob, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Charles E. Laurito, Professor, Anesthesiology

Nagamani (Mani) Pavuluri, Professor, Psychiatry

William A. Wolf, Adjunct Professor, Anatomy & Cell Biology

Part II: This individual enjoys full membership status through her home department. Are you in favor her nomination for full membership in the Neuroscience faculty?

Monsheel Sodhi, Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice

This concludes the ballot. Thank you for your participation.

-The Graduate College, University of Illinois at Chicago