Faculty Senate Guidelines

Review the faculty senate guidelines below.

Subsection 2

Senators’ representative of the various academic departments and equivalent units of the university, as specified in the BSUFA Operating Procedures. These senators shall be known as representative senators.

Section D: Election of Representative Senators

Each department, unit or pool of departments or units shall elect its own representative Senator[s] for [a] two-year term[s] using an open nominations and election process that allows all BSUFA members within the department, unit or pool to submit their names for consideration. Only self-nominations will be valid. In the event of a vacancy among the representative senators, the Executive Board shall instruct the respective department, unit or pool to elect a replacement within one month of the effective date of the vacancy. Senators elected by such special elections shall serve only for the remaining portion of the interrupted term.

In cases of split assignments that are uneven, the faculty member shall vote in the department or unit of the larger part of her or his assignment. In all other cases, the individual involved shall petition the Senate for a determination of voting eligibility.

Section H: Attendance and Duty Requirements of Senators

Active participation in the Senate is vital to the very existence of the Senate. Senators are expected to attend Senate meetings. Senators who fail to attend three meetings within a single semester without just cause shall forfeit their seats. Such seats shall be considered vacant as under Article VII, Section D.

Senators

Senators serve 2-year terms. If you term has expired as per below, please advise who the department senator will be.

*term expiring Fall 2021.

Department Term Start Senator Email
Accountancy Fall 2019 Bill Graves wgraves@bemidjistate.edu
Athletics Fall 2019 Mike Boschee michael.boschee@bemidjistate.edu
Athletics Fall 2022 Chelsea Stoltenberg chelsea.stoltenberg@bemidjistate.edu
Athletics VACANT
Biology Fall 2022 Jacob Haus jacob.haus@bemidjistate.edu
Biology Fall 2022 Brian Hiller brian.hiller@bemidjistate.edu
Business Administration Term end Spring 2024 Kelly LaVenture kelly.laventure@bemidjistate.edu
Business Administration Term end Spring 2024 Xi Shan xi.shan@bemidjistate.edu
Business Administration Term end Spring 2025 Peter Nelson peter.nelson@bemidjistate.edu
Chemistry Fall 2022 Bob Quandt bob.quandt@bemidjistate.edu
Criminal Justice Fall 2023 Stacie Jergenson stacie.jergenson@bemidjistate.edu
Criminal Justice: Police Science & Leadership Fall 2022 Rob Fraik robert.fraik@bemidjistate.edu
Community & Criminal Justice Studies Fall 2022 Amber Laffin amber.laffin@bemidjistate.edu
English Fall 2022 Prabin Lama prabin.lama@bemidjistate.edu
English Fall 2022 Larry Swain larry.swain@bemidjistate.edu
Center for Sustainability Fall 2021 Paul Kivi paul.kivi@bemidjistate.edu
Center for Sustainability Fall 2021 Samantha Jones samantha.jones@bemidjistate.edu
HPSH Fall 2021 Christel Kippenhan bkippenhan@bemidjistate.edu
Humanities Fall 2022 Brendan McManus brendan.mcmanus@bemidjistate.edu
Integrated Media Fall 2023 Valica Boudry valica.boudry@bemidjistate.edu
Language & Indigenous Studies Fall 2021 Ana López-Aguilera ana.lopezaguilera@bemidjistate.edu
Library Fall 2020 Diane (DeeDee) Narum dnarum@bemidjistate.edu
Math & Computer Science Fall 2023 François Neville francois.neville@bemidjistate.edu
Music Fall 2023 Cory Renbarger cory.renbarger@bemidjistate.edu
Nursing Fall 2023 Tricia Cowan tricia.cowan@bemidjistate.edu
Nursing Fall 2023 Tiffany Hommes tiffany.hommes@bemidjistate.edu
Nursing VACANT
Physics Fall 2021 Ryan Sayer rsayer@bemidjistate.edu
Political Science Fall 2022 Tom Beech thomas.beech@bemidjistate.edu
Professional Education Fall 2021 Lisa Krall lkrall@bemidjistate.edu
Professional Education Fall 2021 Miriam White miriam.white@bemidjistate.edu
Professional Education Fall 2020 Camille Brandt cbrandt@bemidjistate.edu
Psychology Fall 2023 John Gonzalez john.gonzalez@bemidjistate.edu
Psychology Fall 2022 Judith Zatkin judith.zatkin@bemidjistate.edu
Social Work Fall 2022 Sue Rickers srickers@bemidjistate.edu
Sociology Fall 2022 Lukas Szrot ***Senate Secretary lukas.szrot@bemidjistate.edu
Technology, Art & Design Fall 2021 Mitch Blessing tbrockman@bemidjistate.edu
Technology, Art & Design Fall 2022 Nusrat Chowdhury nusrat.chowdhury@bemidjistate.edu
TRIO/SSS (SAS Pool) Fall 2019 Sarah Young syoung@bemidjistate.edu

Parliamentarian

VACANT

Caucuses

Current Equity Caucus representatives.

Caucus Representative Email
LGBTQ+ Caucus Kat Klement kat.klement@bemidjistate.edu
Faculty of Color Caucus Baozhong Tian Baozhong.Tian@bemidjistate.edu
Women’s Caucus Joann Frederickson Joann.Frederickson@bemidjistate.edu
Disability Caucus Amanda Longie Amanda.Longie@bemidjistate.edu

BSUFA Executive Members

Current BSUFA executive representatives.