Assembly of Faculty and Professional Staff Spring 2025 Elections

By Office of Communications & Marketing | Jun 3, 2025

To:           All Downstate Faculty and Professional Staff

From:     Joanne Ritter-Teitel PhD, RN, NEA-BC

                  Chair, Faculty & Professional Staff Assembly Nominations and Elections Committee

Subject:  Assembly of Faculty and Professional Staff Spring 2025 Elections  

Date:       May 28, 2025

At Downstate, the local University Senate is called the Downstate Assembly of the Faculty and Professional Staff (DAFPS).  Matters of concern to the faculty and staff are relayed to this committee for consideration. There is an Executive Committee of 24 members.  This Committee includes the Presiding Officer (PO), PO Elect, and Secretary of the DAFPS, four University Senators and four Alternate Senators, all of whom are all elected by the Full Assembly. Each of the Senator's votes in the UFS at Plenary meetings three times a year.  Other integral members of the Executive Committee are the elected POs and PO Elects from each of the five Schools/Colleges, and one (non-voting) Student member.  The DAFPS and its Executive Committee is advisory to the President of Downstate, and the SUNY University Faculty Senate (UFS), on which the Senators serve, is advisory to the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees of SUNY.

The Spring 2025 ballot contains candidates for the following 6 positions on the DAFPS:

1) Presiding Officer Elect, (Two-year term of office then two years as Presiding Officer)

2) Secretary (Two-year term of office)

3) University Faculty Senator - 2 positions (Three-year term of office)

4) University Faculty Senator - Alternate - 2 positions (Three-year term of office)

Members will vote for 2 Senators and 2 Senator-Alternates. The two Senators and two Senator-Alternates nominees securing the highest number of votes will win the election. In addition, the ballot contains three amendments to the bylaws which will require your yes or no vote. The election period is open and will continue through 11:59 PM June 10, 2025.

If you did not use the secured personalized link sent from Centerwide Governance to cast your vote, please do so now.  Only votes using your secured personalized link are counted.

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