By Amanda Hunt
Arizona Daily Wildcat
The new two-and-three-year terms for the UA Faculty Senate have been filled.
44 faculty members ran for 32 positions in various areas of the University of Arizona Faculty Senate. The ballots were turned in Friday and were counted yesterday. All terms begin in May.
John Schwarz, a political science professor, was elected as the new chairman of the faculty, defeating chairman J.D. Garcia, a physics professor. The chairman serves for two years.
Schwarz said he is "very pleased" with the results and hopes to fulfill the platform he ran on. His goal is to "achieve a partnership between the faculty and administration in the making of policies" that affect the university. He is concerned about the core curriculum proposal and new proposals for tenure review and merit pay for faculty.
Garcia, who served for four years, said he was "a little disappointed" by the results because he was involved in senate changes and hoped to complete them.
Schwarz said he is grateful for the progress Garcia made during his term and will be able to "move ahead because of that progress."
The following candidates were elected to two-year terms as senators-at-large: Lawrence Aleamoni, Karen Anderson, Anne Atwater, Bruce Barrett, James Clarke, Chandra Desai, Julie Reed Erickson, Raphael Gruener, Alfredo Huete, Curtis Scott Jacobs, Shlomo Neuman, James O'Brien, Shirley O'Brien, Sheila Pitt, Larry Schooley, Jacqueline Sharkey, Miklos Szilagyi, Timothy Troy, Marlys Witte and Malcolm Zwolinski.
The following were elected to three-year terms on the Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure: Thomas Cetas, Jody Glittenberg, Nina Janik and David Wigley.
The following were elected to two-year terms on the Committee of Eleven: Lawrence Aleamoni, Scott Jacobs, Robert Feltham, Andrew Silverman and Miklos Szilagyi.
Carmen Garcia-Downing and Jody Glittenberg were elected to three-year terms on the Faculty Budget and Strategic Planning Committee.