All individuals with a primary appointment at Pitt Public Health are voting members of the Pitt Public Health Faculty Senate. The FSEC is a standing committee of the Faculty Senate which serves as the elected representative body of the Pitt Public Health Faculty Senate.
The FSEC officers are the president-elect, president, and past president of the Faculty Senate. The president of the Faculty Senate serves as the chair of the FSEC. The FSEC is composed of the three FSEC officers, the chairs of the four standing committees of the Pitt Public Health Council (see Sections 5.1, 6.1, 7.1 and 8.1), and additional at-large faculty representatives so that the total number of non-appointed members of the council may equal the number of appointed voting members of Pitt Public Health Council.
For nominees of the at-large positions, to the extent possible, primary consideration should be given to the appointment of individuals from any Pitt Public Health department not already represented among the FSEC officers and the chairs of the Pitt Public Health Council standing committees.
Charge of the Committee
- Represent the faculty on all matters as presented to the Pitt Public Health Council and the school.
- Develop and maintain the slate of candidates for all elected positions within the FSEC, the Pitt Public Health Council, and the standing committees of the Pitt Public Health Council.
- Oversee the annual elections of faculty members to fill the elected positions within the FSEC, the Pitt Public Health Council, and the standing committees of the Pitt Public Health Council.
- Communicate the results of the Pitt Public Health elections and other information relevant to the governance of the Pitt Public Health, the academic environment, or quality of life of the faculty.
- Report on activities of the Pitt Public Health Council to the full faculty Senate at least once in the fall and spring term.
- Convene at least two meetings of the full Faculty Senate each school year, one each in the fall and spring terms.
- Undertake other activities that the president of the Faculty Senate deems pertinent to the welfare of the Pitt Public Health faculty.
View the FSEC Standard Operating Procedures (10 pp PDF, 05/09/2014)
Terms of Office for Committee Members
Elections for the president-elect are held annually in conjunction with the annual school-wide elections for faculty representatives to the Pitt Public Health Council standing committees (see Section 9). As an FSEC officer, an individual faculty member may serve three, one-year terms in succession as president-elect, president, and past president and, thereafter, only following an interval of two years after completion of the three successive one-year terms. The term of office for a standing committee chair continues until the individual's term expires (see Sections 5.2, 6.2, 7.2 and 8.2). Elections for members-at-large, who will serve a three-year term, will be held after the election results have been determined for the standing committee chairs and the FSEC president-elect. The at-large members will be elected by the faculty of the underrepresented departments on council. The term of each committee member will begin on the first day of the fall term.
Officers and Members
Ying Ding, FSEC President
Bonny Rockette-Wagner, FSEC President-Elect
Tina Batra Hershey, FSEC Past President