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Faculty Senate

The Faculty Senate is the executive body of the Faculty Council.

Responsibilities of the Faculty Senate

  • The Faculty Senate is responsible for interpreting this constitution.

  • It has the overall responsibility for preparation of ballots and management of the election of members of the Faculty Senate and Faculty Council.

  • It is responsible for establishing and abolishing committees, for taking action on and disposing of committee reports, and for reporting to the committees and the Faculty Council. It will decide on policy matters pertinent to the operation of the Faculty Council.

  • It is responsible for keeping records of its activities. Non-current records of the Faculty Council, the Faculty Senate and its committees shall be deposited in the University Archives, and shall be available for examination by any interested individual(s).

Officers of the Senate

President 
Keivan Deravi
Chancellor's Office/Business
334-244-3523
mderavi@aum.edu

President-elect 
Peter Zachar
Sciences
334-244-3311
pzachar@aum.edu

Parliamentarian 
Theresa Pelfrey
Sciences
334-244-3937
tpelfrey@aum.edu

Secretary
Debbie Faulk     
Nursing
334-244-3666
dfaulk@aum.edu

Past President 
Ralph Ioimo
Sciences
334-244-3691
rioimo@aum.edu

 

Non-voting, ex-officio:

Staff Council President: Kathy Mitchell

SGA President: Darius Pettway

Senators

Business           

Neville Duarte (2015)
nduarte@aum.edu
334-244-3518

Sharri Byron (2013)    
sbyron@aum.edu
334-244-3515

Mariano Runco (2013) 
mrunco@aum.edu
334-244-3563

Education   

 

Nick Bourke (2015)
nbourke@aum.edu
334-244-3415

Michele Olson (2015)  
molson@aum.edu
334-244-3791

George Schaefer (2013) 
gschaefe@aum.edu
334-244-3887

Liberal Arts

Andrew Hairstans (2015)   
ahairsta@aum.edu          
334-244-3719

 

Ben Severance (2013)   
bseveran@aum.edu               
334-244-3761

Terry Winemiller (2013)
twinemi1@aum.edu                
334-244-3945

Library               

Jason Kneip (2015)      
jkneip@aum.edu  
334-244-3213

Nursing             

Donna Beuk (2013)  
dbeuk@aum.edu               
334-244-3621

Julie Freeman (2015)     
jfreeman3@aum.edu            
334-244-3142

Sciences            

Enoch Lee (2015)               
elee4@aum.edu
334-244-3324

Barr Younker (2015)                 
byounker@aum.edu
334-244-3693

Daniel Kim (2013)                 
dkim@aum.edu
334-244-3329