<div dir="ltr"><div><br>To all faculty and professional staff:<br><br>Please consider volunteering to serve on one of the SUNY University Faculty Senate Standing Committees listed below for the 2025-26 academic year.  You do not need to be involved in our local faculty senate to serve on these committees.  Committee members are expected to attend one in-person meeting in Saratoga Springs on September 18-19, 2025, but the rest of the work is typically done virtually. The cost of attending the meeting is paid by SUNY.<br><br><b>Note that these are SUNY-wide committees.  If you're interested in volunteering for a local Faculty Senate Committee, see Bridget Haina's recent emails.</b><br><br>SUNY UFS Standing Committees:<br>-Communications Committee<br>-Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Committee<br>-Ethics Committee<br>-Governance Committee<br>-Graduate Academic Programs and Research Committee<br>-Operations Committee<br>-Programs and Awards Committee<br>-Student Life Committee<br>-Undergraduate Academic Programs and Policies Committee<br><br>You can find the committee charges here: <a href="https://system.suny.edu/facultysenate/committees/">https://system.suny.edu/facultysenate/committees/</a><br><br>Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about the committees or about the SUNY University Faculty Senate. Keep reading below for instructions and for the link to volunteer.<br><br>Sandra Rezac</div><div><br>From Jennifer Redinger, SUNY University Faculty Senate Program Manager:<br>
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<span style="font-family:"Dubai Medium";font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The annual standing committee form is now open and will remain open until</span><span style="font-family:"Dubai Medium";font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(0,255,0)"> JUNE
 9^th at 5pm</span><span style="font-family:"Dubai Medium";font-size:14pt;color:rgb(36,36,36);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. Please send this email far and wide within SUNY.  We are looking for people to serve on all of our UFS committees. 
 Below are some important details to remember when applying for a committee. </span>
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<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Anyone within SUNY may 
apply for a committee.  If you are already on a committee and wish to 
stay on that committee – YOU STILL NEED TO APPLY.  Committee terms are 
one year, renewable for up to three years. 
 After you have served for three years on a committee you must cycle off
 that committee.  YOU MAY APPLY FOR A NEW COMMITTEE, and we hope that 
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 you are looking to switch committees, you will fill out the form for 
new committee selections.  You MUST provide an abridged (2 page) CV if 
you are moving committees or if you
 are a new applicant.  </span><span style="background-color:rgb(0,255,0)">Applications for a new committee without a PDF 2-page CV will be discarded.  </span></div>
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 5pm.  If you miss this deadline, you have missed the deadline.  I will 
not be opening the form again.  There is a lot of work
 that needs to go into organizing the 100+ applications that we get each
 year, so I need the time to do this work before the EC meets in 
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 executive committee will meet and review ALL valid applications to 
select their committee for the upcoming year.  Again, your application 
will be discarded if the CV instructions
 are not followed.  I will notify EVERY APPLICANT with the EC’s decision
 on July 1^st via email. </span></div>
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<p style="direction:ltr;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"> </p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>_________________<br>Sandra J. Rezac, PhD<br></div>Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology</div><div>Presiding Officer of the Faculty<br></div><div>SUNY Plattsburgh<br><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b><font size="2"><a href="http://plattsburgh.edu/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu</a><br></font></b></p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><font size="2">(518) 564-4218</font><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>