{"id":66061,"date":"2019-09-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/09\/23\/faculty-senate-elects-leadership-for-2019-20\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:13:15","slug":"faculty-senate-elects-leadership-for-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/09\/23\/faculty-senate-elects-leadership-for-2019-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Senate elects leadership for 2019-20"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Allison Cushman-Vokoun, M.D., Ph.D., has assumed the presidency of the UNMC Faculty Senate for the 2019-20 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cushman-Vokoun is an associate professor of pathology\/microbiology in the College of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Elections took place in June as outgoing senators were acknowledged and new senators were introduced. The Faculty Senate meets the first working Monday of the month, September through June, at 5 p.m. in the Fred &#038; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Room 0-12103 on the ground level.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Dr. Cushman-Vokoun, the Faculty Senate officers include: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Immediate past president &#8212; Corrine Hanson, Ph.D., associate professor of medical nutrition education the College of Allied Health Professions;\n<li>Newly elected vice president\/president-elect &#8212; Brandy Clarke, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, Munroe-Meyer Institute; and\n<li>Newly elected secretary\/treasurer &#8212; Tammy Webster, Ph.D., associate professor and program director of radiography education, College of Allied Health Professions.<\/ul>\n<p>The senate serves as the governing body empowered to represent the UNMC faculty. 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