Faculty Senate

The Senate is elected by the entire faculty and represents all research faculty ranks, both tenure and non-tenure tracks. Senate membership policy ensures that all UMCES units are represented: two members each from AL, CBL, HPL, and one member from IMET. Ex officio members of the Senate include the President, Vice President for Education, and Graduate Student and Faculty Research Assistant representatives. The Senate Chairman sits on the UMCES Administrative Council and is ex officio on the Graduate Faculty Council. The Chairman serves on the USM Faculty Chairs Committee and the Council of University System Faculty.

Faculty Senate Chair
James Pierson, Horn Point Laboratory

Appalachian Laboratory
Emily Cohen
Xin Zhang

Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
Michael Gonsior
Laura Lapham

Horn Point Laboratory
Sairah Malkin
Cindy Palinkas

Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
Rose Jagus

Representatives
Casey Hodgkins, FRA representative
Majeed Alrefaie, Student representative
Isabel Sanchez, Student representative

The UMCES Faculty Senate meets at least four times yearly in person or over the interactive video network. The Senate organizes the UMCES Convocation held each year during May.

Senate Activities

• ALL MEETING MINUTES
• Meeting Minutes, October 2022
• Meeting Minutes, September 2022
• Meeting Minutes, May 2022
• Meeting Minutes, February 2022
• Meeting Minutes, September 2021
• Meeting Minutes, May 2021
• Meeting Minutes, March 2021
• Meeting minutes, February 2021
• Meeting minutes, August 2020
• Meeting minutes, May 2020
• Meeting minutes, February 2020
• Meeting minutes, September 2019
• Meeting minutes, May 2019
• Meeting minutes, February 2019
• Meeting minutes, November 2018
• Meeting minutes, July 2018
• Meeting minutes, May 2018
• Meeting minutes, February 2018
• Senate update, March 2017
• Meeting minutes, January 2017
• Meeting minutes, April 2017
• Meeting minutes, September 2017
• Meeting minutes, October 2017
• Meeting minutes, December 2017