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Systemwide Academic Senate Chair, Mary Gilly, has sent out a call for nominations for candidates to serve as Vice Chair of the Academic Council in 2015-16. Outlined below are the procedures for submitting nominations. 

1. Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by a current or past Council member.
   
   
2. Candidates must submit to Senate Executive Director Hilary Baxter (Hilary.Baxter@ucop.edu) a one-page curriculum vitae, a one-page statement of challenges and priorities for the Senate, and a simple statement indicating a willingness to serve as Vice Chair and then Chair of the Academic Senate, if elected. Candidates should be aware that the position is a full-time assignment at the Office of the President in Oakland.
   
   
3. Candidates are urged to submit their materials by March 16, 2015.
   
   
4. Candidates must be able to attend the April 1, 2015 meeting of the Academic Council to make a brief presentation and to participate in an interview with Council members. The Academic Council will make its selection of a nominee at its April 1st meeting, and will forward its nomination to the Assembly for action at the Assembly's meeting on April 15, 2015.

If you have any questions about the process, please contact Chair Gilly at Mary.Gilly@ucop.edu or Hillary Baxter at Hillary.Baxter@ucop.edu