SACUA elects Masten and Oey to lead faculty governance in 2014-15

Scott Masten

Sally Oey

The Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs on Monday elected Scott Masten, professor of business economics and public policy, to chair the university’s faculty governance system for the coming year.

Sally Oey, professor of astronomy, was elected vice chair. Both positions carry one-year terms that begin May 1.

Masten and Oey also will serve as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the 74-member Senate Assembly. SACUA is the nine-member executive arm of the Senate Assembly and the University Senate.

Both candidates ran unopposed and were elected unanimously.

Masten will succeed current SACUA Chair Karen Staller, associate professor of social work. Staller’s term on SACUA expires April 30. Oey succeeds Vice Chair Rex Holland, professor of cariology, restorative sciences and endodontics, who remains on SACUA.

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