By Jackie Todd, office of Media Relations
Clemson’s faculty senators elected Amy Lawton-Rauh as the Senate’s vice president/president-elect at their monthly meeting March 7.
Lawton-Rauh is a genetics and biochemistry associate professor in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences. During her three years on the Faculty Senate, Lawton-Rauh served on the Policy Committee and chaired the Research Committee.
The new vice president/president-elect staunchly supports the concept of shared governance, which she said is the “hallmark of a confident, nimble and forward-thinking institution.”
During her term, the president elect vowed to focus on enhanced communications and problem solving strategies across research, teaching, service and scholarly pursuits.
Neil Calkin was elected secretary of the Faculty Senate for its 2016-17 term during the March 7 Faculty Senate meeting. The mathematical sciences professor joined Clemson in 1997.
In his three years on the senate, Calkin said that he “enjoyed being part of the conversation and bringing issues to the forefront.”
Calkin plans to work closely with Faculty Senate leadership to address issues such as the status of special faculty, Clemson’s college reorganization and the university’s planned child care center.
Lawton-Rauh and Calkin will assume their new roles next month.
