Publish Date

Dear colleagues,

At today’s Campus Senate meeting, the following individuals were elected as officers for the 2025/2026 academic year:

  • Lynn Fisher (SOA), Senate Chair
  • Holly Thompson (HDC), Senate Vice-Chair
  • Kristi Barnwell (HIS) and Hanfu Mi (SOE), UIS representatives to University Senates Conference

Many thanks to all who have stepped up to serve on the 2025/2026 Campus Senate! I look forward to continuing as Senate Chair next year. New and continuing senators, please reach out if you are interested in potentially serving on SEC as secretary or parliamentarian.

I want to take a moment to thank members of the SEC for this past year:

  • Holly Thompson, Vice-Chair
  • Neetu Singh, Secretary
  • Deborah Anthony, Parliamentarian
  • Emanuelle Yakana, SGA President
  • Brandon Schwab, Provost

Thanks also to faculty Senators who completed Senate terms this past academic year:

  • Deborah Anthony
  • Donna Bussell
  • Brian Chen
  • Timothy Hakenewerth
  • Elise LoBue
  • Karl McDermott
  • Neetu Singh
  • Carrie Switzer

And finally, many thanks and congratulations to our SGA senators, especially those who are graduating this spring, including:

  • Alaba Kunlere
  • Samuel Moore
  • Aparna Nadhirigari
  • Sri Charan Rao Ramaraju
  • Emmanuelle Yakana

Best wishes to all for a successful conclusion to the semester, a great time at commencement, and a wonderful summer.

Lynn

Lynn Fisher
Chair, UIS Campus Senate
Professor, Anthropology
Sociology/Anthropology Department
lfish1@uis.edu