Dear AWAC Members,

We are seeking nominations for the AWAC positions listed below. Please nominate yourself or a colleague by Sunday, April 27th (at the time of the setting sun in your part of the world) for the opportunity to work more closely with excellent colleagues!AWAC members elected to these positions will begin their duties July 1, 2025. To be elected, members must be in good standing.

Executive Committee (EC) positions up for election:

• Incoming Chair: This is a staggered three-year term, rotating through one-year terms as Incoming, Current, and Outgoing Chair. A successful incoming chair will generally be someone who (a) has accumulated experiences and professional connections in the profession that facilitate making informed decisions and identifying people and resources to carry out actions; (b) is at a career stage where they can carry out leadership duties with minimal consequences to their desired professional advancement; and (c) has been active in AWAC (e.g., as a committee chair or active member of a committee), or has demonstrated expertise in WAC efforts nationally.

• Member at large (2 positions; two-year terms): Members at large serve on the EC as voting members and advise on the functioning of AWAC. They review agendas, committee reports, proposals, and other materials presented to the EC and also introduce items to be placed on the EC agenda at the time the agenda is developed. Members at large additionally propose amendments to the bylaws.

Committee Chair positions up for election:

Committee (co-)chairs plan agendas for and preside over committee meetings, collaborate with committee members on identifying and prioritizing committee activities, delegate responsibility for activities among committee members, report on those activities to the Executive Council and the Board, and maintain/distribute meeting minutes.

Chairs may be nominated for a second consecutive term at the discretion of the EC.

Please click on the corresponding links to learn more about each committee:

• WACSI (WAC Summer Institute) Co-Chair (two to three-year term*)
• DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) Chair (two-year term)
• International Collaborations Chair (two-year term)
• Mentoring Chair (two-year term)
• Partnerships Co-Chair (two-year term)
• Research & Publications Committee Chair (two-year term)
• WAC-GO Chair (one-year term)

*Please note: the EC is currently discussing whether to extend this term to three years, which would be followed by the necessary process to revise the AWAC Bylaws.

To the extent possible, we wish the board to reflect the diversity of AWAC membership, drawing from diverse institutional types, diverse types of faculty (e.g., WAC program administrators, tenure-line and contingent instructors, graduate students, faculty in the disciplines), diverse regions (in North America and internationally), and diverse backgrounds (race, gender, sexual orientation, ability).

For more about serving on the AWAC Executive Board (which includes the EC and Committee Chairs), please see Article V of the AWAC Bylaws.

Please submit your (self-)nominations to AWAC Chair Cristyn Elder at celder with the subject line “AWAC Nomination” by Sunday, April 27th, when the sun sets.

For nominations of others, please submit the following as it relates to your colleague:

1. Name
2. Institutional affiliation
3. Position you are nominating them for
4. Their contact information

For self-nominations, please submit the following:

1. Best contact information and institutional affiliation
2. The position you are seeking
3. Your bio (100 words)
4. A statement (100 words) on why you’d like to serve in the position. For example, what do you hope to accomplish in the position? What is your vision for AWAC? What perspective and/or experience would you bring to the board?

We will host the election on the AWAC website in late April to early May. Stay tuned for a follow-up announcement with the election link.

Sincerely,

The AWAC Executive Committee

Cristyn L. Elder, Chair

Justin Rademaekers, Past-Chair

Crystal Fodrey, Incoming Chair

Paula Rosinski, Secretary

Laurie Britt-Smith, Treasurer

Kristi Girdharry, Member at Large

Swan Kim, Member at Large

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