April 24, 2020

TO:                  UMBC Adjunct I and Adjunct II Faculty

FROM:            Maggie Knisley, Chair of the UMBC AFAC Elections Committee

RE:                  UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee – CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

We invite self-nominations to become representatives on the UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC). The AFAC is an elected body charged with representing the interests of our part-time adjunct faculty within our campus system of shared governance. Members of the AFAC are responsible for communicating adjunct needs and concerns to the campus administration, making recommendations related to adjunct professional development and working conditions, and providing advice on policies and procedures that concern adjunct faculty. In recognition that adjunct faculty are compensated only for course-by-course instructional services, AFAC members receive a yearly stipend equivalent to one semester course and are reimbursed for travel and other reasonable expenses, consistent with USM and UMBC travel policies.

AFAC representatives will serve a two-year term from Fall 2020 through Spring 2022. Elections are being held for two representatives from CAHSS; one representative from CNMS; one representative from COEIT; and one representative from non-College-based departments and programs. All Adjunct I and Adjunct II faculty employed to provide instruction on a course-by-course basis at UMBC this spring, including UMBC programs at Shady Grove, who have taught in this capacity at UMBC for at least four previous semesters, are eligible for nomination. Please note that regular faculty and staff at UMBC who receive additional compensation to teach on a course-by-course basis are not eligible to serve on the AFAC.  

Self-nominations must include name, College or non-College category, and length of service at UMBC as well as responses to the following questions:

1.       What strengths do you think you would bring to the AFAC? (200 words or less)

2.       What issues do you think the AFAC should be addressing during the 2020-2021 academic year? (200 words or less)

Nomination materials must be submitted electronically via  https://forms.gle/jifhE173NDBbu3GfA by Monday, May 4th.  Candidate statements and voting instructions will be posted the following week and voting will take place over a period of seven days.

For additional information, please contact Roland King at rking@umbc.edu.