Due to the retirement of Hudson Valley Community College’s previous Faculty Council of Community Colleges (FCCC) delegate, the Academic Senate is holding a special election to fill this important post.
The FCCC is an important connection Hudson Valley has with our fellow SUNY community colleges. This election is for a three-year appointment starting immediately after the election. Voting is open to full-time faculty
We are pleased to announce three candidates for the position. Voting will be electronic and an email to the full-time faculty will be sent soon. Please take a moment to review the three candidates below (listed in alphabetical order).
Paul Charbel, Ph.D.
I am a Faculty Instructor in the English, Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language Department, and I’ve been teaching English at Hudson Valley since 2016. Before HVCC, I worked as an adjunct at Mohawk Valley Community College, the County College of Morris, SUNY Polytechnic (Utica), and The College of St. Rose. Aside from the Senate, I am currently on the Faculty Workshop Day committee as well as Threads, the college magazine that showcases student writing and artwork. As FCCC delegate, I will work diligently to not only share our unique experience at Hudson Valley, but to also communicate back the trends, changes, and best practices of the FCCC to our Senate.
Professor Brian S. Farr
Hello HVCC Faculty Members! I’m Brian Farr, and I’m asking for your vote as the FCCC Delegate in the Election for the week of Feb. 17. I first came to the college in the 1990’s and enrolled in the Chemical Dependency Program. Hudson Valley launched my career as a Substance Abuse Counselor and gave me the courage and support I needed to continue my education and earn a teaching degree. Things only got better when I returned to the college in 2010 and began working with a great team in the Human Services and Chemical Dependency Department! Sometimes it seems surreal that I’m able to work with such wonderful and dedicated friends and faculty, not to mention the thrill of instructing and mentoring our students as they become vital assets as helpers in our communities. Another aspect of this work that I love is the collaboration we have with agencies that host our students during their internships. When I learned that the FCCC Delegate has the opportunity to meet and work with other SUNY community schools for our common good, I knew it would be a great fit! I would be honored to serve in this role and hope that you will cast a vote for Farr this week!
Professor Alice Malavasic
Alice Malavasic is an Associate Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences. She received her PhD in History from the University at Albany in 2014. Her first book, “The F Street Mess: How southern senators rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act,” was published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2017 and was included in the UNC Press’ series on the Civil War. Alice has written several reviews and blog posts on southern history. Her article, “The Power behind ‘The Slave Power,’ ” appeared in the September/October 2019 issue of North and South, the official magazine of the Civil War Society. She is also the director of the college’s annual veterans exhibit, Pride of Our Nation Pride of Our College, which will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in the fall.
Published: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:10:17 +0000 by d.baxter1