The Faculty Senate consists of 32 faculty members: 28 senators and four officers. Nine senators from clinical departments, nine senators from basic science departments, and two senators from faculty not billeted to USU represent the School of Medicine (SOM). Three senators represent the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), three senators represent the Postgraduate Dental College (PDC), and two senators represent the College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS). Senators serve three-year terms and are expected to represent the common good of the university rather than individual constituencies. The senate officers are the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, and the Secretary-Treasurer. Each presidential officer serves a one-year term. A new President-Elect is chosen each year, and after serving in that capacity for one year, becomes the Senate President. Following that, a one-year term as immediate Past president is served. Thus, it is a three year commitment. Beginning with the 2015 election, the Secretary-Treasurer will serve a two-year term. Senate elections are held each May, and terms of office begin in July.
2019-2020 Roster
Officers
President
Penny Pierce, PhD GSN
President-Elect
Bernard Dardzinski, PhD RAD
Past President
Sara Contente, PhD SOM
Secretary-Treasurer
MSG Jerry Crouch. EdD CAHS
SOM Basic Science Senators (9)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
Thomas Flagg, PhD | APG-SOM | 2019 |
Maj Kevin Semelrath, MD | MEM-SOM | 2019 |
COL John Barrett, MD, MPH | PMB-SOM | 2020 |
Natasha Schvey, PhD | MPS-SOM | 2020 |
LtCol Michael Stone, MBA, MIS | MEM-SOM | 2020 |
LTC Craig Myatt, PhD | MEM-SOM | 2021 |
Galina Petukhova, PhD | BIO-SOM | 2021 |
Alex Stubner, PhD | PMB-SOM | 2021 |
Sherrie Wilcox, PhD | PMB-SOM | 2021 |
SOM Clinical Science Senators (9)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
LT Nathanael Allison, PhD | RAD-SOM | 2019 |
Jeff C. Leggit, MD | FAM-SOM | 2019 |
Bernard Dardzinski, PhD | RAD-SOM | 2020 |
He Li, MD, PhD | PSY-SOM | 2020 |
Minnie Malik, PhD | OBG-SOM | 2020 |
Viqar Syed, PhD | OBG-SOM | 2020 |
CAPT Gregory Gorman, MD | PED-SOM | 2021 |
LtCol Kirk Jensen, MD | PED-SOM | 2021 |
LtCol Courtney Judd, MD | PED-SOM | 2021 |
SOM Non-Billeted Senators (2)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
COL Sidney Hinds, MD | RAD-SOM | 2019 |
CDR Thomas Herndon, MD | MED-SOM | 2020 |
Graduate School of Nursing (3)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
Elizabeth Kostas-Polston, PhD | GSN | 2019 |
CDR Raymond Bonds, DNP | GSN | 2021 |
CDR Jerrol Wallace, DNP | GSN | 2021 |
Post-Graduate Dental College (3)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
LCDR Gregory Ringler, DMD | NVD-PDC | 2019 |
LTC Joseph M. Dutner, DMD | ARD-PDC | 2019 |
LCDR Jared Geller, DMD | NVD-PDC | 2021 |
College of Allied Health Sciences (2)
Name | Department | Term Ends |
MSG Jerry Crouch, EdD | CAHS | 2019 |
Everett Ybarra, MA | CAHS | 2019 |
