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Thursday, May 5, 2022

Faculty Club Election Results

The UCLA Faculty Club is now open for special events and is expected to be open for lunch later this month. 

Its officer election results were announced in a recent email:

Thank you to everyone who voted in our recent election for the Faculty Club’s Board of Governors. The results are in! The new members of the Board of Governors are as follows:

 

President-Elect: Claudia Mitchell-Kernan

Treasurer:       William (Bill) Dandridge

Member-at-Large: Rosina Becerra

Member-at-Large: Kym Francis Faull

 

This is the third year we have conducted our election electronically and doing so has resulted in great savings and efficiency for the Faculty Club. The election began at 8:00 am on Tuesday, April 12, and concluded at 1:00 pm on Tuesday April 26.

 

For those of you who did not view the ballot, here are the candidate statements.

 

Claudia Mitchell-Kernan former President, UCLA Faculty Club Board of Governors.

Faculty Emeritus and former Vice Chancellor of Graduate Studies, UCLA.

 

Candidate for President-Elect

 

For more than 40 years, I have been a dedicated member and friend of the UCLA Faculty Club as a venue for both daily lunches and special occasions.  As Dean and VC, I entertained new graduate students in the Club annually, hosted events from symposia and conferences to jazz concerts and staff retreats. More personally, the Center was the venue for the wedding reception of my son.  I have found the facilities versatile and the services commendable and responsive to the membership. Most of all, it has been my honor in the past to serve as president and to operationalize our commitment to better serve the campus through periodic surveys that will keep the leadership abreast of what we are doing well and where we can improve.   

 

My attachment and loyalty to the Faculty Club also arises from its status as an emblem of the joint governance traditions our campus has embraced from its inception as reflected in more than a half century of cooperation between the Faculty Club and the administration. The Faculty Center Association taxed its members to build the Center in the 1950s, providing two thirds of the cost for its construction with the administration providing one third.   The current major renovation, made possible through the generosity of Chancellor Gene Block and numerous donors, ensures our campus will enjoy the Faculty Club for many years to come.  

 

If elected Association President, I am committed to working closely with the Board to ensure the healthy functioning of the Faculty Club as one of the means by which our campus brings together faculty from diverse disciplines and campus sectors.  For me this means outreach to membership, financially sound management, and continuous efforts to evaluate and improve our services.    

 

William (Bill) Dandridge Current Treasurer, UCLA Faculty Club Board of Governors.

Chief Financial Officer on Recall, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA.

 

Candidate for Treasurer

 

I worked at UCLA for 36 years in various financial administration capacities. I retired in 2016 as the Assistant Dean of Financial Administration and Chief Financial Officer in the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. My background includes the areas of budgeting, financial analysis and planning. I have since retirement been recalled to work on financial projects at numerous Professional Schools on campus, including the School of Nursing, the Herb Alpert School of Music and the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.

 

In 2021 I was appointed Treasurer for the UCLA Faculty Club’s Board of Governors to complete the term of a vacated position. My time in the position has familiarized me well with the responsibilities. My background of nearly four decades in financial administration makes me well positioned for the financial oversight needed. I look forward to your consideration to continue to serve UCLA and the Faculty Club in the capacity of Treasurer of the Board of Governors.

 

Rosina Becerra, Faculty Emeritus, Social Welfare & Ethnomusicology, UCLA. Current President of the Executive Board, UCLA Emeriti Association.          

 

Candidate for Member-at-Large

 

As a member of the Faculty Center (now the Faculty Club) for over 40 years, I have witnessed its growth and development.  With the recent renovation and emergence of a new identity, this is clearly an exciting moment in its history.  I would like to be a part of this dynamic evolution. As the Faculty Club opens with renewed energy and vitality, I would be honored to serve as a Member-at-Large on the Board to contribute to the Faculty Club’s mission. My many leadership positions provide me with experience at many levels.  These positions have included my role as a Social Welfare faculty member, Associate Dean, Dean, Department Chair of three departments (Social Welfare, Chicana/o Studies, Ethnomusicology) and Associate Vice-Chancellor/Vice Provost of Faculty Diversity & Development as well as member and Chair of several Academic Senate Committees.  Since retirement in 2016, I was recalled and served three years as Department Chair of Spanish & Portuguese.  In addition, I have served as a member of the campus COVID Task Force and the Graduate Council.  Currently, I am President of the Emeriti Association.

 

I look forward to the opportunity of serving the Faculty Club as a Member-at-Large on the Board of Governors.     

 

Kym Francis Faull, Ph.D. Former Member-at-Large, UCLA Faculty Club Board of Governors. Director, Pasarow Mass Spectometry Laboratory, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. Professor Emeritus on Recall, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine.

 

Candidate for Member-at-Large

 

At UCLA we are fortunate that our Faculty Club (formerly the Faculty Center) still exists, and is in fact a vibrant operation that enjoys solid patronage from our Faculty and staff, and now after a comprehensive remodeling is in an excellent position to continue to provide a venue for faculty and staff to enjoy the amenities. I previously served on the Board of Governors from 2016-2019, and I think this experience will put me in good stead to provide sound and reasonable oversight of the Club, and I look forward to working with other members of the Board in this capacity.  To me the Faculty Club is a hub of campus life that provides all members of our community a place to meet, relax, enjoy good food and drinks at reasonable prices amid an atmosphere of congeniality removed from the bustle and hustle of everyday life.  Preservation of this oasis of tranquility is an important responsibility of the Board, and I will work with the other Board members to see that this cherished Club is kept on a sound financial and managerial footing for now and into the foreseeable future. 

 

Sincerely, 

 

Caroline A. Streeter

Associate Professor

Department of English and Department of African American Studies

President-Elect, UCLA Faculty Club

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