College Board - Outcome of Election
ELECTION OF ACADEMIC STAFF TO THE COLLEGE BOARDS OUTCOME
Each School was to elect one academic staff member to their College Board for a two-year term of office, commencing from 1 January 2026.
Notice of Result
At the close of the nomination period, six academic staff members were elected unopposed. Four ballots were held and four academic staff members were declared elected. A full overview of the College Board election results can be found here.
College Board - Engineering, Science and Environment
- No valid nominations received - (School of Architecture and Built Environment)
- Professor Shanyong Wang - Elected unopposed (School of Engineering)
- Dr Sara Polanco - Elected unopposed (School of Environmental and Life Sciences)
- Dr Mark Wallis - Elected unopposed (School of Information and Physical Sciences)
- Dr Emily Freeman - Elected unopposed (School of Psychological Sciences)
College Board - Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
- Dr Melissa Tadros - Elected candidate by Ballot (School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy)
- Nil nominations received - (School of Health Sciences)
- Professor Amanda Dawson - Elected unopposed (School of Medicine and Public Health)
- A/Professor Michelle Gray - Elected candidate by Ballot (School of School of Nursing and Midwifery)
College Board - Human and Social Futures
- Dr Helena Sit - Elected unopposed (School of Education)
- Nil nominations received - (School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Sciences)
- Dr Ami-Lee Kelly - Elected candidate by Ballot (Newcastle Business School)
- A/Professor Neil Foster - Elected candidate by Ballot (Newcastle School of Law and Justice)
Contact
If you have any queries regarding this election, please email elections@newcastle.edu.au
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