Several departments on campus have endorsed the Dec. 6 vote of no confidence against University President George Ross and Provost Gary Shapiro, and three more can be added to that list.

The Biology Department voted to support Academic Senate’s vote of no confidence last Tuesday, and the Department of Journalism and the Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development voted last Friday. This makes a total of eight departments that have endorsed the vote.

The Department of Journalism also voted against the Faculty Association’s decision to withhold vote totals after their Jan. 12 contract ratification.

“In a separate vote, the department’s personnel committee — tenured and tenure-track faculty — unanimously objected to FA’s refusal to release the vote totals on the recent contract,” said Associate Professor of Journalism Tim Boudreau in an email.

In addition to a unanimous vote of support, the Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development passed a resolution.

Faculty member Norma Bailey said the resolution was outlined in an email to Central Michigan Life on Friday.

“We direct our chairperson to forward the resolution to the Board of Trustees with our call that its concerns be addressed,” the resolution states. “We also give the authority to our chair to support such a measure when this matter is discussed and/or voted on at the Council of Chairs.”

Biology Department Chairman Stephen Roberts said the department endorsed the motion to support the vote of no confidence after being introduced by Phil Hertzler at a recent staff meeting.

The motion read as follows: “The faculty members of the Department of Biology support the Senate’s motion of no confidence and call upon the Board of Trustees to address the concerns expressed therein,” Roberts said in an email.

Boudreau said with numerous departments expressing unhappiness with the campus leadership, he hopes action will be taken soon.

“I’d like the board of trustees to sit up and take notice of the widespread dissatisfaction with campus leadership,” he wrote in an email Sunday afternoon. “This is more than just a few disgruntled faculty members. I think that dissatisfaction is why almost 90 percent of the journalism faculty joined with colleagues across campus in endorsing this vote of no confidence.”

William Wandless, chairperson for the department of English, said a vote regarding the endorsement of the vote of no confidence would occur by ballot at a staff meeting scheduled for Friday.

Five other departments, including sociology, anthropology and social work; philosophy and religion; political science; foreign language, literatures and cultures have since endorsed the December vote. The Department of Mathematics voted to support the vote on Thursday.

Though no specific solution has been suggested by any department, faculty members continue to watch for action to be taken.

“I’ll let the Board of Trustees decide what the next step should be, but acknowledging the problem would be a good start,” Boudreau said.