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22. October 2024

Start for Senate and Extended Senate

The newly elected Senate and Extended Senate held their constituent meetings on October 21.

On a roof terrace, the members of the Extended Senate stand in several rows on stone steps.
Photo: Sven Müller The new Extended Senate, which is made up of the voting and advisory members of the Senate and other voting members, met for the first time at the Zittau campus on October 21.

On Monday, October 21, 2024, the Senate and the Extended Senate met for their first regular meetings. The senators, newly elected for a five-year term, and the advisory members met at 2:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. on the Zittau campus.

Both meetings included parts for the university public. Among other things, the responsibilities of both bodies for the term of office from 01.09.2024 to 31.08.2029 were explained. At the meeting of the Extended Senate, the Chancellor also provided information on the procedure for the election of the Rector for the coming term of office from 01.03.2025 to 28.02.2030.

In accordance with §84 SächsHSG, the Senate, together with the Extended Senate, the Rectorate and the University Council, is one of the central bodies of the university. During the lecture period in the academic year, the Senate meets once a month and discusses and decides on important matters concerning the HSZG. The complete area of responsibility of this body is regulated by the Saxon Higher Education Act in § 85.


Senate

Members entitled to vote

The following members vote in the Senate:

Professors
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karel Frana (F-M)
  • Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Goldfriedrich (F-S)
  • Prof. Dr. jur. Michael Wolfgang Kaspar (F-MK)
  • Prof. Dr. techn. Stefan Kornhuber (F-EI)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. habil.Knut Petzold (F-S)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anna Prenzel (F-EI)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat Jens Weber (F-N)
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Uwe Wendt (F-W)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Tobias Zschunke (F-M)
Employees
  • Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Jan Bensch (HRZ)
  • Dipl. Soz. Arb./Sozpäd. (FH) Klaus Hirte (F-S)
  • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. (FH) Kerstin Korb (K)
  • Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Nora Terlunen (F-M)
  • M.A. Diana Trapp (DFP)
Students
  • Tom Richter (F-EI)
  • Sara Tetzner (F-S)
  • Annika Thomas (F-S)

Advisory members

The following members act in an advisory capacity in the Senate:

  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Kratzsch, Rector
  • Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Raj Kollmorgen, Vice-Rector for Research
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Sophia Keil, Vice-Rector for Education and International Affairs
  • Christoph M. Duscha, Chancellor
  • Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Andrea G. Eckhardt, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Falk Maiwald, Dean of the Faculty of Management and Cultural Studies
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Meinert, Dean of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus ten Hagen, Dean of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Thomas Wiegert, Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
  • Prof. Dr. phil. Sebastian Zips, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Industrial Engineering
  • Prof. Dr. phil, Renate Heese, Central Equal Opportunities Officer
  • Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Sebastian Fleischer, Staff Council

Extended Senate

The Extended Senate is made up of the voting and advisory members of the Senate and other voting members:

Professors
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Fulland (F-M)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Hentschel (F-M)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jakob Hildebrandt (F-N)
  • Prof. Dr. rer.pol.habil. Steffi Höse (F-W)
  • Prof. Dr. rer.pol. Jörg Kroschel (F-W)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Lässig (F-EI)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Uwe Müller (F-EI)
  • Prof. Dr. rer.nat. Matthias Schmidt (F-S)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Worlitz (F-EI)
Employees
  • Ph.D. Lucie Koutkova (DSI)
  • M.Sc. Lars Rönisch (HRZ)
  • M. Eng. Felix Rothe (F-M)
  • Dr. rer.pol. Peggy Sommer (RHK-Q)
  • Dipl.-Kffr. Anke Zenker-Hoffmann (F-N)
Students
  • Karsten Hänsch (F-EI)
  • Florian Kossack (F-EI)
  • Max Scholz (F-EI)
Ihre Ansprechperson
B.A.
Jacqueline Förster
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