University Standing Committees and Task Forces

Duties

Express provision is set forth in the Faculty Handbook for monitoring the effectiveness of and for recommending any changes as might become desirable in the policies and guidelines for faculty participation in the selection of deans and departmental chairpersons and in the evaluation of academic programs.  A committee of deans, departmental chairpersons, and faculty shall be charged with (1) monitoring the effectiveness of the existing policies on faculty participation, (2) offering proposals for changes in the mechanism for faculty participation for consideration by the University community, (3) screening proposals for change from other sources, and (4) coordinating discussions and study by the faculty, deans, chairpersons, and the Central Administration of any proposed changes prior to their approval by the President.

Composition

The members of this committee shall consist of two deans, two departmental chairpersons, and four faculty members (selected by a list provided by the Faculty Senate), as well as a representative from the Faculty Senate.  A faculty member will chair the committee.  The Assistant Academic Vice President shall serve as an ex officio member.

Reporting Channel

Dr. Judy Bonner, Executive Vice President and Provost

Membership

Deans

Robert Olin - Dean, Arts and Sciences, 2007
Louis Pitschmann - Dean, University Libraries, 2008

Departmental Chairs

Mike Conerly - Chair, Information Systems, Statistics Mgmt Science, 2008
Michael Murphy Chair, Anthropology 2007

Faculty

Lowell Baker, Chair Assoc Prof, Art 2008
Martin Evans, Prof, Mathematics, 2009
Karen Steckol, Prof, Communicative Disorders, 2009
Tom Zeiler, Assoc Prof, Engineering 2008

Faculty Senate Representative

John B. Vincent - Prof, Chemistry

Ex officio Member

David Francko - Dean, Graduate School