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Committees and Subcommittees

Updated: August 21, 2020

Officers

Chair
Joan Smeltzer

Chair-Elect
Anne-Vardo-Zalik

Secretary
Jessica Petko

Parliamentarian
Mark Casteel

Academic and Student Issues

  • Chair: Joe Kasten (will elect chair-elect in Spring 21)
  • Jim Crivaro
  • Deirdre Folkers
  • Andrea Giorgioni
  • Amy Harmon-Krtanjek
  • Andy Landis
  • David Latzko
  • Megan Lorenz
  • Jessica Petko
  • Jon Price
  • Haiduke Sarafian
  • Anne Vardo-Zalik
  • Andrew Caldwell (ex officio)
  • Barb Eshbach (ex officio)
  • Robert Farrell (ex officio)
  • Scott Simonds (ex officio)
  • Peggy Violette (ex officio)
  • Student member (TBD)

Cultural Diversity and Enrichment (CDE)

  • Chair: Yevgeny (Eugene) Botanov
  • Joel Burkholder
  • Barbara Dennis
  • Robert Foschia
  • Stephen Foster
  • Getinet Gawo
  • Sonia Molloy
  • Richard Pierce
  • Abdul Siddiqui
  • David Christiansen (ex officio)
  • Scott Simonds (ex officio)

Curricular Affairs

  • Chair: Megan Lorenz and Robert Foschia
  • Barb Eshbach
  • Deirdre Folkers
  • Robert Foschia
  • Cecilia Heydl-Cortinez
  • Megan Lorenz
  • Judy Owen
  • Mary Ritchey
  • Duke Sarafian
  • Noel Sloboda
  • Bob Farrell (ex officio)

Faculty Affairs

  • Co-chairs: Bob Bartell and Fred Haag
  • Bill Cantor
  • Mark Casteel
  • Joe Downing
  • Ann Fetterman
  • Joy Giguere
  • Ali Kara
  • Stephen Lentz (adjunct rep.)
  • Asif Mahmood
  • Michael Marcus
  • Abdul Siddiqui
  • Joan Smeltzer
  • Emily Wenk

Teaching, Learning Technology Advisory Committee

  • Chair: Marcy Nicholas
  • Bob Bartell
  • Marshall Coyle
  • Jim Crivaro
  • Harley Hartman
  • Fulgentius Lugemwa
  • Molly May
  • Kip Trout
  • Manel Wijesinha
  • Rita Archer-Clark (ex offico)
  • Francine Baker (ex officio)
  • Loren Brewster (ex officio)
  • Robert Farrell (ex officio)
  • Holly Gumke (ex officio)
  • Suzanne Shaffer (ex officio)
  • Student member (TBD)

Subcommittees of Academic and Student Issues

Honors

  • Chair: Andy Landis
  • Jennifer Nesbitt
  • Amber Seidel
  • Javed Siddique
  • Abdul Siddiqui
  • Ryan Service (ex officio)
  • Student member (TBD)

Student Awards

  • Chair: Ann Fetterman
  • Joy Giguere
  • Sarah Guillen
  • Cynthia Jones
  • Megan Lorenz
  • Maureen Muller-Kahle
  • Judy Owen
  • Javed Siddique
  • Scott Simonds

Burness Teaching Award

  • Chair: Jessica Petko
  • Ali Kara
  • Jon Price
  • Member to be announced by Chair of committee
  • Sonia Molloy
  • Lou Paioletti
  • Robert Farrell (ex officio)

Academic Advising Council

  • Chair: Bill Cantor
  • Ali Kara
  • Jessica Petko
  • Joan Smeltzer
  • Andrew Caldwell (ex officio)
  • Robert Farrell (ex officio)
  • Jon Price (ex officio)
  • Two student members (TBD by SGA)

Subcommittee of Faculty Affairs

Faculty Scholarship of Research and Creative Accomplishment Committee

  • 2019-20 Recipient: Joy Giguere
  • 2018–19 Recipient: Sukhdeep Gill
  • Additional member to be appointed by Director of Academic Affairs and Campus Senate Chair
  • Campus Senate Chair: Joan Smeltzer
  • Campus Senate Chair-Elect: Anne Vardo-Zalik
  • Faculty member to be appointed by Chancellor and Director of Academic Affairs (TBD)

Special Committees

Promotion and Tenure Committee (2020–21) (TBD at first Campus Senate meeting)

  • Chair: Jennifer Nesbitt
  • Members: Amber Seidel, Anne Vardo-Zalik
  • Alternate: Andy Landis

Teaching Line Promotion Committee (2020–21) (TBD at first Campus Senate meeting)

  • Chair: Harley Hartman
  • Members: Bill Cantor, Emily Wenk
  • Alternate: Mary Ritchey

Ombudsperson

  • Sonia Molloy
  • Alternate: Duke Sarafian

University Senators

  • Deirdre Folkers
  • Jennifer Nesbitt

University College Faculty Council

  • Councilor:  Joe Downing
  • Councilor:  Joy Giguere

Adjunct Faculty Representatives

  • Steve Lentz
  • TBD (10% of full-time faculty members)

Faculty Representatives to Enrollment Management Team

  • Ali Kara
  • Jon Price
  • Janet McNally

Faculty Liaison to Pullo Family Performing Arts Center

  • Noel Sloboda

Faculty Representative to Student Activity Fee Committee

  • Jessica Petko

Faculty Representative to Student Facilities Fee Allocation Board

  • Deirdre Folkers

Exit Interview Person for Faculty

  • Joan Smeltzer

Academic Unit Heads

Arts and Liberal Studies

  • Unit Head: Joy Giguere
  • Representative: Robert Foschia
  • Members of Curricular Affairs:  Robert Foschia, Cecilia Heydl-Cortinez, Noel Sloboda

Social/Behavioral Sciences And Information Sciences And Technology

  • Unit Head: Joe Kasten
  • Representative: Barb Eshbach
  • Members of Curricular Affairs: Deirdre Folkers, Megan Lorenz

Natural And Mathematical Sciences And Engineering

  • Unit Head: Javed Siddique
  • Representatives: Andy Landis
  • Members of Curricular Affairs: Judy Owen, Mary Ritchey, Duke Sarafian

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See Also

  • Strategic Plan

Campus Senate Officers

Chair
Joan Smeltzer

Chair-Elect
Anne-Vardo-Zalik

Secretary
Jessica Petko

Parliamentarian
Mark Casteel

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