The Academic & Student Affairs Committee shall develop and recommend policies concerning admissions, retention, student support and other curricular functions not covered by other Senate committees.
Chair: Sarah M. Buck
sbuck@csu.edu
Standing Committees
Much of the Faculty Senate's work is completed in committees. Most committees are populated by appointment of the Faculty Senate President. However, selection for membership on Executive Committee, Rules and Operations Committee, Budget Committee, University Personnel Committee (UPC), General Education Committee, and Academic Program Elimination Review Committee (APERC) is made by election conducted by the Senate.
Membership for the standing committees, except for the Executive and the Rules and Operations Committees, shall be selected from the faculty in the following manner.
- Annually, the Executive Committee shall invite the faculty to request membership on
committees.
- The Executive Committee shall appoint members to the committees.
- Each committee should attempt to include a representative from each college.
- Each committee shall include at least one member of the Faculty Senate.
- Each committee should include the appropriate administrative officer. This designated representative shall serve without voting privileges.
- Each committee shall elect its own Chair and Secretary.
- The term of office for members of the standing committees shall be no more than three (3) years with committee members eligible for reappointment.
Below please find the committees which are related to Faculty Senate, their responsibilities, and the name and email contact information for each respective chair. If you are interested in serving on a committee or reactivating a committee, please contact the Chair of the committee or the President of the Faculty Senate.
Standing Committees
Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate report monthly are either appointed by the President of Faculty Senate or elected by the Faculty Senate.
The Board of Athletic Advisors Committee develop and recommend athletic policies and advise the Director of Athletics regarding the administration of such policies, onitor compliance with academic and other standards set down by the University or any other governing body as pertains to student athletics, promote the use of athletic facilities, make recommendations to the Senate regarding the appointment of the Faculty Athletics Representative.
Chair: Jubiliee Dickson
jdicks20@csu.edu
The Buildings & Grounds Committee recommend policy concerning construction, maintenance, safety, and space utilization of University structures, and advise the Senate regarding campus development,
Chair: Gayle Porter
gporter@csu.edu
The University Curriculum Coordinating Committee makes recommendations on proposals regarding addition or deletion of academic program majors, options or minors; reviews minutes of College Curriculum Committees, monitors new course proposals, reviews and approves policy or procedure changes recommended by the General Education Committee and forwards these to the Faculty Senate.
Chair: Nancy Grim
ngrim@csu.edu
The Rules and Operations Committee is responsible for conducting elections of faculty members to the Budget Committee, University Personnel Committee (UPC), the General Education Committee, and the Academic Program Elimination Review Committee (APERC). Also, the Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Faculty Senate regarding the operations of the Faculty Senate.
Chair: William Jason Raynovich
wraynovi@csu.edu
The Executive Committee is composed of the Senate officers . The Committee shall coordinate the membership of Senate Committees and act for the Faculty Senate between regular meetings and report such actions to the Faculty Senate for action at the discretion of the body in accordance with the Senate Constitution Article IV, Section 8.
Chair: William Jason Raynovich
wraynovi@csu.edu
The Library Committee has the tasks of promoting the use of the Library and Learning Resources programs, serving as an advisor to the Dean of the Library and being a liaison between faculty and the Library.
Chair: Joanna Kolendo
jkolendo@csu.edu
The Research Committee has the task of monitoring Research activities by faculty at the institution.
Chair: Olanipekun Laosebikan
olaosebi@csu.edu
The Social Committee fosters a sense of collegiality and community through sponsorship of social activities. ??
Chair: Garrison Paige
gpaige@csu.edu
The Technology Committee assesses faculty technology needs and forwards to Deans recommendations on integration and upgrade of technology.
Chair: Soo Kang
skang@aol.com
Faculty Committees
The following committees are faculty commeittees which may report to the Faculty Senate. They are composed of faculty, not necessarily senators, elected by the faculty. If you are interested in serving on these committees nominations should to take place in March for open seats, or a special election to fill a seat that was vacated.
The University Personnel Committee reviews and makes recommendations concerning all personnel actions for tenured and tenure track faculty, as defined in Section III of the Senate Constitution.
Chair: Gabriel Gomez
ggomez@csu.edu
The APERC reviews and recommends to the Board of Trustees through the President the elimination of academic programs at the University. As this is an infrequent process the committee meets when required.
Chair: William Jason Raynovich
wraynovi@csu.edu
University Committees
The following committees may report to the Faculty Senate. They are composed of members from throughout the university. Often, these committees are referred to as special committees. If you are interested in serving on any of the university wide committees, contact the president of the Faculty Senate.
The Budget Committee recommends the setting of program priorities in the University budget, periodically reviews the budget and makes recommendations on significant transfers among internal budget items. Membership includes a total of 19. Six are to be elected by the Faculty Senate (???). each college is to have one representative along with a representative from the Learning Resources Center and the Counseling center.
Faculty Senate representatives: Liefu Jiang
The Commencement Committee addresses issues regarding commencement exercises. This includes selecting dates, speakers, and venues.
Each area impacting commencement is included: security, registrar, colleges, and graduate programs.
The Facilities Committee is responsible for addressing issues regarding the use of University structures and facilities. The Facilities Committee also provides a steering committee for the coordinated use of campus facilities.
Chair: ????????
The Faculty Development Committee handles orientation of new faculty, arranges workshops and seminars for continuing education for existing faculty. This committee also provides retention and promotion portfolio workshops.
Chair: ??????
The Food Service Committee acts to advise the university on food service policy, issues, and service providers.
Chair: ??????
The General Education Committee periodically reviews the University general education requirements and approves new courses or categories for University general education. Membership includes one representative from each department in the College of Arts and sciences, and one representative from all colleges not having courses used for general education
Chair: ????????
Coordinate all advising activity, train advisors, make recommendations to the administration regarding advising policies. Serve as advocates for the needs of students and advisors.
Chair: ??????
The Registration Committee addresses issues regarding student registration and includes representatives from each area impacting the registration process including security, parking financial aid, colleges, admissions, and enrollment services.
Chair: ??????
The Policy Monitoring Committee functions through the Board of Trustees policy. This committee submits to the President of the University concerns regarding implementation of Board Policy on campus. Membership includes two representatives from the Faculty Senate (the president and an elected representative); one representative respectively from the administration, civil service, and student government.
Chair: ??????
This Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for providing direction to the University and offer the framework and strategy for achieving goals for administrative service units, colleges and departments for the academic years 2005-2011.
The direction and strategy is formalized in a report that is compiled by the committee and covers all areas of University operation.
Chair: ??????
The HLC University Committee coordinates the process for HLC accreditation across academic and administrative affairs.
Co-chair: Gabrielle Toth
The Council on Teacher Education recommends to administration curricular matters on teacher education forwards recommendation to the Faculty Senate for approval and circulates minutes of meetings to the committee members, Senate, appropriate administrators of University Archives. Membership is composed of five faculty from the College of Education and five faculty from the College of Arts and Science. The director of Field Placement, Deans of the Education and Arts and Sciences. The chair is to be the Dean of Education.
Chair: ????
The Honorary Degree Committee will have, according to the Board of Trustees bylaws six faculty members elected by the Faculty Senate.
Chair: Devi Potluri
Elected representatives:
Natalie Szabo (Fall2021-Spring2023)
Nuru Ubangiji (Fall2021-Spring2023)
George Smith (Fall2021-Spring2023)
Leily Ziglari (Fall2022-Spring2024)
Jacquelyn Benchik-Osborne (Fall2022-Spring2024)
John Smith (Fall2022-Spring2024)
The Graduate Council acts as a type of curriculum committee and approves all graduate courses, reviews unusual student appeals, acts to promote scholarships for graduate students, sets admission standards and other policy pertaining to graduate students and approves new graduate programs. Membership includes one representative from each department offering graduate programs. Deans of colleges with graduate programs and the Coordinator of Course Scheduling are non-voting members.
Chair: ???????
The Bookstore Committee serves to provide recommendations to the University regarding bookstore policies.
Chair: ???????
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