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Faculty Senate Standing Committees (2025-2026)

About

Establishes a calendar of Faculty Senate meetings, agenda of each Faculty Senate meeting, continually reviews policies and procedures, maintains liaison with the Administration of the University, initiates Faculty Senate action, preserves and interprets Faculty Senate documents, determines eligibility to Faculty Senate All-University committees, assigns work to each Faculty Senate Standing committee, advises the Faculty Senate President and other members of the Executive Committee on matters of the Faculty Senate.

Committee Members

Name Title
Joan Weir President
Shawneen Buckley

Secretary
Jeff Webb Treasurer; Chair of Finance Committee
Maria Diamantis Co-chair, Academic Policy Committee
Deborah Morrill Co-Chair, Academic Policy Committee

Daniel Swartz

Matthew Rothbard

First Elections Officer

Second Elections Officer
Amy Jansen Co-chairs, Personnel Policy Committee
Stephen Monroe Tomczak Co-Chair, Personnel Policy Committee
Paul Petrie Chair, Rules Committee
Jonathan Wharton Co-Chair, Student Policy Committee
Elizabeth Hurlbut Co-Chair, Student Policy Committee
Christine Petto Co-Chair, Technology Committee
Aashma Uprety Co-Chair, Technology Committee

 

About

Purview: All matters of policy pertaining to academic matters; e.g., academic philosophy, academic standards, accreditation, degree programs, grading system, special academic programs, etc.

Co-chairs

Maria Diamantis & Deborah Morrill

Committee Members

Name Department
Gregory Adams Sociology
Evan Finch Physics
John Nwangwu Public Health
Zheni Wang Chair of Finance Committee
Rex Gilliland Philosophy
Jia Yu Economics
   
   

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

About

Purview: All matters of fiscal policy relating to the University and Faculty Senate; e.g., University and Faculty Senate budget, long-range planning, the use and balances of contractually-provided and other travel funds, etc. This committee will maintain liaison with the University Budget and Planning Committee and with the Administration on all finance-related matters of the University. The Treasurer of the Faculty Senate shall serve as the Committee Chairperson.

Chair

Jeff Webb

Committee Members

Name Department
Jennifer Cooper Boemmels Earth Science
Nicholas Edgington Biology
Cindy Simoneau Journalism

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

 

About

Purview: All matters of policy pertaining to personnel represented in the Faculty Senate; e.g., promotion, tenure, sabbatical, salary, fringe benefits, etc.

Co-chairs

Stephen Monroe Tomczak & Amy Jansen

Committee Members

Name Department
Tricia Lin Women's & Gender Studies
Natalie Starling Mental Health Services
Mike Shea English
Daniel Cicala Mathematics
Patty Kahlbaugh Psychology

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

 

About

Purview: All matters dealing with the internal operations of the Faculty Senate and the interaction of the Faculty Senate and faculty; e.g., election of Senators, constitutional questions, all matters of information on committees serving the University community. This committee will request and receive annual reports from All-University Committees on behalf of the Faculty Senate and make recommendations to the Faculty Senate based upon those reports and act as an appeals board, which reviews committee membership guidelines and procedures, and insure equal representation for all departments.

Chair

Paul Petrie

Committee Members

Name Department
Seon Kim Marriage and Family Therapy
Kristy Hynes Inclusive Education & Behaior Science
David Allen Accounting

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

 

About

Purview: All matters of policy pertaining to students; e.g., admissions, academic standings, grading system. This committee will also maintain liaison with student government and other student organizations involved with student policies.

Chair

Elizabeth Hurlbert & Jonathan Wharton

Committee Members

Name Department
Laurie Bonjo Counseling & School Psychology
Amanda Strong Healthcare Systems & Innovation
Troy Rondine

History
Leah Sturman Mathematics
Matthew Oimet Counseling

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

 

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Purview: All matters dealing with technology as it impacts faculty in their teaching and research; e.g., hardware/software acquisition, technical support, long range planning relative to academic technology, etc. This committee will maintain liaison with other technology committees and groups on campus as well as the University Information Technology department.

Co-Chairs

Christine Petto & Aashma Uprety

Committee Members

Name Department
Jeff Slomba Art & Design
Yan Liu Information & Library Sciences
Douglas Macur Theatre
Melanie Savelli Communication, Media, & Screen Studies
Kate Toskin Business Information Systems
Eric West Environment, Geography, & Marine Sciences

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)

 

As of fall 2024, this committee has been disbanded

Please see the current Faculty Senate governing documents for more information on the role of the Elections Officer.

About

Purview: All matters dealing with University-wide elections and referenda; e.g., notification of existence of vacancies and of qualifications for voters and for nominees, collection and certification of names of nominees, collection and distribution of information of nominees or referendum issue, tabulation of ballots, distribution of voting results, etc. This committee may also run elections for other University Committees when directed to do so by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee in response to a request from the University Administration.

Minutes (2023-2024)

Minutes (2022-2023)

Minutes (2021-2022)

Minutes (2020-2021)

Minutes (2019-2020)