CCAS Faculty Senate Committees

							CCAS Faculty Senate Committees
(bold and underlined indicates committee chair)

Executive Board
Theodore Burk
Sue Crawford
Mary Ann Danielson (Senate President)
Kevin Graham (Senate Vice President, Executive Board Secretary)
Bridget Keegan (Senate Secretary)
Juliane Soukup
Robert Kennedy (Dean of the College, ex-officio member of the Executive Board)

Academic Policy
Charge/Work timeframe: Articulate CCAS policy regarding:
1. philosophy and procedures of student advisement via a report/recommendations to the
Senate no later than May 2007
2. the addition of “minus” grades via a report/recommendations to the Senate no later
than May 2007
Elizabeth Elliot-Meisel
Graham Ramsden (Spring 07 only)
Rusty Reno
Jeanne Schuler
Kathryn Thomas
Mary Ann Vinton
Carol Zuegner (Fall 06 only)
Ryan Kunhart (Student Representative)


Assessment Board
Charge/Work timeframe: A college board, with faculty senate representation, to finalize
and implement a strategy and specific methods for the College of Arts and Sciences to
measure its effectiveness in achieving the six college learning outcomes established for
its students. The Faculty Senators will report, at least once a semester, on the work of the
Board.
Todd Salzman
Elizabeth Cooke
Fran Klein
[Others to be appointed]


(College) Budget
Charge/Work timeframe: Consider, review, and make recommendations regarding
budgetary issues; consider long-term CCAS budgetary needs and patterns in view of the
college identity statement.
Jack Carlson
Isabelle Cherney
David Gardiner
HollyAnn Harris
Rose Hill
Debra Ponec
Jerrod Reece (Student Representative)
Core Curriculum
Charge/Work timeframe: Review, as needed throughout the academic year, courses
proposed for inclusion in the college core curriculum and make recommendations to the
dean of the college.
Michael Cherney
Herb Grandbois
Gary Leak
Patrick Murray
Patricia Fleming
Lucille Roy-Hewitson
Jamie Prevedel (Student Representative)
Nyamugurwa (Ami) Rubango (Student Representative)


Distance Education Subcommittee of the Core Curriculum
Charge/Work timeframe: Review, as needed throughout the academic year, distance
education courses proposed for inclusion in the college core curriculum and make
recommendations to the dean of the college. Examine policy related issues and concerns
as arise during its duties, and report and make recommendations to the Senate regarding
them.
Timothy Dickel
Brent Spencer
Tracy Chapman
Francis Origanti
Student Representative


Curriculum Development
Charge/Work timeframe: Review, as needed throughout the academic year, new program
proposals and program revisions and make recommendations to the dean of the college.
Examine policy related issues and concerns as arise during its duties, and report and
make recommendations to the Senate regarding them.
Art Douglas
Heather Fryer
Charles Jurgensmeier SJ (Spring 07 only)
Michael LaCroix
Donna Pawlowski
Nicolae Roddy
Brian Martens (Student Representative)


Discipline and Appeals
Charge/Work timeframe: Review disciplinary cases and appeals which arise during the
academic year. Examine policy related issues and concerns as arise during its duties, and
report and make recommendations to the Senate regarding them.
Patricia Fleming
John Mordeson (spring 07 only)
Randy Crist (fall 06 only)
Richard Super
Eileen Wirth
(College) Identity and Academic Planning
Charge/Work timeframe: Develop proposal for implementation of CCAS Strategic Plan
(adopted by CCAS Faculty Senate in April 2005). Examine the role of the identity statement
vis-a-vis the College Mission Statement and report on any changes and/or recommended
uses for such statements in promoting the identity and priorities of the college.
Ted Bohr SJ
Fred Hanna (Fall 06 only)
Erika Kirby
Tracy Leavelle
Bruce Mattson
Joleen Richwine
Eugene Selk
Robert Whipple
Jacob Moore (Student Representative)
Christina Oertli (Student Representative)


Professional Development
Charge/Work timeframe:
1. Evaluate and recommend to the dean proposals for sabbaticals and faculty
development grants
2. Plan developmental workshops for faculty (e.g. workshop on rank and tenure to be
done during spring 2007)
3. Review existing travel policy and propose revisions, if necessary, via
report/recommendations to the Senate by November 2006 (e.g., prioritization of funding,
funding for multiple co-authors)
Littleton Alston
Tom Baechle
Ray Bucko, S.J. (Fall 2006 only)
Leonard Greenspoon
Janet Seger
LTC Mark Turner
 Lorie Vanchena
James Wunsch


Technology
Charge/Work timeframe: During the 2006-2007 academic year to:
1. develop a process by which we come to know and support
pedagogically-driven and research-based uses of technologies
2. serve as an advisory body to the Faculty Senate, the Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Academic Vice President
3. develop a plan for encouragement, support, and reward of
research-based use of technologies for teaching, learning, and
scholarship
Scott Chadwick
Alistair Cullum (Fall 06 only)
Nainsi Houston
Sharon Ishii-Jordan
Brian Kokensparger
John O’Keefe (Spring 07 only)
David Reed
Ronald Simkins
Natalie German (Student Representative)
Workload ad hoc Taskforce
Charge/Work timeframe: During the 2006-2007 academic year to: complete study of faculty
workload issues and present report to Faculty Senate by January 2007.
Ted Bohr SJ
HollyAnn Harris
Bridget Keegan
Gary Leak
Jeff Maciejewski