Faculty Senate

Committees

As of January 3, 2007 - Standing Committees | University Committees

Standing

Academic Affairs Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Review and make recommendations on matters and policies relating to curriculum and other affairs concerning the faculty, including the Faculty Senate Constitution and bylaws.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	John Eye
BUS	Tim Lewis
CIET	Scott Hansen
ED	Deb Hill
HSS	Kevin Stein
PVA	Virginia Stitt
SCI	Ty Redd

Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and Grace A. Tanner Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Solicit and review abstracts, select appropriate lectures from the Faculty for presentation at the SUU Convocation series, and arrange receptions and/or other appropriate activities.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Richard Eissenger (chair)	2009
BUS	Dennis Vrendenburg, Tim Lewis
CIET	Said Bahi, Dezhi Wu
ED	Bart Reynolds, Nichole Wangsgard
HSS	Matias Abeijon, Robin Calland
PVA	Kay Andersen, Andrew Marvick
SCI	Paul Larson, Mackay Steffensen

Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Determine areas of faculty development and methods of faculty evaluation. Duties include organizing and conducting Faculty Development Workshops during the year, planning annual Southern Utah Faculty Development Conference, and reviewing presentation proposals, reviewing faculty evaluation instruments and recommending revisions and additional instruments, reviewing faculty evaluation policies and recommend revisions, and conducting in-serve for administrators of the student evaluation of instruction forms and processes.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	John Bryner
BUS	Roy Johnson	2007
CIET	Marty Larkin	2007
ED	Ben Davidson
HSS	Julie Simon
PVA	Arlene Braithwaite
SCI	Ty Redd

Faculty Publication Award and Student Scholarship Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: Evaluate the annual award for the best scholarly publication by a Faculty member, solicit and arrange for display of faculty scholarship, and arrange for binding of faculty work if applicable. Evaluated the award for the Student Scholarship (this award is to provide a tuition scholarship and fees for one year for two applications, provided the recipient maintains 12 credits per semester and a 3.0 GPA.
Requirements:

Scholarship or professional commitment
Leadership or community service
Entering sophomore, junior, or senior for next school year
Demonstrated financial need
Nontraditional/retunring student status, 25 years of age or older.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Phil Roche, Chair
BUS
CIET
ED
HSS	Hector Garza, Danielle Dubrasky
LIB	Phil Roche
PVA	Susan Harris
SCI	Rachel Smetanka, Mark Colberg

Faculty Recruitment and Retention Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: initiate action and review policies in relation to recruitment and retention.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Phil Roche
BUS
CIET	Blair McDonald
ED	Rea Gubler
HSS	Britton Mace, Chair	2007
PVA	Matt Neves
SCI	Robert Eves

Faculty Review Board

(2-year term; 1 tenured representative from each college and one tenured at-large representative.

Charge: review grievances raised which involve faculty. If a student is involved in the faculty grievance, two students will be added named by SUUSA Executive Officers and approved by the Faculty Senate Executive committee. This will be done on a case-by-case basis.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Scott Lanning
BUS	Tim Lewis
CIET	Jeff Salehi
ED	David Lund
HSS	Larry Ping
PVA	Brian Hoover	2008
SCI	Cindy Wright

Leave, Rank and Tenure Committee

(2-year term; 1 tenured representative1 from each college and 1 tenured at-large representative)

Charge: Review applications for LRT (sabbatical leave, rank advancement, tenure) for the current academic year in accordance with current LRT policy, review and report on effectiveness of current LRT policy, and collect and file the approved department and college LRT committee composition policies along with committee members’ names.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Scott Lanning
BUS	Gerry Calvasina, chair
CIET	Des Penny
ED	Bruce Barker
HSS	Suzanne Larson
PVA	Carol Ann Modesitt	2007
SCI	Ty Redd

Outstanding and Distinguished Educator Award Committee

(2-year term; 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: The Faculty Senate Outstanding Educator Committee is charged with selecting SUU’s Outstanding Educator Award recipient and the two Distinguished Educator Award recipients. The selection process will include, the committee notifying the campus community of the nomination process and calling for and processing nominations. The committee will then select ten finalists and contact each finalist’s chair for a letter of support and a curriculum vita. The committee will review the finalists and make final selection of the Outstanding Educator and two Distinguished Educators. Those names will be forwarded to the Provost and the Office of University Relations the first week of March.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	John Bryner
BUS	Robin Boneck
CIET	Sarah Brown
ED	Carrie Trenholm
HSS	Larry Ping
PVA	Arlene Braithwaite, Chair	2007
SCI	Matt Schmidt

Policy/Procedure Arbitration Committee

(Faculty Senate President, Academic Affairs Committee Chair, Provost, a Dean appointed by the Provost)

Faculty Senate President	Christine Frezza
Academic Affairs Committee Chair	Robert Eves
Dean	Carl Templin
Provost	Rod Decker

University Committees

Convocation Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Matt Nickerson, Julie Simon

Insurance Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Denise Woodbury

Faculty Staff Association

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Mark Colberg	2008

Library Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Mark Colberg	2008

University Parking Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Robert Eves	2007

University Press Editorial Board

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Christine Frezza	2008

Undergraduate Research Advisory Board

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Dezhi Wu	2007

University Curriculum Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Bart Reynolds

University General Scholarship Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
President-Elect Denise Woodbury	one year