SCSU Administration and Faculty Association Committees
(Including Task Forces, Work Groups, and Advisory Boards)
1B.1 Action Plan Task Force Committee Members
| Faculty Senator: Steve Anderson IFO Faculty from CARE: Geoffrey Tabakin IFO Faculty from Faculty and Staff of Color Caucus: Semya Hakim Community CARE Member: Baba O'Dukale Administration Appointees: Susan Moss, Larry Chambers Representative from Student Government: requested by Admin |
Academic Calendars Task Force Committee Members
| MSUAASF: Sue Bayerl Atwood Memorial Center Director: Ed Bouffard Residential Life Director: Larry Christenson MAPE: Bradley Grabham Graduate Student Services Director: Melanie Guentzel Assistant Athletic Director: John Lewis COSE: Anthony Hansen COSE: Maria Womack COSS: Tracy Ore COFAH: Diana Rehling SPEC: Vacant Student Government: Jessica Ringwelski Academic Affairs: Mitch Rubinstein (Chair) Advising Center: Mike Sharp Center for International Studies: Margaret Vos Business Services: Jeff Wagner |
9-Month Task Force
| Fred Hill, Faculty At-Large Tom Hergert, FA Grievance Committee Chair Michael Connaughton, FA/IFO Negotiator |
Academic Data Advisory Committee
Committee Members
| COE: John Palmer COFAH: Paula Tompkins COSE: David Robinson COSS: Steve Frank |
Academic Freedom Task Force Committee Members
| Original 4 FA REPS: Dan Wildeson (CETL) Andy Anda (CSCI) Larry Roth (MGMT) King Banaian (ECON) COB: Dien Phan (BCIS) COE: Christine Imbra (EDAD) COFAH: Christopher Jordan (TFS) COSE: Steven Anderson (Aviation) COSS: Kristof Van Assche (Community Studies) SPEC: Tina Gross (LR&TS) Administrators (3): Michael Spitzer (Provost); Vacant (AAO); and Vacant (Assistant Vice President) |
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Academic Planning Steering Committee Committee Members
| Provost | Michael Spitzer |
| FA President | John Palmer |
| Strategic Planning Faculty Co-chair | Mark Jaede |
| AVP for Institutional Effectiveness | Lisa Foss |
| Academic Planning Project Manager | Vacant |
Academic Policy Work Group Committee Members
COSE: Tony Akube |
Ad Hoc Committee on Doctorates Committee Members
| Chair of Budget Committee: John Palmer Chair of the Graduate Committee: Phyllis Greenberg Chair of the University Curriculum Committee: Therese Sheehan Chairs of curriculum committees of colleges proposing doctorates: TBD Administrators: Dennis Nunes, Michael Spitzer, Mitch Rubenstein |
Applied Research Committee
| This committee is charged with the following important responsibilities related to sponsored research, creativity, and service: encouraging an environment conducive to faculty and staff participation in such activities and programs; promoting communication among university colleges and units engaging in such activities and programs; coordinating program development efforts in the various colleges and units to minimize duplication and inefficiencies; making recommendations relative to university procedures and policies involving such activities and programs (policy issues will subsequently be reviewed through appropriate governance channels); and fostering positive, constructive, and consistent communication with outside agencies and constituent groups. |
Committee Members
| Chair: Assistant Vice President for Research and Faculty Development – Vacant (ADMIN) College Research Directors: COB: Dennis Bristow (ADMIN) COE: J.M. Pickle (IFO) COFAH: Marie Dick (IFO) COSE: John Harlander (IFO) COSS: Mary Edwards (IFO) LR&TS: Vacant Dean: Dennis Nunes (ADMIN) SCSU Foundation Representative: Eric Kautzman (ADMIN) Two Principal Investigators: Nancy Bacharach (IFO) and Jim Robinson (IFO) Director of Grants and Contracts—COB, COSE, COSS: Linda Donney (MSUAASF) Director of Grants and Contracts—COE, COFAH, LR&TS: Jody Kuznia (MSUAASF) |
Assessment Steering Committee
| This committee is charged with improving student learning through facilitating, monitoring, and improving the assessment of programs across the University. The committee works with the Assessment office to assist programs with assessment activities, review and recommend changes in assessment policies and practices and disseminate information about assessment. |
Committee Members
University Assessment Director - James Sherohman (Committee chair) |
Atwood Center Council
| The Atwood Center Council shall serve primarily as an advisory body to the Atwood director. Its recommendations will be given appropriate weight in decisions affecting Atwood Center policies. In addition to its advisory capacity, the council may initiate and examine goals, policies, and guidelines for the use of Atwood Center facilities, and will review and evaluate the operational budget. |
Committee Member Dian Rehling (CMST)
Bookstore Fund Committee
| This committee is charged with the important responsibility of establishing guidelines and making recommendations for the allocation of monies in the University Bookstore account. |
Committee Members
| Chair: Associate Vice President for Administrative Affairs Diana Burlison Representative from Student Life and Development (to be named by VP for Student Life and Development): Alumni Representative: Two Faculty Representatives: Ken Wong, Vacant Five Students: |
COB: Alexander Polacco |
Center for Holocaust Education Committee Members
| COSS: Elizabeth Talbot COFAH: Daniel Wildeson COSS: Gretchen Tiberghien |
Committee Memebers
| COB: JoAnn Asquith (MKTG) COE: Jan Frank (TEAD) COFAH: James Robinson (ENGL) COSE: Robert Aceves* (AVIA) COSS: Eungmin Kang (ECON) SPEC: Jennifer Quinlan (LR&TS) |
| The Cultural Diversity Committee is an advisory committee to the President that serves to assist in the achievement of cultural diversity objectives at SCSU. Specifically, it will make recommendations in the following areas: minority student recruitment, minority student retention, minority faculty recruitment and retention, cultural diversity courses and programs, campus and community programs to promote cultural diversity. |
Committee Members
| Chair: Robert C. Johnson (ETH) Director of Multicultural Student Services: Shahzad Ahmad Director of Admissions: Jeff Rhodes Director of American Indian Center: Jim Knutson-Kolodzne Six Faculty (one from each College & Special Services): COB: Ray Tsai COE: Semya Hakim COFAH: Tami Spry COSE: James Nicholson COSS: Luke Tripp SPEC: Robert Reff Two Students: Two MSUAASF members: Debra Carlson and Margaret Vos Two AFSCME-Council 5 members: Stephen Clark |
Division of General Studies (DGS) Advisory Committee
| The committee was formed to ensure faculty, staff, and students have input into decisions regarding the DGS program. The primary responsibility of the committee is to serve as an advisory body to the Director of the Division of General Studies and to the administration concerning DGS policy, the program itself, and the curriculum. The committee collects data on the DGS program (concerning retention, grades, student backgrounds, assessment of student learning, etc.) that can be used as the basis for decision-making about the program. The committee also assesses the program on an ongoing basis to determine changes that are needed (e.g., in admissions, testing, curriculum, and staffing) to maintain the quality and integrity of the program. In addition, the committee makes recommendations about the program (class sizes, class offerings, training, and selection of faculty, etc.), and about strategies for enhancing the retention of DGS students. The committee reports to both the Faculty Association and to Administration via the Office of Academic Affairs. |
Committee Members
Faculty |
Enrollment Management Committee
| The purpose of enrollment management is to bring to the campus students who enroll in numbers adequate to meet institutional needs and aspirations, and in characteristics consistent with its mission, vision, and academic programs; to provide programs and services for these students, which ensure their progress toward the degree to the maximum extent that their interest and abilities will allow; to provide a curriculum and services which contribute to the academic success and timely graduation of students; and to create the environment and programs within which those students will become active alumnae and supporters of SCSU. |
Committee Members
| COB: Richard Sundheim (BCIS); Vacant COE: Ramon Serrano (TDEV); Vacant COFAH: Marya Teutsch-Dwyer (ENGL); Vacant COSE: Dave Robinson (STAT); Sandra Johnson (MATH) COSS: Linda Butenhoff (POL); Robert Johnson (ETS) SPEC: Cari Kenner (ALC); Gretchen Tiberghien (HONORS); Steve Klepetar (Advising) |
Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence Advisory Committee
| The committee reviews the composition and responsibilities of the committee on an annual basis. The committee meets regularly with the director to facilitate program development; minutes are forwarded to the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Faculty Association President and are also on file in the center office. |
Committee Members
| All members must be Faculty Association members. Two faculty members from each college/unit with 3-year staggered terms. COB: Carol Gaumnitz and Bruce Busta COE: Nona Wilson and Fred Hill COFAH: Catherine Fox and Terry Vermillion COSE: Tony Akubue and Bill Branson COSS: Tracy Ore and Mumbi Mwangi Special Services: Thomas Hergert and Susan Motin Faculty Association Executive Committee Representative: Vacant Ex-officio, nonvoting one-year members: Roseanna Ross (COFAH) and Patricia Hauslein (COSE) Other ad-hoc as needed |
First Year Experience Advisory Board
| The purpose of the advisory committee would be to advise, to facilitate development of the first year experience programs, and to review and make recommendations on faculty proposals for the first year experience. The first year experience have an advisory committee made up of one faculty member from each college and one faculty member from special services. The faculty member would serve a three year term. Faculty terms will be staggered to allow for overlap in the committee each year. |
Committee Members
COB: Susantha Herath (BCIS/10) |
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Foundations of Excellence (FOE) Dimension Groups (click here)
| The purpose of this committee is to promote health and well being for the SCSU community. |
Committee Members
| Coordinator: Donna Croatt IFO: Jane Lokken, Balsy Kasi, and David Bacharach MSUAASF: John Graber, Chris Haukos, and Pat Thielman MAPE: Mary Schrode and Karen Wenz AFSCME: Pat Thielman and Kathryn Shaw Confidential: Donna Croatt |
Honorary Doctorate Committee
| This committee is responsible for reviewing nominations for honorary doctorates. |
Committee Members
Four full professors (serve four-year staggered terms): Christine Imbra (EDL); Jack McKenna (CHEM); Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir (CHEM) |
Honors Program Faculty Advisory Committee
| This committee will be responsible for enhancing understanding of and support for the Honors Program in their own campus units. It is to bring ideas and perspectives to governance of the Honors Program and assist the director in decision-making about the Honors Program development. |
Committee Members
| Six Faculty (one from each college and Special Services & Learning Resources: COB: Bruce Busta COE: Jerry Wellik COFAH: Caesarea Abartis COSE: Anthony Akubue COSS: Maureen O'Brien SPEC/LR&TS: Susan Motin HONORS: Gretchen Tiberghien |
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Humans Subjects (FA appointed)
| This committee is charged with reviewing all faculty/staff and some student research activities involving human subjects to ensure that the activities comply with the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects. |
Committee Members
| Three Administrators (Including Assistant Vice President of Research and Faculty Development and at least one MSUAASF member): Vacant, Patricia Aceves Faculty Representative from Psychology: John Kulas Faculty Representative from Philosophy: Carla Johnson Faculty Representative from Sociology: Tracy Ore Two Faculty Representatives: Eric Rudrud, David Bacharach, Oladele Gazal, Ettien Koffi One Community At-Large Representative: Robert Feigh/Tom Melloy |
Intercollegiate Athletic Committee
| This committee is charged with the important responsibility of recommending policies governing athletics and guiding and supervising athletics according to the policies approved by the President. |
Committee Members
Chair: Institutional Representative to the North Central Conference: |
International Student Services Committee
| This committee will be an advisory committee to the Vice President for International Studies, which focuses on the improvement of the learning environment for international students at SCSU. The committee will address concerns and issues that arise for international students on campus, and recommend necessary actions and policies to the Administration. |
Committee Members
Six Faculty (one from each college and Special Services & Learning Resources)
COB: Vacant
COE: Daniel Macari
COFAH: John Madden
COSE: Mohammad Mahroof-Tahir
COSS: Chuckwunyere Ugochukwu
SPEC: Jan Gembol
Two Students: Wanjiru Mogo, Monica Segura and Jermaine Ogaja
Community: Sue Westmark
MSUAASF:
Health: Corie Beckermann
ESL: Julie Condon
Graduate Student: Melanie Guentzel
Housing: Larry Christenson
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs/International Studies (ex-officio): Ann Radwan
Director of International Student & Scholar Services (ex-officio): Sarah Speir, David DiMaria and Margaret Vos
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IPESL Review Committee Committee Members
| COB: Vacant COE: Jim Pickle COFAH: Eva Honegger COSE: Sura Lekhakul COSS: Vacant SPEC: Cari Kenner |
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Minnesota Online Council Committee Members
| COSE: Lakshmaiah (Ram) Sreerama |
Minnesota Transfer Curriculum Institutional Self Review Committee Members
COSS: Linda Butenhoff |
Multicultural Resources Center Committee Members
| COSS: Jeanne Lacourt (ETH/06) COSS: Luke Tripp (CMST/07) COSS: Mumbi Mwangi (WS/08) COSS: Margaret Villanueva (CMST/08) COE: Fatemeh Zarghami (CFS/07) SPEC: Jayne Lokken (COUN/06) |
New Student Orientation Task Force Committee Members
| Mark Jaede (HIST) |
| Fred Hill (LR&TS |
| Balsy Kasi (ETS) |
New Student Orientation Task Force Academic Engagement Working Group
| The Academic Engagement Working Group, in collaboration with the various New Student Orientation working groups, will be responsible for planning activities to inform incoming students about academic expectations and strategies for academic success in such areas as: academic honesty; classroom conduct; attendance; time commitment; resources available; how and when to approach professors; empowering themselves; academic success/life success; how do things work at SCSU; who gives advice; how to drop and add; where to purchase textbooks; what does the academic community expect of students; study and work schedules; academic resources managing transitions; balancing social life with everything else; study groups; the path to employment after graduation; student rights and appeals processes; and academic policies. |
Committee Members
| Pat Hauslein (BIO) |
| David Warne (CMST) |
| Robert Weisman (ESCI) |
| Jack McKenna (CHEM) |
| Victoria Williams (ALC) |
| Diana Rehling (CST) |
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New Student Orientation Task Force Campus Culture Working Group Committee Members
| Stephen Jenkins (COUNS) |
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New Student Orientation Task Force Social Engagement Working Group Committee Members
| Robert Reff (COUNS) |
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Online Policies and Procedures Committee
Committee Members
Executive Commitee: John Palmer (COE) |
Committee Members
| COFAH: Debra Leigh COSE: Patty Bresser COSS: Mark Jaede |
ORPHANS
(Originating curriculum Review for Programs Housed At Non-collegeS)
| This committee, analogous to a college curriculum committee, serves as the entry point for curriculum proposals for units, broadly construed, that can offer credit-bearing courses by are not housed in colleges. You will notice some overlap with Undergraduate Studies. |
Committee Members
| Chair: Vicky Williams (ALC) Vice-Chair: Brad Isberner (MN Hwy Safety and Resources Center) Secretary: Gretchen Tiberghien (Honors) Jayne Lokken (COUNS) Dan Macari (DGS and College Transitions courses) Melissa Prescott (CIM/LR&TS Special Services; may not be COE) Bernard Reuter (Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education) Fati Zarghami (International Studies Advisory Committee) John Zietler (MILS/ROTC) |
| The committee is formed to: ensure the parking program is consistently enforced; promote the orderly and safe flow of vehicles and pedestrians while on university property; provide fair and equitable review of contested parking citations and violations; assist to determine parking lot sign wording and strategic location; examine parking lot safety violations and make recommendations for improvement; make recommendations on parking lot layouts and signs; provide information for the Parking Rules and Regulations Booklet; advise on permit fees, ticket fees, and other additional costs; recommend disciplinary actions to the Student Life Judiciary Board for major infractions or habitual minor offenders; assist Parking Coordinator/Security Director in investigating controversial parking problems and make recommendations for improvements. |
Committee Members
5-6 Volunteers: |
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Religious Observances Task Force
3 Faculty from three different colleges. Committee Members
COFAH: Joseph Edelheit |
Safety Committee
| This committee is charged with the important responsibility of promoting a successful safety and health program aimed at accident and illness prevention. |
Committee Members
(Chair elected by committee at its first meeting of school year) |
Service-Learning Advisory Committee
| Two faculty representatives elected from each college, at least one of whom has implemented a significant service-learning project in at least one of his/her classes (minimum of 15 hours per student per semester, optional service-learning projects are acceptable). This condition guarantees that the committee will contain sufficient service-learning expertise, while remaining accessible to faculty who are interested in, but have limited or no experience with, service-learning. |
Committee Members
COB: Brad Sleeper, Vacant |
Strategic Planning Committee
| The committee will work to maintain a quality educational experience for undergraduate and graduate students; establish enrollment goals which match capacity and resources; establish practices that support internal and external community building; provide state-of-the-art, discipline specific technologies that improve teaching, learning, service and access and create an environment that welcomes and empowers people and builds organizational strength through domestic and global diversity. |
Committee Members
Co-Chairs: Dan Gregory (COSE Faculty), Lisa Foss (AVP for Institutional Effectiveness) |
University Archives Committee
| This committee is charged with the important responsibility of providing counsel to the President of the university in relation to the establishment of policies and procedures for the administration of the University Archives. |
Committee Members
| Convener: University Archivist (Vacant) Vice President for Administrative Affairs (or designee): Vacant Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee): Vacant Dean of Learning Resources: Kristi Tornquist Chairperson History Department: Peter Nayenga Three Faculty Representatives: Betsy Glade, Mary Wingered, Debra Gold One Student Representative: Vacant |
University College Task Force Committee Members
| COB: Vacant COE: Vacant COFAH: Michael Connaughton COSS: John Kulas COSE: Tony Hansen EC: Robert Johnson ALC: Gretchen Starks-Martin DGS (2): Dan Macari, Joanna Pucel Math Skills Center: Wayne Braith Write Place: Carol Mohrbacher Honors: Gretchen Tiberghien Counseling Center: Jan Gembol CETL Advisory Board: Dan Wildeson FYE Advisory Board: Balsy Kasi TESOL: Choonkyong Kim |
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Upper Division Writing Requirement
Committee Members
| COB: Vacant COE: Elaine Ackerman COFAH: Michael Connaughton COSE: Don Neu COSS: Emily Schultz COMP: Philip Keith RHET: Paula Tompkins GE Committee: Judy Litterst University Assessment Director: James Sherohman ADMIN: Mitchell Rubinstein |
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