Standing Committees

Salary Study 2004

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Executive Committee

The University Senate Executive Committee meets at 3:30 pm in DUC 340 on 8/30, 10/11, 11/8, 12/6, 2/7, 3/7, 4/11, and 5/9.

The Executive Committee meets to discuss governance issues and set the agenda for upcoming meetings. Contact any member with issues relevant to governance.

Members:

Members of this committee are the University Senate Officers, a representative from each college, and the Chairs of the University Senate Standing Committees.

	Sherrie Serros – Chair, OCSE
	Jim Berger – Vice-Chair, CEBS
	Suzie Cashwell – Secretary, CHHS
	Ray Blankenship – GFCOB
	Michelle Hollis – BGCC
	Barbara Brindle – CHHS
	Sharon Mutter – CEBS
	George Musambira – PCAHSS
	Nelda Sims – University Libraries
	Sylvia Pulliam – OCSE
	Andrew McMichael-- Chair of University Curriculum Committee
	-- Chair of General Education Committee
	-- Chair of Faculty Status and Prof. Responsibilities
	-- Chair of Academic Quality Committee
	Robert Dietle -- Faculty Regent (Advisory Member)
	Barbara Burch -- Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs (Advisory Member)

University Curriculum Committee

The University Curriculum Committee meets at 3:00 pm on the last Thursday of the month during fall and spring semesters (* with exceptions for holidays). Special meetings are called as needed.

Members:

The University Curriculum Committee consists of voting members and alternates as well as non-voting advisory members.

Voting members are selected as follows: one senate representative and one alternate from each college and the Library are selected by Senate colleagues from the same college. One curriculum committee representative and one alternate are elected from each of the college undergraduate curriculum committees, the college graduate curriculum committees, and the Graduate Council. To ensure adequate representation three faculty members and three alternates are appointed by the Executive Committee. One student senator and one student alternate shall be selected by the Student Government Association to serve on the committee.

The Registrar, a representative of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, and the deans (or their representatives) of the undergraduate colleges, the Library, and Graduate Studies and Research are advisory members.

	Charles Borders () – Senate Rep for BGCC
	Marge Maxwell – Senate Rep for CEBS
	Andrew McMichael Chair, (Yvonne Petkus) – Senate Rep for PCAHSS
	Pat Minors (Linda Coakley) – Senate Rep for CHHS
	David Neal (Nezam Iraniparast) – Senate Rep for OCSE
	– Senate Rep for GFCOB
	Jue Wang (Connie Mills) – Senate Rep for University Libraries
	Arvin Vos (Richard Weigel) -- PCAHSS Curriculum Committee member
	-- GFCOB Curriculum Committee member
	Julie Shadoan () -- BGCC Curriculum Committee member
	-- CEBS Undergrad Curriculum Committee member
	Nedra Atwell (Marge Maxwell) -- CEBS Grad Curriculum Committee member
	James Gary (Kate Webb & Terry Leeper) -- OCSE Undergrad Curriculum Committee member
	Mark Robinson (Young Shon) -- OCSE Grad Curriculum Committee member
	Rhonda Helm (Ken Whitely) -- CHHS Undergraduate Curriculum Committee member
	Richard Patterson (Joseph Etienne) -- CHHS Graduate Curriculum Committee member
	-- Graduate Council
	John Dizgun -- At-Large Faculty Member
	Kate Hudepohl-- At-Large Faculty Member
	Beth Plummer-- At-Large Faculty Member
	Katie Dawson -- Student Government Association representative
	Freida Eggleton -- Registrar [Advisory Member]
	John Petersen -- Academic Affairs [Advisory Member]
	Larry Snyder -- Dean's Office, PCAHSS [Advisory Member]
	Retta Poe -- Dean's Office, CEBS [Advisory Member]
	Sherry Reid -- Dean's Office, BGCC [Advisory Member]
	Robert Jefferson -- Dean's Office, GFCOB [Advisory Member]
	Elmer Gray -- Dean's Office, Graduate Studies and Research [Advisory Member]
	Sylvia Gaiko -- Dean's Office, CHHS [Advisory Member]
	Andy Ernst -- Dean's Office, OCSE [Advisory Member]
	-- Dean's Office, University Library [Advisory Member]
	Joan Krenzin -- Parliamentarian [Advisory Member]
	Lou Stahl -- Recorder [Advisory Member]

General Education Committee

The General Education Committee meets at 3:00 pm on the first Thursday of the month during fall and spring semesters (* with exceptions for holidays) in Grise Hall 443.

Special meetings are called as needed.

Members:

The General Education Committee shall consist of senators, one from each undergraduate college, who shall be selected by Senate colleagues from the same college. The Executive Committee shall appoint three faculty members to this committee. (The appointed members should normally be Senators, but non-Senators may be appointed.) In addition, one student senator shall be selected by the Student Government Association to serve on the committee. The selected senators, appointed members and selected student representative are all voting members of the General Education Committee. A representative of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the General Education Coordinator shall be non-voting advisory members.

	Beth Christian -- CEBS
	Danita Kelley – CHHS
	Soleiman Kiasatpour – PCAHSS
	Deborah Lively – BGCC
	Roger Scott – OCSE
	Brian Strow – GFCOB
	Patricia Minter-- At-Large Faculty Member
	Nikolai Endres-- At-Large Faculty Member
	Roxanne Spencer-- At-Large Faculty Member
	-- Student Government Association member
	-- Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs [Advisory member]
	Robert Dietle -- General Education Coordinator [Advisory member]

Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities

The Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities Committee meets on the second Friday of the month during fall and spring semesters (* with exceptions for holidays). For the current semester the meeting will be held:

Committee Membership:

The Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities Committee shall consist of voting members and alternates as well as non-voting advisory members. Each college and the library shall select enough senators to serve on the Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities committee so that their unit's representation is equal to ten (10) percent (rounded upward to the nearest whole number) of the unit's senate delegation. All members are to be selected by Senate colleagues from his/her unit. A faculty member from extended campus and a part-time faculty member shall also serve as voting members of this committee. (These members shall be selected by rotation among the off campus centers in the extended campus member’s case and rotated among the colleges for the part-time faculty member.) One student senator shall be selected by the Student Government Association to serve on the committee. A representative from the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs shall be a non-voting advisory member of this committee.

	John All – OCSE
	Ferhan Atici – OCSE
	Ellen Bonaguro – PCAHSS
	Christopher Brown – GFCOB
	Bill Greenwalt – CEBS
	Kacy Harris – BGCC
	William Howard -- CHHS
	Pamela Jukes – CEBS
	Connie Mills – University Libraries
	Eric Reed -- PCAHSS
	Mary Wolinski – PCAHSS
	-- Extended Campus Representative
	-- Part-Time Faculty Member
	-- Student Government Association representative
	-- Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs [Advisory member]

Academic Quality Committee

Meeting Times and Places to be determined

Committee Membership

The Committee on Academic Quality shall consist of voting members as well as non-voting advisory members. Voting members will be selected as follows: one senate representative from each college and the Library shall be selected by Senate colleagues from the same college. Two representatives shall be selected by the Student Government Association to serve on the committee. One representative from the UCC and one from the Graduate Council shall be appointed as voting members. In addition, a representative from the Registrar’s Office, a representative from the Academic Advising and Retention Center and a representative of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs shall be advisory members.

	Mustafa Atici -- OCSE
	Jim Berger -- CEBS
	Dana Emberton-Tinius -- BGCC
	Nelda Sims -- University Libraries
	Robert Sims -- GFCOB
	Douglas Smith (Chair) -- PCAHSS
	Peter St. Pierre -- CHHS
	-- Student Government Association
	-- Student Government Association
	-- Registrar's Office [Advisory]
	-- Academic Advising and Retention Center [Advisory]
	-- Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs [Advisory]

Revised August 30, 2004
Western Kentucky University
Comments to Sherrie.Serros@wku.edu

2004-2005

(Alternates are listed in parentheses.)

Executive Committee

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University Curriculum Committee

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General Education Committee

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Faculty Welfare and Professional Responsibilities

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Academic Quality Committee

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