Faculty Senate

Committees

Standing Committees | University Committees

Standing

Academic Affairs Committee

(3-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	Vic Brown	2012.20
BUS	Gerry Calvasina	2014.20
ED	Katy Herbold (chair)	2013.20
HSS	Kevin Stein	2012.20
PVA	Richard Bugg	2013.20
SCI	Boyd Fife	2012.20

Policy/Procedure Arbitration Committee

According to policy 6.42 that is the make-up of the committee:
The request form is submitted to the Provosts Office for review by the Program and Course Fee Committee comprised of the Provost, two deans appointed by the Provost, two faculty members appointed by the Faculty Senate president, a Financial Services representative, a Student Services representative and the Academic Vice President of SUUSA.

College/Area	Representative	Term Ends
Faculty Senate President
Associate Provost
Business
Education
HSS
PVA
COSE	Bill Heyborne
ATL

Distinguished Faculty Lecturer and Grace A. Tanner Committee

(3-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	Steven Irving	2014.20
BUS	David Berri	2014.20
ED	Mike McGarvey	2013.20
HSS	Mark Miller (chair)	2012.20
PVA	Chien-Ying Wang	2014.20
SCI	James Chrisholm	2013.20

Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee

(3-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	Phil Roche	2012.20
BUS	Azmi Ahmad	2014.20
ED	Mike McGarvey	2014.20
HSS	Michael Ostrowsky	2014.20
PVA	Keith Bradshaw (chair)	2012.20
SCI	Fred Govedich	2013.20

Faculty Publication Award and Student Scholarship Committee

(3-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/returning student status, 25 years of age or older.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Phil Roche (chair)	2012.20
BUS	Sophi Sukalakamala	2013.20
ED	Wei Hsaio	2012.20
HSS	Emily Dean	2013.20
PVA	Herb Thomas	2014.20
SCI	Jon Karpel	2012.20

Faculty Review Board

(3-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	2012.20
BUS	Roy Johnson	2013.20
ED	Tony Pelligrini	2014.20
HSS	Larry Ping	2012.20
PVA	Brian Hoover	2013.20
SCI	Cindy Wright (chair)	2012.20

Leave, Rank and Tenure Committee

(3-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	Randy Christensen	2013.20
BUS	Joe Baker (chair)	2013.20
ED	Tom Cunningham	2012.20
HSS	Britt Mace	2014.20
PVA	Susan Harris	2014.20
SCI	Ty Redd	2012.20

Outstanding and Distinguished Educator Award Committee

(3-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	Randy Christensen	2012.20
BUS	Robin Boneck	2014.20
ED	Carrie Trenholm (Chair)	2012.20
HSS	Larry Ping	2012.20
PVA	Peter Sham (chair)	2014.20
SCI	Kevin Tipton	2013.20

Distance Education Committee

(3-year term: 1 representative from each college and 1 at-large representative)

Charge: An advisory committee for distance education staff regarding program and course development and pedagogical aspects of delivery to insure that distance learning is delivered with appropriate rigor and within standards of the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities.

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Richard Eissenger (Chair)	2014.20
BUS	Wayne Roberts	2012.20
ED	Rea Gubler	2012.20
HSS	Paul Husselbee	2012.20
PVA	Chien-Ying Wang	2012.20
SCI	Sarah Brown	2014.20
IT	Mark Walton	2014.20
ATL	Karl Stevens	2012.20
ATL	Mary Jo Anderson	2012.20

Faculty Salary-Equity Committee

College	Representative(s)	Term Ends
ATL	Scott Lanning	2012.20
ED	David Lund	2012.20
HSS	Curtis Bostick	2014.20
PVA	Christine Frezza	2012.20
SCI	Jim Chisholm	2014.20
ATL	Kim Craft (chair)	2014.20
ADM	Bruce Tebbs	2014.20
HR	Travis Rosenberg	2014.20
	Hussein Samha	2014.20

University Committees

Benefits Committee

VP Dorian Page - As needed meeting

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Randle Hart

Faculty Staff Association

Travis Rosenberg (Once a month)

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Steve Irving	2014.20

Library Committee

Scott Lanning

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Tony Pellegrini	2012.20

University Parking Committee

Chief Rick Brown/Patricia Gardner

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
John Howell	2014.20

University Press Editorial Board

Matt Nickerson

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Derek Hein	2012.20

Undergraduate Research Advisory Board

Lynn White

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Randle Hart	2014.20

University Curriculum Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Michael Ostrowsky	2012.20

University General Scholarship Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
President-Elect Steve Barney	2012.20

Academic Standards Committee

Senate Representative(s)	Term Ends
Richard Cozzens Nicole Wangsgard	2013.20 2012.20