Faculty Senate Executive Committee
The committee shall be composed of the officers and chairs of the standing committees of the Faculty Senate and the immediate past president. The committee shall be chaired by the president of the senate. This committee coordinates the business to come before the senate.
Officers
President
Nakin Suksawang
Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
F.W. Olin Engineering Complex, 204
Secretary
To be announced
President (Elect)
Jessica L. Wildman
Professor (Industrial Organizational Psychology)
405QAD, Room 110
Past President
Academic Policies Committee
Vipuil Kishore
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Health Sciences Research Building, Rm. 224
Members:
The committee shall be concerned with all policies of an academic nature that pertain to students, including recruitment, entrance requirements, class attendance regulations, student counseling, and placement and academic misconduct.
Welfare Committee
Marshall Jones
Assistant Professor (College of Psych. and Liberal Arts - School of Psychology)
Harris Commons, Room 233
Members:
The committee shall be concerned with policies that affect faculty welfare and morale. This committee should make recommendations concerning fringe benefits, tuition benefits, equity raises and other related matters.
Excellence Awards Committee
OPEN POSITION
Members:
The committee shall be concerned with providing opportunities that emphasize people and activities that significantly contribute to the excellence of the university's distinctive educational programs. Duties include providing recommendations on the use of monies for professional development; recognizing outstanding faculty in the areas of teaching, research and service; coordinating forums for faculty discussion on educational issues; and disseminating information about effective teaching.
Administrative Policies Committee
Mehmet Kaya (Chair)
Associate Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Sciences
Edwin A. Link Building, 305
Members:
The committee shall be concerned with policies that relate to the employment conditions of the faculty and make recommendations relative to such policies as qualifications for promotion, contract renewals, research, teaching loads, extracurricular assignments, summer employment, absence, sabbatical leaves, travel, dissemination of information to and from the faculty, academic freedom and related policies.
Scholarship Committee
OPEN POSITION
Members:
The committee shall be responsible for the administration and financial aspects of the senate’s scholarship program. The committee shall determine the number of scholarships and the departments to which scholarships will be awarded.
Technology, Resources, and Infrastructure (TRI) Committee
Jordan Poole (Chair)
Instructor, College of Aeronautics
Skurla Hall
Members:
The committee shall be concerned with issues that relate to technology, resources, and infrastructure critical to faculty success in the core areas of teaching, research, and service. As an example, the committee shall provide recommendations to the faculty senate with regards to requirements in information technology, information assurance, educational equipment, learning management systems, enterprise architecture considerations, facilities, and critical technologies, resources, and infrastructure for faculty to conduct, evolve, and excel in their teaching, research, and service roles/missions. The committee will interact and participate with university committees as needed to represent faculty interests relative to technology, resources, and infrastructure.