2025-2026 Faculty Senate Executive Committee
The Executive 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.
Any member of the faculty may present any problem or suggestion to the Faculty Senate for its consideration, provided the member notifies the senate president at least one week before the meeting at which he/she would like to appear.
Officers
Academic Policies Committee
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. Current committee members are: TBD
Welfare Committee
The committee shall be concerned with policies that affect faculty welfare and morale. This committee should make recommendations concerning fringe benefits, tuition benefits, raises and other related matters. Current committee members are: William Arrasmith, Marcus Hohlmann, Pallav Ray, Jonathan Fernand, Brooke Wheeler, Julie Costopoulos, Marius Silaghi, and Heidi Edwards.
Excellence Awards Committee
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. Current committee members are: David Wilder, Kaylee Erdos, Kelli Hunsucker, Mehmet Kaya, James Guida, and Alina Malkova.
Administrative Policies Committee
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. Current committee members are: Mehmet Kaya, James Brenner, Kenia Nunes, Suzanne Kozaitis, David Wilder, and Fengkun Liu.
Scholarship Committee
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. Current committee members are: Alan Brown, Charles Bryant, Natalie Dorfeld, Hamidreza Najafi, Michael Splitt, and Aaron Welters.
Technology, Resources, and Infrastructure (TRI) Committee
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. Current committee members are: William Bowman, Marcus Hohlmann, Csaba Palotai, Nasri Nesnas, and Marius Silaghi.
