FSD 25-01 Membership on Senate Standing Committees for AY 2025-2026

January 6, 2026

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST FACULTY SENATE

Membership on Senate Standing Committees for F2025-S2026

Submission Date: August 22, 2025 Faculty Senate Document -25-01

Nominating Committee

For Action

The Nominations, Elections, and Awards Committee recommends the following membership of faculty senators on the standing committees for AY 2025-26. Membership requirements for each committee are listed with the committee name. Member names are given with their college and year of Senate term expiration.

Student Affairs: at least five, an odd number, and representation from each college.

Jim Dolen (Chair) (’27) (CES)

Tae-Hoon Kim (’26) (COT)

Sheila Rezak (’26) (Library)

Nicolae Tarfulea (’26) (CES)

Sarah White (’25) (CHESS)

Ed Policy: at least five, an odd number, and representation from each college.

Pam Saylor (Chair) (’26) (CHESS)

Khair Al Shamaileh (’27) (CES)

Shreya Bhandari (’26) (CHESS)

Robert Kramer (’26) (CES)

Yun Liu (’25) (CES)

Donna Whitten (’26) (COB)

Curriculum: at least five, an odd number, and representation from each college.

Lee Artz (Chair) (’25) (CHESS)

Wei He (’24) (COB)

Maria Hughes (’27) (CON)

Hansung Kim (’27) (CES)

Cheng Zhang (’26) (COT)

Nominating: at least three, and an odd number

John Durocher (Chair) (’27) (CES)

Patrick Keegan (’27) (CHESS)

Roger Kraft (’25) (CES)

Gen Ed and Assessment: seven members, “ideally” with representation from each college.

Kathy Tobin (Chair) (’26) (CHESS)

Ali Alavizadeh (’25) (COT)

Kenneth Kincaid (’26) (CHESS)

Hassan Naji (’25) (CES)

Laurie Parpart (’26) (CON)

Pitparnee Stompor (’26) (COB)

Faculty Affairs: at least five, an odd number, and representation from each college.

Rob Hallock (Chair) (’27) (CHESS)

Gokarna Aryal (’25) (CES)

Masoud Fathizadeh (’25) (COT)

Shontrai Irving (’26) (COB)

Patti Ludwig-Beymer (’27) (CON)

Senators at-Large:

Not needed for now; Faculty Senate constitutes 15% of the total voting faculty members (enough representation as of Spring 2024)

PNW Representative to WL Faculty Senate

Lee Artz (’25) (CHESS)

PNW Representative to Intercampus Faculty Council

Geoffrey Barrow (’26) (CHESS)

PNW Representative to University Policy Committee (UPC)