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Committees

Per the Bylaws, the Faculty Senate has seven standing committees and a number of subordinate committees answering to them.

Executive Committee

  • Dave Nalbone (Chair)
  • Diane Spoljoric (Vice-Chair)
  • Rob Hallock, Faculty Affairs
  • Lee Artz, Curriculum
  • Ali Alavizadeh, General Education and Assessment
  • Dave Kozel, Educational Policy
  • Meden Isaac-Lam, Nominations and Awards
  • Michelle Spaulding, Student Affairs
  • Lee Artz, University Senate Representative
  • Alan McCafferty (Senate Secretary, without vote)
  • Tony Elmendorf (Parliamentarian, without vote)

Budget Subcommittee: Paul McGrath (Chair)

Westville Subcommittee: Tony Sindone

Agenda Committee

  • Dave Nalbone (Senate Chair)
  • Diane Spoljoric (Vice Chair)
  • Alan McCafferty (Senate Secretary)

Nominations, Elections, and Awards Committee

  • Meden Isaac-Lam (Chair) (’24) (CES)
  • Roger Kraft (’25) (CES)
  • Kelly Vaughan (’25) (CHESS)

Curriculum Committee

  • Lee Artz (Chair) (’25) (CHESS)
  • Joan Dorman (’24) (Nursing)
  • Bankole Fasanya (’25) (Tech)
  • Wei He (’24) (COB)
  • Wubeshet Woldemariam (’24) (CES)

Educational Policy Committee

  • Dave Kozel (Chair) (’25) (CES)
  • Shreya Bhandari (’26) (CHESS)
  • Robert Kramer (’26) (CES)
  • Yun Liu (’25) (CES)
  • Pam Saylor (’26) (CHESS)
  • Donna Whitten (’26) (COB)

Subordinate Committee: Honors College

Faculty Affairs Committee

  • Rob Hallock (Chair) (’24) (CHESS)
  • Gokarna Aryal (’25) (CES)
  • Masoud Fathizadeh (’25) (Tech)
  • Shontrai Irving (’26) (COB)
  • Meghan McGonigal-Kenney (’24) (Nursing)

Subordinate Committee: First-Year Experience and New Student Orientation

Subordinate Committee: Transfer Credit Steering

General Education and Assessment

  • Vacant (Chair)
  • Ali Alavizadeh (’25) (Tech)
  • Scott Bates (’25) (CES)
  • Janet Chaney (’25) (Nursing)
  • Mary Didelot (’26) (CHESS)
  • George Stefanek (’25) (Tech)
  • Sam Zinaich (’24) (CHESS)

Subordinate Committee: Experiential Learning

Student Affairs Committee

  • Michelle Spaulding (Chair) (’24) (CES)
  • Karen Bishop Morris (’25) (CHESS)
  • Karen Covington (’25) (Nursing)
  • Tae-Hoon Kim (’26) (Tech)
  • Rob Merkovsky (’26) (CES)
  • Sheila Rezak (’26) (Library)
  • Kathy Tobin (’26) (CHESS)

Subordinate Committee: Athletic Policies

Subordinate Committee: Grade Appeals