Appointed Committees
Academic Affairs Council
Provides advice to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs on matters relating to academic programming and planning; class scheduling and facilities usage; improvement of conditions for professional development for faculty, and any other question for which the Vice Chancellor seeks counsel. Members: Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Chair; Division Chairs and Dean; Directors of the Library, Teaching and Learning Center, Extended Learning and Social Work; Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success; off-campus site coordinates; President, Faculty Senate; and Executive Director, Purdue University College of Technology at Richmond.
American Democracy Project
Coming Soon!
Assessment
Oversees implementation of the campus assessment plan and promotes understanding of the assessment process among faculty and staff. Composition: AVC for Academic Affairs, Chair; 1 rep. from each division, member of the General Studies Committee.
Honors Program
Provides additional prestige for students willing to work harder and be challenged.
Institutional Review Board
Reviews all research proposals involving human subjects for adherence to federal guidelines. Composition: at least five members with varying backgrounds, including at least one member whose primary concerns are in scientific areas, at least one whose primary concerns are in non-scientific areas, and at least one member who is not otherwise affiliated with the institution and who is not part of the immediate family of a person affiliated with the institution.
International Studies
Coming soon!
Multicultural Affairs
Coming soon!
Research and Grants
Fosters a positive research environment and reviews all research and grant proposals, grant-in-aid requests, sabbatical proposals, and summer faculty fellowship applications. Composition: as appointed.
Service Learning
Supports the community service and service learning initiatives of the campus. Composition: as appointed.
Teaching and Learning Resources
Participates in long and short-range planning for faculty development activities; reviews and makes recommendations on budgetary planning and expenditures; establishes guidelines, reviews proposals and makes recommendations for funding of proposals submitted for mini-grants and mini-sabbaticals. Makes recommendations to the Directors of the Library on policies and programs which would enable the Library to better serve the needs of faculty, staff, and students; on acquisition policies and allocation of funds to divisions, programs, etc., for print and non-print materials; and on long-range planning for the Library. Composition: as appointed.
Teaching Awards
Assists candidates for all-university award competitions; conducts the process for the selection of campus teaching awards. Composition: as appointed.
