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 coorinates; President, Faculty Senate; and Executive Director, Purdue University College of Technology at Richmond.
- AMERICAN DEMOCRACY PROJECT
- (Under construction)
- 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.
- HONOR PROGRAM
- (Under construction)
- 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
- (Under construction)
- MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS
- (Under construction)
- 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.
