Standing Committees
- Agenda Committee
- Athletics Committee
- AAA Committee
- Budgetary Affairs Committee
- Curriculum Committee
- Faculty Affairs Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Promotion and Tenure Committee
- Lecturer Long Term Contract Review Committee
- Faculty Board of Review
(Last updated 9/1/09)
Agenda Committee
Members of this committee shall be the President of the Faculty Senate (as Chairperson), and Chairpersons of the Curriculum, Budgetary Affairs, Faculty Affairs, Admissions and Academic Affairs, and Workload Committees and the Chancellor, ex-officio. It shall prepare and circulate the agenda prior to each Senate meeting. Any member of the Senate may suggest items for inclusion of the agenda.
2009-2010 Members:
- Laverne Nishihara Senate President, Chair
- Michele Curry, (AAA Committee)
- Mort Seddighin and Rudy Kunshek , (Budgetay Affairs Committee)
- Bob Ramsey , (Curriculum Committee)
- Markus Pomper, (Faculty Affairs Committee)
- LaDonna Dulemba , (Nominating Committee)
- Neil Sabine (Athletics Committee)
- Paul Kriese, (Parliamentarian)
- Larry Richards, EVCAA
- Nasser Paydar, Chancellor
Admissions & Academic Affairs (AAA) Committee
This committee shall be concerned with student admissions, probation, dismissal, and academic conduct.
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Michele Curry (Chair, NURS '10)
- Kathleen Felton (HSS '10)
- Pamela Whitt (EDUC '10)
- Vacant ( '11)
- Huafan Ma (BUSE, '11)
- Walter Scott (NSM, '11)
- Cheryl Stolle (EDUC, '11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Lora Baldwin (Library, '09)
- David Frantz (BUSE, '09)
- Julien Simon (HFA, '09)
- Cheryl Stolle (EDUC, '09)
- Michele Curry (Chair, NURS '10)
- Kathleen Felton (HSS '10)
- Pamela Whitt (EDUC '10)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Michele Curry (Chair, NURS, '08)
- Frances Peacock (HFA, '08)
- Walter Scott (NSM, '08 – short term)
- Lora Baldwin (Library, '09)
- David Frantz (BUSE, '09)
- Julien Simon (HFA, '09)
- Cheryl Stolle (EDUC, '09)
Athletics Committee
The Athletics Committee is not considered a standing committee because it is not described in the Bylaws. This committee is described in the Indiana University East Athletics Policy. The committee reports to both the Chancellor and to the Faculty Senate. The chair of the committee is invited to attend Agenda Committee meetings.
The Campus Athletics Committee creates academic policies regarding athletics,
recommends policies regarding athletics and supervises adherence to these policies. (See the Athletics Policy for a more detailed description).
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Neil Sabine (Chair, NSM, '10)
- Sheila Armstead (Social Work, '10)
- Marsha Jance (BUSE, '11)
- Duane Lundy (HSS, '11)
- Mark Hester (Athletic Director, ex officio)
- Dennis Hicks (Registrar, ex officio)
- TBA (Student)
- TBA (Student)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Curtis Bow (NURS, '09)
- Duane Lundy (HSS, '09)
- Neil Sabine (Chair, NSM, '10)
- Sheila Armstead (Social Work, '10)
- Mark Hester (Athletic Director, ex officio)
- Dennis Hicks (Registrar, ex officio)
- Amy Stultz (Student)
- Tyler Groff (Student)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Neil Sabine (Chair, NSM, '08)
- Sheila Armstead (BSS, '08)
- Curtis Bow (NURS, '09)
- Cheryl Stolle (EDUC, '09)
- Mark Hester (Athletic Director, ex officio)
- Dennis Hicks (Registrar, ex officio)
- Cory Herman (Student)
- Amy Stultz (Student)
Budgetary Affairs Committee
This committee shall be concerned with financial and budgetary matters. Each member shall represent a different academic division but shall not be chair of that division. The library shall be considered as an academic division for the purposes of membership on this committee.
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Rudi Kunshek (Co-Chair, BUSE, '10)
- Mort Seddighin (Co-Chair, NSM, '11)
- Diana Stanforth (NURS, '10)
- Judy Battraw (EDUC, '10)
- Sue McFadden (Library, '11)
- Jerome Mahaffey (HSS, '11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Cathy Ludlum Foos (Chair, HSS, '09)
- Emily Winburn (Library, '09)
- Suzi Shapiro (HSS, '09)
- Mort Seddighin (NSM, '09)
- Rudi Kunshek (BUSE, '10)
- Diana Stanforth (NURS, '10)
- Judy Battraw (EDUC, '10)
2007-2008 Members (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Vandana Rao (Co-Chair, BUSE, '08)
- Cathy Ludlum Foos (Co-Chair, HFA, '09)
- Kelly Dempsey (NURS, '08)
- Judy Battraw (EDUC, '08)
- Emily Winburn (Library, '09)
- Suzi Shapiro (BSS, '09)
- Mort Seddighin (NSM, '09)
Curriculum Committee
This committee shall be concerned with all programs and courses offering academic credit, changes in existing University offerings, and with degree proposals. The following necessitate action by the Curriculum Committee:
New degree and program proposals (approval required), substantive revisions to existing degrees and programs (approval required), system degree and program proposals for implementation (review and endorsement prior to implementation on this campus), substantive revisions to existing system degrees and programs (review and endorsement prior to implementation on this campus), courses brought forward from the master course list not previously taught on this campus (review and comment), new courses not on the master course list (approval required), any changes to an existing course that require a university course change request form (approval required).
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Ron Bingaman (NSM, 10),
- Bob Ramsey (Chair, HSS, 10),
- Teresa Henderson (HSS, 10)
- Brenda Buckner (EDUC, '11)
- Maureen Scane (EDU, '11)
- Paul Kriese (HSS, '11)
- Mort Seddighin (NSM, '11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Brenda Buckner (EDUC, '09)
- Jean Harper (HFA, '09)
- Maureen Scane (EDU, 09)
- Ron Bingaman (NSM, 10),
- Bob Ramsey (Chair, HSS, 10),
- Teresa Henderson (HSS, 10)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Bob Ramsey, Chair (BSS, '08)
- Mary Ann Morse (EDUC, '08)
- Ron Bingaman (NSM, '08 – short term)
- Brenda Buckner (EDUC, '09)
- Jean Harper (HFA, '09)
- Jennifer Knuths (EDUC, '09)
- Suzi Shapiro (BSS, '09)
Master Course Inventory [Note: This list includes Purdue courses, which do not include a letter with the course number, e.g., PHIL 100 vs. PHIL P100, so be sure you have an IU course]
Downloadable Forms
- Existing Course Adoption Procedure (ECAP)
- New Academic Program Proposal Format
- Curriculum Signature Approval Form (SAF)
Faculty Affairs Committee
This committee shall be concerned with the Academic Handbook and general welfare, working conditions, and professional development of the faculty. The Faculty Affairs Committee shall have oversight responsibility for the systematic faculty review of the Vice Chancellor for Faculty Senate and Division Chairs and Deans.
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Marilyn Watkins (EDUC, '10).
- Greg Weber (BUSE, '10--short term)
- Denise Bullock (HSS, '11);
- Kelly Dempsey (NURS, '11);
- Markus Pomper (Chair, NSM, '11);
- Vacancy ('11)
- Hitesh Kathuria (NSM, ex officio as UFC Representative).
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Laverne Nishihara (Chair, HSS, '09);
- Denise Bullock (HSS, '09);
- Mary Fell (HSS, '09);
- Emily Winburn (LIB, '09);
- Kumara Jayasuriya (NSM, 10);
- Marilyn Watkins (EDUC, '10).
- Cathy Foos (ex officio as UFC Representative).
2007-2008 Members (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Laverne Nishihara (Chair, HFA, '09)
- Sherry Rankin (NURS, '08)
- TJ Rivard (HFA, '08)
- Mort Seddighin (NSM, '08 – short term)
- Denise Bullock (BSS, '09)
- Mary Fell (HFA, '09)
- Emily Winburn (LIB, '09)
- David Frantz (ex officio)
Nominating Committee
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- LaDonna Dulemba (Chair, Nurs, '10)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, '10)
- Mattie Gabston (HSS, ’11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Denise Bullock (Chair, HSS, '09)
- LaDonna Dulemba (Nurs, '10)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, '10)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Greg Barton (Chair, HFA, '08)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, '08)
- Denise Bullock (BSS, '09)
Senate Election Calendar
- August/September meeting: Slate selection* for Faculty Board of Review (See Bylaws) and Review Board for Grievances and Misconduct (See Student Code of Conduct)
- October: Elect Faculty Board of Review
- February: Elect Senate President and University Faculty Council representative
- March: Slate selection* for Nominating Committee, Promotion & Tenure and Lecturer Long Term Contract Review Committee
- April: Elect standing committees
* The slate selection process is described in the bylaws, Section IV.A.2.
Promotion and Tenure Committee
The Promotion and Tenure Committee evaluates dossiers for Promotion and Tenure for tenure-track and clinical rank faculty. Please see the Policies for Promotion and Tenure and Clinical Rank Appointments at Indiana University East for details.
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Neil Sabine (Chair, Associate Professor, NSM '10)
- Kumara Jayasuriya (Associate Professor, NSM '10)
- David Frantz (Associate Professor, BUSE ‘10)—short-term
- Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (Associate Professor, HSS, ’11),
- Robert Ramsey (Associate Professor, HSS, ’11)
- Greg Braxton-Brown (Professor, BUSE ’11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Mary Fell (Co-Chair, Professor, HSS 09)
- Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (Associate Professor, HSS '09)
- Greg Braxton-Brown (Professor, BUSE '09)
- Jerry Wilde (Educ, '10)
- Neil Sabine (Co-Chair, Associate Professor, NSM '10)
- Kumara Jayasuriya (Associate Professor, NSM '10)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, '08)
- Marilyn Watkins (EDUC, '08)
- Kris Dhawale (NSM, '09)
- Mary Fell (HFA, '09)
- Joanne Passett (HFA, '09)
- David Frantz (BUSE '08 - short term)
Lecturer Long Term Contract Review Committee
The Lecturer Long Term Contract Review Committee evaluates dossiers for Promotion to Senior Lecturer. Please see the Policy for Lecturer Appointments at Indiana University East for details.
2009-2010 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Rob Tolley, (Sr. Lecturer, HSS, '10)
- Jerald Wilde (EDUC, '10)
- T. J. Rivard (Professor, HSS ’10)—short-term
- Sheila Armstead (Clinical Assistant Professor, SWK, ’11),
- Mary Folkerth (Clinical Assistant Professor, NURS, ’11),
- Margaret Thomas Evans (Chair, Senior Lecturer, HSS, ’11)
2008-2009 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- David Frantz (BUSE, '09)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, 09)
- Beth Slattery (HSS, 09)
- Rob Tolley, (Sr. Lecturer, HSS, '10)
- Michelle Curry (Chair, Sr. Lecturer, NURS, '10)
- Jerald Wilde (EDUC, '10)
2007-2008 Members: (Numbers in parentheses indicate year term ends.)
- Michele Curry (NURS, '08)
- Rob Tolley (BSS, '08)
- David Frantz (BUSE, '09)
- Neil Sabine (NSM, '09)
- Beth Slattery (HFA, '09)
- Paul Kriese (BSS '08 - short term)
Faculty Board of Review
Terms are two years and begin in January. The duties of the committee and its operating procedure is described in the Bylaws (Section V).
Members for 2010: (Term expires at the end of the indicated calendar year.)
- Joan Lafuze (NSM, '10)
- Markus Pomper (NSM, '10)
- Susan Shapiro (HSS, '11)
- Denise Bullock (HSS, '11)
- Paul Kriese (HSS, '11)
Members for 2009: (Term expires at the end of the indicated calendar year.)
- Edwina Helton (HSS, '09)
- Lora Baldwin (LIB, '09)
- Greg Weber, (BUSE, '09),
- Joan Lafuze (NSM, '10)
- Markus Pomper (NSM, '10)
Members for 2008: (Term expires at the end of the indicated calendar year.)
- MaryAnn Morse, EDUC ('08),
- Ed Fitzgerald, BSS ('08),
- Edwina Helton (HSS, '09)
- Lora Baldwin (LIB, '09),
- Greg Weber, HFA ('09).
