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UFS Standing Committees 2024-2025

Academic Freedom and Due Process Committee

Chair:  Melanie Acosta (EDU)

Members:

  • TBD (A&L)
  • Kevin Lanning  (HON)
  • Ceylan Isgor (MED)
  • Cassandre Horne (NUR)
  • Wolfgang Tichy (SCI)
  • Daniel Scheide (LIB)
  • Dawn Rothe (SW & CCJ)
  • Mark Packard  (BUS)
  • Khaled Sobhan ENG)
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Academic Planning and Budget Committee

Chair: William Trapani (A&L)

Members:

  • Hari Kalva (ENG, AY 23-25)
  • Meredith Mountford (EDU, AY 23-25)
  • Fred Hoffman (SCI, AY 24-26)
  • Sharon Darling (EDY, AY 24-26)
  • Chris Beetle  (SCI, AY 24-26)
  • Mark Kohlbeck (BUS, AY 24-26)
  • Russ Ivy (non-voting)
    ex-officio and Interim Provost
  • Jayson Iroff (non-voting)
    ex-officio and Vice President for Financial Affairs, CFO

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Graduate Programs Committee

Chair: TBD

Members:

  • Robert Pinsker (BUS)
  • Art Sementelli (A&L)
  • Ceylan Isgor (MED)
  • Danielle Groton (SWCJ)
  • Manny Gonzalez (SWCJ)
  • Raquel Assis (ENG)
  • Lauri Rebar (LIB)
  • Beth King (NUR)
  • Marianne Porter (SCI)
  • TBD (ED)

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Honors and Awards Committee

Chair: Evangelos Kaisar (ENG)

Members:

  • Melissa Antonelli (EDU)
  • Catherine Trivigno (HON)
  • Wen Shen (MED)
  • Armiel Suriaga (NUR)
  • Neela Manage (BUS)
  • Sigal Rubin (SW & CCJ)
  • Shane Christian Eason (A&L)
  • Anton Oleinik  (SCI)

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Intercollegiate Athletics Committee

Faculty Members

  • Angela Nichols—Arts and Letters     
  • Julia Higgs—Business     
  • Daniel Cornely—Business
  • Anita Pennathur—Business
  • Bruce Arneklev—Criminology                                                                               
  • Khaled Sobhan—Engineering and Computer Science                                                 
  • Michael DeDonno—Medicine                                  
  • B. Sue Grave—Science


Academic/Athletic Staff

  • Office of General Counsel—TBD
  • Office of UG Admissions—Maura Flaschner
  • Dean of UG Studies—Dan Meeroff
  • Presidential Appointments—Steve Engle, Eric Shaw
  • Student-Athlete—TBD
  • Compliance—John Stephenson
  • Athletic Academic Support—Toya Ballard
  • Office of the Provost—Geoffrey Johnson
  • Athletic Directors—Brian White, Mary Giardina


What the IAC Does?

Academic Performance:

  • Evaluation and comparison of academic metrics
  • Evaluation of qualifications of newly admitted student-athletes
  • Template for documenting medical absences
  • Policy for handling missed appointments

Institutional Control:

  • Ongoing mandatory compliance review
  • Name, image, likeness protocol
  • Procedure for investigating potential infractions
  • Implementation of recommendations from compliance reviews
  • Monitoring of transfer portal and conduct of Varsity Blues audits

Student-Athlete Welfare:

  • Mental health awareness and resources
  • Monitoring of time management
  • Monitoring of transfer portal
Library Advisory Committee

Chair: Marianna Colvin (SW & CCJ)

Members:

  • Clifford Brown (A&L)
  • Douglas Cummins (BUS)
  • Caitlin Imgrund (EDU)
  • Oge Marques (ENG)
  • Dorothy Lemeh (HON)
  • Leah Plocharczyk (LIB)
  • Salvatore Lepore (SCI)
  • Steven Lewis (MED)
  • Cassandre Horne  (NUR)

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Policy and Procedures Committee

Chair: TBD

Members:

  • Vicki Brown (EDU, AY 23-25)
  • Eric Dumbaugh (SCI, AY 23-25)
  • LeaAnne DeRigne (SW & CCJ, AY 23-25)
  • Lisa Finnegan (EDU, AY 23-25)
  • Richard Gendler (BUS, AY 24-26)
  • Fred Hoffman (SCI, AY 24-26)
  • Morgan Cooley (SW & CCJ, AY 24-26)
  • Kevin Wagner (A&L, AY 24-26)
  • Stephen Engle (non-voting)

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Promotion and Tenure Committee

Chair: Khaled Sobhan (ENG)

Members:

  • Cliff Brown (A&L)
  • Chri Ely  (HON)
  • Deborah Floyd (EDU)
  • Howard Prentice (MED)
  • Ravi Behara (BUS)
  • Terry Eggenberger  (NUR)
  • Vincent Naudot (SCI)
  • Dawn Rothe (CSWCJ)

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Research Committee

Chair: Tina Penhollow (SCI) 

Members:

  • Kate Detwiler (A&L)
  • Joao Faria (BUS) 
  • Evangelos Kaisar (ENG)
  • Michael Frain (EDU)
  • Peter McCarthy (HBOI)
  • Gregory Macleod (HON)
  • Sunghae Ress (LIB)
  • Lenny Chiang-Hanisko (NUR)
  • Jang-Yen Wu (MED)
  • Cassandra Atkin-Plunk (CSWCJ)
  • Gregg Fields (Interim VP for Research)
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Undergraduate Programs Committee

Chair: Korey Sorge (SCI)

Members:

  • Eric Hanne (A&L)
  • Julia Higgs (BUS)
  • Yash Bhagwanji (EDU)
  • Hongbo Su (ENG)
  • Rachel Corr (HON)
  • Lawrence (Larry) Mello, Jr. (LIB)
  • Clarene Brown-King (NUR)
  • Sigal Rubin (CSWCJ)

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University Graduate Council

Chair: TBD

Members:

  • Eric Berlatsky (A&L)
  • Mahyar Shirazi (MED) 
  • Robert Pinsker (BUS)
  • TBD (EDU)
  • Danielle Groton (CSWCJ)
  • Manny Gonzalez (CSWCJ)
  • Raquel Assis (ENG)
  • Masoud Lashaki (ENG)
  • David Newman (NUR)
  • Marianne Porter (SCI)
  • Tobin Hindle (SCI)
  • Audri Pabustan (LIB)
  • Jaquarius Pierre (GPSA)

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