Membership Committee
Faculty Senate Membership Committee AY 2010/2011 Year-End Report
Submitted Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The 2010/2011 Faculty Senate Membership Committee consisted of Willie Redmond (Business), Jan Ward (chairperson) (Education), Walt Paquin (Health & Human Services), Claudia Ruediger (Kent Library), Don Jung (Liberal Arts), Sven Svenson (Polytechnic Studies), and Diane Wood (Science & Math).
The Membership Committee conducted the normal business of making recommendations to fill vacancies on Faculty Senate and University Standing Committees. Numerous committee vacancies were filled during the summer and fall 2010 semesters. These committees and the current status of the solicitation process will be itemized below. As University Standing Committee vacancies arose, blanket solicitations were sent out to all eligible faculty members by e-mail using the Faculty Senate News List. A separate solicitation was sent out for each committee and included: a) the college(s) for which vacancies existed; b) the length of the appointment; and c) the charge of the committee. Respondents were then ranked by a vote of all members of the Membership Committee, and the names of the two top candidates by rank were forwarded to the appropriate administrator for selection.
The first chart details the completion of these committees.
University Standing Committee Vacancies-Filled
| Committee | College/School/Library |
| AQIP Steering Committee (1) | (sent forward 2 names) At-large Faculty Member School of Polyechnic Studies: Doug Koch Kent Library: Victoria Gruzinski |
| Faculty Advisory Committee for Program Review (1) | (1) FS Chair: Sophia Scott |
| University Commencement Committee (6) | Harrison College of Business (1) Nancy LeGrand College of Liberal Arts (3) Gail Overby, Shawn Guiling, Doug Atwood College of Science and Math (2) Candide Walton, Haohao Wang |
| University Academic Council (1) | Faculty Senate Academic Affairs Committee Chair, Don Jung |
| University Planning Committee (8) | School of Polytechnic Studies: Dan Lauder College of Science and Math: Wai Y. Chen Kent Library: Carl Pracht |
| Career Development and Job Placement Committee (1) | College of Education: Julieta Monteiro-Leitner |
| University Traffic Appeals Committee |
(Sent forward 3 names) |
| University Athletic Committee | (Sent forward 5 names) College of Education: Nancy Aguinaga and Mary Harriet Talbut College of Health and Human Services: Kevin Squibb and Debra Schumer College of Liberal Arts: Ann White |
| University Campus Planning & Beautification Committee (1) | School of Polytechnic Studies: Sven Svenson |
| University Research Involving Human Subjects Committee (1) | College of Liberal Arts: Lesless Pollina |
| University Textbook Appeals Committee | (Sent forward two names) College of Liberal Arts: Scott Brandhorst and Larry Underberg |
| ADHOC Committee for Faculty Handbook Revisions (9) | Harrison College of Business: Kevin Dickson and Heather McMillan College of Science and Math: Walt Lily College of Health and Human Services: Walt Paquin College of Education: Janice Ward School of Polytechnic Studies: Sophia Scott College of Liberal Arts: Rick Althaus and Hamner Hill Kent Library: Claudia Ruediger |
As always, Faculty Senate Legislative and Reporting Committees were also populated and their chairpersons selected by recommendation by the Membership Committee/Senate Executive Committee and confirmation by the Faculty Senate.
Faculty Senate Department Unit Representative Elections
In addition to making various committee membership recommendations, the Membership Committee also initiated, oversaw, and confirmed the outcome of Senate representatives and/or alternates for thirteen departmental units during the spring 2011 semester. The results of these elections are reported below.
Faculty Senate Election Results
| Accounting | Senator: Charles McAllister Alternate: Debbie Beard |
| Agriculture | Senator: Julie Weathers Alternate: Sven Svenson |
| Chemistry | Senator: Marcus Bond Alternate: Rachel Morgan Theall |
| Communication Disorders | Senator: Joyce Renaud Alternate: Martha Cook |
| Computer Science | Senator: Ziping Liu Alternate: David Naugler |
| Economics/Finance | Senator: Willie Redmond Alternate: Ben Dow |
| Elementary, Early and Special Education | Senator: Larry Bohannon Alternate: Shonta Smith |
| English | Senator: Stephanie Chamberlain Alternate: Christopher Reiger |
| Mathematics | Senator: Candide Walton Alternate: Hao Hao Wang |
| Mass Media | Senator: Don Jung Alternate: Ann White |
| Nursing | Senator: Desma Reno Alternate: Brenda Johnson |
| Psychology | Senator: Doug Atwood Alternate: Shawn Guiling |
| Social Work | Senator: Tiffany Parker Alternate: Jack Stokes |
Submitted by Janice Ward, Faculty Senate Membership Chair