Committees and Subcommittees (2009-2010)

Standing Committees with Their Subcommittees

Note

• A one (1) means the first year of a 2-year term.
• A two (2) means the second year of a 2-year term.

Academic Affairs Committee

• Sue Stidham, Chair and Recorder (1 Special Services and Leadership Studies, jstidham@pittstate.edu, 4024)
• Robert Kehle (1 Music, rkehle@pittstate.edu, 4474)
• James Harris (2 Computer Science-Information Systems, jdharris@pittstate.edu, 4541)
• Bob Schwindt (2 Technical Education, rschwind@pittstate.edu, 4639)
• Serif Uran (2 Physics, suran@pittstate.edu, 4395)
• Paul Zagorski (2 Social Sciences, zagorski@pittstate.edu, 4337)
• Student Senate Appointees (2)
  • Bryan McCoy (bryanjmccoy@hotmail.com)
  • Jared Wetzel ( jewetzel@gus.pittstate.edu)

Composition: One executive committee member, five members of the general faculty (two of whom are senators), and two students.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Undergraduate Curriculum Subcommittee

• Catherine Hooey (1 College of Arts and Sciences, chooey@pittstate.edu, 4327)
• Bruce Warner (2 College of Education, cwarner@pittstate.edu, 4980)
• John Thompson (1 Automotive Technology, jthomso@pittstate.edu, 6516)
• Mujtaba Ahsan (1 College of Business, mahsan@pittstate.edu, 4585)
• Student Senate Appointees (1)
  • Carson Felt ( carsonfelt@hotmail.com)

Composition: Five faculty and one student member.  Each school curriculum committee will nominate one of its members (normally the elected chair) to the Faculty Senate Executive Committee for appointment. Academic Vice President is Ex-officio.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.1 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf.

Learning Resources Subcommittee

• Janice Jewett, Chair (2 Health, Human Performance & Recreation, jjewett@pittstate.edu, 4336)
• Chuck Blatchley (1 Physics, cblatchl@pittstate.edu, 4398)
• Robert Lindsey (1 Learning Resources, rlindsey@pittstate.ed, 4887)
• Ken Smith (1 Economics, Finance, and Banking, ksmith@pittstate.edu, 4592)
• Morgan McCune (2 Library, mmccune@pittstate.edu, 4880)
• Katie Swezey (1 Family and Consumer Sciences, kswezey@pittstate.edu, 4573)
• Jane Victor (2 Learning Resources, victor@pittstate.edu, 4886)
• Randy Winzer (2 Engineering Technology, rwinzer@pittstate.edu, 4370)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Robert Walter (Learning Resources, bwalter@pittstate.edu , 4878)
• Cynthia Allan (Communication, callan@pittstate.edu , 4724)
• Student Senate Appointees (1 undergraduate, 1 graduate)
  • Undergraduate—Katie Engelland (knengelland@hotmail.com)
  • Graduate—Osama Abu Salah (osama_o_abusalah@hotmail.com)

Composition: Five faculty members (one representing each college) plus three faculty representatives from Learning Resources, and two students (one undergraduate, one graduate). Ex-officio members are Dean of the Division of Learning Resources, Chairperson of Department of Communication, and Academic Vice President.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.3 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Information Systems Subcommittee

• Susan Johns-Smith, Chair (2 Library, suzyq@pittstate.edu, 4115)
• Wei Sha (1 Computer Science- Information Systems, wsha@pittstate.edu, 4542) will replace Maeve Cummings (sabbatical) for fall 2009
• Jonathan Dresner (1 History, jdresner@pittstate.edu, 4315)
• Michelle Hudiburg (2 Special Services and Leadership Studies, mhudibur@pittstate.edu, 4487)
• Cheryl Giefer (1 Nursing, cgiefer@pittstate.edu, 4438) will replace Dilip Paul (sabbatical) for fall 2009
• Bill Strenth (2 Engineering Technology, bstrenth@pittstate.edu, 4361)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Jerry Smith (Information Services, jwsmith@pittstate.edu , 4614)
• Student Senate Appointees (1 undergraduate, 1 graduate)
  • Undergraduate—Jack Frederick ( jack_frederick@me.com)
  • Graduate—Rohan Ratnapal ( rohan30.06@gmail.com)

Composition: One faculty member from each of the four colleges, one graduate and one undergraduate student, one faculty representative from Learning Resources, and one faculty member from CSIS. Ex-officio members are Vice President for Academic Affairs and Director of Information Systems or their designates.

Continuing Studies Subcommittee

• Barbara Pope, Chair (2 Library, bpope@pittstate.edu, 4884)
• Karla Childs (1 Mathmatics, kchilds@pittstate.edu, 4410)
• Robert Schroer (1 Automotive Technology, rschroer@pittstate.edu, 4537)
• Tom Box (2 Management and Marketing, tbox@pittstate.edu, 4588)
• David Oldham (2 Graphics and Imaging Technologies, doldham@pittstate.edu, 6140)
• Alice Sagehorn (2 Curriculum and Instruction, asagehor@pittstate.edu, 4499)
• Peggy Snyder (Dean, Continuing and Graduate Studies, psnyder@pittstate.edu, 4179)
• Student Senate Appointees (2)
  • Osama Abu Salah ( osama_o_abusalah@hotmail.com)
  • Landis Tompkins ( landistompkins@yahoo.com)

Composition: One faculty member from each of the four colleges, one faculty member from Axe Library staff, two faculty senate members, and two students. Ex-officio member is Dean of Continuing Studies.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.5 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Student Honors Subcommittee

• Julie Samuels, Chair (Curriculum and Instruction, jepyle-s@pittstate.edu, 4183)
• Barbara McClaskey (1 Nursing, bmcclask@pittstate.edu, 4443)
• Harry Humphries (2 Social Sciences, hlhumphr@pittstate.edu, 4328)
• Virginia Rider (1 Biology, vrider@pittstate.edu, 4739)
• Jane Victor (2 Learning Resources, victor@pittstate.edu, 4886)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Student Senate Appointees
  • Shanhe Xu ( bxlzh@hotmail.com)
  • Amy Ster ( Amyster037@yahoo.com)

Composition: Seven members, including four faculty members from departments participating in Department Honors Program and three students eligible to participate in the Departmental Honors Program. Ex-officio members are Director of Honors College and Academic Vice President.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.6 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Honors College Subcommittee

• Julie Samuels, Chair (2 Curriculum and Instruction, jepyle-s@pittstate.edu, 4183)
• Stella Hastings (1 Music, shasting@pittstate.edu, 4469)
• Mark Johnson (2 Technology Management, mjohnson@pittstate.edu, 4628)
• David Kuehn (2 Physics, dkuehn@pittstate.edu, 4388)
• Chris Fogliasso, (1 Management and Marketing, chrisfog@pittstate.edu, 6010)
• Alice Sagehorn (2 Curriculum and Instruction, asagehor@pittstate.edu, 4499)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Student Senate Appointees (1 Honors College Junior, 1 Honors College Senior)
  • Honors College Junior—Tieg Tullis ( tgtullis@hotmail.com)
  • Honors College Senior—Samantha Heady ( samh34@hotmail.com)

Composition: Six faculty members (one of whom shall be Director of the Honors College serving ex-officio), two students eligible to participate in the Honors College Program (one from junior class, one from Senior class). Faculty member terms shall be 2 years with three members selected in even numbered years and two members selected in odd numbered years. Ex-officio member is Vice President of Academic Affairs.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.8 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Writing Across the Curriculum Subcommittee

• David Oldham, Chair (2 Graphics and Imaging Technologies, doldham@pittstate.edu, 6140)
• Robert Lindsey (1 Learning Resources, rlindsey@pittstate.edu, 4887)
• Cynthia Woodburn (1 Mathematics, cwoodbur@pittstate.edu, 4409)
• Scott Norman (1 Automotive Technology, rnorman@pittstate.edu, 4826)
• Cris Elliott (2 Family and Consumer Sciences, celliott@pittstate.edu, 4512)
• Susan Knell (2 Curriculum and Instruction, sknell@pittstate.edu, 4506)
• Wei Sha (2 Computer Science Information Systems, wsha@pittstate.edu, 4542)
• Don Judd (English, djudd@pittstate.edu, 4697)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Student Senate Appointees (1)
  • Bryan McCoy ( bryanjmccoy@hotmail.com)

Composition: Two faculty members from Arts and Sciences, one faculty member from Business, one faculty member from Technology, one faculty member from Education, one student member, and one member from Learning Resources. Ex-officio members are Coordinator of Writing across Curriculum and Vice President of Academic Affairs.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.9 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Diversity and Multicultural Affairs Subcommittee

• Harriett Bachner, Chair (2 Psychology and Counseling, hbachner@pittstate.edu, 4633)
• Dan Ferguson (1 Health, Human Performance, Recreation, ferguson@pittstate.edu , 4911)
• Melvin Roush (1 Accounting, mroush@pittstate.edu, 6196)
• Leo Hudson (1 Communication, lhudson@pittstate.edu, 6507)
• Andy Klenke (1 Technology Studies, amklenke@pittstate.edu, 4372)
• Kathy spillman (1 Curriculum and Instruction, kspillma@pittstate.edu, 4509)
• Dick Herling (1 Technology Management, rherling@pittstate.edu, 4640)
• Rebecca Book (1 Engineering Technology, rbook@pittstate.edu, 4034) will replace Kathy DeGrave (sabbatical) for fall 2009
• Doug Whitten (1 Music, awhitten@pittstate.edu, 4070) will replace Don Viney (sabbatical) for 2009-2010
• Jamie Brooksher (Equal Opportunity, tmassa@pittstate.edu, 4189)
• Leslye Steptoe (Student Diversity, lsteptoe@pittstate.edu, 6556)
• Student Senate Appointees
  • SGA Legislative Affairs Director—Thomas Gregory ( thomasgregory@hotmail.com)
  • Student representative appointed by SGA—Alyssa Hillman ( ajhillma@gus.pittstate.edu)

Composition: One faculty member from Department of Curriculum and Instruction, one faculty member from Teacher Education (secondary), one faculty member from each of the other colleges (Arts and Sciences, Business, Technology), two at-large faculty members, and two students. Ex-officio members are Director of Multicultural Student Affairs and Director of Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.A.10 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Student-Faculty Committee

• Susan Carlson, Chair (2 English, scarlson@pittstate.edu, 4692)
• Barbara McClaskey (1 Nursing, bmcclask@pittstate.edu, 4443)
• David Oldham (1 Graphics and Imaging Technology, doldham@pittstate.edu, 6140)
• Amber Tankersley (1 Family and Consumer Sciences, atankers@pittstate.edu , 4460)
• Virginia Rider (2 Biology, vrider@pittstate.edu, 4696)
• Serif Uran (2 Physics, suran@pittstate.edu, 4395)
• Steven Erwin (Campus Life and Auxiliary Services, serwin@pittstate.edu, 4246)
• Debbie Greve (Registrar, dgreve@pittstate.edu, 4205)
• Student Senate Appointees (4)
  • Bryan McCoy ( bryanjmccoy@hotmail.com)
  • Jesse West ( warrior.5300@gmail.com)
  • Katie Merando ( ktmerando@hotmail.com)
  • Brandon Mills ( bmills88@gmail.com)

Composition: One executive committee member and five members of general faculty (two of whom are senators), and four students. Ex officio members shall be the Vice President of Campus Life and Auxiliary Services and the Registrar.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.B at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

All-University Committee

• Mike Leiker, Chair (2 Health, Physical Education, & Recreation mleiker@pittstate.edu, 4672)
• Roger Adams (1 Automotive Technology, radams@pittstate.edu, 4386)
• Robert Kehle (1 Music, rkehle@pittstate.edu, 4474)
• Debbi Fisher (1 Nursing, debb66762@yahoo.com, 4431)
• Barbara Pope (2 Library, bpope@pittstate.edu, 4884)
• Jan Smith (2 Psychology and Counseling, jsmith@pittstate.edu, 4499)
• Student Senate Appointees (4)
  • Jared Wetzel ( jewetzel@gus.pittstate.edu)
  • Sallena Samuel ( sallenasamuel@gmail.com)
  • Maria Baker ( m_baker321@hotmail.com)
  • Austin Osborn ( aosborn09@gmail.com)

Composition: One executive committee member and five members of general faculty (two of whom are senators) and four students.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.C at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf.

Joint Student Publications Board

• Stephen Meats (Dean of Arts and Sciences, smeats@pittstate.edu, 4683)
• Steve Erwin (Vice President for Campus Life and Auxiliary Services, serwin@pittstate.edu, 4231)
• Celia Patterson (Interim Chair of English Department, cpatters@pittstate.edu, 4689)
• Dean Cortes (2, Finance, Economics, and Banking, bcortes@pittstate.edu, 4551)
• Ann George (1, Special Services and Leadership Studies, ageorge@pittstate.edu, 6090)
• Chris Anderson (1, English, canders1@pittstate.edu, 6589)
• David Sours (1, Graphics and Imaging Technology, dsours@pittstate.edu, 4424)
• Gerard Attoun (Student Publications Director, gattoun@pittstate.edu, 4809)
• Kanza Editor
• Collegio Editor
• Student Senate Appointees (2)
  • Jared Wetzel ( jewetzel@gus.pittstate.edu)
  • Kierstin Houk ( k_houk06@hotmail.com)

This committee is appointed by the president of PSU. Composition: Dean of College of Arts and Sciences (Chair), Vice President for Campus Life and Auxiliary Services, Chairperson of English Department, one faculty member from Communication, four Faculty Senate representatives, two Student Government Association representatives, one classified representative, and one student from each of the four colleges. Ex-officio members are Student Publications Director, Editor of Collegio, and Editor of Kanza.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.C.1 at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf.

Faculty Affairs Committee

• Janis Schiefelbein, Chair (2 Nursing, jschiefe@pittstate.edu, 4441)
• Roger Adams (1 Automotive Technology, radams@pittstate.edu, 4386) will replace Tim Bailey (sabbatical) for fall 2009
• Jim Harris (1 CSIS, jdharris@pittstate.edu, 4541)
• Marilyn Dishman-Horst, (1 Curriculum and Instruction, mdishman@pittstate.edu, 6134)
• Serif Uran (1 Physics, suran@pittstate.edu, 4395)
• Irene Zegar (1 Chemistry, izegar@pittstate.edu, 4903)

Composition: One executive committee member and five members of general faculty (two of whom are senators).

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.D at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Constitution Committee

• Serif Uran, Chair (2 Physics, suran@pittstate.edu, 4395)
• Irene Zegar (1 Chemistry, izegar@pittstate.edu, 4903)
• Roger Adams (1 Automotive Technology, radams@pittstate.edu, 4386)
• Myriam Krepps (2 Modern Languages and Literatures, mkrepps@pittstate.edu, 4710
• Jan Smith (2 Psychology and Counseling, jsmith@pittstate.edu, 4499)
• Paul Zagorski (2 Social Sciences, zagorski@pittstate.edu, 4337)

Composition: One executive committee member and five members of general faculty (two of whom are senators).

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.E at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

General Education Committee

• Sean Lauderdale, Chair (2 Psychology and Counseling, slauderd@pittstate.edu, 4526)
• Linden Deleki (1 Management and Marketing, , )
• Mark Johnson (1 Technology Management mjohnson@pittstate.edu, 4628)
• Doug Whitten (1 Music, awhitten@pittstate.edu, 4070) will replace Mark Peterson (sabbatical) for 2009-2010
• Christine Elliot (2 Family and Consumer Sciences, celliott@pittstate.edu, 4512)
• Paul Zagorski (2 Social Sciences, zagorski@pittstate.edu, 4337)
• Lynette Olson (Academic Affairs, lolson@pittstate.edu , 4113)
• Bob Wilkinson (Institutional Research, wilkinsn@pittstate.edu, 4132)
• Student Senate Appointees (2)
  • Bryan McCoy (bryanjmccoy@hotmail.com)
  • Emily Klaver (e.klaver@hotmail.com)

Composition: One full-time faculty member from the College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Technology, two full-time faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences, and an at-large member to be selected by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, and two students appointed by the Student Senate. At least four of the six, full-time faculty members must teach a General Education course at least one a year.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.F at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

Budget Committee

• David Kuehn, Chair (2 Physics, dkuehn@pittstate.edu, 4388)
• Mark Johnson (1 Technology Management, mjohnson@pittstate.edu, 4628)
• Jack Fay (1 Accounting, jfay@pittstate.edu, 4567)
• Mike Leiker (2 Health, Physical Education, & Recreation, mleiker@pittstate.edu, 4672)
• Yaping Liu (1 Mathematics, yliu@pittstate.edu, 4402)
• Doug Younger (2 Graphics and Imaging Technology, dyounger@pittstate.edu, 4425)
• John Patterson (Administration and Campus Life, jpatters@pittstate.edu, 4107)

Composition: One Faculty Senate Executive Committee member,  one faculty member from the College of Education, the College of Business, and the College of Technology, and two faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences. The Vice President of Administration and Campus Life, or his/her designate, shall serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member.

For duties and responsibilities, see Bylaw IV.G at http://www.pittstate.edu/facsen/documents/constitution_050418.pdf .

ALL-UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES OR OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Intramural Advisory Board

• Scott Gorman (2 Health, Physical Education, & Recreation sgorman@pittstate.edu, 4667)
• Janice Jewett (2 Health, Human Performance & Recreation, jjewett@pittstate.edu, 4336)
• Mike Leiker (2 Health, Physical Education, & Recreation mleiker@pittstate.edu, 4672)

Parking Committee

• Scott Gorman, Chair (2 Health, Physical Education, & Recreation, sgorman@pittstate.edu, 4667)
• Hazel Coltharp (2 Mathematics, hcolthar@pittstate.edu, 4404)
• Christine Elliot (2 Family and Consumer Sciences, celliott@pittstate.edu, 4512)
• Chris Fogliasso (2 Management and Marketing, chrisfog@pittstate.edu, 6010)
• Jeremy Wade (1 Mathematics, jwade@pittstate.edu, 4406)
• Jim Henning (2 Engineering Technology, jhenning@pittstate.edu, 6193)
• David Oldham (2 Graphics and Imaging Technologies, doldham@pittstate.edu, 6140)
• Bill Strenth (2 Engineering Technology, bstrenth@pittstate.edu, 4361)
• Karla Childs (1 Mathematics, kchilds@pittstate.edu, 4410)
• Student Senate Appointees (3)
  • Jesse West ( warrior.5300@gmail.com)
  • Jacob Dvorak ( jake_devorak@hotmail.com)
  • Zach Krumsick ( zkrumsick9@hotmail.com)

SGA Senate

• Mark Johnson (Technology Management, mjohnson@pittstate.edu, 4628)
• Roy Janisch (Social Science, rjanisch@pittstate.edu, 4346)

Student Governing Board

• Joanne Britz (2 Music, jbritz@pittstate.edu, 4480)
• Ann George (2 Special Services and Leadership, ageorge@pittstate.edu, 6090)
• Kelly Samarzea (2 Music, ksamarze@pittstate.edu, 4481)

Judicial Board

• Christine Elliot (2 Family and Consumer Sciences, celliott@pittstate.edu, 4512)
• Chris Fogliasso (2 Management and Marketing, chrisfog@pittstate.edu, 6010)
• Michelle Hudiburg (1 Special Services and leadership Studies, mhudibur@pittstate.edu, 4507)
• Jan Smith (2 Psychology and Counseling, jsmith@pittstate.edu, 4499)
• Laura Washburn (2 English, lwashbur@pittstate.edu, 4643)
• Student Senate Appointees
  • Jesse West ( warrior.5300@gmail.com)
  • Marcus Nelson ( mnelson089@yahoo.com)
  • Jeni Casey ( jrcasey@gus.pittstate.edu)

Academic Honesty Committee

• David Kuehn (2 Physics, dkuehn@pittstate.edu, 4388)
• Janet Smith (2 Psychology and Counseling, jsmith@pittstate.edu, 4537)
• Don Baack (1 Management and Marketing, debaack@pittstate.edu, 4583)
• David Oldham (1 Graphics and Imaging Technology, doldham@pittstate.edu, 6140)
• Serif Uran (2 Physics, suran@pittstate.edu, 4395)
• Laura Washburn (2 English, lwashbur@pittstate.edu, 4643)
• Student Senate Appointees (2 Seniors)
  • Alysssa Hillman ( ajhillma@gus.pittstate.edu)
  • Landis Tompkins ( landistompkins@yahoo.com)