Arts & Sciences Committees

Arts & Sciences Council

Mondays 3:30-5 p.m. in the Drake Room, Olmsted Center

Fall 2018	Spring 2019
Wednesday, September 5	February 18
September 17	March 25
October 22	April 15
November 19	May 6
December 10

Members At-Large
Mark Vitha, CHEM (20)	Meredith Luttrell, BIO (19)
Matthew Zwier, CHEM (19)	Dina Smith (19)
Yasmina Madden, ENG (20)	Heidi Slesiter, BIO (20)
Divisional Representatives
Amahia Mallea, HIST, chair	Terrence Pendleton, Math/CS, NS (20)
Curt Caldwell, HIST, HUM/SS (20)	Jerry Honts, BIO, NS (19)
John Graham, THEA, FA (19)	Ann Cravero, MUS, FA (20)
Rachel Caufield-Paine, HUM/SS (19)
Staff Representative
TBD (20)
Student Representatives
-AS senator	-FA senator

Arts & Sciences Council Minutes

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Arts & Sciences Department Chairs

Tuesdays 2:30-4 p.m. in the Drake Room, Olmsted Center

Fall 2018	Spring 2019
September 4	January 29
September 18	February 12
October 2	February 26
October 23	March 12
October 30	March 26
November 13	April 9
November 27	April 23
December 11	May 7

Department Chairs
John Fender- Art and Design	Tim Urness - Math and Computer Sci
Marc Busch - Biology	James Romain - Music
John Gitua - Chemistry	Brad Crowell- Philosophy & Religion
Nancy Berns - Culture and Society	Athan Petridis - Physics and Astronomy
Megan Brown - English	Dennis Goldford - Political Science
Michael Renner - Environmental Science	Brian Sanders - Psychology
Karen Leroux - History	John Pomeroy - Theatre
Will Garriot - Law, Politics and Society
Program Directors
Charisse Buising - Biochemistry, Cell, Molecular Biology	Tom Westbrook - LEAD
Melisa Klimaszewski - Women's and Gender Studies	Marc Pinheiro-Cadd - World Languages and Cultures
Center and Institute Directors
Brian Gentry- Drake University Science Collaborative Institute	Jennifer Harvey - Center for Humanities

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A&S Curriculum Committee

Meetings Mondays at 3:30 p.m. in Medbury 220.
New course forms or course change forms for review by Curriculum Committee are due one week prior to each meeting.

Fall 2018

October 8

November 12

December 3

Curriculum Committee Members
Matthew Zwier Chair
Robert Craig, Art, FA (21	Sandra Patton-Imani, SCS, SS (19)

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A&S Faculty Cabinet

Meetings in Arts & Sciences Dean’s office

Fall 2018	Spring 2019 (tentative)
September 8	February 2
October 6	March 2
November 3	April 6
December 8	May 10

Faculty Cabinet Members
Amahia Mallea, HIST, Chair
Christopher Porter, NS (19)	Neil Ward, Art, FA (20)
Michael Haedicke, SCS, SS (19)	Leah Kalmanson, PHIL/REL, HUM (20)

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Promotion and Tenure Committee

Committee Members
Elizabeth Robertson, HUM (19)	Dan Alexander, NS (20)
Benjamin Gardner, FA (20)	Clarence Padilla, FA (20)
Maria Valdovinos, NS (19)	Matthew Esposito HUM/SS (19)

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Faculty Senate

Members At-Large
Maura Lyons (20)	Heidi Sleister (19)
Dan Alexander (19)	Jennifer McCrickerd (19)
Renee Cramer-President

Divisional Representatives
Nicholas Roth, FA (20)	Godfried Asante, SS (20)
Elizabeth Robertson, HUM (19)	Jerry Honts, NS (19)

 

Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule

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Academic Integrity Committee

Faculty Representatives	Faculty Alternates
Janet Wirth-Cauchon, SCS, SS (19)	Joan McAlister, SCS, SS (19)
Lisa West, ENG, HUM (19)	David Senchina, BIO, NS (19)
MuiR Eaton, BIO, NS (19)	Beth Younger, ENG, HUM (19)
James Romain, MUS, FA (18)	Rika Uchida, MUS, FA (19)

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Technology Planning Committee

Committee Members
Jerry Honts- Chair
Milan Sherman, MATH/CS, NS (18)	Leslie Marrs, MUS, FA (19)
Ramesh Dhussa, SCS, SS (19)	Dina Smith, ENG, HUM (19)
Clayton Mitchell, ex-officio	Joanna Mosser, ex-officio

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Diversity Committee

Faculty and Staff Representatives
Yasmina Madden-chair
Amy Letter, ENG, HUM/SS (19)	John Graham, THEA, FA (18)
Alice Fynaardt, Staff (19)	Sofia Turnbull, Staff (18)
Shauna Marvin, BIO, NS (19
Nancy Reincke, ENG (18), at-large	Jill Allen, PSY (18), at-large

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Pre-Medical Advisory Committee

Committee Members
Gholam Mirafzal, CHEM, Chair	Marc Busch, BIO
Debora Christensen, BIO
Cassity Gutierrez, PHARM

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