Senate Committees
The Senate has responsibility for 1) maintaining its standing committees and forming ad hoc committees as needed, 2) appointing members to those non-Senate committees requiring Senate representation, and 3) forwarding nominations of faculty to selected non-Senate committees with elected faculty representation. It is the responsibility of the Senate Secretary to maintain and update as necessary a list of all these committees.
STANDING SENATE COMMITTEES | Terms | |
Executive Committee (Senate Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, 2 Senators-at-Large) | Sangeeta Sangha (Chair) | (2025-2027) |
Cathy Cartwright (Vice-Chair) | (2025-2027) | |
Jen Heckler (Secretary) | (2024-2026) | |
George Lopez (Senator-at-Large) | (2025-2027) | |
Razmehr Fardad (Senator-at-Large) | (2024-2026) | |
Nominations (Both Senators-at-Large, one senator) | George Lopez (Senator-at-Large) | (2025-2027) |
Razmehr Fardad (Senator-at-Large) | (2024-2026) | |
AD HOC SENATE COMMITTEES | ||
Professional Rights and Responsibilities (PRR) | All senators excluding Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary | |
Curriculum | Six senators selected by the Senate Chair | |
NON-SENATE COMMITTEES WITH SENATOR REPRESENTATION | ||
Policy Development Council (Senate Chair) | Sangeeta Sangha (Chair) | (2025-2027) |
Budget Advisory Committee (Chair or appointee of Chair) | Sangeeta Sangha (Chair) | (2025-2027) |
Equity Task Force (appointed by Senate Chair) | George Lopez | (2025-2027) |
NON-SENATE COLLEGE COMMITTEES WITH ELECTED FACULTY REPRESENTATION | ||
Campus Safety (2 full-time faculty - 2 yr. terms) | VACANT | |
Graduation Review (3 full-time faculty - 2 yr. terms) | Jen Heckler | (2024-2026) |
Prairie Brown | (2024-2026) | |
Katie Baker | (2024-2026) | |
Teaching and Learning Enhancement Grants (3 full-time faculty - 3 yr. terms) | Jacob Selander | (2025-2028) |
Karen Fernandez | (2024-2027) | |
Lisa Voso | (2024-2027) | |
Student Conduct (2 full-time faculty - 2 yr. terms) | Chris Gan | (2025-2027) |
Lijun Shen | (2025-2026) | |
Commencement (2 full-time faculty - 2 yr. terms) | Stephanie Ojeda-Ponce | (2024-2026) |
Nikolay Barkov | (2024-2026) |