Faculty Handbook 2018-2019

B.2.e. Other Faculty Committees

Collegiate Center Committees

Each of the following committees or individuals is responsible for its respective part of the Collegiate Center. Responsibilities include initiating curricular design, advising Academic Affairs in annual course offerings, designing and implementing faculty development projects, and proposing curricular changes to the Committee on Curriculum.

     The Engaged Citizen: Barth, Jellenik, Pfau, Tinsley (chair)

     Explorations: Sanders and Seme (chair)

     Learning Domains: Committee on Curriculum (chair, Ferrer)

     Writing Capacity:
            W1: English Department (McKim, chair)
            W2: Camfield, Čapek, Maupin (chair)

     Foreign Language Capacity: Languages Department (chair, Jellenik)

     Quantitative Skills Capacity: Chomphosy,Seme,Spayde,Zorwick

     Physical Activity Capacity: Physical Activity Coordinator (McCracken J)

Special Programs

W.C. Buthman Endowed Visiting Scholar and Lectureship Program

The Program Chair is Hancock. Proposals for speakers are vetted by the Program Chair through the Social Science Area departments.

Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language

     Officers of the Foundation: President (Tsutsui); Vice President (Bonebright); Secretary/Treasurer (Siebenmorgen)

     Board of Directors: President of the College (Tsutsui); Spouse of Lineal Descendant of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Suzanne Murphy); Lineal Descendant of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Martha Wilson Murphy); Chair of the College Board of Trustees (Albert Braunfisch); Chair of Trustees Investments Committee (Roger King), and Hendrix Board of Trustees Liaison (non-voting, Allen McGee); and Murphy Scholars Representative (non-voting, Ana Romero Flores)

     Program Review Committee: Executive Vice President and Provost (Bonebright); Lineal Descendant of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Martha Wilson Murphy); Spouse of Lineal Descendant of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Suzanne Murphy); Foundation Director (Coulter); Foundation Program Review Committee (Duina); and Murphy Scholars Representative (non-voting, Ana Romero Flores)

     Finance Committee: chair of the Hendrix College Investment Committee (Roger King); Secretary/Treasurer of the Foundation (Siebenmorgen); the Two Murphy Family Members Serving on the Foundation Board of Directors (Martha Wilson Murphy and Suzanne Murphy); and the Hendrix College Liaison (McGee)

Steel Center

     Membership of the Steel Center Board includes Ablondi, Campolo, Whitney, Dow (chair), Bonebright, Falls-Corbitt, Gorvine, Harris, McDaniel, Sanders, Schmidt, and Williamson.

Faculty Programs Support Committees

Faculty Parliamentarian: Whelan

NCAA and SAA Faculty Representative: Camfield

International Student English Evaluation and Placement Committee: McKim, Stockwell (chair), and West

Marshals of the College: Peszka (marshal), Miller (assistant marshal), and Moran (assistant marshal). The College Marshals direct academic processions and seating at all convocations and Commencement.

Research Integrity and Safety:

  • Research Integrity Officer: Wright
  • Human Subjects Review Board: Bergfeld, Crowell, W. Gunderson, Kennedy (co-chair), P. Ramsey (community member), Schwartzkopf (co-chair) [ Human Subjects Review Board Policy]
  • Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Caro (Chemistry), Houck (Biology), S. Lom (Sociology-UCA), Moore (Career Services), M. Randolph, D.V.M. (UAMS), and Taylor (Psychology, chair) [ Animal Welfare Policy]
  • Academic Chemical Safety and Biosafety Officers: Bradley (Campus Chemical Compliance Director, chair), Parks (Aquatics), Custer (Biology), Desrochers (Chemistry), Grace (Theatre Arts), Maakestad (Art), Murray, and Steward (Physics) 

Travel Advisory Committee: Gess (chair), Oudekerk, and Ryan