B.2.d. 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.

• Hendrix Immersion Program (HIP): Berryman (ex officio), French, Kolev (ex officio), Root, and Seme (convener)
• Learning Domains: Committee on Curriculum (chair, Morgan)
• Writing Level I Capacity (W1): English Department (Vernon, chair)
• Language Capacity (LA): Languages Department (Liu, chair)
• Physical Activity Capacity (PA): Physical Activity Coordinator (Rupert S)
• Quantitative Skills Capacity (QS):  Seme (chair), Spayde, Zorwick

Special Programs

• W.C. Buthman Endowed Visiting Scholar and Lectureship Program: Edquist-Whelan (Faculty Coordinator)
• Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language
  • Officers of the Foundation: President (Petersen), Vice President (Garrett), Secretary/Treasurer (Tumlinson)
  • Board of Directors: President of the College (Petersen); Lineal Descendants of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Martha Wilson Murphy, Anna Murphy); Chair of the College Board of Trustees (Henry Neely); Chair of the College Investments Committee (Kenneth Gunderman); and Murphy Scholars Representative (non-voting, Vincenzio Redditt)
  • Program Review Committee: Executive Vice President and Provost (Garrett); Lineal Descendants of Bertie Wilson Murphy (Martha Wilson Murphy, Anna Murphy); Foundation Interim Director (Jaeger); Faculty Representative (TBD); and Murphy Scholars Representative (non-voting, Michelle Leyva '26)
  • Finance Committee: The Chair of the Hendrix College Investments Committee (Kenneth Gunderman); Secretary/Treasurer of the Foundation (Tumlinson); and the two Murphy family members serving on the Foundation Board of Directors (Martha Wilson Murphy and Anna Murphy)

  • Director’s Cabinet: Interim Director (chair) (Jaeger); Provost (Garrett); Faculty Representative from English (West); Faculty Representative from Languages (TBD); Faculty Representative from Theatre ( Lusk); Student Representative (Kailey Thurman ’26); and Asst. Director (non-voting) (Purkiss) 

• Steel Center Board: Ablondi, Alston, Campolo, Corey, Dow (chair), Garrett, Gorvine, and Williamson
• Windgate Museum of Art: Christian Cutler (Director/Curator)

Faculty Programs Support Committees

• Faculty Parliamentarian: Edquist-Whelan
• Fulbright Scholars Faculty Liaison: Lassiter-Counts
• NCAA and SAA Faculty Representative: Camfield
• International Student English Evaluation and Placement Committee:Nelson (chair) and Vernon
• Marshals of the College: Peszka (marshal), Miller (assistant marshal), and Spayde (assistant marshal)
  The College Marshals direct academic processions and seating at all convocations and Commencement.
• Pre-Med Committee: Berryman, Dearolf, Kett (chair), Murray, and Nora Simmons
• Research Integrity and Safety:
• Research Integrity Officer: Hatch
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee: Caro (chair), McClung (scientific member), Dow (nonscientific member), Dr. Kathryn Paige Spivey (veterinarian member), Amy Ferdowsian (nonaffiliated member)  [IACUC Policy]
• Academic Chemical Safety and Biosafety Officers: Zeb Schichtl (Chemistry), Aeden Custer (Biology), Todd Tinsley (Art), John Steward (Physics), Rita Woodward (Theatre Arts)
• Travel Advisory Committee: Kolev (chair), Liu, Rebekah Nelson