Academic Affairs

Membership:

Fourteen members with four appointed by the Executive Council each year. The committee shall consist of four members selected from the College of Arts and Sciences and one member selected from each other School of the University. At the time of his or her selection, each member shall be a regular member of the Faculty Senate who does not hold a position as a dean, associate dean or assistant dean in any school. The chair of the committee is an ex-officio member of the Executive Council.

Ex officio:

Senate Chair, Senate Chair-Elect, and Executive Vice President and Provost

Term in office:

Staggered three-year terms

Functions:

At the beginning of each academic year, the committee will meet with the Provost to review emerging academic issues, to discuss priorities for the agenda in the year ahead, and to plan for ad hoc assignments pertaining to academic affairs. The committee will be responsible for all issues pertaining to matters of curricular and academic program review and will be responsible for the Senate's role in the creation and elimination of academic programs. The committee will formulate policies affecting faculty in the performance of their duties; consider policies and offer advice pertaining to student admissions, graduation, and enrollment; and oversee work relating to student assessment and academic program evaluation. A member of the committee will be nominated to serve as the Senate representative on the University Teaching Award Committee. As necessary, the committee will ask the Executive Council to appoint ad hoc subcommittees to assist in the performance of its duties.

Standing Charges summarized:

Meet with Provost at beginning of year to discuss priorities for year ahead.
Review curriculum and academic programs as issues emerge.
Consider policies affecting faculty in the performance of their duties.
Offer advice pertaining to student admissions, graduation and enrollment.

Members (2012-2013)

Name	Title	School	Phone
Name	Title	School	Phone
Michael Puri, Chair	Associate Professor	Arts & Sciences	924-3052
Kerry Abrams	Professor	Law	924-7361
Daniel Bluestone	Professor	Architecture	924-6458
Jeanine Braithwaite	Professor	Batten School	243-1127
Martin Davidson	Associate Professor	Darden	924-4483
Chris Ghaemmaghami	Associate Professor	Medicine	982-1999
Mary Gibson	Assistant Professor	Nursing	924-0130
Stephen Patek	Associate Professor	Engineering & Applied Science	982-2052
Charlotte Patterson	Professor	Arts & Sciences	924-0664
Donna Plasket	Assistant Dean and Director, BIS	Continuing & Professional Studies	243-2557
Paige Pullen	Associate Professor	Curry School of Education	243-5502
Herbert Tucker	Professor	Arts & Sciences	924-6677
Sarah Turner	Professor	Arts & Sciences	982-2383
Mark White	Associate Professor	McIntire School of Commerce	924-7365
George Cohen, ex officio	Chair, Faculty Senate	Law	924-3814
Chris Holstege, ex officio	Chair-Elect, Faculty Senate	Medicine	924-5185
John Simon, ex officio	Executive Vice President and Provost	Office of the Executive VP & Provost	982-2362