Faculty Senate Committees

Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate

As of Fall 2023 Semester

Academic Appeals Committee

Liaison: Ann Reed

Members must be from a specific department

Member	Department	Term
Kristen Tunno	Business	2023 - 2025
Scott Beatty	Criminal Justice	2023 - 2025
Shelly Ratliff	Education	2022 - 2024
Garrett Hacker	Fine Arts	2022 - 2024
Peter Hart	Health Sciences	2023 - 2025
Rico Gazal	Land Resources	2023 - 2025
Schuyler Chapman	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Brooke Fincham	Science & Math	2023 - 2025
Luke Bendick	Social Science	2022 - 2024

 

Academic Policy Committee

Members must be from a specific department

Member	Department	Term
Kandas Queen	Business	2023 - 2025
Elizabeth Matory	Criminal Justice	2023 - 2024
Larry Baker	Education	2022 - 2024
Chris Cosner	Fine Arts	2023 - 2025
Dave McEntire	Health Sciences	2023 - 2025
Brian Perkins	Land Resources	2022 - 2024
Amanda Chapman	Language & Literature	2023 - 2025
Jeremy Keene	Science & Math	2022 - 2024
Bob Hutton	Social Science	2023 - 2025

 

Assessment Committee

As a result of the HLC visit, the term here will be with the consultation of the Chair Melody Wise

Member	Department	Term
Kevin Cain / Kristen Tunno	Business	2023 - 2026
Elizabeth Matory	Criminal Justice	2022 - 2025
Will Vann	Education	2023 - 2025
Lloyd Bone	Fine Arts	2022 - 2025
Michael Boeke	Health Sciences	2023 - 2026
Nabil Nasseri	Land Resources	2023 - 2026
Melody Wise	Language & Literature	N/A
Ashley Kooken	Science & Math	2023 - 2026
Greg Lieving	Social Science	2022 - 2025

 

University Leadership Council

The Faculty Senate appoints three members

Member	Department	Term
Schuyler Chapman	Language & Literature	2023 - 2026
Cheryl McKinney	Business	2022 - 2025
Ed Wood	Social Science	2021 - 2024

 

Curriculum Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints four members from different departments

Member	Department	Term
Schuyler Chapman	Language & Literature	2023 - 2025
Tim Konhaus	Social Science	2022 - 2024
Cheryl McKinney	Business	2022 - 2024
Sara Sawyer	Science & Math	2023 - 2025

 

Enrollment Management Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints four members

Member	Department	Term
Lloyd Bone	Fine Arts	2022 - 2024
Brian Johnston	Language & Literature	2023 - 2025
Jeremy Keene	Science & Math	2023 - 2025
Patrick McMunn	Social Science	2022 - 2024

 

Faculty Senate

Department Representative must be from specified Department and are selected by Department vote. At-large representative can be from any department and are selected by vote of the faculty.

Member	Department	Term
Leslie Ward	Business	2022 - 2024
Elizabeth Matory	Criminal Justice	2022 - 2024
Shelly Ratliff	Education	2023 - 2024
David Lewis	Fine Arts	2022 - 2024
Maureen Gildein	Health Sciences	2023 - 2024
Nabil Nasseri	Land Resources	2022 - 2024
Jennifer Wenner	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Pai Song	Science & Math	2022 - 2024
Joshua Squires	Social Science	2022 - 2024
Schuyler Chapman	At-Large Representative	2022 - 2024
Donal Hardin	At-Large Representative	2022 - 2024
Duane Chapman	Board of Governors	2023 - 2025
Kansas Queen	Advisory Council of Faculty	2023 - 2025

 

Financial Aid Appeals Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints three members

Members	Department	Term
Scott Beatty	Criminal Justice	2023 - 2025
Melissa Gish	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Jason Gum	Library	2023 - 2025

 

Library Committee

Members must be from a specific department

Members	Department	Term
Jason Gum Chair	Library	N/A
JD Carpenter	Business	2023 - 2025
Donal Hardin	Criminal Justice	2023 - 2025
Tracy Chenoweth	Education	2023 - 2025
Duane Chapman	Fine Arts	2022 - 2024
Rebecca Walter	Health Sciences	2023 - 2025
Jacob Petry	Land Resources	2022 - 2024
Marjorie Stewart	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Shalika Silva	Science & Math	2022 - 2024
Patrick McMunn	Social Science	2022 - 2024

 

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Committee consists of three tenured professors, two tenured associate professors, and an alternate faculty member

Members	Department	Term
Jonathon Minton	Language & Literature (Professor)	2023 - 2025
Fred Walborn	Social Science (Professor)	2023 - 2025
Ed Wood	Social Science (Professor)	2022 - 2024
Amanda Chapman	Language & Literature (Associate Professor)	2022 - 2024
Kandas Queen	Business (Associate Professor)	2024 - 2025
Larry Baker	Education (Alternate Faculty)	2022 - 2024

 

Scholarship and Financial Aid Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints two members

Members	Department	Term
Bob Hutton	Social Science	2024 - 2025
Jennifer Wenner	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024

 

Faculty Development Committee

Members must be from a specific department

Members	Department	Term
Youba Ouldmoulayeelarbi	Business	2023 - 2025
Donal Hardin	Criminal Justice	2022 - 2024
Gerda Krumpiene	Education	2023 - 2025
Duane Chapman	Fine Arts	2022 - 2025
Maureen Gildein	Health Sciences	2023 - 2025
Doyle Hupp	Land Resources	2023 - 2025
Melissa Gish	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Isaac Johnson	Science & Math	2023 - 2025
Bob Hutton	Social Science	2022 - 2024

 

Retention Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints two members

Members	Department	Term
Elizabeth Matory	Criminal Justice	2022 - 2024
Dave McEntire	Health Sciences	2022 - 2024

 

Student Life Committee

The Faculty Senate appoints four members

Members	Department	Term
Amanda Chapman	Language & Literature	2022 - 2024
Ashley Kooken	Math & Science	2022 - 2024
Robert Regaldo	Math & Science	2022 - 2024
Fred Walborn	Social Science	2023 - 2025

 

HLC General Education Task Force

Departments of Fine Arts, Language & Literature, Science & Math, and Social Science each elect a representative.

Member	Department
David Lewis	Fine Arts
Craig Stamm	Language & Literature
Ashley Kooken	Science & Math
Luke Bendick	Social Science