COMMITTEES
Department of Physics and Astronomy
2004-2005
Committee	Area of Responsibility	Chairperson	Members
Planning	Advice the department head on issues of department policy, faculty searches, and future directions	Witek Nazarewicz	Bob Compton, Geoff Greene, Elbio Dagotto, Mike Guidry, Yuri Kamychkov, Joe Macek, Ward Plummer, Hanno Weitering
Faculty Promotion, Tenure & Awards	Review and recommendation of faculty retention, tenure, promotion and awards.	Tom Callcott	Joe Macek, David Pegg, John Quinn
Undergraduate Program	Curricular, recruiting and admission issues for the undergraduate program	Jon Levin	Carrol Bingham, Marianne Breinig, Yuri Efremenko, Stu Elston, Solon Georghiou, Robert Grzywacz, Mike Guidry, Jim Parks, Stefan Spanier, Jim Thompson
Departmental Undergraduate Advising	Advise undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors	Jon Levin, Coordinator	Carrol Bingham, Stu Elston, Solon Georghiou, Mike Guidry, Tom Handler, C.C. Shih, George Siopsis, Jim Thompson
Undergraduate Student Liaison	Advice the Department Head on issues related to the undergraduate program	Olga Ovchinikov	TBA
Teaching Evaluations	Advice the Department Head on issues related to the quality of departmental teaching efforts and, if needed, evaluate individual faculty member's teaching	Marianne  Breinig	Stu Elston, Jon Levin, David Pegg, Jim Thompson
Graduate Studies	Graduate curriculum, graduate admission policies, graduate degree programs	Ken Read	Victor Barzykin, Marianne Breinig, Horace Crater, Pengcheng Dai, Joe Macek, Adreana Moreo, C. C. Shih, George Siopsis, and Donald Hornback
Graduate Student Recruitment and Admission	Recruiment of graduate students. Recommendation the the Department Head of admission of students to the graduate program.	Marianne  Breinig	Tom Callcott, Stu Elston, Jim Parks, C. C. Shih
Graduate Student Liaison	Advice the Department Head on issues related to the graduate program	TBA	TBA
Student Appeals Review	Review student complaints as final step of appeals process	Carrol Bingham	Bill Blass, Marianne Breinig, Jon Levin
Endowment Development and Alumni Relations	Develop a program for soliciting and receiving gifts for alumni, friends, and corporations, and identify departmental areas of needs and objectives	Jim Parks	Bill Blass, Tom Callcott,
Shop	Review use and operation of Electronics and Instrument Shop services	Tom Callcott	Geoff Greene, Jim Parks, Stu Elston