COMMITTEES
Department of Physics and Astronomy
2007 - 2008
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, Robert Grzywacz, Yuri Kamyshkov, Joe Macek, Ward Plummer, Hanno Weitering
Faculty Promotion, Tenure & Awards	Review and recommendation of faculty retention, tenure, promotion and awards.	Mike Guidry	Bob Compton, Adriana Moreo, Witek Nazarewicz, John Quinn, Jim Thompson
Undergraduate Program	Curricular, recruiting and admission issues for the undergraduate program	Jon Levin	Marianne Breinig, Christian Cardall, Debra Dandaneau, Yuri Efremenko, Stu Elston, Kate Jones, Jim Parks, Stefan Spanier, New CMP
Departmental Undergraduate Advising	Advise undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors	Stu Elston, Coordinator	Carrol Bingham, Mike Guidry, Tom Handler, Adriana Moreo, George Siopsis, Jim Thompson
Undergraduate Student Liaison	Advice the Department Head on issues related to the undergraduate program	John Carruth	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, Tom Handler, Jon Levin, Joe Macek, Jim Thompson
Graduate Studies	Graduate curriculum, graduate admission policies, graduate degree programs	Ken Read	Marianne Breinig, Horace Crater, Penngcheng Dai, Adolfo Eguiluz, Adriana Moreo, Thomas Papenbrock, 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	Stu Elston, Jim Parks
Graduate Student Liaison	Advice the Department Head on issues related to the graduate program	Donald Hornback	TBA
Student Appeals Review	Review student complaints as final step of appeals process	Carrol Bingham	Bill Blass, Marianne Breinig, Jon Levin, Jim Thompson
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	John Quinn
Shop	Review use and operation of Electronics and Instrument Shop services	Geoff Greene,	Jim Parks, Bob Compton, Stu Elston, Yuri Kamyshkov, Hanno Weitering
Bylaws Task Force	Review and update the departmental bylaws	Marianne Breinig	Bill Blass, Geoff Greene, Tom Handler, Yuri Kamyshkov