| AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY | ||
| Department of Physics and Astronomy | ||
| 2014 - 2015 | ||
| Assignment | Responsibilities | Responsible Person |
| Associate Department Head | Assists the Department Head with various aspects of the administration of the department. | Marianne Breinig, Jim Parks |
| Astronomy Outreach and Public Programs | Make presentations on astronomy and space related topics to schools and civic organizations and conduct astronomical observing programs | Paul Lewis |
| Building Representative | Serve as person of record to be contacted concerning matters pertaining to the Physics building | Jim Parks |
| College budget and planning committee | Advise the Dean with regard to budget and planning for the College | No representation |
| College curriculum committee: natural sciences divison | Development and review of college curriculum | Jon Levin |
| College Promotion and Tenure Committee | Advise the Dean on tenure and promotion | Mike Guidry |
| Colloquia | Be responsible for organizing, implementing, and coordinating departmental colloquia | Adolfo Eguiluz (Fall), Jaan Mannik (Spring) |
| Dean's Advisory Council | Serve as the Department of Physics and Astronomy's representative to the Dean's Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences | Adriana Moreo |
| Dean's Student Advisory Council | Serve as the Department of Physics and Astronomy's representative(s) to the Dean's Student Advisory Council for the College of Arts and Sciences | tba |
| Director of Graduate Program | Coordinate the activities of the committees on graduate affairs; graduate studies, graduate recruitment, graduate admissions, graduate student progress, and graduate student liaison brochure, qualifying examination. | Marianne Breinig |
| Diversity Officer | Advise the Head with regard to promoting a diverse and inclusive work environment. | Soren Sorensen |
| Environmental Health and Safety | Monitor chemical storage and safety, hazardous waste disposal; inform faculty & staff of chemical hazards and procedures for waste disposal | Jim Parks |
| Faculty Senate | Members of the Faculty Senate | Marianne Breinig |
| Graduate Admissions | Be responsible for receiving, organizing, and initial ranking of graduate applications for admission | Marianne Breinig |
| Graduate Student Progress | Review each semester's grades and courses of graduate students, financial aid, and progress toward degree | Thomas Papenbrock, Marianne Breinig, Jim Parks |
| Graduate Council | Represent the department on UTK's Graduate Council | tbd. |
| Research Council | Represent the department on UTK's Research Council | No representation |
| Undergraduate Council | Represent the department on UTK's Undergraduate Council | Jon Levin |
| U-Track Contact | Represent the department with respect to all aspects of the U-Track student tracking system | Stu Elston |
| Honors Day | Organize Honors Day program, select speaker, guide process to choose award winners | Catherine Longmire, Jim Parks, Chrisanne Romeo, Hanno Weitering |
| Honors Liaison | Departmental representative for the University Honors Program | Jon Levin |
| Inventory | Be responsible for inventory of equipment | Business office |
| Joint Institute for Nuclear Physics and Applications | Represent the department in management activities of the Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research between ORNL and UT | Robert Grzywacz |
| Library Representative | Represent the department's book and journal needs to the library | Mike Guidry |
| Scholarly Communication Committee | Represent the department on the Library's Scholarly Communication Committee | Mike Guidry |
| Ph.D. Qualifying Exams | Organize Ph.D. Qualifying Exam committees and maintain responsibility for exam process | Marianne Breinig |
| Placement Exams and Graduate Advising | Administer and evaluate placement exams for new graduate students | Thomas Papenbrock |
| College Promotion and Tenure Committee | Represent the department on the College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee | Mike Guidry |
| Publications Coordinator | Be responsible for departmental newsletter, brochure, homepage, recruitment, and handbook materials | Catherine Longmire |
| Radiation Safety | Monitor and report usage of radioactive materials; inform faculty & staff of chemical hazards and procedures for waste disposal | Jim Parks |
| Society of Physics Students Advisor | Work with officers of SPS, select members for Sigma Pi Sigma, and coordinate activities of Sigma Pi Sigma | Jon Levin |
| Surplusing | Be responsible for disposal of equipment and clearing inventory records | Brad Gardner and Paul Lewis |
| Commencement - Fall 2014 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Stefan Spanier, Nadia Fomin, George Siopsis |
| Commencement - Spring 2015 | Participate in the commencement ceremonies as arranged by the university and the college | Adolfo Eguiluz, Steve Johnston, Mike Guidry |
| Qualifying Exam AY15/16 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program (August 2015 & January 2016) | Marianne Breinig (chair), Norman Mannella, Kate Jones, Stefan Spanier, Steve Johnston, Nadia Fomin, George Siopsis, Thomas Papenbrock |
| Qualifying Exam AY14/15 | Develop and grade the two annual Qualifying Exams for the Doctoral Program (August 2014 & January 2015) | Marianne Breinig (chair), Elbio Dagotto, Raph Hix, Christine Nattrass, Soren Sorensen, Haidong Zhou, Chris Parigger, Yuri Kamychkov |
| GTA Workshop | Organize and coordinate the GTA workshop for August 2015 | Soren Sorensen |
| P599-Seminars in Nuclear Physics | Responsible for this seminar | 2014 Fall - Robert Grzywacz 2015 Spring - Thomas Papenbrock |
| P599 - Seminars in Condensed Matter Physics | Responsible for this seminar | 2014 Fall - Norman Mannella 2015 Spring - Adolfo Eguiluz |
| P599 - Seminars in High energy and Astrophysics | Responsible for this seminar | 2014 Fall - Raph Hix 2015 Spring - Raph Hix |
| P599 - Graduate research participation seminar | Responsible for this seminar | 2014 Fall - Christine Nattrass |