| COMMITTEES |
| Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| 2014 - 2015 |
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| Committee |
Area of Responsibility |
Chair |
Members |
| Planning |
Advises the department head on issues of departmental policies,
strategic planning, faculty searches. |
Thomas Papenbrock |
Elbio Dagotto, Norman Mannella, Tony Mezzacappa, Kate
Grzywacz-Jones, Stefan Spanier |
| Academic Program Review (ad hoc) |
Assist the department head in the preparation for the 2015
academic program review. |
Hanno Weitering |
Thomas Papenbrock, Marianne Breining, Jim Parks, Mike Roach,
Catherine Longmire |
| Faculty Promotion, Tenure & Awards |
Review and recommendation of faculty retention, tenure,
promotion and awards. |
Yuri Kamychkov |
Adolfo Eguiluz, Geoff Greene, Mike Guidry, Tom Handler, Adriana
Moreo. |
| Undergraduate Curriculum Majors |
Curricular, recruiting and admission issues for undergraduate
physics majors |
Kate Grzywacz- Jones |
Marianne Breinig, Geoff Greene, Jon Levin, Norman Mannella,
Christine Nattrass, George Siopsis
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| Undergraduate Curriculum Non-Majors |
Curriculum for general education and service courses |
Jon Levin |
Marianne Breinig, Yuri Efremenko, Jaewook Joo, Jaan Mannik, Haidong Zhou |
| Astronomy task force |
Organization and coordination of outreach activities;
Integration of planetarium programming and astronomy instruction. |
Raph Hix |
Paul Lewis, Jim
Parks, Nadia Fomin, Kate Jones |
| Graduate Studies |
Graduate curriculum, graduate admission policies, graduate
degree programs |
Norman Mannella |
Marianne Breinig, Adolfo Eguiluz, Robert Grzywacz, Thomas Papenbrock, Lloyd Davis (UTSI),
George Siopsis, and Stefan Spanier |
| Departmental Undergraduate Advising |
Advise undergraduate physics and engineering physics majors |
Stu Elston |
Jon Levin, Christine Nattrass, Adriana Moreo, Mike Guidry |
| Undergraduate Student Liaison |
Advice the Department Head on issues related to the
undergraduate program |
President of SPS |
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| 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 |
Adolfo Eguiluz, George Siopsis, Tony Mezzacappa, Soren Sorensen |
| Graduate Student Recruitment and Admission |
Recruiment of graduate students. Recommendation the the
Department Head of admission of students to the graduate program. |
Marianne Breinig |
Yuri Efremenko, Adriana Moreo, Lucas Platter, and Haidong Zhou |
| Graduate Student Liaison |
Advice the Department Head on issues related to the graduate
program |
President of GPS |
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| Student Appeals Review |
Review student complaints as final step of appeals process |
Stu Elston |
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 |
Lee Riedinger |
Jim Parks, Soren Sorensen, Catherine Longmire |
| Shop |
Review use and operation of Electronics and Instrument Shop
services |
Robert Grzywacz |
Jim Parks, Stu Elston, Geoff Greene, Yuri Kamyshkov, and Jaan
Mannik |
| Bylaws Task Force |
Review and update the departmental bylaws |
Geoff Greene |
Elbio Dagotto, Tom Handler, and Soren Sorensen |