Department Committees

Department Committees

Duties

  • Develop and distribute an EEB alumni e- newsletter with the goal of engaging alumni/potential donors; sharing accomplishments; pointing to KUEA support opportunities

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Membership

  • Rich Glor (Chair)
  • Ben Sikes
  • Leo Smith
  • Kirsten Jensen
  • Paulyn Cartwright

Duties

  • Review annual performance of faculty members in research, teaching and service.

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Membership

Duties

  • Develop and curate list of internal (and external) awards for EEB faculty
  • Identify appropriate nominees for awards
  • Contribute to assembly of nomination packages
  • Identify best individuals for preparation of nomination materials
  • Maintain records of past nominations and successful awards

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Membership

Duties

  • Review and develop recommendations for updating the departmental by-laws

Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 membership

Duties

  • Advises the Chair and the Department
  • Consider issues involving hires, budgets, faculty duties, committee duties and activities
  • Provide feedback and communicate with colleagues on departmental issues
  • Develop agendas for faculty meetings

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 Membership

Duties

  • Determine which applicants should be accepted into the EEB graduate program
  • Communicate with appropriate faculty mentors regarding suitability of candidates for degree programs
  • Work with Graduate Coordinator and anticipated mentors to establish financial support packages
  • Make recommendations to Chair and Department
  • Work with graduate support staff to coordinate the recruitment weekend or new student orientation
  • Develop recommendations to EEB leadership to improve the admissions process and enhance student recruitment

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

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Duties

  • Monitor progress of graduate students;
  • determine priorities and criteria for evaluating graduate-student success;
  • review and rank graduate students;
  • develop recommendations regarding graduate program to EEB leadership;
  • monitor faculty mentoring of graduate students and communicate mentoring issues to the Graduate Executive Committee;
  • work with graduate students and mentors for remediation plans or change of mentors

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Review post-tenure accomplishments of faculty colleagues
  • Recognize accomplishments and achievements
  • Identify aspects of performance (if any) that could benefit from improvement
  • Develop recommendations for maintaining strong contributions and addressing any concerns
  • All activities completed in late Fall/early Spring with documents due to the college first week in March.

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Advise candidates and help them polish submitted forms
  • Review promotion and tenure dossiers
  • Develop comments and recommendations regarding the performance of candidates in research, teaching, and service
  • Work with Departmental Administrative Assistant to prepare forms for submission to College Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Review and rank sabbatical leave applicants
  • Work with Departmental Administrative Associate to prepare forms for submission to College Sabbatical Leave Committee

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Work with faculty members and graduate students to develop the schedule for the weekly departmental seminar series
  • Advertise seminars and aid in developing events associated with seminars

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Integrate EEB contribution to KUUB
  • Review and consider EEB and the biology curricula
  • Promote best methods for reviewing teaching performance of faculty and GTAs
  • Coordinate EEB activities with other campus teaching initiatives (e.g., CTE, Center for Science Education)
  • Participate in developing grants for external support of teaching innovation

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership

Duties

  • Collaborate with existing EEB committees to lead conversations regarding how our collective academic work intersects with individual and committee decisions and processes relating to the health and functioning of the entire EEB community;
  • Makes recommendations regarding changes in policies;
  • Monitors EEB community needs and progress in department and EEB/STEM fields more broadly;
  • Promotes and supports opportunities designed to ensure scientific success for all community members

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026 membership