Department Committees
Department Committees
Duties
- Advise the Chair
- Review annual performance of faculty members
- Make recommendations for awarding faculty merit
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Membership
Duties
- Develop and curate list of internal (and external) awards for EEB faculty
- Identify appropriate nominees for awards
- Identify best individuals for preparation of nomination materials
- Maintain records of past nominations and successful awards
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 Membership
Duties
- Review and develop recommendations for updating the departmental by-laws
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 membership
Duties
- Advises the Chair and the Department
- Considers issues involving budgets, faculty duties, committee duties and activities
- Provides feedback and communication with colleagues
- Develops agendas for meetings
- Provides oversight and approval of departmental committee assignments
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 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 Academic Advisor and anticipated mentors to establish financial support packages
- Make recommendations to Chair and Department
- Work in concert with Graduate Program Committee to develop plans for advertising and promoting EEB graduate education
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 membership
If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in EEB, consult our program info page.
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 department;
- monitor mentoring of graduate students;
- work in concert with Graduate Admissions Committee and Graduate Academic Advisor to develop recommendations for advertising and promoting graduate program.
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 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
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 membership
Duties
- Review sabbatical leave dossiers and develop recommendations regarding plans for sabbatical leave
- Work with Departmental Administrative Associate to prepare forms for submissions to College Sabbatical Leave Committee
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 membership
Duties
- Work with faculty members and graduate students to develop a diverse and representative program for the weekly departmental seminar series
- Advertise seminars and aide in developing events associated with seminars
Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 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
- Maintain a rolling 3-year departmental teaching schedule
- 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