Department Committees
Department Committees
Duties
- Advise the Chair
- Review annual performance of faculty members
- Make recommendations for awarding faculty merit
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 Membership
Duties
- Review and develop recommendations for updating the departmental by-laws
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 membership
Duties
- Develop and foster DEI initiatves for the department, taking advantage of collaboration with College and Provost Office DEI efforts
- Develop a DEI resource page for the EEB website
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 membership
If you are interested in pursuing a graduate degree in EEB, consult our program info page.
Duties
- Coordinate and integrate actions and recommendations of the GAC and GPC
- Work with GAC members to develop recommendations to the department regarding changes to the admission process and for enhancing recruitment
- Work with GPC members to develop recommendations to the department regarding changes to reviewing the EEB graduate program
- Bring appropriate recommendations for changes to the graduate program to the department for discussion and implementation
- Work with GAC members to to apply for University graduate fellowships and nominate students for University fellowships/awards
- Keep informed about plicy changes and action in the Office of Graduate Studies and Office of Graduate Affairs
Graduate Executive Committee Membership
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 2021 - Spring 2022 membership
Duties
- Advise candidates
- Review promotion and tenure dossiers
- Work with the Departmental Administrative Assistant to prepare forms for submission to the College Committee on Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 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 2021 - Spring 2022 membership
- Jamie Walters
- Folashade Agusto
- Rafe Brown
- Benjamin Sikes (Fall only)
- Maggie Wagner (Spring only)
- Lola Klamm
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
Fall 2021 - Spring 2022 membership
Duties
- Work with Administrative Associate to move departmental website to meet accessibility standards
- Make decisions on layout and content