Biology Faculty and Staff

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School committee assignments

School Evaluation Committee

Chair: DeKrey     Assistant Chairs: McGlaughlin, Thomas
Duties include coordinating the faculty evaluation process and nominating faculty for awards.

MS and PhD committee

Chair: McGlaughlin     Members: Adams, Leatherman, Mackessy
Duties include MS and PhD curriculum, recruitment, applications, fellowships/scholarships, and other duties associated with the MS and PhD programs.

MBS committee

Chair: Fisher     Members: DeKrey, Gardiner, Thomas
Duties include MBS curriculum, recruitment, applications, fellowships/scholarships, and other duties associated with the MBS program.

Undergraduate committee

Chair: White     Members: Benedict, Franklin, Hawkinson, Shaw
Duties include undergraduate curriculum, recruitment, scholarships, preview days, Biology club advising (Amoeba and Tri Beta) and other duties associated with our undergraduate programs and students.

Undergraduate advising committee

Chair: Gardiner     Members: Fisher, Franklin, Reinsvold, Skufca
Duties include updating advising documents, group advising, and other duties associated with undergraduate advising.

Social committee

Chair: Higgins    Members: Budde, Halliday, Jurin, graduate student representative
Duties include planning and implementing social activities, gifts, etc for the school and nominating staff for awards, etc.

Assessment committee

Chair: Juring     Members: Adams, Burns, Skufca, White
Duties include program review and working with TracDat and other procedures to improve theassessment of our undergraduate and graduate programs.

Website committee

Chair: DeKrey
Duties include improving and updating the School website, catalog, public relations, and other forms of advertisement.

Individual assignments

  • Alpine Gardens - Reinsvold
  • Biology minor advising - Leatherman
  • Environmental studies - Jurin
  • Greenhouse - Franklin
  • Herbarium - McGlaughlin
  • Library representative - Hawkinson
  • Museum - Benedict
  • Non-thesis Master's advisor - Reinsvold
  • Pre-health advisor - Fisher
  • Student athlete advisor - Burns
  • Student teacher coordination, evaluation of applications for licensure, PTEP etc. - Reinsvold
  • Summer advising - Skufca
  • Undergraduate transfer evaluation - Skufca
  • Graduate student representative - Saviola

College committees

  • NHS Curriculum Committee—White
  • NHS Policy and Procedures Committee—Thomas
  • NHS Awards Committee—Higgins
  • NHS Assessment Committee—Jurin

University-wide service

  • Undergraduate Council, NHS Representative —Fisher
  • Research Advisory Council—Mackessy
  • Honors program representative—Mackessy
  • Associate Dean Search Committee—Franklin
  • IACUC—Mackessy, DeKrey, Thomas
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