NSM Faculty/Staff Newsletter

From the Office of the Dean

September 2022

Did You Know?

Posting Undergraduate Research Positions

Looking for students to work in your lab this fall? You can post volunteer and paid research opportunities in NSM’s Research Portal. Follow these instructions (log in required).

NSM Standing Committees: Function and Membership

The College has six standing committees that are empowered by our College bylaws to a cover a range of core shared governance functions within the College.

  • Committee on College Government
    • Conduct College elections, department chair polls, review College and department bylaws, handle non-trivial faculty grievances, etc.
  • Undergraduate Studies Committee
    • Consider and make recommendations of the undergraduate curriculum/degree requirements, teaching-related policies, handle non-trivial undergraduate student grievances, standards for admissions and grading, etc.
  • Graduate Studies Committee
    • Consider and make recommendations of the graduate curriculum/degree requirements, teaching-related policies, handle non-trivial graduate student grievances, standards for admissions and grading, etc.
  • Promotion and Tenure Committee
    • Handle College-level review of tenured/tenure-track and research faculty mandatory and promotion/tenure reviews, post-tenure review, advise on budget, review two semester faculty development leaves, etc.
  • Policy Committee
    • Advise and review department and College policies, advise on budget and administration, conduct bi-annual reviews of College units and associate deans, etc.
  • Instructional and Clinical Faculty Promotion Committee
    • Advise on review/promotion of instructional and clinical faculty, determine performance criteria for instructional/clinical faculty, etc.

A more detailed description of committee roles, membership, and responsibilities can be found in the NSM bylaws. The current membership of the NSM Standing Committees can always be found on the NSM website with the current membership below. The bylaws also detail the composition of these committees.

Consider being a nominee for one of more of these committees in the next cycle. Thank all of you for your service!

NSM Standing Committees
Academic Year 2022-2023

Committee on College Government

  • M. Fujita, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • E. Carrasquillo-Molina, Chemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • E. Leiss, Computer Science - 9/22-8/23
  • A. Li, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/21-8/23
  • G. Heier, Mathematics - 9/22-8/24
  • J. Miller, Physics - 9/22-8/24
  • R. Forrest, Physics - 9/22-8/24 (At Large Promotion Eligible NTT Faculty)

Undergraduate Studies Committee

  • R. Knapp, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • A. Czader, Chemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • C. Rincon , Computer Science - 9/22-8/24
  • D. Hauptvogel, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/22-8/24
  • D. Blecher, Mathematics - 9/21-8/23
  • L. Koerner, Physics - 9/21-8/23
  • TBD, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/22-8/23 (Student Member)

Graduate Studies Committee

  • E. Kelleher, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • S. Halasyamani, Chemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • Z. Deng , Computer Science - 9/21-8/23
  • S. Khan, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/21-8/23
  • W. Fitzgibbon, Mathematics - 9/22-8/24
  • O. Varghese, Physics - 9/22-8/24
  • J. Meen, Chemistry - 9/22-8/24 (At-large Promotion Eligible Research Faculty)
  • Lilly Schaffer, Physics - 9/22-8/23 (Student Member)

Promotion and Tenure Committee

  • D. Graur, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • S. Gilbertson, Chemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • L. Johnsson, Computer Science - 9/22-8/24
  • A. Li, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/22-8/24
  • W. Fitzgibbon, Mathematics - 9/21-8/23
  • R. Bellwied, Physics - 9/21-8/23
  • A. Brazdeikis , Physics - 9/22-8/24 (At-large Promotion Eligible Research Faculty)
  • J. Meen, Chemistry - 9/22-8/24 (At-large Promotion Eligible Research Faculty)

Policy Committee

  • S. Chung, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • O. Miljanic, Chemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • L. Johnsson , Computer Science - 9/22-8/24
  • R. Stewart, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/22-8/24
  • W. Fitzgibbon, Mathematics - 9/21-8/23
  • O. Varghese, Physics - 9/21-8/23
  • R. Larsen , Chemistry - 9/22-8/24 (At-large Promotion Eligible NTT Faculty)

Instructional and Clinical Faculty Promotion Committee

  • D. Pattison, Biology and Biochemistry - 9/21-8/23
  • M. Bean, Chemistry - 9/22-8/24
  • N. Rizk, Computer Science - 9/21-8/23
  • J. Sisson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences - 9/21-8/23
  • P. Evans, Mathematics - 9/22-8/24
  • R. Forrest, Physics - 9/22-8/24
  • T. Solorio, Computer Science - 9/22-8/24 (At-large TT Faculty)
  • A. Guloy, Chemistry - 9/21-8/23 (At-large TT Faculty)
  • A. Torok, Mathematics - 9/22-8/24 (At-large TT Faculty)
  • L. Wood, Physics - 9/21-8/23 (At-large TT Faculty)