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'''Committees by Category (2013-2014)'''<br/> | '''Committees by Category (2013-2014)'''<br/> | ||
− | + | By December 17, please fill in your membership, a one sentence summary of the purpose of the committee, and an estimate of the workload or effort. | |
− | + | Please work in your committee to prepare a formal document of your committee's procedures, and send these to Kathy Tebo by Feb. 1, 2014. | |
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===Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)=== | ===Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)=== | ||
*Members: Henry | *Members: Henry | ||
+ | *Summary: No longer in existence; Harry Frank used to run it, but it was discontinued at least 3 years ago. | ||
+ | *Effort: N/A (it used to meet bimonthly) | ||
+ | *Procedures: N/A | ||
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+ | ===Academic Misconduct Hearing Officer=== | ||
+ | *Member(s): Colwell | ||
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
− | + | ===Academic Planning Committee (CLAS) === | |
− | ===Academic | + | *Member(s): Bush |
− | *Member(s): | + | |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Admissions Liaison (undergrads)=== | ===Admissions Liaison (undergrads)=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Animal Care and Handling=== | ===Animal Care and Handling=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Arboretum Committee=== | ===Arboretum Committee=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Anderson (co-organizer), Morse | + | *Member(s): Anderson (co-organizer), Morse, Henry |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Considers and responds to University initiatives that potentially impact campus plantings. This is an advisory body. |
− | *Effort | + | *Effort: Meets several times per year, as necessary; convened by co-organizers. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Bioinformatics Facility (Biotechnology/Bioservices Center) === | ===Bioinformatics Facility (Biotechnology/Bioservices Center) === | ||
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*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===B.S. Subcommittee=== | ||
+ | *Member(s) : Eldridge Adams (Chair) | ||
+ | *Summary: Review B.S. proposals and make recommendations on B.S. policy for the CLAS C&C committee. | ||
+ | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): meets irregularly; ~ 5 hours per year | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
===Building Committee, Torrey Replacement=== | ===Building Committee, Torrey Replacement=== | ||
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*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===Climate Impact, Mitigation, Adaptation (CIMA) Organizing Committee=== | ||
+ | *Member(s): Anderson, Likens, Urban | ||
+ | *Summary: organize events associated with an annual ‘environment month’ (=April) set of activities, speakers, panels, campus events | ||
+ | *Effort : at least once a month during academic year, often more regularly | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
===CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium=== | ===CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===CT State Museum of Natural History, Board of Directors=== | ===CT State Museum of Natural History, Board of Directors=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Courses and Curriculum (CLAS)=== | ===Courses and Curriculum (CLAS)=== | ||
*Member(s): Adams | *Member(s): Adams | ||
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Review course proposals and proposals to change majors, minors, or programs. Liaison between department and the college for curricular matters. Coordinate consultations with other departments. Present and defend EEB proposals. |
− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | + | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Meets 10 times per year for 2.5 hours per meeting; review approximately 230 proposals per year; proposal preparation. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Graduate School Faculty Council=== | ===Graduate School Faculty Council=== | ||
*Member(s): L. Lewis, Urban (alternate Schwenk) | *Member(s): L. Lewis, Urban (alternate Schwenk) | ||
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students |
− | *Effort | + | *Effort Meets monthly |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.=== | ===Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Library Committee=== | ===Library Committee=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Library Liaison=== | ===Library Liaison=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===McNair Advisory Board=== | ===McNair Advisory Board=== | ||
− | *Member(s):Chazdon, Jockusch | + | *Member(s): Chazdon, Jockusch |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===OTS Board of Directors=== | ===OTS Board of Directors=== | ||
− | *Member(s): | + | *Member(s): Simon, Wagner |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Research Council=== | ===Research Council=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.=== | ===Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Safety Committee Representative=== | ===Safety Committee Representative=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Senate (University) === | ===Senate (University) === | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Senate Curriculum Committee=== | ===Senate Curriculum Committee=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Schultz | + | *Member(s): Schultz (chair) |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Senate Scholastic Standards Committee=== | ===Senate Scholastic Standards Committee=== | ||
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*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
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===Senate University Budget Committee=== | ===Senate University Budget Committee=== | ||
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===Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee === | ===Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee === | ||
− | *Member(s): Caira, L. Lewis, Schlichting | + | *Member(s): Caira, L. Lewis, Schlichting, Urban |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Chooses SURF recipients |
− | *Effort | + | *Effort: Meets monthly in spring, requires reviews of 80 some proposals |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===Teale Organizing Committee === | ||
+ | *Member(s): Anderson, Holsinger, Elphick | ||
+ | *Summary: planning, organizing, inviting, hosting, linking with donors, linking with other supporting units across the university | ||
+ | *Effort: 1-2 times/ yr formally, but work ~every week throughout the academic year | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===University-level Search Committee === | ||
+ | *Member(s): Anderson | ||
+ | *Summary: Search for University Master Planner, Head of Landscape Design in Architecture and Engineering Services | ||
+ | *Effort: irregular, as needed | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
=Departmental= | =Departmental= | ||
===Advisory Committee to Head=== | ===Advisory Committee to Head=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Caira, | + | *Member(s): Caira, Diggle, Jockusch, Jones, Schultz, Willig |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
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===Awards, Graduate Research Grants === | ===Awards, Graduate Research Grants === | ||
− | *Member(s): | + | *Member(s): Henry, Caira, Bush (invertebrates); others? |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Solicits graduate student applications for funding from several EEB funding sources; recommends whether to fund and dollar amounts to award to these research proposals. |
− | *Effort | + | *Effort: Yearly competition. Committee work is done primarily through e-mail. Estimated 20 hours per year per member. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB=== | ===Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Awards, Undergraduate=== | ===Awards, Undergraduate=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Caira | + | *Member(s): Caira, Jockusch, Simon, Bush |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: In conjunction with MCB and PNB, decide on recipients of biology awards |
− | *Procedures: | + | *Effort: ca. 6-8 hours for most; much more for organizer |
− | + | *Procedures: Attend undergraduate biology honors symposium at end of spring semester; meet afterwards to decide on awards. EEB organizes this symposium 1/3rd of time; faculty organizer solicits symposium participants, and award application materials, organizes and runs symposium, arranges awards and writes thank yous; assistance is provided by advising staff. | |
===BS/MS Committee (EEB)=== | ===BS/MS Committee (EEB)=== | ||
− | *Member(s): | + | *Member(s): Elphick , Jockusch, Rubega, Schultz (chair) |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Center for Conservation and Biodiversity=== | ===Center for Conservation and Biodiversity=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer=== | ===Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Collections Committee=== | ===Collections Committee=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Computer Committee=== | ===Computer Committee=== | ||
*Member(s): Henry (chair), Holsinger, P. Lewis | *Member(s): Henry (chair), Holsinger, P. Lewis | ||
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Considers computer issues associated with the McCarthy EEB Computer Room in TLS, as well as... |
− | *Effort | + | *Effort: Meets as necessary, usually only a few times per year |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Courses and Curriculum Committee - EEB=== | ===Courses and Curriculum Committee - EEB=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Adams, P. Lewis | + | *Member(s): Adams, P. Lewis, Henry |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Advise faculty in preparing course proposals; bring new course proposals to EEB faculty vote; transmit course proposals to CLAS CCC; submit proposals to the Senate and GEOC |
− | *Effort: | + | *Effort: Meets several times/semester on as-needed basis; preparation of proposals. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)=== | ===Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Jones (chair), Fry | + | *Member(s): Jones (chair), Fry, Herrick |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | + | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Bi-annual scheduled meetings, scattered e-mail discussions throughout the year. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate=== | ===Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Adams, Diggle, L. Lewis, Schultz | + | *Member(s): Adams (chair), Diggle, L. Lewis, Schultz |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Review goals of the undergraduate curriculum; propose changes in requirements of the major and minor; map alignment between current courses and curriculum goals; review two-year cycle of course offerings; review scheduling of core courses, lab and field courses, W courses, and diversity courses; propose course changes; propose staffing plan on a two-year cycle; review fall/spring balance of TA positions. |
− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | + | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate=== | ===Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Elphick, Jockusch, Yuan | + | *Member(s): Elphick (chair), Jockusch, Yuan |
− | *Summary: | + | *Summary: Review goals of the graduate curriculum; propose changes in requirements; map alignment between current courses and curriculum goals; review course offerings; review scheduling of core courses; propose course changes; develop graduate student handbook; update information for graduate students on EEBedia ontogeny pages. |
− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | + | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year initially, hopefully declining in the future. |
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Faculty Mentors=== | ===Faculty Mentors=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Bush, | + | *Member(s): Bush, Schultz, Jockusch |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===Faculty Retreat Organizing Committee, 2013 === | ||
+ | *Member(s): Diggle, Jockusch, Lewis, Schultz | ||
+ | *Summary: | ||
+ | *Effort : | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
===Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position) === | ===Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position) === | ||
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*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
− | + | ===Faculty Search Committee (Director of Center for Integrative Geosciences) === | |
− | === | + | *Member(s): Bush |
− | *Member(s): | + | |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===Fall/Spring Open House=== | ||
+ | *Member(s): Upson, Schwenk | ||
+ | *Summary: Attend fall and spring open houses to represent EEB and its programs to interested high school students and their parents | ||
+ | *Effort: Open house is twice per year and lasts 3-4 hours each time | ||
+ | *Procedures: Show up, answer questions, have informational handouts/pamphlets available, provide advice about appropriate majors, promote EEB | ||
===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee=== | ===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee=== | ||
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*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee (Geosciences)=== | ||
+ | *Member(s): Bush (Chair) | ||
+ | *Summary: | ||
+ | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
+ | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
===Greenhouse Committee === | ===Greenhouse Committee === | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Honors Advising=== | ===Honors Advising=== | ||
− | *Member(s): Bush, Holsinger, Jockusch, Simon | + | *Member(s): Bush, Holsinger, Jockusch, Simon, Urban |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
+ | ===The Katie Bu Memorial Fund=== | ||
+ | *Members: Schultz, Jones, Schaefer | ||
+ | *Summary: Undergraduate Research Award to support undergraduates who are working on degrees and conducting research in environmental science. | ||
+ | *Effort: Evaluation of 3-8 applications annually | ||
===PTR in EEB (2013-14) === | ===PTR in EEB (2013-14) === | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Radiation Safety=== | ===Radiation Safety=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Seminar Organizer=== | ===Seminar Organizer=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Space Advisor=== | ===Space Advisor=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Teaching Awards - 1000s=== | ===Teaching Awards - 1000s=== | ||
− | *Member(s): | + | *Member(s): Wagner (chair), with Giardina |
*Summary: | *Summary: | ||
*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Teaching Awards - upper division=== | ===Teaching Awards - upper division=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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===Undergraduate Studies, Director of=== | ===Undergraduate Studies, Director of=== | ||
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*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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=== EEB Web Content Committee === | === EEB Web Content Committee === | ||
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*Effort: as needed | *Effort: as needed | ||
*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date. | ||
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=== EEB Webmaster=== | === EEB Webmaster=== |
Revision as of 18:15, 20 May 2014
Committees by Category (2013-2014)
By December 17, please fill in your membership, a one sentence summary of the purpose of the committee, and an estimate of the workload or effort.
Please work in your committee to prepare a formal document of your committee's procedures, and send these to Kathy Tebo by Feb. 1, 2014.
Contents
- 1 University and College
- 1.1 Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)
- 1.2 Academic Misconduct Hearing Officer
- 1.3 Academic Planning Committee (CLAS)
- 1.4 Admissions Liaison (undergrads)
- 1.5 Animal Care and Handling
- 1.6 Arboretum Committee
- 1.7 Bioinformatics Facility (Biotechnology/Bioservices Center)
- 1.8 Biotechnology Center Faculty Advisory Board
- 1.9 B.S. Subcommittee
- 1.10 Building Committee, Torrey Replacement
- 1.11 Climate Impact, Mitigation, Adaptation (CIMA) Organizing Committee
- 1.12 CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
- 1.13 CT State Museum of Natural History, Board of Directors
- 1.14 Courses and Curriculum (CLAS)
- 1.15 Graduate School Executive Committee
- 1.16 Graduate School Faculty Council
- 1.17 Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.
- 1.18 Library Committee
- 1.19 Library Liaison
- 1.20 McNair Advisory Board
- 1.21 National Scholarships Nomination Committees
- 1.22 Ornithologist, State
- 1.23 OTS Board of Directors
- 1.24 Research Council
- 1.25 Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.
- 1.26 Safety Committee Representative
- 1.27 Senate (University)
- 1.28 Senate Curriculum Committee
- 1.29 Senate Scholastic Standards Committee
- 1.30 Senate University Budget Committee
- 1.31 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee
- 1.32 Teale Organizing Committee
- 1.33 University-level Search Committee
- 2 Departmental
- 2.1 Advisory Committee to Head
- 2.2 Awards, Graduate Research Grants
- 2.3 Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB
- 2.4 Awards, Undergraduate
- 2.5 BS/MS Committee (EEB)
- 2.6 Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
- 2.7 Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer
- 2.8 Collections Committee
- 2.9 Computer Committee
- 2.10 Courses and Curriculum Committee - EEB
- 2.11 Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)
- 2.12 Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate
- 2.13 Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate
- 2.14 Faculty Mentors
- 2.15 Faculty Retreat Organizing Committee, 2013
- 2.16 Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position)
- 2.17 Faculty Search Committee (Director of Center for Integrative Geosciences)
- 2.18 Fall/Spring Open House
- 2.19 Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee
- 2.20 Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee (Geosciences)
- 2.21 Greenhouse Committee
- 2.22 Honors Advising
- 2.23 The Katie Bu Memorial Fund
- 2.24 PTR in EEB (2013-14)
- 2.25 Radiation Safety
- 2.26 Seminar Organizer
- 2.27 Space Advisor
- 2.28 Teaching Awards - 1000s
- 2.29 Teaching Awards - upper division
- 2.30 Undergraduate Studies, Director of
- 2.31 EEB Web Content Committee
- 2.32 EEB Webmaster
University and College
Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)
- Members: Henry
- Summary: No longer in existence; Harry Frank used to run it, but it was discontinued at least 3 years ago.
- Effort: N/A (it used to meet bimonthly)
- Procedures: N/A
Academic Misconduct Hearing Officer
- Member(s): Colwell
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Academic Planning Committee (CLAS)
- Member(s): Bush
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Admissions Liaison (undergrads)
- Member(s): Upson
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Animal Care and Handling
- Member(s): Rubega
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Arboretum Committee
- Member(s): Anderson (co-organizer), Morse, Henry
- Summary: Considers and responds to University initiatives that potentially impact campus plantings. This is an advisory body.
- Effort: Meets several times per year, as necessary; convened by co-organizers.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Bioinformatics Facility (Biotechnology/Bioservices Center)
- Member(s): P. Lewis (co-facility head)
- Summary: oversee facility and its operations, enhance research and educational missions of facility
- Effort: Biweekly meetings with Co-facility-head Peter Gogarten, System Administrator Jeff Lary, and Bioinformatics Scientist Jill Wegrzyn
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Biotechnology Center Faculty Advisory Board
- Member(s): Les, Rubega, Simon
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
B.S. Subcommittee
- Member(s) : Eldridge Adams (Chair)
- Summary: Review B.S. proposals and make recommendations on B.S. policy for the CLAS C&C committee.
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): meets irregularly; ~ 5 hours per year
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Building Committee, Torrey Replacement
- Member(s): Caira, Goffinet, Jockusch
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Climate Impact, Mitigation, Adaptation (CIMA) Organizing Committee
- Member(s): Anderson, Likens, Urban
- Summary: organize events associated with an annual ‘environment month’ (=April) set of activities, speakers, panels, campus events
- Effort : at least once a month during academic year, often more regularly
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
- Member(s): Upson
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
CT State Museum of Natural History, Board of Directors
- Member(s): Wagner
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Courses and Curriculum (CLAS)
- Member(s): Adams
- Summary: Review course proposals and proposals to change majors, minors, or programs. Liaison between department and the college for curricular matters. Coordinate consultations with other departments. Present and defend EEB proposals.
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Meets 10 times per year for 2.5 hours per meeting; review approximately 230 proposals per year; proposal preparation.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Graduate School Executive Committee
- Member(s): Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Graduate School Faculty Council
- Member(s): L. Lewis, Urban (alternate Schwenk)
- Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students
- Effort Meets monthly
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.
- Member(s): Chazdon
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Library Committee
- Member(s): Colwell
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Library Liaison
- Member(s): Wells
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
McNair Advisory Board
- Member(s): Chazdon, Jockusch
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
National Scholarships Nomination Committees
- Member(s): Jockusch, Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Ornithologist, State
- Member(s): Rubega
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
OTS Board of Directors
- Member(s): Simon, Wagner
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Research Council
- Member(s): Caira
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.
- Member(s): Simon
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Safety Committee Representative
- Member(s): L. Lewis
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Senate (University)
- Member(s): Caira, Chazdon, Jockusch, Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Senate Curriculum Committee
- Member(s): Schultz (chair)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Senate Scholastic Standards Committee
- Member(s): Chazdon
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
Senate University Budget Committee
- Member(s): Caira, Jockusch
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee
- Member(s): Caira, L. Lewis, Schlichting, Urban
- Summary: Chooses SURF recipients
- Effort: Meets monthly in spring, requires reviews of 80 some proposals
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Teale Organizing Committee
- Member(s): Anderson, Holsinger, Elphick
- Summary: planning, organizing, inviting, hosting, linking with donors, linking with other supporting units across the university
- Effort: 1-2 times/ yr formally, but work ~every week throughout the academic year
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
University-level Search Committee
- Member(s): Anderson
- Summary: Search for University Master Planner, Head of Landscape Design in Architecture and Engineering Services
- Effort: irregular, as needed
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Departmental
Advisory Committee to Head
- Member(s): Caira, Diggle, Jockusch, Jones, Schultz, Willig
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Awards, Graduate Research Grants
- Member(s): Henry, Caira, Bush (invertebrates); others?
- Summary: Solicits graduate student applications for funding from several EEB funding sources; recommends whether to fund and dollar amounts to award to these research proposals.
- Effort: Yearly competition. Committee work is done primarily through e-mail. Estimated 20 hours per year per member.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB
- Member(s): Henry, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Awards, Undergraduate
- Member(s): Caira, Jockusch, Simon, Bush
- Summary: In conjunction with MCB and PNB, decide on recipients of biology awards
- Effort: ca. 6-8 hours for most; much more for organizer
- Procedures: Attend undergraduate biology honors symposium at end of spring semester; meet afterwards to decide on awards. EEB organizes this symposium 1/3rd of time; faculty organizer solicits symposium participants, and award application materials, organizes and runs symposium, arranges awards and writes thank yous; assistance is provided by advising staff.
BS/MS Committee (EEB)
- Member(s): Elphick , Jockusch, Rubega, Schultz (chair)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
- Member(s):Chazdon, Elphick, Holsinger, O'Donnell, Rubega, Silander, Wagner, Schlichting (ex officio), P. Anderson (staff)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer
- Member(s): L. Lewis
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Collections Committee
- Member(s): Caira, Coe, Goffinet (director), Holsinger, Jockusch, Jones, Les, Rubega, Schultz, Wagner, Willig
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Computer Committee
- Member(s): Henry (chair), Holsinger, P. Lewis
- Summary: Considers computer issues associated with the McCarthy EEB Computer Room in TLS, as well as...
- Effort: Meets as necessary, usually only a few times per year
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Courses and Curriculum Committee - EEB
- Member(s): Adams, P. Lewis, Henry
- Summary: Advise faculty in preparing course proposals; bring new course proposals to EEB faculty vote; transmit course proposals to CLAS CCC; submit proposals to the Senate and GEOC
- Effort: Meets several times/semester on as-needed basis; preparation of proposals.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)
- Member(s): Jones (chair), Fry, Herrick
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Bi-annual scheduled meetings, scattered e-mail discussions throughout the year.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate
- Member(s): Adams (chair), Diggle, L. Lewis, Schultz
- Summary: Review goals of the undergraduate curriculum; propose changes in requirements of the major and minor; map alignment between current courses and curriculum goals; review two-year cycle of course offerings; review scheduling of core courses, lab and field courses, W courses, and diversity courses; propose course changes; propose staffing plan on a two-year cycle; review fall/spring balance of TA positions.
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate
- Member(s): Elphick (chair), Jockusch, Yuan
- Summary: Review goals of the graduate curriculum; propose changes in requirements; map alignment between current courses and curriculum goals; review course offerings; review scheduling of core courses; propose course changes; develop graduate student handbook; update information for graduate students on EEBedia ontogeny pages.
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year initially, hopefully declining in the future.
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Faculty Mentors
- Member(s): Bush, Schultz, Jockusch
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Faculty Retreat Organizing Committee, 2013
- Member(s): Diggle, Jockusch, Lewis, Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort :
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position)
- Member(s): Adams, Elphick, Jones, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair), Urban
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Faculty Search Committee (Director of Center for Integrative Geosciences)
- Member(s): Bush
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Fall/Spring Open House
- Member(s): Upson, Schwenk
- Summary: Attend fall and spring open houses to represent EEB and its programs to interested high school students and their parents
- Effort: Open house is twice per year and lasts 3-4 hours each time
- Procedures: Show up, answer questions, have informational handouts/pamphlets available, provide advice about appropriate majors, promote EEB
Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee
- Member(s): Goffinet, Jockusch, Urban, Wagner (Chair), Tebo (Staff)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee (Geosciences)
- Member(s): Bush (Chair)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Greenhouse Committee
- Member(s): Jones (Chair), Les, Morse (Staff) Schlichting
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Honors Advising
- Member(s): Bush, Holsinger, Jockusch, Simon, Urban
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
The Katie Bu Memorial Fund
- Members: Schultz, Jones, Schaefer
- Summary: Undergraduate Research Award to support undergraduates who are working on degrees and conducting research in environmental science.
- Effort: Evaluation of 3-8 applications annually
PTR in EEB (2013-14)
- Member(s): Adams, Jockusch, L. Lewis, Schultz, Willig (Chair)
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Radiation Safety
- Member(s): Les
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Seminar Organizer
- Member(s): Urban, Yuan
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Space Advisor
- Member(s): Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Teaching Awards - 1000s
- Member(s): Wagner (chair), with Giardina
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Teaching Awards - upper division
- Member(s): Schultz
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
Undergraduate Studies, Director of
- Member(s): Jones
- Summary:
- Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
EEB Web Content Committee
- Member(s): P. Lewis, Tebo (staff), Upson (staff)
- Summary: keep the (MySQL) database of people, courses and events (seminars) displayed on the EEB web site up-to-date
- Effort: as needed
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
EEB Webmaster
- Member(s): P. Lewis
- Summary: maintain web site software and administer operating system on server (www.eeb.uconn.edu)
- Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, much more at beginning of semester
- Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.