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−	'''Committees by Category (2013-2014)'''<br/>	+	'''EEB Committees'''<br/>
−	Please fill in your membership, a one sentence summary of the purpose of the committee, and an estimate of the workload or effort.	+	Please add your name (<span style="color:red">and your name only!</span>) to any committees you are on, and add entries for committees that do not yet have an entry here (feel free to copy/paste information about a committee from the now-obsolete [[Committees (2015)]] page, but of course please correct any inaccuracies after pasting!).
−	Next semester we will be asking for a formal document of your committee's procedures.	+
		+	<p>&nbsp;</p>
−	=University and College=	+	=Major Extramural Professional Service=
−	===Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)===	+	==== President of Professional Society ====
−	*Members: Henry	+	* B. Goffinet (International Association of Bryologists)
−	*Summary:	+	* L. Lewis (Northeast Algal Society)
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	* C. Jones (Botanical Society of America, President 2020-2021)
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Academic Misconduct Hearing Officer===	+	=University-level and College-level Committees=
−	*Member(s): Colwell	+	<font color="#FF3300">Please alphabetize within sections!</font>
−	*Summary:	+	===AAUP EEB Faculty Representative===
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Members(s):
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+	*Summary: meet with AAUP representatives and AAUP department representatives to discuss relevant issues
		+	*Effort: meets several times per semester
−	===Admissions Liaison (undergrads)===	+	===CLAS Data Science Cirtificate/Masters ===
−	*Member(s): Upson	+	*Members(s): R. Bagchi and J. Wegrzyn
	*Summary:		*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===	+	===CLAS Committee on Curricula and Courses===
−	*Member(s): Rubega	+	*Members(s): P. Lewis
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: meet with representatives of all departments within CLAS to approve course proposals at the College level
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meets 2 hours twice per month in fall semesters and once per month in spring semesters
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Arboretum Committee===	+	===CLAS C&C BS Subcommittee===
−	*Member(s): Anderson (co-organizer), Morse	+	*Members(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary:
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort:
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Bioinformatics Faculty===	+	===CLAS Academic Advisory Board ===
−	*Member(s): P. Lewis (co-faculty head)	+	*Members(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: assess and discuss potential educational and research opportunities in areas related to big data.
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets about twice a semsester.
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Biotechnology Center Faculty Advisory Board===	+	===CLAS Council on Diversity & Equity ===
−	*Member(s): Les, Rubega, Simon	+	*Members(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Effort: Variable, depending on initiative involvment
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Building Committee, Torrey Replacement===	+	===CLAS Dean's PTR Advisory Council ===
−	*Member(s): Caira, Goffinet,  Jockusch	+	*Members(s): M. Rubega
−	*Summary:	+	*Effort: Variable, depending on initiative involvment
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium===	+	===CLAS Computational Biology PSM Committee ===
−	*Member(s): Upson	+	*Members(s): J. Wegrzyn
−	*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===	+	===Computational Biology Core Advisory Committee ===
−	*Member(s): Wagner	+	*Members(s): J. Wegrzyn, P. Lewis
−	*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)===	+	===Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Executive Committee ===
−	*Member(s): Adams, P. Lewis	+	*Member(s): D. Wagner (Co-Chair), N. Munro (Co-Chair)
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversight of Museum activities; serve as liaison between Museum Board and staff
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets several times/semester; strategic planning, staff goal setting, budget and space matters, set Board agendas, etc.
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Graduate School Executive Committee===	+	===delta Gen Ed Working Group===
−	*Member(s): Schultz	+	*Member(s): E. Schultz (past chair, now member)
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Responsible for planning changes to University-wide curriculum
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets biweekly over academic year and irregularly during summer; 30 hours per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Graduate School Faculty Council===	+	===Environmental Policy Advisory Council===
−	*Member(s): L. Lewis, Urban (alternate Schwenk)	+	*Member(s): C. Simon
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: University-wide council advising on policies for greening the university
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets once or twice per semester
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.===	+	===Environmental Science program oversight committee===
−	*Member(s): Chazdon	+	*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversee Environmental Science program's curriculum, advise students
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meet 1-2 times per semester; advise 15-20 students (including honor's students)
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Library Committee===	+	===Graduate School Faculty Council===
−	*Member(s): Colwell	+	*Member(s): L. Lewis
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets monthly
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Library Liaison===	+	===Honors Advising===
−	*Member(s): Wells	+	*Member(s): R. Bagchi, L. Lewis, C. Garcia-Robledo, E. Schultz, C. Simon,Y. Yuan
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Advise multiple honors students and represent EEB for Biology honors functions
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meet with about 10 advisees each semester, 10 hours meeting time over academic year, serve as judge for honors awards/senior symposium, one every three years help with organization of honors symposium.
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===McNair Advisory Board===	+	===Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)===
−	*Member(s):	+	*Member(s): Y. Yuan
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review IBC registrations
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: about 10 meetings per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===National Scholarships Nomination Committees===	+	===Kasowitz Colloquium committee===
−	*Member(s):	+	*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Design and (ultimately) oversee new colloquium series focused on environmental issue
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per year
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Ornithologist, State===	+	===McNair Scholars Advisory Board===
−	*Member(s): Rubega	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Provide feedback to McNair program and interact with McNair students
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===OTS Board of Directors===	+	===Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Fellowship Nomination Committee===
−	*Member(s): Colwell, Wagner	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Choose and advise applicants for Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Fellowships
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Research Council===	+	===SURF Review Committee===
−	*Member(s): Caira	+	*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) proposals and panel discussion
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Primary reviewer for ~10 proposals and general reviewer for ~30 additional proposals; one panel discussion
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.===	+	===Teale Lecture Series organizing committee===
−	*Member(s): Simon	+	*Member(s): C. Elphick
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Plan lecture series, host speakers
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Safety Committee Representative===	+	===UConn@COPx===
−	*Member(s): L. Lewis	+	*Member(s): M. Urban
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: University-wide trip to UN climate change talks and outreach/projects on campus
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per semester plus week-long trip to talks
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Senate (University) ===	+	===UConn Forest Outreach Group===
−	*Member(s): Caira, Chazdon, Jockusch, Schultz	+	*Member(s): J. Wegrzyn
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: University-wide
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per semester
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Senate Curriculum Committee===	+	===Udall fellowship selection committee===
−	*Member(s): Schultz	+	*Member(s): M. Urban
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Choose and advise University applications to Morris K. Udall fellowship
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Senate Growth and Development Committee===	+	===University parking citation appeals review committee===
−	*Member(s): Jockusch	+	*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review parking citation appeals!
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: variable (not yet in FY18!)
−	===Senate Scholastic Standards Committee===	+	===University Senate===
−	*Member(s): Chazdon	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch, E. Schultz, D. Wagner, M. Rubega
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: conduct University business
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meet monthly, fifteen hours over academic year
−	===Senate University Budget Committee===	+	===University Senate Curricula and Courses Committee===
−	*Member(s): Caira	+	*Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair)
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review course proposals; review and propose University policies relevant to curriculum
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meet 1.5 hours/twice per month, 20 hours over academic year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	===Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee===	+	===University Senate Growth and Development Committee===
	*Member(s):		*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review actual and prospective changes of the University over time from the University Senate's perspective.
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meet 1.5 hours/per month
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−	=Departmental=	+	===University Senate Scholastic Standards Committee===
		+	*Member(s): D. Wagner
		+	*Summary: Review and propose University policies relevant to scholastic standards
		+	*Effort: meet 1.5 hours/twice per month
−	===Advisory Committee to Head===	+	===University Senate Faculty Standards Committee===
−	*Member(s): Caira, Goffinet, Jones, Schultz, Willig	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review and propose University policies relevant to the faculty
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meet 2 hours/month
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−		+	===University Senate Representative to the Board of Trustees (Buildings, Grounds, Environment Subcommittee)===
−	===Awards, Graduate Research Grants ===	+
	*Member(s):		*Member(s):
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: attend Board of Trustees meetings and BoT Building/Grounds/Environment Subcommittee Meetings
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: 1-2x per month
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===University Senate Diversity Committee===
		+	*Member(s): M. Rubega (Chair)
		+	*Summary: review and propose University policies relevant to diversity and inclusion; attend Subcommittee Meetings
		+	*Effort: meet 2 hours per month (Committee) + 2 hours per month (subcommittee)
−	===Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB===	+	===University Senate Enrollment Committee===
−	*Member(s): Henry, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair)	+	*Member(s): M. Davis, D. Wagner
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: review and University enrollment stats and issues
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meet 2 hours per month
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===University Senate Executive Committee===
		+	*Member(s): E. Schultz (beginning Spring 2020)
		+	*Summary: Organizes and coordinates the business of the Senate and its committees.
		+	*Effort: Meets biweekly during semester, 64 hours meeting time over academic year
−	===Awards, Undergraduate===	+	<p>&nbsp;</p>
−	*Member(s): Caira, Taigen	+
−	*Summary:	+
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	=Department-level Committees=
		+	<font color="#FF3300">Please alphabetize within sections!</font>
−	===BS/MS Committee (EEB)===	+	===Advisory Committee to Head===
−	*Member(s): Colwell, Elphick (chair), Jockusch, Rubega, Schultz, Silander	+	*Member(s): J. Caira, C. Elphick, M. Finiguerra, E. Jockusch, C. Jones, C. Schlichting
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Advises head on departmental matters
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Meets several times a semester and conducts other business via email
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===All-Biology and EEB Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee===
		+	*Member(s): Eric Schultz (both all-biology and EEB 2017; EEB only 2018)
		+	*Summary: Organize the EEB departmental and All-Biology (three departments) Annual Undergraduate Research Symposia
		+	*Effort: Two intense weeks in the Spring semester; 10-20 h per year
−	===Center for Conservation and Biodiversity===	+	===Biodiversity Research Collections Committee===
−	*Member(s):Chazdon, Elphick, Holsinger, O'Donnell, Rubega, Silander, Wagner, Schlichting (ex oficio), P. Anderson (staff)	+	*Member(s): J. Caira, B. Goffinet (chair), C. Jones, E. Schultz
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: assess activities and strategies for the collection; chair report annually to EEB head
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: 1-2 h a semester; Schultz is also acting vertebrate collections manager, 40+ h a year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===BS/MS Steering Committee===
		+	*Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair), C. Simon, C. Elphick, K. Schwenk, C. Garcia-Robledo
		+	*Summary: Interview students for BS/MS degrees, advise on matters relating to BS/MS program
		+	*Effort: Five hours per year for interviews, chair devotes 15 hours per year to program administration
−	===Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer===	+	===CONN Herbarium===
−	*Member(s): L. Lewis	+	*Member(s): vacant (Director)
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary:
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	* Effort:Les
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Courses and Curriculum Committee===
		+	*Member(s): P. Lewis (Chair), R. Bagchi, M. Finiguerra.
		+	*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.
−	===Collections Committee===	+	===Course Scheduling Committee===
−	*Member(s): Caira, Coe, Goffinet (director), Holsinger, Jockusch, Jones, Les, Rubega, Schultz, Wagner, Willig	+	*Member(s): C. Jones, C. Elphick.
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Determine faculty course assignments and teaching schedules.
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Departmental Climate Study Commitee ===
		+	*Member(s): M. Rubega (chair), D. Bolnick, R. Colby (grad student), E. Barbeau (staff)
		+	*Summary: effort initiated in 2019 to develop and administer a survey-based study of the working climate in EEB
		+	*Effort: 2 hours weekly
−	===Computer Committee===	+	===Fundraising Committee===
−	*Member(s): Henry (chair), Holsinger, P. Lewis	+	*Member(s): J. Caira, Urban, Schlichting
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Raise outside funds
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Multiple times per semester
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Gant Building Planning Committee===
		+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch, B. Goffinet, C. Schlichting (Chair)
		+	*Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB space in Gant
		+	*Effort: Variable; weekly at times
−	===Courses and Curriculum Committee - EEB===	+	===Gant Lab design Committee===
−	*Member(s): Adams, Goffinet, P. Lewis	+	*Member(s): K. Schwenk, S. Herrick, L. Lewis
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB teaching space in Gant
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Variable; weekly at times
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Gant Move===
		+	*Member(s): C. Schlichting, J. Seeman, N. Boston
		+	*Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB teaching space in Gant
		+	*Effort: Variable; weekly at times
−	===Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)===	+	===Grad Research Awards (Botany)===
−	*Member(s): Jones (chair), Fry	+	*Members in 2019: B. Goffinet, J. Seemann, Y. Yuan
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Review research proposals from EEB students and make award recommendations
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: One or two virtual meetings late in spring semester to spend endowed funds on student research
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Grad Research Awards (Zoology)===
		+	*Members 2019: Schwenk, D. Bolnick, A. Bush
		+	*Summary: Distribute summer awards
		+	*Effort: Several times, spring semester
−	===Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate===	+	===Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee AKA GAAC!===
−	*Member(s): Adams, Diggle, L. Lewis, Schultz	+	*Member(s): C. Elphick (Chair), M. Urban, B. Goffinet, Y. Yuan
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Admit students, administer summer funding, award demis, assign TAships, advocate for grads; all things graduate student
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: Variable; nearly weekly spring semester
−	*Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+	Ends of terms
		+	2020: Jockusch; 2021: Goffinet; 2022: Urban; 2023: Elphick; 2024: Yuan 2025
		+	===Graduate Teaching Awards===
		+	*Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair), D. Les, M. Rubega
		+	*Summary: Reviews nominations and applications for EEB Excellence in Student Teaching Award
		+	*Effort: 5 hrs/year
−	===Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate===	+	===Greenhouse Committee===
−	*Member(s): Elphick, Jockusch, Yuan	+	*Member(s): B. Goffinet, J. Seemann, Y. Yuan
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversee greenhouse
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: variable
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Greenhouse Building Planning Committee===
		+	*Member(s): C. Jones, B. Goffinet, C. Schlichting, J. Seemann
		+	*Summary: Oversee design of new greenhouses, meet with architects
		+	*Effort: variable
−	===Faculty Mentors===	+	===Introductory Biology Teaching Award===
−	*Member(s): Bush, Urban	+	*Member(s): D. Wagner
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Solicitation and review nominations, write award letters, etc.
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: 5+ hrs/year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	=== Organization for Tropical Studies Delegate===
		+	*Delegate(s): E. Kuprewicz, C. Garcia-Robledo
		+	*Summary: pass on information from OTS to UCONN, assist students in applications
		+	*Effort: as needed (at least one full-day meeting per year)
−	===Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position) ===	+	===PTR (Promote, Tenure, and Reappointment)===
−	*Member(s): Adams, Elphick, Jones, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair), Urban	+	*Members 2020-2021: M. Urban (chair), D. Bolnick, L. Lewis, C. Simon
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Ensure that packets are complete and letters are secured for those coming up for tenure/promotion
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort): Several times per semester
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===PTR - Non-Tenure Track===
		+	*Members 2019-20: C. Jones (chair), M. Finiguerra, S. Herrick, J. Cooley
		+	*Summary: Ensure that packets for non-tenure-track faculty are complete and letters are secured for those coming up for reappointment/promotion
		+	*Effort): Several times per semester
−	===Fall/Spring Open House===	+	===Search Committee===
−	*Member(s): Upson	+	*Member(s): R. Bagchi, D. Bolnick, E. Jockusch. S. Knutie, C. Schlichting
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversee equipment, training and billing for departmental molecular facilities
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: variable
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Seminar Committee===
		+	*Member(s): Garcia-Robledo
		+	*Summary: Invite speakers, organize weekly seminars
		+	*Effort: Weekly
−	===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee===	+	===Shared Molecular Facilities===
−	*Member(s): Goffinet, Jockusch, Schlichting (Chair), Urban, Wagner, Tebo (Staff)	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch. B. Goffinet
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversee equipment, training and billing for departmental molecular facilities
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: variable
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===Space ===
		+	*Czar: E. Schultz
		+	*Summary: track office and lab space assignments
		+	*Effort: ongoing
−	===Greenhouse Committee ===	+	===Vertebrate Research Collections Committee ===
−	*Member(s): Jones (Chair, Les, Morse (Staff) Schlichting	+	*Member(s): E. Jockusch, M. Willig, M. Rubega, E. Schultz (chair)
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Oversee vertebrate collections
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: two hours per year
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	=== Undergraduate Committee===
		+	*Member(s): C. Jones (chair), M. Davis, M. Finiguerra, J. Seemann
		+	*Summary: Enhance EEB undergrad experience
		+	*Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, more for special events
−	===Honors Advising===	+	=== Undergraduate Lab Safety Working Group===
−	*Member(s): Bush, Holsinger, Jockusch, Simon, Taigen	+	*Member(s): S. Herrick
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary:
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort:
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
		+	===EEB Rep for UConn Open Houses===
		+	*Member(s): K. Schwenk, S. Herrick
		+	*Summary: Help to recruit undergraduates to UConn biology program; give two public presentations per Open House
		+	*Effort: Two Sundays per academic year, plus prep work
−	===PTR in EEB (2013-14) ===	+	=== Website Advisory Committee===
−	*Member(s): Adams, Jockusch, L. Lewis, Schultz, Willig (Chair)	+	*Member(s): J. Wegrzyn, M. Rubega, B. Goffinet
−	*Summary:	+	*Summary: Advises the EEB webmaster on the most effective way to portray EEB via its web site
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+	*Effort: meets several times per semester; Rubega and Wegrzyn also contribute ~ 1 hour per week all year in social media posts/management
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+
−		+	=== Webmaster===
−	===Radiation Safety===	+	*Member(s): P. Lewis
−	*Member(s): Les	+	*Summary: Maintain web site content for primary EEB web site (http://eeb.uconn.edu/), and administer server hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu to maintain EEBedia (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Main_Page)
−	*Summary:	+	*Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, much more at beginning of semester
−	*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): Jones, Taigen, 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 Research Fellowships, Summer (SURF)===	+
−	*Member(s): Caira, L. Lewis, Schlichting	+
−	*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.	+
−		+
−		+
−	===World Wide Web Page===	+
−	*Member(s): P. Lewis, Tebo (staff)	+
−	*Summary:	+
−	*Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):	+
−	*Procedures:  Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.	+

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EEB Committees
Please add your name (and your name only!) to any committees you are on, and add entries for committees that do not yet have an entry here (feel free to copy/paste information about a committee from the now-obsolete Committees (2015) page, but of course please correct any inaccuracies after pasting!).

 

Major Extramural Professional Service

President of Professional Society

• B. Goffinet (International Association of Bryologists)
• L. Lewis (Northeast Algal Society)
• C. Jones (Botanical Society of America, President 2020-2021)

University-level and College-level Committees

Please alphabetize within sections!

AAUP EEB Faculty Representative

• Members(s):
• Summary: meet with AAUP representatives and AAUP department representatives to discuss relevant issues
• Effort: meets several times per semester

CLAS Data Science Cirtificate/Masters

• Members(s): R. Bagchi and J. Wegrzyn
• Summary:

CLAS Committee on Curricula and Courses

• Members(s): P. Lewis
• Summary: meet with representatives of all departments within CLAS to approve course proposals at the College level
• Effort: meets 2 hours twice per month in fall semesters and once per month in spring semesters

CLAS C&C BS Subcommittee

• Members(s):
• Summary:
• Effort:

CLAS Academic Advisory Board

• Members(s):
• Summary: assess and discuss potential educational and research opportunities in areas related to big data.
• Effort: Meets about twice a semsester.

CLAS Council on Diversity & Equity

• Members(s):
• Effort: Variable, depending on initiative involvment

CLAS Dean's PTR Advisory Council

• Members(s): M. Rubega
• Effort: Variable, depending on initiative involvment

CLAS Computational Biology PSM Committee

• Members(s): J. Wegrzyn

Computational Biology Core Advisory Committee

• Members(s): J. Wegrzyn, P. Lewis

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Executive Committee

• Member(s): D. Wagner (Co-Chair), N. Munro (Co-Chair)
• Summary: Oversight of Museum activities; serve as liaison between Museum Board and staff
• Effort: Meets several times/semester; strategic planning, staff goal setting, budget and space matters, set Board agendas, etc.

delta Gen Ed Working Group

• Member(s): E. Schultz (past chair, now member)
• Summary: Responsible for planning changes to University-wide curriculum
• Effort: Meets biweekly over academic year and irregularly during summer; 30 hours per year

Environmental Policy Advisory Council

• Member(s): C. Simon
• Summary: University-wide council advising on policies for greening the university
• Effort: Meets once or twice per semester

Environmental Science program oversight committee

• Member(s):
• Summary: Oversee Environmental Science program's curriculum, advise students
• Effort: Meet 1-2 times per semester; advise 15-20 students (including honor's students)

Graduate School Faculty Council

• Member(s): L. Lewis
• Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students
• Effort: Meets monthly

Honors Advising

• Member(s): R. Bagchi, L. Lewis, C. Garcia-Robledo, E. Schultz, C. Simon,Y. Yuan
• Summary: Advise multiple honors students and represent EEB for Biology honors functions
• Effort: Meet with about 10 advisees each semester, 10 hours meeting time over academic year, serve as judge for honors awards/senior symposium, one every three years help with organization of honors symposium.

Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

• Member(s): Y. Yuan
• Summary: Review IBC registrations
• Effort: about 10 meetings per year

Kasowitz Colloquium committee

• Member(s):
• Summary: Design and (ultimately) oversee new colloquium series focused on environmental issue
• Effort: Multiple times per year

McNair Scholars Advisory Board

• Member(s): E. Jockusch
• Summary: Provide feedback to McNair program and interact with McNair students
• Effort: Multiple times per year

Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Fellowship Nomination Committee

• Member(s): E. Jockusch
• Summary: Choose and advise applicants for Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell Fellowships
• Effort: Multiple times per year

SURF Review Committee

• Member(s):
• Summary: Review Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) proposals and panel discussion
• Effort: Primary reviewer for ~10 proposals and general reviewer for ~30 additional proposals; one panel discussion

Teale Lecture Series organizing committee

• Member(s): C. Elphick
• Summary: Plan lecture series, host speakers
• Effort: Multiple times per year

UConn@COPx

• Member(s): M. Urban
• Summary: University-wide trip to UN climate change talks and outreach/projects on campus
• Effort: Multiple times per semester plus week-long trip to talks

UConn Forest Outreach Group

• Member(s): J. Wegrzyn
• Summary: University-wide
• Effort: Multiple times per semester

Udall fellowship selection committee

• Member(s): M. Urban
• Summary: Choose and advise University applications to Morris K. Udall fellowship
• Effort: Multiple times per year

University parking citation appeals review committee

• Member(s):
• Summary: Review parking citation appeals!
• Effort: variable (not yet in FY18!)

University Senate

• Member(s): E. Jockusch, E. Schultz, D. Wagner, M. Rubega
• Summary: conduct University business
• Effort: meet monthly, fifteen hours over academic year

University Senate Curricula and Courses Committee

• Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair)
• Summary: Review course proposals; review and propose University policies relevant to curriculum
• Effort: meet 1.5 hours/twice per month, 20 hours over academic year

University Senate Growth and Development Committee

• Member(s):
• Summary: Review actual and prospective changes of the University over time from the University Senate's perspective.
• Effort: meet 1.5 hours/per month

University Senate Scholastic Standards Committee

• Member(s): D. Wagner
• Summary: Review and propose University policies relevant to scholastic standards
• Effort: meet 1.5 hours/twice per month

University Senate Faculty Standards Committee

• Member(s): E. Jockusch
• Summary: Review and propose University policies relevant to the faculty
• Effort: meet 2 hours/month

University Senate Representative to the Board of Trustees (Buildings, Grounds, Environment Subcommittee)

• Member(s):
• Summary: attend Board of Trustees meetings and BoT Building/Grounds/Environment Subcommittee Meetings
• Effort: 1-2x per month

University Senate Diversity Committee

• Member(s): M. Rubega (Chair)
• Summary: review and propose University policies relevant to diversity and inclusion; attend Subcommittee Meetings
• Effort: meet 2 hours per month (Committee) + 2 hours per month (subcommittee)

University Senate Enrollment Committee

• Member(s): M. Davis, D. Wagner
• Summary: review and University enrollment stats and issues
• Effort: meet 2 hours per month

University Senate Executive Committee

• Member(s): E. Schultz (beginning Spring 2020)
• Summary: Organizes and coordinates the business of the Senate and its committees.
• Effort: Meets biweekly during semester, 64 hours meeting time over academic year

 

Department-level Committees

Please alphabetize within sections!

Advisory Committee to Head

• Member(s): J. Caira, C. Elphick, M. Finiguerra, E. Jockusch, C. Jones, C. Schlichting
• Summary: Advises head on departmental matters
• Effort: Meets several times a semester and conducts other business via email

All-Biology and EEB Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee

• Member(s): Eric Schultz (both all-biology and EEB 2017; EEB only 2018)
• Summary: Organize the EEB departmental and All-Biology (three departments) Annual Undergraduate Research Symposia
• Effort: Two intense weeks in the Spring semester; 10-20 h per year

Biodiversity Research Collections Committee

• Member(s): J. Caira, B. Goffinet (chair), C. Jones, E. Schultz
• Summary: assess activities and strategies for the collection; chair report annually to EEB head
• Effort: 1-2 h a semester; Schultz is also acting vertebrate collections manager, 40+ h a year

BS/MS Steering Committee

• Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair), C. Simon, C. Elphick, K. Schwenk, C. Garcia-Robledo
• Summary: Interview students for BS/MS degrees, advise on matters relating to BS/MS program
• Effort: Five hours per year for interviews, chair devotes 15 hours per year to program administration

CONN Herbarium

• Member(s): vacant (Director)
• Summary:
• Effort:Les

Courses and Curriculum Committee

• Member(s): P. Lewis (Chair), R. Bagchi, M. Finiguerra.
• 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.

Course Scheduling Committee

• Member(s): C. Jones, C. Elphick.
• Summary: Determine faculty course assignments and teaching schedules.

Departmental Climate Study Commitee

• Member(s): M. Rubega (chair), D. Bolnick, R. Colby (grad student), E. Barbeau (staff)
• Summary: effort initiated in 2019 to develop and administer a survey-based study of the working climate in EEB
• Effort: 2 hours weekly

Fundraising Committee

• Member(s): J. Caira, Urban, Schlichting
• Summary: Raise outside funds
• Effort: Multiple times per semester

Gant Building Planning Committee

• Member(s): E. Jockusch, B. Goffinet, C. Schlichting (Chair)
• Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB space in Gant
• Effort: Variable; weekly at times

Gant Lab design Committee

• Member(s): K. Schwenk, S. Herrick, L. Lewis
• Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB teaching space in Gant
• Effort: Variable; weekly at times

Gant Move

• Member(s): C. Schlichting, J. Seeman, N. Boston
• Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB teaching space in Gant
• Effort: Variable; weekly at times

Grad Research Awards (Botany)

• Members in 2019: B. Goffinet, J. Seemann, Y. Yuan
• Summary: Review research proposals from EEB students and make award recommendations
• Effort: One or two virtual meetings late in spring semester to spend endowed funds on student research

Grad Research Awards (Zoology)

• Members 2019: Schwenk, D. Bolnick, A. Bush
• Summary: Distribute summer awards
• Effort: Several times, spring semester

Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee AKA GAAC!

• Member(s): C. Elphick (Chair), M. Urban, B. Goffinet, Y. Yuan
• Summary: Admit students, administer summer funding, award demis, assign TAships, advocate for grads; all things graduate student
• Effort: Variable; nearly weekly spring semester

Ends of terms 2020: Jockusch; 2021: Goffinet; 2022: Urban; 2023: Elphick; 2024: Yuan 2025

Graduate Teaching Awards

• Member(s): E. Schultz (Chair), D. Les, M. Rubega
• Summary: Reviews nominations and applications for EEB Excellence in Student Teaching Award
• Effort: 5 hrs/year

Greenhouse Committee

• Member(s): B. Goffinet, J. Seemann, Y. Yuan
• Summary: Oversee greenhouse
• Effort: variable

Greenhouse Building Planning Committee

• Member(s): C. Jones, B. Goffinet, C. Schlichting, J. Seemann
• Summary: Oversee design of new greenhouses, meet with architects
• Effort: variable

Introductory Biology Teaching Award

• Member(s): D. Wagner
• Summary: Solicitation and review nominations, write award letters, etc.
• Effort: 5+ hrs/year

Organization for Tropical Studies Delegate

• Delegate(s): E. Kuprewicz, C. Garcia-Robledo
• Summary: pass on information from OTS to UCONN, assist students in applications
• Effort: as needed (at least one full-day meeting per year)

PTR (Promote, Tenure, and Reappointment)

• Members 2020-2021: M. Urban (chair), D. Bolnick, L. Lewis, C. Simon
• Summary: Ensure that packets are complete and letters are secured for those coming up for tenure/promotion
• Effort): Several times per semester

PTR - Non-Tenure Track

• Members 2019-20: C. Jones (chair), M. Finiguerra, S. Herrick, J. Cooley
• Summary: Ensure that packets for non-tenure-track faculty are complete and letters are secured for those coming up for reappointment/promotion
• Effort): Several times per semester

Search Committee

• Member(s): R. Bagchi, D. Bolnick, E. Jockusch. S. Knutie, C. Schlichting
• Summary: Oversee equipment, training and billing for departmental molecular facilities
• Effort: variable

Seminar Committee

• Member(s): Garcia-Robledo
• Summary: Invite speakers, organize weekly seminars
• Effort: Weekly

Shared Molecular Facilities

• Member(s): E. Jockusch. B. Goffinet
• Summary: Oversee equipment, training and billing for departmental molecular facilities
• Effort: variable

Space

• Czar: E. Schultz
• Summary: track office and lab space assignments
• Effort: ongoing

Vertebrate Research Collections Committee

• Member(s): E. Jockusch, M. Willig, M. Rubega, E. Schultz (chair)
• Summary: Oversee vertebrate collections
• Effort: two hours per year

Undergraduate Committee

• Member(s): C. Jones (chair), M. Davis, M. Finiguerra, J. Seemann
• Summary: Enhance EEB undergrad experience
• Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, more for special events

Undergraduate Lab Safety Working Group

• Member(s): S. Herrick
• Summary:
• Effort:

EEB Rep for UConn Open Houses

• Member(s): K. Schwenk, S. Herrick
• Summary: Help to recruit undergraduates to UConn biology program; give two public presentations per Open House
• Effort: Two Sundays per academic year, plus prep work

Website Advisory Committee

• Member(s): J. Wegrzyn, M. Rubega, B. Goffinet
• Summary: Advises the EEB webmaster on the most effective way to portray EEB via its web site
• Effort: meets several times per semester; Rubega and Wegrzyn also contribute ~ 1 hour per week all year in social media posts/management

Webmaster

• Member(s): P. Lewis
• Summary: Maintain web site content for primary EEB web site (http://eeb.uconn.edu/), and administer server hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu to maintain EEBedia (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Main_Page)
• Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, much more at beginning of semester