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− | '''Committees by Category (2013-2014)'''<br/> | + | '''EEB Committees'''<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 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 (2016)]] page, but of course please correct any inaccuracies after pasting!). |
− | 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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| + | =University-level and College-level Committees= |
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− | =University and College= | + | ===University Senate=== |
− | | + | *Member(s): L. Lewis |
− | ===Academic Computing Committee (Provost’s)=== | + | *Summary: |
− | *Members: Henry
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− | *Summary: No longer in existence; Harry Frank used to run it, but it was discontinued at least 3 years ago.
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− | *Effort: N/A (it used to meet bimonthly)
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− | *Procedures: N/A
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− | ===Academic Misconduct Hearing Officer===
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− | *Member(s): Colwell | + | |
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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.
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− | ===Academic Planning Committee (CLAS) ===
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− | *Member(s): Bush
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Admissions Liaison (undergrads)===
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− | *Member(s): Upson
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Animal Care and Handling===
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− | *Member(s): Rubega
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Arboretum Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Anderson (co-organizer), Morse, Henry
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− | *Summary: Considers and responds to University initiatives that potentially impact campus plantings. This is an advisory body.
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− | *Effort: Meets several times per year, as necessary; convened by co-organizers.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Bioinformatics Facility (Biotechnology/Bioservices Center) ===
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− | *Member(s): P. Lewis (co-facility head)
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− | *Summary: oversee facility and its operations, enhance research and educational missions of facility
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− | *Effort: Biweekly meetings with Co-facility-head Peter Gogarten, System Administrator Jeff Lary, and Bioinformatics Scientist Jill Wegrzyn
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Biotechnology Center Faculty Advisory Board===
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− | *Member(s): Les, Rubega, Simon
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===B.S. Subcommittee===
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− | *Member(s) : Eldridge Adams (Chair)
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− | *Summary: Review B.S. proposals and make recommendations on B.S. policy for the CLAS C&C committee.
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): meets irregularly; ~ 5 hours per year
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Building Committee, Torrey Replacement===
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− | *Member(s): Caira, Goffinet, Jockusch
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Climate Impact, Mitigation, Adaptation (CIMA) Organizing Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Anderson, Likens, Urban
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− | *Summary: organize events associated with an annual ‘environment month’ (=April) set of activities, speakers, panels, campus events
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− | *Effort : at least once a month during academic year, often more regularly
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===CT Junior Science and Humanities Symposium===
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− | *Member(s): Upson
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *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===
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− | *Member(s): Wagner
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Courses and Curriculum (CLAS)===
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− | *Member(s): Adams
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− | *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.
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− | *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.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Graduate School Executive Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *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 |
| *Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students | | *Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students |
− | *Effort Meets monthly | + | *Effort: Meets monthly |
− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Latin American Studies Coord. Comm.=== | + | ===Honors Advising=== |
− | *Member(s): Chazdon
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Library Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Colwell
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Library Liaison===
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− | *Member(s): Wells
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===McNair Advisory Board===
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− | *Member(s): Chazdon, Jockusch
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===National Scholarships Nomination Committees===
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− | *Member(s): Jockusch, Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Ornithologist, State===
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− | *Member(s): Rubega
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===OTS Board of Directors===
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− | *Member(s): Simon, Wagner
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Research Council===
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− | *Member(s): Caira
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Research Foundation Life Science Area Comm.===
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− | *Member(s): Simon
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Safety Committee Representative===
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| *Member(s): L. Lewis | | *Member(s): L. Lewis |
| *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.
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− | ===Senate (University) === | + | =Department-level Committees= |
− | *Member(s): Caira, Chazdon, Jockusch, Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Senate Curriculum Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Schultz (chair)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Senate Scholastic Standards Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Chazdon
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | ===Senate University Budget Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Caira, Jockusch
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Review Committee ===
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− | *Member(s): Caira, L. Lewis, Schlichting, Urban
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− | *Summary: Chooses SURF recipients
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− | *Effort: Meets monthly in spring, requires reviews of 80 some proposals
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Teale Organizing Committee ===
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− | *Member(s): Anderson, Holsinger, Elphick
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− | *Summary: planning, organizing, inviting, hosting, linking with donors, linking with other supporting units across the university
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− | *Effort: 1-2 times/ yr formally, but work ~every week throughout the academic year
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===University-level Search Committee ===
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− | *Member(s): Anderson
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− | *Summary: Search for University Master Planner, Head of Landscape Design in Architecture and Engineering Services
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− | *Effort: irregular, as needed
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | =Departmental=
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| ===Advisory Committee to Head=== | | ===Advisory Committee to Head=== |
− | *Member(s): Caira, Diggle, Jockusch, Jones, Schultz, Willig | + | *Member(s): L. Lewis |
| *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.
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− | ===Awards, Graduate Research Grants === | + | ===PTR (Promote, Tenure, and Reappointment)=== |
− | *Member(s): Henry, Caira, Bush (invertebrates); others?
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− | *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.
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− | *Effort: Yearly competition. Committee work is done primarily through e-mail. Estimated 20 hours per year per member.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Awards, Outstanding Grad TA in EEB===
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− | *Member(s): Henry, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Awards, Undergraduate===
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− | *Member(s): Caira, Jockusch, Simon, Bush
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− | *Summary: In conjunction with MCB and PNB, decide on recipients of biology awards
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− | *Effort: ca. 6-8 hours for most; much more for organizer
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− | *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.
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− | ===BS/MS Committee (EEB)===
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− | *Member(s): Elphick , Jockusch, Rubega, Schultz (chair)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Center for Conservation and Biodiversity===
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− | *Member(s):Chazdon, Elphick, Holsinger, O'Donnell, Rubega, Silander, Wagner, Schlichting (ex officio), P. Anderson (staff)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Chemical Hygiene and Safety Officer===
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| *Member(s): L. Lewis | | *Member(s): L. Lewis |
− | *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 (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): |
− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Collections Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Caira, Coe, Goffinet (director), Holsinger, Jockusch, Jones, Les, Rubega, Schultz, Wagner, Willig
| + | *Member(s): Adams, P. Lewis |
− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Computer Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Henry (chair), Holsinger, P. Lewis
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− | *Summary: Considers computer issues associated with the McCarthy EEB Computer Room in TLS, as well as...
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− | *Effort: Meets as necessary, usually only a few times per year
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===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 | | *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. | | *Effort: Meets several times/semester on as-needed basis; preparation of proposals. |
− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Courses and Curriculum - 1000s (interdept.)===
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− | *Member(s): Jones (chair), Fry, Herrick
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Bi-annual scheduled meetings, scattered e-mail discussions throughout the year.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Curriculum Review Committee, Undergraduate===
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− | *Member(s): Adams (chair), Diggle, L. Lewis, Schultz
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− | *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.
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Curriculum Review Committee, Graduate===
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− | *Member(s): Elphick (chair), Jockusch, Yuan
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− | *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.
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly): Evolving. Expected to be >20 hours per year initially, hopefully declining in the future.
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Faculty Mentors===
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− | *Member(s): Bush, Schultz, Jockusch
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Faculty Retreat Organizing Committee, 2013 ===
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− | *Member(s): Diggle, Jockusch, Lewis, Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort :
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Faculty Search Committee (Plant Ecology position) ===
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− | *Member(s): Adams, Elphick, Jones, L. Lewis, Schultz (chair), Urban
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Faculty Search Committee (Director of Center for Integrative Geosciences) ===
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− | *Member(s): Bush
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Fall/Spring Open House===
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− | *Member(s): Upson, Schwenk
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− | *Summary: Attend fall and spring open houses to represent EEB and its programs to interested high school students and their parents
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− | *Effort: Open house is twice per year and lasts 3-4 hours each time
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− | *Procedures: Show up, answer questions, have informational handouts/pamphlets available, provide advice about appropriate majors, promote EEB
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− | ===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee===
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− | *Member(s): Goffinet, Jockusch, Urban, Wagner (Chair), Tebo (Staff)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Graduate Admissions/Awards Committee (Geosciences)===
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− | *Member(s): Bush (Chair)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Greenhouse Committee ===
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− | *Member(s): Jones (Chair), Les, Morse (Staff) Schlichting
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Honors Advising===
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− | *Member(s): Bush, Holsinger, Jockusch, Simon, Urban
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===The Katie Bu Memorial Fund===
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− | *Members: Schultz, Jones, Schaefer
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− | *Summary: Undergraduate Research Award to support undergraduates who are working on degrees and conducting research in environmental science.
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− | *Effort: Evaluation of 3-8 applications annually
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− | ===PTR in EEB (2013-14) ===
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− | *Member(s): Adams, Jockusch, L. Lewis, Schultz, Willig (Chair)
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Radiation Safety===
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− | *Member(s): Les
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Seminar Organizer===
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− | *Member(s): Urban, Yuan
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Space Advisor===
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− | *Member(s): Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Teaching Awards - 1000s===
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− | *Member(s): Wagner (chair), with Giardina
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Teaching Awards - upper division===
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− | *Member(s): Schultz
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | ===Undergraduate Studies, Director of===
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− | *Member(s): Jones
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− | *Summary:
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− | *Effort (e.g., meets once/year, monthly, weekly):
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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− | === EEB Web Content Committee ===
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− | *Member(s): P. Lewis, Tebo (staff), Upson (staff)
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− | *Summary: keep the (MySQL) database of people, courses and events (seminars) displayed on the EEB web site up-to-date
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− | *Effort: as needed
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− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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| === EEB Webmaster=== | | === EEB Webmaster=== |
| *Member(s): P. Lewis | | *Member(s): P. Lewis |
− | *Summary: maintain web site software and administer operating system on server (www.eeb.uconn.edu) | + | *Summary: Maintain web site content for main EEB web site (eeb.uconn.edu), administer server hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu to maintain EEBedia |
| *Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, much more at beginning of semester | | *Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, much more at beginning of semester |
− | *Procedures: Please draft your procedures, to be distributed at a future date.
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