Committees
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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!).
Contents
- 1 Major Extramural Professional Service
- 2 University-level and College-level Committees
- 2.1 AAUP EEB Faculty Representative
- 2.2 CLAS Committee on Curricula and Courses
- 2.3 CLAS Academic Advisory Board
- 2.4 Computational Biology PSM Committee
- 2.5 Computational Biology Core Advisory Committee
- 2.6 Connecticut State Museum of Natural History Executive Committee
- 2.7 Environmental Literacy
- 2.8 Environmetal Policy Advisory Council
- 2.9 Environmental Science program oversight committee
- 2.10 Graduate School Faculty Council
- 2.11 Honors Advising
- 2.12 Kasowitz Colloquium committee
- 2.13 McNair Scholars Advisory Board
- 2.14 Rhodes/Marshall/Mitchell Fellowship Nomination Committee
- 2.15 Teale Lecture Series organizing committee
- 2.16 UConn@COPx
- 2.17 Udall fellowship selection committee
- 2.18 University Senate
- 2.19 University Senate Scholastic Standards Committee
- 2.20 University Senate Faculty Standards Committee
- 2.21 University Senate Representative to the Board of Trustees (Buildings, Grounds, Environment Subcommittee)
- 2.22 University General Education Oversight Committee
- 2.23 CLAS Biology Major Committee
- 3 Department-level Committees
- 3.1 Advisory Committee to Head
- 3.2 All-Biology and EEB Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium Committee
- 3.3 Bio 1000s Committee
- 3.4 BS/MS Steering Committee
- 3.5 Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
- 3.6 CONN Herbarium
- 3.7 Courses and Curriculum Committee
- 3.8 EEB Collections Committee
- 3.9 EEB Fundraising Committee
- 3.10 EEB Graduate Teaching Awards
- 3.11 Introductory Biology Teaching Award
- 3.12 EEB Graduate Student Handbook
- 3.13 EEB Greenhouse Committee
- 3.14 EEB Greenhouse Building Planning Committee
- 3.15 EEB Shared Molecular Facilities
- 3.16 EEB Seminar Committee
- 3.17 Gant Building Planning Committee
- 3.18 Grad Research Awards (Botany)
- 3.19 Grad Research Awards (Zoology)
- 3.20 Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee AKA GAAC!
- 3.21 Organization for Tropical Studies Representative
- 3.22 PTR (Promote, Tenure, and Reappointment)
- 3.23 Search Committee (2016-2017)
- 3.24 Vertebrate Collections Committee
- 3.25 Biodiversity Research Collections Committee
- 3.26 Undergraduate Committee
- 3.27 EEB Rep for UConn Open Houses
- 3.28 Website Advisory Committee
- 3.29 Webmaster
- 3.30 Geoscience Committees
Major Extramural Professional Service
President of Professional Society
- P. Lewis (Society of Systematic Biologists, Past-President 2016)
University-level and College-level Committees
Please alphabetize within sections!
AAUP EEB Faculty Representative
- Members(s): D. Les
- Summary: meet with AAUP representatives and AAUP department representatives to discuss relevant issues
- Effort: meets several times per semester
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 Academic Advisory Board
- Members(s): B. Goffinet
- Summary: CLAS wide council advising DEAN on various college level issues
- Effort: meets 2 hours twice per semesters
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.
Environmental Literacy
- Member(s): Wagner, Urban, Willig, Schultz
- Summary: Establish environmental literacy requirements on campus
- Effort: Multiple times per semester
Environmetal 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): C. Elphick
- 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): P. Diggle, M. Urban, A. Bush (for GSCI)
- Summary: University-wide council setting policies for graduate students
- Effort: Meets monthly
Honors Advising
- Member(s): L. Lewis, C. Simon, A. Bush, M. Urban, M. Tingley, E. Jockusch, B. Goffinet, Y. Yuan
- Summary: Advise multiple honors students and represent EEB for Biology honors functions
- Effort:one or more times per semester
Kasowitz Colloquium committee
- Member(s): C. Elphick
- 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
Teale Lecture Series organizing committee
- Member(s): C. Elphick, Pam Diggle
- 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
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 Senate
- Member(s): L. Lewis, E. Jockusch, B. Goffinet, D. Wagner
- Summary: conduct University business
- Effort: meet monthly
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): E. Jockusch
- Summary: attend Board of Trustees meetings and BoT Building/Grounds/Environment Subcommittee Meetings
- Effort: 1-2x per month
University General Education Oversight Committee
- Member(s): B. Goffinet
- Summary: Assesses all proposals for course seeking to satisfy GenEd requirements
- Effort: meet 1.5 hours/month
CLAS Biology Major Committee
- Members(s): K. Schwenk
- Summary: Develop mechanism/model for biology major oversight and advocacy
- Effort: 3 one to two hour meetings fall, 2016
Department-level Committees
Please alphabetize within sections!
Advisory Committee to Head
- Member(s): L. Lewis, C. Elphick, E. Jockusch, Eric Schultz, Janine Caira, Mike Willig
- 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): M. Tingley, Y. Yuan
- Summary: Organize the EEB departmental and All-Biology (three departments) Annual Undergraduate Research Symposia
- Effort: Two intense weeks in the Spring semester
Bio 1000s Committee
- Member(s): S. Herrick, A. Fry, P. Diggle
BS/MS Steering Committee
- Member(s): E. Schultz, C. Simon, C. Elphick, P. Diggle, K. Schwenk
- Summary: Interview students for BS/MS degrees, advise on matters relating to BS/MS program
- Effort as needed
Center for Conservation and Biodiversity
- Member(s): D. Wagner, M. Tingley, C. Elphick, P. Diggle
- Summary: Advisory board; CCB awards
- Effort: as needed
CONN Herbarium
- Member(s): D. Les (Director)
- Summary:
- Effort:
Courses and Curriculum Committee
- Member(s): Adams (Chair), P. Lewis
- 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.
EEB Collections Committee
- Member(s): D. Les, C. Jones
- Summary:
- Effort:
EEB Fundraising Committee
- Member(s): Caira, Urban, Schlichting
- Summary: Raise outside funds
- Effort: Multiple times per semester
EEB Graduate Teaching Awards
- Member(s): D. Les, M. Rubega
- Summary:
- Effort:
Introductory Biology Teaching Award
- Member(s): D. Wagner
- Summary: Solicitation and review nominations, write award letters, etc.
- Effort: 5+ hrs/year
EEB Graduate Student Handbook
- Member(s): E. Jockusch, C. Elphick, Y. Yuan
- Summary: Update graduate student handbook
- Effort: Update fully once/year
EEB Greenhouse Committee
- Member(s): C. Jones, C. Morse
- Summary: Oversee greenhouse
- Effort: variable
EEB Greenhouse Building Planning Committee
- Member(s): C. Jones, C. Morse, B. Goffinet
- Summary: Oversee design of new greenhouses, meet with architects
- Effort: variable
- Member(s): E. Jockusch. B. Goffinet
- Summary: Oversee equipment, training and billing for departmental molecular facilities
- Effort: variable
EEB Seminar Committee
- Member(s): Tingley
- Summary: Invite speakers, organize weekly seminars
- Effort: Weekly
Gant Building Planning Committee
- Member(s): E. Jockusch, B. Goffinet
- Summary: Meet with architects, Department to plan new EEB space in Gant
- Effort: Variable; weekly at times
Grad Research Awards (Botany)
- Member(s): B. Goffinet, D. Les, Y. Yuan
- Summary: Distribute summer awards
- Effort: Several times, spring semester
Grad Research Awards (Zoology)
- Member(s): Adams, Tingley, M. Rubega
- Summary: Distribute summer awards
- Effort: Several times, spring semester
Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee AKA GAAC!
- Member(s): D. Wagner, E. Jockusch, M. Urban, B. Goffinet, C. Elphick
- Summary: Admit students, administer summer funding, award demis, assign TAships, advocate for grads; all things graduate student
- Effort: Variable; nearly weekly spring semester
Organization for Tropical Studies Representative
- Member(s): D.Wagner, C. Simon
- Summary: pass on information from OTS to UCONN, assist students in applications
- Effort: as needed
PTR (Promote, Tenure, and Reappointment)
- Member(s): L. Lewis, C. Simon, M. Urban, C. Jones, K. Schwenk (Chair)
- Summary: Ensure that packets are complete and letters are secured for those coming up for tenure/promotion
- Effort): Several times per semester
Search Committee (2016-2017)
- Member(s): Jockusch, Urban, Elphick, Willig, Bagchi
- Summary: Run job search
- Effort: Meets often
Vertebrate Collections Committee
- Member(s): E. Jockusch, M. Rubega
- Summary: Oversee vertebrate collections
- Effort: Meets monthly at most
Biodiversity Research Collections Committee
- Member(s): E. Jockusch
- Summary: Oversee vertebrate collections
- Effort: Meets once (or more as needed) per semester
Undergraduate Committee
- Member(s): P. Diggle, C. Jones, E. Schultz, M. Davis, M. Fineguera
- Summary: Enhance EEB undergrad experience
- Effort: 1-2 hours/week normally, more for special events
EEB Rep for UConn Open Houses
- Member(s): K. Schwenk
- 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): P. Lewis, 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
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
Geoscience Committees
- Member(s): A. Bush
- I'm just going to list all this in one place since it doesn't affect the rest of EEB but counts towards my service
- Graduate Committee Chair: organize graduate admissions, revise graduate student policies, various other issues. Effort: a lot.
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee member: revise undergraduate course requirements and policies. Effort: approx. monthly
- Awards Committee member: coordinate Center awards; nominate faculty for awards. Effort: as needed
- Space Committee member: assist in planning space usage. Effort: as needed.