College Committees

Purpose 

1. Facilitate faculty and staff communication, visibility, and representation within the College of Health Sciences, with the Administration of the College, and across the University.
2. Provide a platform for faculty and staff governance to routinely evaluate policies and procedures pertaining to CHS faculty and staff while promoting positive resolution of concerns.

Membership

Structure and Procedural Guidelines

When possible, members will be made up of one faculty representative from each CHS program/department to serve on this committee and two staff members. Members may be of any rank. The Committee chair will be selected by nominations and voting within the Committee for a 3-year appointment. Likewise, the Committee secretary will be selected by nominations and voting within the Committee for a 3-year appointment. The appointment of committee members with a faculty appointment will be for 3 years and members with a staff appointment will be for one year, with the possibility of re-appointment.

1. The Secretary will take minutes and within one week will provide them to the Chair of the Committee for approval. Once approved, the Chair will disseminate for approval from the Committee.  The meeting minutes will be linked to the College Advocacy Committee shared drive.
2. Active participation as a member of the College Advocacy Committee will constitute approximately 20 hours per year of service to the College of Health Sciences, which is approximately equivalent to 5% service. Ad-hoc meetings as needed for faculty or staff needs. Active participation as an officer of the College Advocacy Committee will constitute approximately 30 hours per year of service to the College, which is approximately equivalent to 7% service.
3. One monthly meeting (1 ^st Friday 0900 of each month subject to change) with ad-hoc meetings as needed. Agenda items are due 72 hours before each meeting.
   

   Month	Day	Year	Deadline for Agenda Items
   September	23	2021
   October	8	2021	10/ 5 /2021
   November	5	2021	11/ 2 /2021
   December	3	2021	11/ 30 /2021
   January	21	2022	01/ 18 /2022
   February	4	2022	02/ 1 /2022
   March	4	2022	03/ 1 /2022
   April	1	2022	03/ 29 /2022
   May	6	2022	05/ 3 /2022
   Summer	TBD	2022	TBD

Purpose

To support and develop all faculty in pursuit of long-term career success as educators and scholars in the College of Health Sciences

Membership

Functions and Responsibilities

CO-CHAIRS:

1. Co-lead the work of the committee
2. Coordinate subcommittees as needed
3. Schedule monthly meetings during the long semesters
4. Communicate with the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs
5. Ensure minutes are taken and distributed to committee members

MEMBERS:

1. Participate in meetings regularly
2. Contribute to assigned work groups/subcommittees

Structure and Procedural Guidelines 

The Faculty Development Committee (FDC) will be comprised of faculty of various disciplines, ranks, and roles. Members may be of any academic rank; however, there will be balanced representation from both non-tenured/tenure-track and tenured/tenure-track faculty members. The FDC will be co-chaired by one non-tenured/tenure-track faculty member and one tenured/tenure-track faculty member. The appointment of all committee members will be for 2 years with the possibility of re-appointment. The liaison to the Dean’s Office is the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. The co-chairs are responsible for communicating with the Associate Dean, and inviting them to meetings when Dean’s Office input is needed.

1. Meetings will be recorded. Basic minutes will be provided within 1 week of the meeting by the Co-Chairs. After approval, minutes will be posted on a shared drive folder.
2. Active participation as a member of the Faculty Development Committee will constitute approximately 1 hour per week of service to the College of Health Sciences, which is approximately equivalent to 3% service. Active participation as a co-chair of the Faculty Development Committee will constitute approximately 2 hours per week of service to the College, which is approximately equivalent to 5% service.
3. One monthly meeting on the third Friday of each month from 11:30 – 1:00 PM virtually with ad-hoc meetings as needed. Agenda items are due 48 hours before each meeting.
   

   Month	Day	Year	Deadline for Agenda Items
   September	17	2021	09/ 15 /2021
   October	19	2021	10/ 17 /2021
   November	17	2021	11/ 17 /2021
   December	17	2021	12/ 15 /2021
   January	21	2022	01/ 19 /2022
   February	18	2022	02/ 16 /2022
   March	18	2022	03/ 17 /2022
   April	15	2022	04/ 13 /2022
   May	20	2022	05/ 18 /2022
   Summer	TBD	2022	TBD

Purpose

Develop, facilitate, and evaluate applications for awards, scholarships, and the Honors Program at the College-level for students, staff, and faculty. Awards will be focused around teaching, research, and/or service.

1. Communication, dissemination, evaluation, and aiding in applications.

Membership

Structure and Procedural Guidelines  

When possible, members will be made up of one representative from each CHS program/department to serve on this committee. Members may be of any academic rank. The Committee chair will be selected by nominations and voting within the Committee for a 2-year appointment. Likewise, the Committee secretary will be selected by nominations and voting within the Committee for a 2-year appointment. The initial appointment of all committee members will be for 2-3 years (staggered) with the possibility of re-appointment. 

1. Meetings will be recorded. Basic minutes will be provided within 1 week of the meeting by the Secretary. After approval, minutes will be posted on a shared drive folder.
2. Active participation as a member of the Honors and Awards Committee will constitute approximately 80 hours per year of service to the College of Health Sciences, which is approximately equivalent to 5% service. Active participation as an officer of the Honors and Awards Committee will constitute approximately 80 hours per year of service to the College, which is approximately equivalent to 5% service. Committee officers (chair and secretary) will not chair subcommittees. As this is a new committee, hours commitments are estimates and will be re-evaluated by the committee in the future.
3. One monthly meeting with ad-hoc meetings as needed. Meetings will take place on the second Monday of each month at 4pm (reevaluating for Spring semester in December). Agenda items are due one week before each meeting.
   

   Month	Day	Year	Deadline for Agenda Items
   September	20	2021	09/ 13 /2021
   October	11	2021	10/ 04 /2021
   November	8	2021	11/ 01 /2021
   December	10	2021	12/ 06 /2021
   January	14	2022	01/ 03/ 2022
   February	14	2022	02/ 07 /2022
   March	14	2022	03/ 07 /2022
   April	11	2022	04/ 04 /2022
   May	9	2022	05/ 02 /2022
   Summer	TBD	2022	TBD

Purpose

1. The vision of the Research Committee is to encourage a culture of research and scholarship among CHS faculty and students by facilitating the conduct of research and research training utilizing Boyer’s Model of Scholarship. The mission of the Research Committee is to support all research initiatives within the CHS Strategic Plan. This includes promoting applied and translational research effort to address significant societal problems and expanding the scope of interdisciplinary research.
2. Boyer’s Model of Scholarship
   1. The scholarship of discovery that includes original research that advances knowledge
   2. The scholarship of integration that involves synthesis of information across disciplines, across topics within a discipline, or across time
   3. The scholarship of application/engagement that goes beyond the service duties of a faculty member to those within or outside the University and involves the rigor and application of disciplinary expertise with results that can be shared with and/or evaluated by peers
   4. The scholarship of teaching and learning that involves the systematic study of teaching and learning processes differs from scholarly teaching in that it requires a format that will allow public sharing and the opportunity for application and evaluation by others.

Membership

Functions and Responsibilities

1. Promote research, research training, and scholarship.
2. Annually survey CHS faculty about current research interests and pressing needs.
3. Advise and make recommendations to the Deans’ office on the allocation and use of funds for research, research training, and research-related travel for faculty and students.
4. Advise and make recommendations to the Deans’ office on the allocation and use of

infrastructure for research and research training.

Structure and Procedural Guidelines

1. At least 10 Committee members, with all CHS disciplines represented, who will serve for 2 years with the possibility to be re-appointed by their discipline.
2. Chairperson, elected by committee members on the first meeting of the year, with the possibility to be re-elected by the Committee members as long as the Chairperson is representing a CHS discipline.
3. Secretary will be self-nominated for a period of 1 year with the possibility to be re-nominated.
4. At least one Liaison, named by the Dean, to be announced by the Dean’s office at the beginning of each Academic year.
5. Sub-committees
6. Training
7. Awards and Seed/bridge funding (CHS Fellowship and Scholarship of Application Fund)
8. Infrastructure
9. Speaker series
10. Ad-hoc sub-committees (as needed)
11. Sub-committee membership is open to Research Committee members and regular CHS faculty, according to sub-committee needs.
12. Sub-committee work must be approved by the sub-committee and then moved forward for review and discussion by the Research Committee.
13. Approved motions by the Research Committee will be advanced to the Dean’s office for review and execution.
14. Quorum
15. Whole Committee: simple majority
16. Sub-committees: 2/3 of sub-committee
17. The Secretary will take minutes and provide them to the Chair of the Committee for approval. Once approved, the Chair will disseminate for approval from the Committee.  The meeting minutes will be linked to the Research Committee website.
18. Active participation as a member of the Research Committee will constitute approximately 60 hours per year of service to the College of Health Sciences, which is approximately equivalent to 5% service.
19. One meeting on the 2^nd week of the month. Meeting with ad-hoc meetings as needed. New items will not be added to the agenda within 48 hours of the meeting time.
    

    Month	Week	Year	Deadline for Agenda Items
    September	17	2021	09/ 15 /2021
    October	11-15	2021	10/ 08 /2021
    November	8-12	2021	11/ 05 /2021
    December	13-17	2021	12/ 10 /2021
    January	10-14	2022	01/ 07/2022
    February	7-11	2022	02/ 04 /2022
    March	7-11	2022	03/ 04 /2022
    April	11-15	2022	04/ 08 /2022
    May	9-13	2022	05/ 06 /2022
    Summer	TBD	2022	TBD