Chemistry Department Committees 2014/2015
Undergraduate Committee:
Curriculum, planning
Joan Willey, Chair
Members: Steve Skrabal, Nathan
Grove, Kelly Lee, Jeremy Morgan, Mike
Messina, Antje Almeida
Graduate Committee:
Bob Kieber, John Tyrell, Co-chairs
Curriculum, planning, recruiting
Members: Joan Willey, Sridhar
What makes our graduate program unique? Varadarajan, Rob Hancock, Paulo
Almeida
What should CHML 380 become?
Should CHM 377 and 380 count towards the BS?
Should we reinstate a CHM 105 type course?
On-line CHM 101 for nurses, fall 2014
What makes our graduate program unique?
How can we recruit non-UNCW students?
How many GTAs and PTAs should one faculty
member have?
Do we want a 5 or 6 semester TA limit? Any limit?
TA Welfare/policy committee
Examine workload, develop a method to keep
track of CHEs.
Maintain and update a prioritized equipment
needs list.
What software do we need site licenses for?
Administration:
Budget, equipment, reaccreditation (ACS,
SACS), planning, tech transfer, workload
policies
Pam Seaton, Chair
Members: Joan Willey, Libbie Schaffer,
Paulo Almeida, Jimmy Reeves (Ralph
Mead ???)
Assessment:
Undergraduate (495), graduate (defense
reports), disciplinary subcommittees
Nathan Grove, Chair
Members: Bart Jones, Bob Kieber, Tom
Coombs
Document current assessment activities.
Do we need to do more?
Can we improve how we use DUCK data?
Publicity, Recruiting:
Website, newsletter (?), new methods of
communication, posters, outreach
Antje Almeida, Chair
Members: Jeremy Morgan, Jimmy
Reeves, Heather Corpus, Elizabeth
Walters, Bob Kieber, Jeff Wright
How can we recruit non UNCW grad students?
How can we improve distribution of seminar and
defense information to the community, university
and outside.
Update departmental posters.
Scholarship:
Advertise and assign scholarships, liaison
with Advancement
Mike Webb, Chair
Members: Brooks Avery, Ralph Mead,
Chris Halkides, Hee-Seung Lee
Can we identify new sources of scholarships?
Safety:
Policies, training, lab inspections, liaison
with EH&S
Heather Corpus, Tom Coombs, Cochairs
Members: Cecilia Kieber, Richard
Lancaster, Kim Fisher, Sridhar
Varadarajan
How can we improve our safety practices?