OAA Faculty Committee Structure:
1. Curriculum Committee:
Scope: Oversight of approval and monitoring of standards for degrees, programs, certificates and
courses in all modes of instruction.
Tasks:
--Course approval forms for all courses in all modes of instruction.
--Monitoring processes for frequency of instruction to ensure degree and certificate progress.
--Create processes for monitoring credentials and course oversight in all dual enrollment programs.
--Create, with the Assessment Committee, a schedule and processes for the program review of all
programs and pre-majors.
--Monitor the impact of new curricula across existing programs.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Alesa Mansfield (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Heather Johnston
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Kevin James
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Michael Schumacher
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Shawn Casey
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Tracy Little
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Amy Hart
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Carla Mayers-Bletsch
Career & Tech
HDVP
Dan Zeiler
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Debra Dyer (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
CSET
Denis Murphy
Career & Tech
HDVP
Mary Ann Canter
Career & Tech
AHP
2. Assessment Committee:
Scope: Oversight of focus, standards, and processes for course, program, and degree assessment
Tasks:
--Evaluate current General Education outcomes and definitions, including the use of rubrics when
appropriate
--Evaluate the current course assessment process for General Education courses to determine the value
the process has for individual faculty members with an assurance the process is faculty driven.
--Evaluate, with the Curriculum Committee, the current program assessment process for Career and
Technical Programs with a special focus on the value to faculty and the relationship of the process to
other accreditations and reviews required of Career and Technical Programs.
--Establish a pre-major assessment process for use in both the Arts and Sciences and the Career and
Technical Programs Divisions.
--Monitor and use, along with other committees, institutional data, CSCSSE data, etc.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Adam Moskowitz
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Deborah Bertsch
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
John Nedel
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Judith Dann (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Philip Maclean
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Scott Hunt
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Adele Wright (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
CSET
Gene Strickland
Career & Tech
IMT
Shannon Bookout
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Vacant (Tina Berry)
Career & Tech
Tom Habegger
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Tom Shanahan
Career & Tech
JUSTICE & SAFETY
3. Academic Rules and Policies Committee:
Scope: Oversight and monitoring of all rules and polices directly related to academic undertakings such
as courses, degree and academic standing, and degree progress.
Tasks:
--Review current rules and policies, including those under consideration for change.
--construct, with Student Affairs, a system to monitor the impact of all academic rules and policies on
student success and quality standards.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Ann Palazzo
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Gilberto Serrano
Arts & Sciences
MOLA
Julie Cronk
Arts & Sciences
BIO
Kristin Montgomery (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Robyn Lyons Robinson
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
April Magoteaux (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
NURSING
Jackie Miller
Career & Tech
NURSING
Jeff Gruber
Career & Tech
CSET
Jon Packer
Career & Tech
JUSTICE & SAFETY
Vacant
(Keith Sanders Resigned)
Career & Tech
CSET
4. Academic Pathways Committee:
Scope: Oversight of review and implementation of both Arts and Sciences and Career and Technical
Programs pathways to insure maximum alignment with four year institutions and two year degrees.
Tasks:
--review existing pathways documents for alignment purposes
--review the programs and degrees that potentially align with both two and four year degrees to
determine whether separate pathways need to exist for students with either two or four year degree
aspirations.
--review, with appropriate Student Affairs representation, the presentation and advising related to
pathway programs.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Crystal Clark (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Vacant (Kathy Struve Retired)
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Lee Wayand (Vice Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Michael Squires
Arts & Sciences
BIO
Susan Abdel Gawad
Arts & Sciences
SOC
Jack Popovich (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGRAMS
Jeff Bates
Career & Tech
CSET
Jim Higgins
Career & Tech
IMT
Vacant
Career & Tech
(Zac Dziczkowski (Vice Co-Chair)Resigned)
IMT
Vacant
5. Faculty Entry, Training, and Professional Development Committee:
Scope: Oversight of policies and practices related to the entry, training, and professional development
of all faculty in all faculty categories
Tasks:
--Review and make recommendations regarding current faculty hiring and entry processes
--review and make recommendations regarding current faculty training practices in all categories of
faculty over the entire course of a career at this institution.
--review and make recommendations regarding current faculty professional development practices for
all categories of faculty
--create a process for the periodic review of practices related to faculty entry, training, and professional
development.
--review, with the Curriculum Committee, all entry and training practices related to dual enrollment
instruction.
--monitor other institutions and disciplinary organizations toward the end of proposing possible new
areas of professional development external to the college for both short-term and long-term purposes.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Brenna Michelis
Arts & Sciences
DEV ED
Holly Finnegan
Arts & Sciences
DEV ED
Judy Anderson (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Julia Shew
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Mary Reiter
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Melissa Leubben
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Charla Fraley
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Chuck Wilson
Career & Tech
AUTO
Jackie Teny
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Karen Hughes (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
NURSING PROGRAMS
Melanie Adams
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Reuel Barksdale
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
6. Instructional Success Committee:
Scope: Oversight of best practices in all modes of instruction for all categories of faculty.
Tasks:
--review alignment of course prerequisites with course content and student success.
--review structure of syllabus for alignment with student success.
--review best instructional practices for student success and high quality in all modes of instruction.
--review technology support of instruction in all modes of instruction.
--review various aspects of best instructional practices in a dual enrollment environment
--review existing recruitment and placement programs at the course and program level
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Mark Bocija
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Edgar Velez
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Kent Fisher (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
PHYS
Melissa Logue
Arts & Sciences
MOLA
Mingzhi Xu
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Rebecca Test
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Tracy Koski
Arts & Sciences
DEV ED
Brenda Johnson
Career & Tech
HDVP
Vacant
(Connie Doughty)
Career & Tech
Karen Krimmer
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Li Yang
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Matt Heywood
Career & Tech
IMT
Margaret Owens (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
CSET
Scott Laslo
Career & Tech
AUTO
7. Student Support Committee:
Scope: Oversight, in consultation with Student Affairs, of existing forms of student support, such as
tutoring, supplemental instruction, success courses, orientation and any new academic initiatives
related to student success.
Tasks:
--review extent and effectiveness of existing tutoring programs
--review extent and effectiveness of existing supplemental instruction programs
--work with Student Affairs to ensure we offer the best possible orientation and student success courses
with a special concern for the academic messages delivered as part of those activities.
--identify best practices related to new and emerging student success programs and mechanisms at
other institutions
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Eric Neubauer
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
James Stewart (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Joan Petrusky
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Lilia Bermudez
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Stephen Timmons
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Susan Rogers
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Amy DiBlasi (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Cathy Ritterbusch
Career & Tech
JUSTICE & SAFETY
Christine Creagh
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Dean Bortz
Career & Tech
CSET
Don Laubenthal
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Jorge Vallejos
Career & Tech
IMT
8. Service Learning Committee:
Scope: Establishment and oversight of a college service learning program that serves all academic
divisions well and that aligns with national standards.
Tasks:
--review existing service learning courses and work with the Curriculum Committee to develop a set of
course approval standards that align with both academic division needs and national standards.
--recommend options for organizing service learning as a college-wide program.
--construct evaluation process for service learning courses that aligns with academic division needs and
national standards.
--construct a training program for faculty with an interest in service learning instruction.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Cheryl Vaughn
Arts & Sciences
PHYS SCI
Irene Petten
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Lisa Gordon
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Nancy Pine (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Traci Haynes
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Angela Fry
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Vacant (Antoinette Perkins)
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Connie Clark
Career & Tech
AHP
Jan Van Horn
Career & Tech
HMTSES
Lisa Briggs (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
9. Honors Committee:
Scope: Establishment and oversight of a college honors program that serves all academic divisions well
and that aligns with national standards.
Tasks:
--recommend options and timelines for establishing a college-wide honors program.
--recommend options for monitoring honors program outcomes.
--establish, with the Curriculum Committee, a set of standards and a process for the approval and
evaluation of honors courses.
--review existing graduation honors and propose new ones that fit with high student achievement as
members of an honors program.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Jeffery Richardson
Arts & Sciences
PHYS
Rebecca Mobley (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
SOCS
Rita Rice
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
Steve Kaczmarek
Arts & Sciences
ENGL
T. J. Duda
Arts & Sciences
MATH
Paul Graves
Arts & Sciences
HUM
Amy Delorenzo
Career & Tech
HUMAN SERVICES
Gene Burleson
Career & Tech
IMT
Mary Insabella (Co-Chair)
Career & Tech
IMT
Patricia Parker
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Scott Gano
Career & Tech
JUSTICE & SAFETY
Vacant
10. Tenure and Promotion Committee:
Scope: Review, oversight and monitoring of the tenure and promotion standards, processes, and
procedures.
Tasks:
--review, in consultation with Deans and Chairs as appropriate, current standards, policies, and
procedures, and make recommendations for change if necessary.
--review Annual Appraisal process and align it with the timing and purposes of the tenure and
promotion processes.
--develop process to monitor the outcomes of the tenure and promotion decisions.
--examine the impact of the current tenure and promotion policy on Senior Professors.
--examine the impact of tenure and promotion policies on hiring policies and procedures.
Note: Because the selection of members of the Tenure and Promotion Committee is detailed in a
Memorandum of Understanding that is part of the Contract between the Columbus State Education
Association and Columbus State Community College, the membership of this committee will follow the
provisions of that memorandum rather than use the voluntary process by which other committees were
formed.
Members:
Name
Division
Department/Program
Gilberto Serrano (Co-Chair)
Arts & Sciences
MOLA
Heather Johnston
Arts & Sciences
PSYC
Holly Finnegan
Arts & Sciences
DEV ED
Tracy Little
Arts & Sciences
SOC
Antoinette Perkins (Co-Chair) Career & Tech
HMTSES
Brad Trimble
Career & Tech
BUSINESS PROGS.
Thomas Fogle
Career & Tech
IMT
Mary Insabella
Career & Tech
IMT