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FACULTY ORGANIZATION COMMITTEES
Committee on Academic Affairs
Pr , embership:
The committee shall review and evaluate all.
course and curricula proposals submitted by
the various programs; study the existing
courses and curricula of the campus with
reference to the needs of students and
make recommendations for changes where
appropriate; develop criteria for evaluating
courses and curricula proposals; maintain
such liaison with campus administration and
faculty as may be necessary for the imple
mentation of these procedures.
Committee on Academic Admissions Standards
Membership: One faculty member from each
undergraduate program team,
Academic Services Officer
(ex-officio) and two under
graduate students
The committee shall initiate legislation
relating to academic admissions standards
and make recommendations to the Faculty
Organization concerning overall and
special individual problems of admission
and readmission.
Committee on Aoademic Athletic St
Awa.rds
TJembership:
The committee shall carry on investigative,
initiative, and advisory activities in
matters involving academic or athletic
standards related to the educational function
of the campus; have the authority to act
on individual problems on reinstatement and
certification of credit; act as the final
review board for petitions for exceptions
o 4 giSdUSAionrequirements; deal with policies
related to the athletic programs of the
campus, including student eligibility and
schedules for athletic contests; recommend
policies relating to student awards and
scholarships.
Committee on Bookstore Activities
rrembership:
The committee shall serve as a communications
instrument between faculty and students
and the bookstore management on expressed
needs of students and faculty concerning
))ookstore services, and initiate proposals
for change and improvement of bookstore
Services.
Committee on Community_ Contacts
Plembership: Three faculty members and one
student
The committee will provide for a close and
cordial relationship between faculty and the
community; be concerned with making known to
the community the resources of the University
and providing the faculty with useful inform
ation about the Central Pennsylvania area.
One faculty member from each
undergraduate program, two
faculty members from all
graduate programs and three
students (two undergraduate
and one graduate)
and Scholarships
One faculty member from each
undergraduate program team and
two undergraduate students
Three faculty members and one
student
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Committee on Com
Membership: Three faculty members including
the Computer Center Coordinator,
and one student
The committee will advise the faculty and
administration concerning computers on this
campus; encourage and facilitate use of
computers by Campus faculty, staff, and
students; schedule periodic seminars and
workshops to disseminate information
regarding computer applications and use; keep
the faculty informed of any new hardware/
software useful to research activities in the
various academic disciplines; supplement the
available professional personnel in serving as
programming consultants to faculty and staff.
Committee on Faculty
Four faculty members (at least
two with tenure), one faculty
member from each graduate program
and two graduate students
I :'lemberships
The committee shall advise the Faculty
Organization on matters of policy concern
ing faculty affairs and shall develop
criteria for faculty appointments, promotions,
tenure, and leaves; make recommendations on
matters concerning the cultural, social, and
material welfare of the faculty and the
educational environment in which the faculty
works; make recommendations on rights and
responsibilities of the faculty and on a
procedure for hearings in individual cases
where it is charged that rights have been
violated or responsibilities unfulfilled;
shall be the obligation of the committee
to work with the Campus Administration on
matters of Commonwealth and University
policies affecting the faculty.
Committee on the Librar
Membership: One faculty member from each
program group, the librarian
and assistant librarian as
ex-officio members, and two
students
The committee will work with the College
Librarian and the Administration, the faculty,
and the student body to oversee policies
affecting the nature of the library collection
and to consider the conditions governing the
use of the collection; report regularly to
the Faculty Council and Faculty Organization
concerning its deliberations and recommend
ations regarding policies and matters
governing the conditions of use of the
library collection; receive from all users
of the library any pertinent information,
recommendations. or suggested procedures
affecting the development of the library
collection and policies affecting its use.
Committee on the Physical Plant
i!.embership: Three faculty members and
one student
The committee will aid in planning for the
long range development of the campus'
physical plant and environment; serve as a,
liaison group to the Faculty Council, the
Faculty Organization, the students, and the
Administration, thereby facilitating the
way in which individuals can express their
opinions as to the directions that planning
is taking; coordinate requests for short
range planning and development and for
those small projects for which no faculty
or group has jurisdiction.
uter Facilities
Affairs
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