Committees and Councils

Purpose or Function: The Academic Council meets quarterly. The group discusses pressing university issues that are related to the academic program. The Academic Council is a vehicle for bringing issues to the Provost’s attention that can be designated to the appropriate academic or administrative group for review and consideration.

Membership:  Provost’s Council, direct reports to Provost’s Council, including academic department chairs, and assistant deans, Assistant to the Provost, and the Deputy Speaker of the Faculty Senate.

Chair: Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Name	Reason for Membership	Term, if applicable
Babbili, Anantha	Provost and VP-Academic Affairs
All Provost’s Council      Members  (see list)
Arnold, Gretchen	Director, Pollution Prevention Partnership
Balasubramanya, Mirley	Dept. Chair, Physical and Environmental Sciences
Benavides, Adolfo	Associate Dean, College of Bus
Bonnette, Randy	Dept. Chair, Kinesiology, College of Ed
Cassidy, Jack	Associate Dean, College of Ed
Deis, Donald	Dept. Chair, Accounting & Business Law, College of Bus
Dube, Leon	Dept. Chair, Management & Marketing, College of Bus
Fernandez, John	Dept Chair, Computing Sciences, College of S&T
Fleming, Christopher	Director of Admissions
Forgione, Bunny	Associate Dean, College of N&HS
Gage, Jeannie	Director of Student Financial Assistance
Gron, Jack	Dept. Chair, Art, College of LA
Hill, Patricia	Director, Academic Advising Transition Center
Ibanez, Herminio	Director, Upward Bound
Kownslar, Ed	Assoc. Library Director, Collection Development & Reference Services
Kreneck, Tom	Associate Director, Special Collections & Archives
Layman, Eve	Dept. Chair, Graduate Nursing, College of N&HS
Leo, David	Dept. Chair, Special Services, College of Ed
Logsdon, Sam	Dept. Chair, Music, College of LA
Lucido, Frank	Associate Dean, College of Ed
Luna, J. Don	Dept. Chair, Communication & Theatre, College of LA
Luis, Sandra	Dept. Chair, Early Childhood Development Center
Mead, David	Dept. Chair, English, College of LA
Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth	Associate Dean, College of LA
Meyer, Pam	Dept. Chair, Social Sciences, College of LA
Miller, Joe	Director of Education and Youth Issues
Mott, Joanna	Dept. Chair, Life Sciences, College of S&T
Nelson, Nancy	Dept. Chair, Curriculum & Instruction, College of Ed
Peterson, Carole	Director, Workforce Development
Plank, Rosemary	Dept. Chair, Undergraduate Nursing & Health Sciences, College of N&HS
Prezas, Raul	Dept. Chair, Educational Administration and Research, College of Ed
Quiroz, Anthony	Dept. Chair, Humanities, College of LA
Rendon, Michael	Registrar
Seidel, Steve	Dept. Chair, Psychology, College of LA
Shreffler, Allen	Dept. Chair, Military Science, College of Ed
Smith, Robert	Dept. Chair, Counseling & Educational Psychology, College of Ed
Smith-Engle, Jennifer	Associate Dean, College of S&T
Sterba-Boatwright, Blair	Dept. Chair, Mathematics & Statistics, College of S&T
Vokurka, Robert	Dept. Chair, Finance, Economics & Decision Sciences, College of Bus
Yellen, Elaine	Faculty Senate Deputy Speaker
Ward, Martin	Dept. Chair, Teacher Ed, College of Ed
	Assistant to the Provost
	Coordinator, Articulated Programs, College of N&HS