Committees and Councils

Function:  The University Academic Department Chairs’ Council, in cooperation with the Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, initiates recommendations concerning issues of interest to the Chairs, advises on issues relevant to academic functions across campus, provides a forum for discussing any University program and serves as a body which provides counsel concerning the general academic direction of the University. The Academic Chairs’ Council (ACC) will meet monthly.

Membership: The Council consists of all University Academic Department Chairs, with the Provost as an ex officio member.  The University President will be invited once a year to address issues of mutual interest.

Chair:  The head of the ACC will be hold the title of Chair and will serve for a period of one year. The Chair will be selected by the ACC members at the end of each academic year to serve for a one-year period. The Chair will come from a different college every year on a rotation basis. The Chair will meet monthly with the Provost to discuss the results of the ACC meeting and the agenda for the next meeting.  The Chair will serve on the Provost’s Council.

Name	Reason for Membership	Term, if applicable
Sterba-Boatwright, Blair   Chair	Chair, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics
Babbili, Anantha	Provost, ex-officio
Balasubramanya, Mirley	Chair, Dept. of Physical and Environmental Sciences
Bonnette, Randy	Chair, Dept. of Kinesiology
Deis, Donald	Chair, Dept. of Accounting and Business Law
Dube, Leon	Chair, Dept. of Management and Marketing
Fernandez, John	Chair, Dept. of Computing Sciences
Gron, Jack	Chair, Dept. of Art
Layman, Eve	Chair, Dept. of Graduate Nursing
Leo, David	Chair, Dept. of Special Services
Logsdon, Sam	Chair, Dept. of Music
Luna, J. Don	Chair, Dept. of Communication and Theatre
Mead, David	Chair, Dept. of English
Meyer, Pamela S.	Chair, Dept. of Social Sciences
Mott, Joanna	Chair, Dept. of Life Sciences
Plank, Rosemary	Chair, Dept. of Undergraduate Nursing and Health Sciences
Nelson, Nancy	Chair, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
Prezas, Raul	Chair, Dept. of Educational Administration and Research
Quiroz, Anthony	Chair, Dept. of Humanities
Seidel, Steve	Chair, Dept. of Psychology
Shreffler, Allen D.	Chair, Dept. of Military Science
Smith, Robert	Chair, Dept. of Counseling and Educational Psychology
Vokurka, Robert	Chair, Dept. of Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences
Ward, Marty	Chair, Dept. of Teacher Education