Faculty Senate
Purpose and membership
The College of Education Faculty Senate:
Undertakes the role of constructing and revising policy/procedures to uphold shared governance.
Develops a closer community between colleges, instructional departments, and faculty and students.
Advises the Dean of the College on budget and program priorities, strategic planning, consultative on preparation for targeted searches and other priorities of the mission of the COE.
Coordinates special projects and events relative to college-sponsored committees.
Holds elections for COE department and three at-large representatives on committees.
Advocates for college faculty with both the University Senate and administration, providing an additional line of communication for faculty.
Nominates colleagues for university awards.
Creates ad-hoc committees to address specific issues.
2024 Faculty Senate
COE Faculty Senate Membership
David Hernandez-Saca, Chair
Special Education
Term Ends: Spring 2026
Leigh Zeitz
At-Large
Curriculum and Instruction (C&I)
Term Ends: Spring 2025
Heather Olsen
HRCS
Term Ends: Spring 2027
Ex-Officio:
Colleen Mulholland, Dean
Sohyun Mecham, COE Dean's Proxy, Associate Dean of Research, Scholarship & Faculty Excellence
Megan Holbach, Administrative Assistant (Minutes)
Shelly Bromwich
Teaching
Term Ends: Spring 2024
Theophile Muhayimana
Educational Psychology, Foundations and Leadership Studies (EPFLS)
Term Ends: Spring 2024
Shelley Price-Williams, Senate Secretary
EPFLS
Term Ends: Spring 2024
COE Faculty Senate representatives on university committees:
University Faculty Senate: Megan Balong, Teaching, and Karla Krueger, C&I
Student Academic Appeals Board (SAAB): Kenneth Hayes, EPFLS
University Graduate Council: Mason Kuhn, C&I
Intercollegiate Academics Advisory Council (IAAC): Tim Gilson, EPFLS
University Curriculum Committee (UCC): Mark Hecimovich, Kinesiology & Athletic Training/on behalf of HRCS
Graduate College Curriculum Committee: Robert Boody, EPFLS
Faculty Senate Nominating Committee: Karen Breitbach, Teaching