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Educational Affairs Committee

Chair:  Philip Evers (pevers@umd.edu)

Coordinator: Melanie Anderson (mander38@umd.edu)

About This Committee

The Educational Affairs Committee reviews and crafts policies and procedures to strengthen the educational system of the campus. The committee achieves its goal by carefully considering the ideas, recommendations, and plans for educational innovations from members of the campus community. The Educational Affairs Committee closely examines the conditions in the different colleges, schools, and other academic units in order to propose measures to increase the effectiveness of available resources for the campus in all of its academic endeavors.

The Educational Affairs Committee is also charged with broad oversight of the General Education Program at the University. The committee reviews issues concerning the General Education program requirements, vision, learning outcomes, and balance of courses, and makes recommendations to the Senate and the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies. The committee receives an annual report on the status of the program from the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

The committee consists of an appointed presiding officer; ten faculty members, of whom at least two must be tenured/tenure-track faculty and at least two must be professional track faculty; two staff members; two undergraduate students and one graduate student; the President or a representative of the Student Government Association; the President or a representative of the Graduate Student Government; the Associate Dean for General Education; a representative of the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies; and the following persons or a representative of each: the Senior Vice President and Provost, the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, and the Vice President of Information Technology and CIO.

No bills currently under review by this committee.

Past Committee Work

2024 Fall Semester Meetings

Date Time Location Agenda
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Zoom Agenda
Thursday, October 17, 2024 11:00 AM-12:30 PM Zoom Agenda
Friday, November 15, 2024 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Zoom Agenda
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Zoom Agenda

 

*Please contact the committee coordinator if you would like the link to attend the meeting.

**Meeting canceled**

Name Seat College Email Term
Anderson, Linsey Ex-Officio - SGA Rep AGNR lander20@terpmail.umd.edu 2025
Caruso, Elisabeth Undergraduate Student BSOS emcaruso@terpmail.umd.edu 2025
DeOrnellas, John Staff EXST jdeornel@umd.edu 2025
DiCiesare, Leah Faculty LIBR leahd@umd.edu 2025
Draganescu, Marilena Faculty EDUC mari4@umd.edu 2025
Evers, Philip Chair BMGT pevers@umd.edu 2025
Gotwalt, Elizabeth Staff EDUC egotwalt@umd.edu 2026
Hirschauer, Sonia Faculty CMNS shirscha@umd.edu 2026
Kiely, Lisa Ex-Officio - Undergraduate Studies Rep UGST lkiely@umd.edu 2025
Kukreti, Varaa Ex-Officio - GSG Rep ENGR varaa@umd.edu 2025
Macri, Linda Ex-Officio - Graduate School Rep GRAD lmacri@umd.edu 2025
McClanahan, Pamela Faculty LIBR pmcclana@umd.edu 2026
Mitchell, Sydney Undergraduate Student ARHU smitchel@umd.edu 2025
Mok, Shue Graduate Student EDUC smok@umd.edu 2025
Oliveira, Marcio Ex-Officio - Division of Information Technology Rep DIT marcio@umd.edu 2025
Riley, Riva Faculty INEL rjriley@umd.edu 2025
Roberts, Douglas Ex-Officio - Associate Dean for General Education UGST roberts@umd.edu 2025
Sidman, Daniel Faculty ARHU dsidman@umd.edu 2026
Smith, Tami Ex-Officio - Provost's Rep SVPAAP tksmith@umd.edu 2025
Wilder, Sara Faculty ARHU swilder@umd.edu 2026
Williams, Maggie Faculty ARHU mgwill22@umd.edu 2026
Willis, Derek Faculty JOUR dpwillis@umd.edu 2025
Woodman, Taylor Faculty EDUC tcwood@umd.edu 2026
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