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NOTE: This committee was dissolved with the passage of a new Faculty Senate Constitution which was ratified September 19, 2018. This page is for historical reference only.
This committee will have responsibilities in the areas of commencement and honorary degrees, faculty service, and public relations. The committee shall recommend policies relating to presidential inaugurations and commencement activities, including the selection of a commencement speaker. The committee’s recommendations in these matters shall be transmitted to the Faculty Senate for review and approval. The committee shall establish a subcommittee to recommend candidates for honorary degrees. The membership of the subcommittee shall be in compliance with Administrative Policy Bulletin #24 with representation from the faculty, staff, administration, students (both undergraduate and graduate), the Alumni Association, and the Marshall University Institutional Board of Governors. The subcommittee shall forward its recommendations to the committee for review and approval. Following its review of the subcommittee’s recommendations, the recommendations of the committee shall be transmitted to the Faculty Senate for its review and approval. The committee will collect an annual contribution from the faculty and administration to defray costs of expressions of sympathy, congratulations, and so forth. It will assist in the planning and sponsorship of activities to honor retiring faculty. This committee shall also consider matters relating to public relations. In this function it will assist the University President in any appropriate way to represent the university to the community at large.
MEMBER | DEPARTMENT | COLLEGE | TERM ENDS | ||
Jennifer Mosher (Chair) | Biological Sciences | COS | 2019 | ||
Edna Meisel | Leadership Studies | COEPD | 2022 | ||
Arm Amin | Department of Pharmaceutical Science | SOP | 2022 | ||
Eugenia Webb-Damron | Liaison | FS | 2020 | ||
Mallory Mount | Dietetics | COHP | 2019 | ||
Iyad Hijazi | Engineering | CITE | 2019 | ||
Catherine Chen | Finance/Economics | COB | 2019 | ||
Zeli Rivas | Modern Languages | COLA | 2019 | ||
Larry Sheret | Library | ULIB | 2021 | ||
Solen Dikener | Music | CAM | 2019 | ||
Marie Veitia | Psychiatry | SOM | 2021 | ||
To be elected | SGA Representative | Student | 2020 | ||
EX-OFFICIO, NONVOTING MEMBERS | |||||
Tim Melvin | Classified Staff Council Representative | ||||
Rich Sutphin | GSC Representative | ||||
Jaime Taylor | Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs | ||||
Brandi Jacobs-Jones | Senior Vice President for Operations/Chief of Staff | ||||