Standing Committees & Councils

The CSE Leadership Council provides the dean with a greater understanding of the needs and views of CSE faculty and informs the dean on program updates. The Council is composed of the department chair or the director from each department or unit in the college, as well as associate and assistant deans in the college who serve as ex-officio members. In absence of the chair, an alternate may participate. The Council meets monthly during the academic year with the associate deans, dean and representatives from the dean’s office staff. Council members may suggest items for the agenda, present items for future discussion, and request speakers to be invited. They strategize on college vision and planning from informed conversations with their faculty, staff, and students.

2023-2024

• Founding Dean - Ron Vetter
• Interim Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, Policy and Research - Kate Nooner
• Interim Associate Dean, Student Sucess and Curricular Matters - Laurie Patterson
• Interim Assistant Dean, Administration and Resource Management - Nina Brown
• Biology and Marine Biology - Heather Koopman
• Chemistry and Biochemistry - Jeremy Morgan
• Computer Science - Toni Pence
• Earth and Ocean Sciences - Chad Lane
• Environmental Sciences - Rachael Urbanek
• Mathematics and Statistics - Johannes Hattingh
• Physics and Physical Oceanography - Matt TenHuisen
• Psychology - Rachel Kohman
• Faculty Fellow - Doug Gamble
• Faculty Fellow - Ginger Rhodes

The College Curriculum Committee reviews all changes, additions, and deletions to the curriculum. It ensures that all course, certification and degree proposals which constitute new or revised offerings be reviewed for clarity, coherence, potential for collaboration and avoidance of duplication. The committee consists of 11 faculty members appointed by the Associate Dean for Curriculum, who is the 12th member of the committee.

Members serve for two years and are chosen from across the disciplines. The committee meets at least once a month from August to April. Curriculum changes are forwarded to the committee from the department chairs or program directors.

The committee reports its recommendations to the dean and interfaces directly with the University Curriculum Committee, the University Studies Advisory Committee, the Graduate Council, the Office of the Registrar and Academic Affairs to ensure that all submissions are in compliance with submission requirements.

2023-2024 membership of this committee is forthcoming.

The College Access, Equity and Diversity Committee draws from the second strategic goal of the college to develop excellent and diverse faculty, staff and students. Its scope is to propose and implement activities that explicitly address access and equity issues in our college’s teaching, research and service interactions. The overall goal of the committee is to enhance the college’s ability to be a welcoming, supportive, and pluralistic environment in which all faculty, staff and students thrive.

The committee consists of 13 faculty and staff, two students majoring in a CSE program, and the chair appointed by the Associate Dean responsible for Access, Equity and Diversity, who serves as co-chair. Members are selected by application from across the areas of the college and serve for three years.

A quorum shall consist of 50% of the total membership. The committee reports its recommendations to the dean and interfaces directly with Human Resources, the Office of Community Engagement, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and its Centers and Offices, and the Office of International Programs.

2023-2024 membership of this committee is forthcoming.