Academic Councils

The Undergraduate Council (UC) reviews and considers proposals for undergraduate courses and provides recommendations to the Graduate Council (GC) for graduate courses.

This includes proposals to establish new undergraduate programs as well as those to change existing undergraduate programs. 

For the academic year 2024-2025:

Chair: Kristine Urschel

• Steven Arthur — Arts and Sciences
• Sarah Cprek — Public Health
• Cory Curl — Graduate School
• Dustin Faulstick — Honors
• Kate Field — Fine Arts
• Regina Hannemann — Engineering
• Jacob Higgins — Nursing
• Shelita Jackson — Social Work
• John Kirn — Business
• Alicia Modenbach — Agriculture, Food and Environment
• Justin Nichols — Education
• Mark O’Bryan — Design
• Katherine Paullin — Arts and Sciences
• David Stephenson — Communication and Information
• Ashley Vowels — Health Sciences
• Joe Lewis — Advising Network

The Graduate Council (GC) reviews and considers proposals for graduate courses and provides recommendations to the Undergraduate Council (UC) for courses in where there is overlap (i.e., courses numbered 400G-499G).

This includes proposals to establish new graduate programs as well as those to change existing graduate programs. 

For the academic year 2024-2025:

Chair: Padraic Kenney

• Mark Abel — Kinesiology and Health Promotion
• Sheila Barnhart — Social Work
• Tyrone Borders — Nursing
• Amada Ellis — Biostatistics
• Greg Erhardt — Civil Engineering
• Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova — Pharmaceutical Sciences
• Bryan Hains — Community and Leadership Development
• Neal Hutchens — Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation
• Dave Jensen — Mathematics
• Mengtian Jiang — Integrated Strategic Communication
• Julie Lowman — Rehabilitation Sciences
• Kevin McGowan — Linguistics
• Kathleen Montgomery — Diplomacy and International Commerce
• Pavel Ortinski — Neuroscience
• Kelly Pennell — Civil Engineering
• Julie Riesenweber — Historic Preservation
• Howard Roberts — Dentistry
• Michael Sama — Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering
• Michael Samers — Geography
• Jessica Santollo — Biology
• Jill Schinberg — Arts Administration
• Haoying Sun — Marketing and Supply Chain Management
• Melinda Wilson — Physiology

The Health Care Colleges Council (HCCC) reviews and considers proposals for courses in professional health care programs or those that involve students in health care practices housed within a college represented on the HCCC.

This includes proposals to establish new professional programs as well as those to change existing professional programs. 

For the academic year 2024-2025:

Chair: Frank Romanelli

• Howard Roberts — Dentistry
• Pam Stein — Dentistry
• Jean Fry — Health Sciences
• Cheryl Vanderford — Health Sciences
• Melinda A. Eshelman — Medicine
• Ali Slone — Medicine
• Candice Falls — Nursing
• Mary Kay Rayens — Nursing
• Daniela Moga — Pharmacy
• Oleg Tsodikov — Pharmacy
• Martha Riddell — Public Health
• Sarah Wackerbarth — Public Health