Committees

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Compass Curriculum Committees and Membership

The Compass Curriculum has the following committees:

  • Curriculum Committee
  • Inclusiveness Advisory Committee
  • Sustainability Advisory Committee
  • Navigate Advisory Committee
  • Writing Across the Curriculum Committee
Curriculum Committee

Membership:

The Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum is comprised of Compass Officers (Director and Chairs), as well as a faculty member from each college (LAS, SPA, Beth-El, Business, Engineering, Education, Library). An additional LAS faculty member may be from the Communication Center/Communication Department to evaluate the communication component of the Summit courses. In some cases Compass officers also serve as representatives from their colleges. Ex-officio (non-voting) members include a representative from Degree Audit and Transfer Credit, and the administrative assistant. The representative from the office of Degree Audit and Transfer Credit helps the committee to consider prerequisites for courses and where they might fit into the sequence of a student’s major.

Purview:

The Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum reviews all courses submitted to the Compass Curriculum in the categories of GPS, Explore, Writing Intensive, Sustainability, Summit, Navigate, and Inclusiveness. The committee votes to determine whether the courses should be approved into the Compass Curriculum.

Chair:

  • David C. Moon, Director of Compass Curriculum, Political Science

Members:

  • Phillip K. Haisley, Assistant Director of Compass Curriculum, English
  • Regina Winters, Navigate Chair, Public Administration
  • Niki Juhl, Inclusiveness Chair, Chemistry
  • Eddie Portillos, Sustainability Chair, Sociology
  • Laura Austin-Eurich, Summit Chair, Communication
  • Kacey Ross, Writing Intensive Chair, English
  • Carlos Duarte, Kraemer Family Library 
Inclusiveness Advisory Committee

Purview:

This committee is an advisory committee to the Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum for courses submitted to the Inclusiveness category. This committee reviews courses submitted to the Curriculum Committee and provides input to that committee on the courses. The committee can recommend that the courses be approved into the Compass Curriculum, or that the courses be strengthened before approval. This committee should meet the week before the Curriculum Committee meets.

Chair:

  • Eddie Portillos, Sociology

Members:

  • Nicholas Tapia-Fuselier, Leadership, Research, and Foundations
  • Stephany Rose Spaulding, WEST
  • Gia Barboza, Criminal Justice
  • Assma Sawani, Accounting
Sustainability Committee

Purview:

This committee is an advisory committee to the Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum for courses submitted to the Sustainability category. This committee reviews courses submitted to the Curriculum Committee and provides input to that committee on the courses. The committee can recommend that the courses be approved into the Compass Curriculum, or that the courses be strengthened before approval. This committee should meet the week before the Curriculum Committee meets.

Chair:

 
  • Niki Juhl, Chemistry

Members:

  • Janel Owens, Chemistry
  • Julie Albertson, Mechanical Engineering
  • Daphne Greenwood, Economics
  • Kylie Swanson, Teaching and Learning
Summit Committee

Purview:

This committee is an advisory committee to the Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum for courses submitted to the Summit category. This committee reviews courses submitted to the Curriculum Committee and provides input to that committee on the courses. The committee can recommend that the courses be approved into the Compass Curriculum, or that the courses be strengthened before approval.

Chair:

  • Laura Austin-Eurich

Members:

Writing Across the Curriculum Committee

Purview:

This committee is an advisory committee to the Curriculum Committee of the Compass Curriculum for courses submitted to the Writing Intensive category. This committee reviews courses submitted to the Curriculum Committee and provides input to that committee on the courses. The committee can recommend that the courses be approved into the Compass Curriculum, or that the courses be strengthened before approval.

Chair:

  • Kacey Ross, English

Members:

  • Phillip Haisley, Writing Portfolio
  • Matt Balk, Writing Center and Writing Fellows
  • Ann Amicucci, First Year Rhetoric and Writing
  • Sean Williams, Technical Communication and Information Design