Chairs Welcome and Responsibilities
A big welcome to the 2011-2012 academic year from your Departmental co-Chairs. This year, we have divided up the Chair responsibilities among 4 of our senior faculty, although the four of us will continue to meet regularly, discuss faculty, staff, and student issues, and reach consensus decisions. One of us will be available in the Chair’s office during regular business hours (8 am–noon, 1-5 pm, Monday through Friday) to cover departmental business and concerns. Here is our anticipated division of labor:
Dr. Ken Rodnick - Lead on searches, budget, space, resources
- Faculty and Chair Searches
- Budget projections and approvals
- Faculty travel and space
- Laboratory renovations
- Equipment inventory
- Service contracts
Dr. Jack Rose - Lead on faculty development, graduate programs
- Sabbatical leave requests
- Promotion and Tenure
- Affiliate Faculty
- Periodic Promotion Reviews
- Post-semester activity reports
- TA Awards and requests
- Graduate program review
Dr. Gene Scalarone - Lead on undergraduate programs
- Undergraduate advising and petitions
- Graduation checks
- TA assignments
- Payroll approvals
- P-card approvals
- Instructor/lecturer/lab coordinator evaluations
Dr. Rosemary Smith - Lead on faculty meetings, curriculum, assessment, web-pages
- Faculty meeting agenda and moderator
- Curriculum revisions, catalog updates (Graduate and Undergraduate)
- Teaching responsibilities and rotations, course scheduling
- Course fee requests and authorization
- Department Assessment
- Departmental web-page development
- Undergraduate advising and recruitment
- Graduate program support: RA/TA/Fellowships