GERC Members & State Gen Ed Reps
General Education at ISU is governed by State policy, regional accreditation requirements, and internal academic standards to ensure students get a well-rounded, high-quality educational foundation on which to build their academic goals.
- ISU’s General Education Requirements Committee (GERC) oversees ISU’s General Education Program.
- GERC members are faculty elected by their college colleagues. GERC, a subcommittee of UCC, reviews and approves all gen ed courses and assessment plans, guides the assessment process, and periodically evaluates ISU’s General Education Program as a whole.
- State-wide Gen Ed Discipline Groups are charged by the Idaho State Board of Education (SBOE) with creating and shaping policies and outcomes to be used and implemented by all public post-secondary institutions that govern general education matriculation (GEM) standards for ISU’s Objectives 1 thru 6. GERC learns from ISU's faculty appointees on the State-wide Discipline Groups what SBOE's stance is regarding general education, and this helps to guide GERC's efforts.
- ISU’s Undergraduate Curriculum Council (UCC) oversees ISU’s Undergraduate course offerings and program curriculum.
- UCC members are faculty elected by their college peers to review and approve all undergraduate course information and degree program curriculum published in the Undergraduate Catalog, including general education courses.
GERC Membership 2023-24
MEMBER NAME |
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY |
TERM EXPIRES |
PHONE |
ARTS & LETTERS: Fine Arts/Humanities |
May 2025 |
ext. 2392 |
|
ARTS & LETTERS: Social & Behavioral Sciences |
May 2026 |
ext. 2799 |
|
Joanne Tokle |
BUSINESS |
May 2024 |
ext. 2934 |
EDUCATION |
May 2026 |
ext. 4516 |
|
LIBRARY |
May 2024 |
ext. 3094 or 373-1817 |
|
Anna Grinath (Executive Secretary) |
SCIENCE & ENGR: BioSciences/Chemistry/GeoSciences |
May 2025 |
ext. 4082 |
vacant |
SCIENCE & ENGR: Math/Engr/Physics/ComputerScience |
May 2026 |
ext. |
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2025 |
ext. 2619 |
|
vacant |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES |
May 2024 |
ext. |
vacant |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES (Pharmacy) |
May 2026 |
ext. |
vacant |
ASISU |
May 2024 |
ext. 3435 |
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE |
ext. 6311 |
|
|
PROGRAM REVIEW & ASSESSMENT |
ext. |
REGISTRAR'S OFFICE |
ext. 2979 |
|
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES |
ext. 3954 |
|
ACADEMIC ADVISING |
ext. 5412 |
|
CURRICULUM COUNCIL (UCC) VICE CHAIR or DESIGNEE |
ext. 3707 |
|
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT |
ext. 4956 |
ISU Faculty Representatives on SBOE's Gen Ed Disciplinary Groups:
Objective 1: Written Communication -- Margaret Johnson (primary); Hal Hellwig (alternate)
Objective 2: Oral Communication -- James DiSanza (primary)
Objective 3: Mathematical Ways of Knowing -- Don Allen (primary); Xiao Xia (Jessica) Xie (alternate)
Objective 4: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing -- Tom Klein (primary); Jessica Winston (Fall 2023 substitute)
Objective 5: Scientific Ways of Knowing -- Samantha Blatt (primary); Eddie Tatar alternate
Objective 6: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing -- Erika Fulton (primary); Kevin Marsh alternate
State General Education Committee Member -- Karen Appleby
UCC Voting Members 2023-24
MEMBER NAME |
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY |
TERM EXPIRES |
PHONE |
ARTS & LETTERS: Fine Arts/Humanities |
May 2026 | ext. 2478 | |
Ines Jindra |
ARTS & LETTERS: Social & Behavioral Sciences |
May 2024 | ext. 3369 |
Bob Houghton (Vice Chair) |
BUSINESS | May 2025 | ext.3707 |
EDUCATION | May 2025 | ext. 3744 | |
Ben Bolin (Exec. Secretary) |
LIBRARY | May 2024 | ext. 4582 |
SCIENCE & ENGR: BioSciences/Chemistry/GeoSciences | May 2026 | ext. 7829 | |
SCIENCE & ENGR: Math/Engr/Physics/ComputerSci | May 2024 | ext. 3176 | |
Mona Doan |
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2025 | ext. 8119 |
Wesley Usyak (Chair) |
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2026 | ext. 4142 |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES | May 2025 | ext. 4209 | |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES | May 2026 | ext. 3338 | |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES: Pharmacy | May 2024 | 208 535-4767 | |
vacant |
ASISU |
May 2026 | ext. 3435 |
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members
Cindy Hill | ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE | ext. 4945 |
Hala Abou Arraj Sarah Mead |
REGISTRAR'S OFFICE | ext. 2979 ext. 5273 |
Ivory Fort | REGISTRAR'S OFFICE - eCatalog Editor | ext. 4963 |
Buck Benson | CENTRAL ACADEMIC ADVISING OFFICE | ext. 2663 |
Tiffany Mitchell | COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT SERVICES | ext. 2622 |
Catherine Read | RECORDING SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT | ext. 4956 |