Local Committees

Academic Year 2007-2008

IFO COLLEGE CONVENERS & COUNCIL MEMBERS

Convener Brian Nerney (Voting on Council as its Secretary)
Representative: John Schneider
Representative: Maythee Kantar
Representative: Nantawan Lewis
Representative: Anne Aronson
Representative: Beverly Hill
Representative: Lawrence Moe

College of Management:

Convener and Council Representative: Roger Israel (fall) Allen Bellas (Spring)
Representative: Grover Cleveland
Representative: David Bahn (fall) Steve Creason (spring)
Alternate: Allen Bellas (when Council meets in Mpls)
Alternate: Adrianne Slaymaker (when Council meets in St. Paul)

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Convener and council Representative: Lorene Wedeking

College of Professional Studies:

Convener and Council Representative: William Payne
Representative: Everett Doolittle
Representative: Mark Stasson
Representative: Nadine Haley
Alternates: Harriet Wilson, Kelly Hazel

First College:

Convener and Council Representative: Bob Fox

Library and Information Sciences:

Convener and Council Representative: Michelle Filkins

Executive Committee:

President: David Bouchard
VP - Resident Faculty: Craig Hansen
VP - Community Faculty: Michael Earhart
Secretary: Brian Nerney
Treasurer: Jennifer Wingren
Grievance Officer: Jacqueline Richardson (ex-officio, non-voting)
Negotiator: Gary Starr (ex-officio, non-voting)
Board Representative: Valerie Geaither (ex-officio, non-voting)

Local IFO Committees 2007-2008

Academic Programs (one member per unit)

CAS : Michael Green
COM Michael Wilson
CNHS Ruth Staus
CPS Rosa Fagundes
First College: Leah Harvey
Library: vacant

Academic Steering (1 member per academic unit plus a designated substitute from each
academic unit and one community faculty member at large. The Metropolitan State faculty
representative to the state IFO Academic Affairs Committee serves as an ex-officio member.)

CAS Nantawan Lewis
CAS Virginia Card
COM Minh Vo
COM Jenny Dosch
CNHS Ellen Schultz
CPS Glen Spielmans
CPS Susan Hilal
First College Megumi Yamasaki
First College Alternate John Burton
Library Michelle Filkins
Library Alternate Jennifer DeJonghe
Ex-officio: John Schneider
Community Faculty (1 rep)

Academic Unit Curriculum Committees (One member from each dept. in each academic unit)

CAS
Communication, Writing and Arts: Erica Rasmussen (Fall) / Edward Lee (Spring)
Ethnic and Religious Studies: Margaret Vaughan
History: Doug Rossinow
Information and Computer Sciences: Milton Luoma
Literature and Languages: Tammy Durant
Mathematics: Craig Calcaterra
Natural Sciences: Ramin Daghigh
Practical Philosophy and Ethnics: Rhona Leibel
Social Sciences: Janet Enke
NOTE Women’s Studies: Need Volunteer
COM: Functions as a committee of the whole
CNHS: Ellen Schultz
CPS
Education: Rose Chu
Human Services: Jacqueline Richarson
Psychology: Gary Starr
Social Work: Neil Thao
School of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice: Everett Doolittle
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First College: Functions as a committee of the whole.
Library: Functions as a committee of the whole.

Center for Teaching and Learning (One member from each academic unit)

CAS Kathryn Kelley
COM Jenny Dosch
CPS Susan Rydell
First College Lori Schroeder
Library Ria Newhouse
CNHS vacant

Faculty Issues (One member from each academic unit plus one community faculty member at
large)

CAS Becky Omdahl
COM Ken Hess Alternate: Hameed Nezhad
CNHS Joyce Bredesen
CPS Mary Weeks
First College John Burton
Library Ria Newhouse
Community Faculty vacant

General Education (One member from each academic unit)

CAS Monte Bute
COM Allen Bellas
CPS Gary Starr
First College Leah Harvey
Library Michelle Filkins Alt.: Ria Newhouse

Graduate Programs (One member from each college or school and two more at-large members)

CAS Helen Correll (Fall) / Craig Hansen (Spring)
COM Carol Borman Young
CNHS Judith Graziano Alternate: Martha Sofio
CPS Paul Spies
Law Enforcement Mike Breci
First College Mary Kirk
Library Adela Peskorz
At-large: Kelly Hazel/Mark Stasson
At-large: Ken Zapp

Library (One member from each academic unit. Dir. Library Svc – ex officio member)

CAS Suzanne Wolfoort
COM Adrianne Slaymaker
CNHS Lorene Wedeking
CPS Glen Spielmans
First College Bob Fox Alternate: Leah Harvey
Library: Jennifer DeJonghe

Multicultural Education (One member from each academic unit and the chair of the
Multicultural Education Unit. Statewide IFO Multicultural Committee Rep. serves as an exofficio
member.)

CAS Margaret Vaughan
COM Roger Prestwich
CNHS vacant
CPS Anne Cross
First College Leah Harvey
Library

Student Issues (One member from each academic unit plus one community faculty member at
large. Along with other responsibilities, this committee oversees the student awards committees
in the different colleges)

CAS Bob Gremore
CNHS vacant
COM Joel Wilson
CPS Kirsten Jann
First College John Burton
Library Adela Peskorz
Community Faculty

IT Advisory Committee (One member from each academic unit. A request has been made that
all members of this committee sit on the IT Steering Committee. In response to that,
administration is seeking to reconfigure the IT Steering Committee.)

CAS Larry Gottschalk
CNHS vacant
COM Steve Creason Alterante: Narisimha Paravastu
CPS Kathy Harowski
First College Leah Harvey
Library Jennifer DeJonghe
Women’s Studies Advisory Committee
Janet Enke (CAS)
Anne Aronson (CAS)
Kathryn Kelly (CAS)
Ria Newhouse (Library)
Kelly Hazel (CPS)
Sharon Rice Vaughn (CPS)

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

(CAS) Liberal Arts Major (LAM) (Director with a three-year term plus 3-5 other faculty)

Director: Lawrence Moe
Beverly Hill
Erica Rasmussen
Maythee Kantar
CAS Master of Liberal Studies (Director with a three-year term plus up to ten other faculty)
Director: Lawrence Moe
Brian Nerney
Kuodi Jian
Rhona Leibel
Riki Wagstrom
Tom O'Connell
Doug Rossinow
Victoria Sadler
Beverly Hill
Craig Hansen (spring)

University Committees and Ad Hoc Groups

Academic Appeals (one rep per academic unit)

CAS Todd Lafrenz
CNHS vacant
COM Mike Sher
CPS Sharon Rice Vaughn
First College Leah Harvey
Library Ria Newhouse

Advising Council (Advising Council passed a motion in September inviting all interested
faculty to sit on the Advising Council.)

Adela Peskorz (Library)
Susan Rydell (CPS)
Virginia Card (CAS)
Victoria Sadler (CAS)
Kathy Wellington (CAS)
Carolyn Whitson CAS)
Megumi Yamasaki (First College)

Annual Giving Program (Open membership):

CAS Nominee: James Byrne
CPS Nominee: Anne Cross

Anti-Racism Leadership Team:
IFO appoints members to this Task Force (changed from a two tiered process used until FY05).
Members of the Task Force are asked to complete anti-racism training.

CAS Daryl Parks
COM Adrianne Slaymaker
CPS Robert O’Connor, James Shelton, Paul Spies, Neal Thao, Mary Weeks

Art Exhibition Committee (4 faculty reps, 2 from CAS. This committee recommends two-year
terms. Selecting and mounting a show typically spans several months. Even two years is a
relatively short time in terms of art exhibitions.)

CAS: Erica Rasmussen
CAS: Suzanne Walfoort
At-large positions: Nancy Miller Alternate: Sharon Rice Vaughn

Assessment (one faculty per academic unit)

CAS: John Schneider
COM: Frank Schweigert
CNHS Lorene Wedeking
CPS: Susan Rydell
1st College: Leah Harvey
Library: Ruth Zietlow

Bookstore (Administration has reported that the number of faculty serving on the Bookstore
Advisory Committee is no longer part of the bookstore contract. This means that the problem
experienced in prior years (i.e., having more on the bookstore committee than could serve on the
Bookstore Advisory Committee) has been solved. This committee typically has been staffed
with 4 interested faculty from various colleges.)

CAS: Carolyn Whitson
COM: Nancy Nentl
CPS: Tim Erickson
NOTE Volunteer needed

Calendar Task Force :

CAS Lawrence Moe
COM Grover Cleveland

Center for Community Based Learning Working Group: A new structure was accepted by
Council in the Spring of 2003. The new structure called for one faculty rep per academic unit and
provided for reassigned time. Deans are expected to fairly award faculty serving on this
committee reassigned time. Since work loads are set for the year, renumeration in the form of
overload pay may be the best option. Two credits for the academic year should be given.

CAS: Kathy Wellington
COM: Frank Schweigert
CPS: Sharon Rice Vaughn Alternates.: Kelly Hazel and Neal Thao
First College: John Burton
Library: Adela Peskorz

Co-Location Practical Issues (2 faculty reps)

CAS: Gail Smogard (Fall) / Maythee Kantar (Spring)
COM: David O’Hara
Alternates (may attend meetings as non-voting, as well)
LIB: Ruth Zietlow
CPS: Harriet Wilson/Paul Spies (combined spot)

Co-Location Academic Issues (4 faculty reps distributed across units plus 2 MSUAASF reps)
(This group started in April, 2004. The representation from Metropolitan State is matched by 5
faculty and 2 academic counselors from MCTC. IFO and MSCF will be asked to entertain a
proposal to add administrators to this committee.)

CAS: Kathryn Kelly will investigate the status of this committee and volunteer.
COM: Ken Zapp
CPS: Jacqueline Richardson
First Collegeand/or Library vacant
(MSUAASF Members: Kate Southwick, Jill Wilkie)

Data Policy Committee (1 IFO Rep)

Narisimha Paravastu (COM)

Data Procedures Committee (1 IFO Rep.; former ISRS Users group, meets bimonthly)

Michael Stein (CAS)

Distance Learning and Intellectual Property (Ad hoc committee formed 3/04 . . . AKA the
“Online Committee.”)

CAS: Milton Luoma
Victoria Sadler
Carolyn Whitson
Helen Correll
Larry Gottschalk
CNHS vacant
COM vacant
CPS: Kathy Harowski
Library Ruth Zietlow Alt.: Jennifer DeJonghe
First College vacant

Employee Awards (open membership):

CAS: Janet Enke
CPS: Susan Hilal

Human Subjects Review.

Janet Enke (CAS)
Victoria Sadler (CAS)
Mark Matthews (CAS)
Rafael Ortiz (CAS)
Nancy Nentl (COM)
Anne Cross, Kelly Hazel and Don Bibeau (CPS)
Suzanne Narayan (CNHS)
Megumi Yamasaki (First College)

Institutional Strategy Task Force (Ad Hoc - Suggested Membership – Four of Five faculty
with cross-college representations. In January of 2004, the IFO Council passed a motion to form
a task force to gain awareness of institutions of higher education and programs operating or
planning to operate in the Twin Cities, find out information about these institutions and programs,
and brainstorm and formulate proposals for IFO review on how our institution could effectively
respond.

CAS: Gail Smogard (Fall); Maythee Kantar (Spring)
John Schneider
COM: David Bahn (fall) David O’Hara (spring)
CPS: Harriet Wilson
Values Task Force:
CAS: Rhona Leibel
COM: Joel Wilson
CPS: Nancy Miller

Planning & Budget Council and Subcomittees -- Administration and members of these
committees view these appointments as 3 year terms. Last year’s representatives are listed on the
right side. Names pulled under the committee name have expressed an interest in serving FY06
and have been nominated by their colleges.
volunteers for any of these slots.

Planning and Budget Council (2 IFO Reps):

Becky Omdahl (CAS)
Grover Cleveland (Com)

Budget Sub-Committee (2 IFO Reps):

Roger Prestwich (COM)
Ruth Zietlow (Library)
Planning Subcommittee
Adrianne Slaymaker (COM)

Safety and Facilities Sub-Committee (2 IFO Reps):

Michelle Filkins (Library)
Kelly Hazel (CPS)

Strategic Enrollment/Retention Sub Committee (2 IFO Reps):

Jigang Liu (CAS)
Eustolio Benavides (CPS)

University Improvement Coordinating Team (UICT) Michael Earhart

Prof. Ed. Council – see UTPAC below (Council minutes – Feburary, 2005: Professional
Education Council Motion: The faculty approves the revised name, charge and membership of
UTPAC. It is assumed that the approval for UTPAC will remain with the IFO Faculty Council.
Action: seconded, and passed as amended (unanimous). Amendment: The faculty recommends
increasing at-large membership from two to four. Action: seconded, and passed. Amendment:
The faculty recommends changing a sentence in the “whereas” section that reads, “Over the past
three years the Education Department has added education faculty and has taken a leadership role
in the implementation of the program” to read as follows: “Over the past three years, the
Education Department has added sufficient education faculty to have taken a leadership role in
the implementation of the program.” Action: seconded and passed.)

UTPAC – Urban Teacher Program Advisory Council . . . Faculty Membership:

Department of Education 4 Reps:

1) Rose Chu 3) Rosa Fagundes
2) Emma Duren 4) Paul Spies

CAS Education Coordinators 4 Reps:

1) Axel Boldt (Math)
2) Tom O’Connell (Soc. Sci)
3) Daryl Parks (Lit/Comm Arts)
4) Julie Maxson (Nat. Sci)

At large faculty Reps (4):

1) Michelle Filkins for at large
2) Neal Thao
3) Heidi Malloy
4) Eustolio Benavides

Student Conduct Code (one from each college; faculty who teach graduate classes to be called
in if a graduate student is involved in a formal hearing)

CAS: Rafael Ortiz
COM: Steve Creason
NOTE CNHS Volunteer Needed
CPS Jennifer Wingren
First College Leah Harvey
Library Ria Newhouse

Statewide IFO

One Metropolitan State representative is requested per committee unless otherwise stated.
Appointments are for two-year terms.

Academic Affairs Committee (Standing)

John Schneider

Academic and Student Affairs Affairs Policy Committee (Standing):

Beverly Hill

Budget Committee (Standing):

Larry Gottschalk

Ethics Committee (Ad Hoc):

Steve Creason

Feminist Issues Committee (Standing):

Ria Newhouse (Library) volunteered

Government Relations Committee (Standing, 2 reps who are preferably from different political
parties):

Daryl Parks (CAS)
Kirsten Jann (CPS)

Statewide Action Committee (Standing):

Tom O’Connell (CAS)
Monte Bute (CAS)

Local Membership Chair:

Virginia Card (CAS)

Multicultural Affairs Committee (Standing):

Rosa Fagundes (CPS)

Salary Equity Committee (see Statewide MnSCU Salary Review Committee):

Jan Saraph (COM)

GLBTA Issues Committee (Standing):

Ria Newhouse (Library)

Statewide MNSCU Committees on which Metropolitan State has a
designated seat:

IMS Academic Computing Council (Standing committee covering areas related to instructional
management systems and academic computing)

David Bouchard

Academic Information Technology Committee (Standing committee consisting of 1 faculty
member from each of the 7 state universities and members from the system office working on
software for online learning.)

Larry Gottchalk (CAS)

COPE: (Standing committee consisting of 1 education dean and 1 faculty member from each of
the 7 state universities, plus staff including Debra Japp from IFO. Committee Charge: To speak
to the concerns of MnSCU and its member state universities, and to support collective and
collaborative efforts in the area of professional education and pre-K to 12 linkages. Formal
committee charge is currently under discussion so make-up of the committee may change.)

Rosa Fagundes (CPS)

Graduate Council (Standing committee consisting of 1 dean and 1 faculty member from each of
the 7 state universities, plus Debra Japp, IFO staff and MnSCU staff. Committee Charge:
Coordinate, foster, and promote accessible, high quality graduate education and services for the
citizens of MN.)

Roger Prestwish (COM)

Salary Review Committee: (Standing committee consisting of 5 faculty members and Pat
Arseneault and 6 MnSCU representatives (including Gary Janikowski and Chris Dale). Each of
the state universities has a faculty representative on the IFO Salary Equity Committee, the more
senior of which sit on the Salary Review Committee (the others are alternates). Committee
Charge: Review IFO faculty salaries and recommend adjustments.

Jan Saraph (COM)

Statewide MnSCU Committees for which Metropolitan State does NOT
have a designated seat: (These are committees for which the Statewide IFO Board elects
representatives at large for the seven state universities.)

MNSCU Collaboration & Transfer Oversight Committee (Standing Committee, 6 IFO seats
including Nancy Black and Debra Japp. Committee Charge: Oversee the development of high
quality MN Transfer curriculum for students who transfer within the MnSCU system.)

Monte Bute (CAS)

Urban Teacher Education Partnership Joint Council (Standing Committee, IFO Statewide is
trying to get the membership of this committee. Committee Charge: To meet the needs f the
partner MnSCU teacher preparation programs in providing student teaching and clinical
experience opportunities in urban classroom environments and meet the increasing need of the St.
Paul School District for more teachers better prepared to serve the urban learners. )

Daryl Parks (CAS) (named to this committee 9/9/05)
Emma Duren (CPS)

Minnesota Online Council (Standing Committee, 3 IFO Seats. Committee Charge: Provide a
collaborative framework for serving the online learners of MnSCU.)

Assessment for College Readiness Committee (Standing Committee, 3 IFO Seats. Committee
Charge: Make recommendations on Assessment for College Readiness policy and procedure.
MnSCU is in the process of reconfiguring the committee.)

Academic & Student Affairs Policy Council (Standing Committee, 4 IFO Seats including
Nancy Black and Debra Japp. Committee Charge: Review and provide advice on academic and
student affairs policy development.)

Beverly Hill (CAS)

Student Conduct Policies Task Force (Standing Committee, 2 IFO Seats. Committee Charge:
Review and provide revision recommendations for Policy 3.6 Student conduct, 3.1 Student rights
and responsibilities, and 3.8 Student grievance.)

Teacher Education Advisory Committee (Standing Committee, 1 IFO staff seat: Cathy Summa.
Committee Charge: Provide a state level perspective on MnSCU’s role in preparing new teachers
and supporting existing teachers to meet strategic and diverse needs of Minnesota schools and
students. This committee is being reconfigured to include faculty representation.)

Systemwide Technology Stategy Council (Standing Committee, 1 IFO Seat. Committee
Charge: Align IT with system strategic directions and comment on progress toward achieving
systemwide IT goals.)

David Bahn

Information Technology Management Council (Standing Committee, 1 IFO Seat. Committee
Charge: Strengthen the connections between the management team of the Vice Chancellor for IT
and the Leadership Council and new Service Advisory Group and ensure alignment of divisional
efforts with the system strategy).

Defined Contribution Retirement (DCR) Committee (Standing Committee, 3 IFO Seats
including one for Russ Stanton. Committee Charge: Advise the system regarding the DCR Plan.)

Michael Wilson (COM)

Center for Teaching and Learning Steering Committee (Standing Committee, 6 IFO Seats
including one for Cathy Summa. Committee Charge: Promote and support collaborative
professional development for all MnSCU faculty in order to improve student learning through
enhanced teaching effectiveness and provide recommendations on CTL programs and services.
Statewide IFO has expressed a desire to appoint campus nominees who are local CTL
Coordinators or CTL Committee members.)

Continuing Task Forces:

Joint Labor Management Committee on Health Plans –

Susan Rydell (CPS) (FY07-08)