Herff College of Engineering Committees
2008-09 Summary Table

(Individual committee charges and membership follow summary table)

In the following committee assignment lists, the committee chair is identified with an "*".

DEAN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE (elected)

To constitute an organized faculty voice in advising the Dean of the College of Engineering on basic questions of college policy and to prepare and submit recommendations concerning college policy to the faculty and the Dean.  The Advisory Committee and the Dean should maintain an effective and regular communication in order that the needs of the College can be defined and adequately presented to the University administration.  The Committee's agenda will be determined by the Committee and may include items suggested by the Dean, Department Chairs, individual staff members, or any other source.  Committee membership is comprised of the faculty representative to the University Senate elected by each engineering department. 

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ABET COORDINATING COMMITTEE

To provide an organized forum for structuring, reviewing, critiquing and ensuring achievement of program educational objectives; and to develop college level assessment plans and outcomes to assure continuous program improvement.

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ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

To provide an organized forum to advise the Dean of the College of Engineering on the operation and administration of the college.

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ARTS AND SCIENCES LIAISON COMMITTEE

To establish and maintain regular contact with the College of Arts & Sciences to determine and implement means by which the performance of Engineering students in Arts and Sciences courses can be improved.  To facilitate restructuring of Arts and Sciences courses as needed by College of Engineering curriculum changes.

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AWARDS COMMITTEE

Prepare or arrange for the preparation of nominations of faculty, staff, alumni, and students for the various internal and external award programs which are made available to the College. This committee's actions shall not supersede the rights of individuals, departments, or other groups within the College to make such nominations where appropriate.

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COMPUTER COMMITTEE

To serve as a committee of active computer users providing advice and counsel concerning:

1. Research and education needs of the College of Engineering, including use of the High Performance Computing facility.
2. Recommendations for hardware and software acquisition.
3. Policies related to the equipment and facilities.

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DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

To consider and recommend means by which the College of Engineering can increase the number of students from under-represented groups. In addition, the committee is to actively collaborate with the Recruitment/Retention Committee and each committee member is individually expected to communicate and interact with his/her respective unit in the College in fulfillment of the general charge.

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GRADUATE COUNCIL

Review content of courses and integrate the course content of the individual graduate curricula.  Review and/or initiate proposed new graduate course offerings.  Review the effectiveness of those graduate courses of interest to two or more departments and prepare recommendations for the improvement and coordination of such courses.  Review applications for membership on the Graduate Faculty and make recommendations to the Dean.

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LIBRARY COMMITTEE

Make recommendations to the University Library Committee and interface with that committee to help in any way to meet the needs of the College of Engineering for the acquisition of texts and periodicals.

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NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE

Arrange for the production of a periodic college newsletter to be distributed to alumni and friends of the College of Engineering. Develop a plan for implementing a periodic electronic newsletter.

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RECRUITMENT/RETENTION COMMITTEE

To enhance and coordinate the undergraduate recruiting and retention activities of the College of Engineering.  Continue development and implementation of a College marketing plan and coordinate with campus recruiting activities. In addition, the committee is to actively collaborate with the Diversity Committee and each committee member is individually expected to communicate and interact with his/her respective unit in the College in fulfillment of the general charge.

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SAFETY COMMITTEE

To assure the best possible safety conditions in the College of Engineering for students, faculty, staff and visitors.  To make known all safety policies of The University of Memphis including all related legislation.  To assure reasonable and responsible safety procedures are being carried out in each administrative unit of the College as the committee deems appropriate.  To make recommendations regarding safety conditions and procedures in each administrative unit.

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SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE

Publicize available scholarships, identify undergraduate scholarship applicants, coordinate with departmental committees and nominate college undergraduate scholarship awardees and recommend scholarship awardees to the Dean.

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TENURE & PROMOTION COMMITTEE (elected)

Committee membership is comprised of one elected faculty representative from each engineering department.  The Committee's responsibility is to review the tenure and promotion recommendations prepared by each department and to forward the material to the Dean with its recommendations.  In addition, the Committee should review tenure track faculty during their third year to verify that satisfactory progress is being made in anticipation of the tenure decision.

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UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Review content of courses and integrate the course content of the individual curricula.  Review and/or initiate proposed new course offerings.  Review the effectiveness of those lower division courses of interest to two or more departments and prepare recommendations for the improvement of such courses.

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WEB COMMITTEE

Plan and coordinate development of new departmental web sites.

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