Oregon daily emerald., September 21, 1972, Section III, Page 5, Image 126

University committees,
duties, chairers listed
Following is a list of University-wide ad
ministrative and faculty committees, including the
name of the chairer and the charge to the com
mittee. Further information as to the membership
and activities can be obtained by contacting the
chairer or the University President’s office.
Academic Distinction—Charles R.B. Wright
To develop policies and procedures for the
identification of students for University recognition
for academic distinction, to assist the Registrar in
selecting such students, to advise the Registrar on
the preparation of a list of students for the use of the
selection committee-of honorary societies.
Academic Grievance—Donald R. Truax, pro tern
To receive complaints or grievances against
faculty members arising out of their responsibilities
as officers of the institution, to investigate and
review these complaints or grievances on an in
formal basis, affording full opportunity to the
concerned faculty member to be heard, to attempt
to resolve differences or adjust grievances in an
amicable fashion consistent with the understanding
of the parties and the best interests of the Univer
sity, and to issue such findings and recom
mendations to the President (furnishing copies to
the persons concerned) as appear appropriate
under the circumstances.
Academic Occasions—George Hodge
To plan Commencement and Graduation Con
vocation exercises and other Commencement
events and the annual observance of Charter Dqy.
Academic Requirements—Jack Sanders
Administration and interpretation of academic
requirements for baccalaureate degrees and for
action on student petitions for exceptions to these
requirements and other academic regulations. It
has no jurisdiction over regulations governing
graduate degrees. Also, to gather data and observe
the effects of academic regulations and to present
its findings and recommendations to the faculty.
Academic Standards—Donald Tull, pro tern
To advise faculty and the President and to make
recommendations where appropriate, on those
matters which pertain to die maintenance of
academic standards and integrity at the University.
Admissions Policy—George Dawson
To advise the faculty and the President on all
matters relating to admissions policies and
procedures of the University.
Advising—Robert Albrecht, pro tern
To make recommendations for appointments of
freshmen advisers, after consultation with deans
and department heads concerned, organize and
direct the work of freshmen advisers, consult with
deans and department heads in transferring the
students from freshmen to major advisers and in
seeking to effect the proper integration of the
students’ study programs, plan and conduct for
advisers and advisees all meetings necessary to
carry out effectively the advising and registration
procedure.
Advisory Committee to the Registrar—V.L.
Barkhurst, pro tern
Assembly and University Lectures—Alfred Rubin,
pro tern
Arrangement of assembly programs and ad
dresses under the University lectures program.
Campus Planning—Charles R. Wright
Long-range development of the campus, creation
of a ten-year campus plan, locating sites for par
ticular structures, architectural integrity of areas
of the campus, landscaping of the campus, iden
tification of problems and needs of traffic and
transportation, parking needs and problems,
determination of parking fees, choice of architects
for development of particular campus structures.
Campus Recreation Coordinating—Gary Bartlett
Computing Center advisory—Doug Olson, pro tern
Continuing Education liaison—Thomas Dahle
To serve as an advisory body and medium of
communication concerning policies and programs
of the Division of Continuing Education involving
work in University fields.
Curriculum—Roland Ball
(1) Screening of all proposals for course changes
and new curricula and degrees from the minor
faculties of the several schools, and report of its
recommendations to the University faculty through
the Faculty Senate; (2) advice to the University
editor on the content and structure of the University
Catalog; (3) participation, on behalf of the
University faculty, in planning the development and
improvement of the instructional program of the
institution, in consultation with the President and
other administrative officials of the University; (4)
the continuing study and review of existing courses
and curricula, and the presentation of recom
mendations for revision to deans, department
heads, and minor faculties; (5) advice and
assistance to schools and departments in the
planning of new programs, with special attention to
the relation of such programs to general cirricular
and academic policies of the University and to
overall plans for the development of its in
structional program. The committee has final
power for the approval of certain specified types of
minor course changes and for one-year approval of
summer-session and extension courses; by custom,
the committee has also assumed final power for
emergency one-year approval of course changes for
the regular sessions. (Pinal power means power to
act for the faculty; committee actions are subject to
confirmation by the President and the Chancellor.)
Development Fund advisory—Robert Mazo, pro
tern
Distinguished Service Awards—Robert Clark, pro
tern
Selection committee for annual University
awards for Distinguished Service; selection of
committee is approved by Faculty Senate.
Educational and Experimental Innovations and
Improvements—Harry Alpert, pro tern
To initiate and administer a program of grants to
faculty members for the encouragement of
research and development in educational ex
perimentation, innovation, and improvement; to
stimulate and promote experimentation ... in all
schools and departments; to maintain liaison with
the Committee on the Curriculum, the Graduate
Council, and other faculty and administrative
bodies on matters of educational development; to
initiate and sponsor the securing of extramural
funds for die support of educational ex
perimentation . . .; to consult with student groups
and students individually regarding educational
development; to maintain, through the Office of
Planning and Institutional Research, an inventory
of significant experimental . . . activities and to
evaluate the appropriateness of such educational
experimentation ... for the University.
Educational Opportunity—John Sherwood
(a) Review of the experience of educational op
portunity programs at other institutions of higher
education with the objective of applying the best
known practices at the University of Oregon, (b)
Study and evaluation of existing educational op
portunity programs at the University of Oregon
and, until further notice, report on them to the
faculty in writing at least annually, (c) Review of
proposals for program expansions and for new
programs in the areas of educational opportunity.
(d) Development of recommendations on sources of
finance, and provision of technical assistance in the
development of applications for financial support.
(e) Maintenance of liaison with appropriate in
terested persons and groups, including faculty
committees with related interests, the Office of
Minority Relations, and the Associated Students of
the University of Oregon.
Equal Employment Opportunity—Luise Walker
To advise the President and other personnel of
ficers of the University on practices and procedures
that would insure the proper execution of the
University’s equal employment opportunity policy.
Ethnic Studies—Paul Simonds
To advise the faculty and the President on the
prompt development of ethnic studies at the
University through an institute or other means.
Festival of the Arts—Adell McMillan
To plan and administer the annual Festival of the
Arts.
Foreign Study Program—Warren Brown
(a) To review regularly and to approve the
academic standards of organized foreign study
programs now associated with the University for
the continued granting of academic credit; (b) to
establish policy, to evaluate, and to make recom
mendations to the faculty, through the Faculty
Senate, regarding the approval of programs
proposed in the future, before transfer of credit is
accepted. The committee is instructed to follow
generally the academic standards set forth in
“Guidelines for Foreign Study Programs of the
Oregon State System of Higher Education,” with
revisions or supplements when necessary.
Higher Education Study—Bill Wyatt, pro tern
Human Research Review
Intercollegiate Athletics—Robert Bowlin
To make recommendations concerning all
aspects of intercollegiate policy at the University,
either upon its own initiative or at the request of the
President.
Library—Perry Powers
To act as an advisory committee on library af
fairs.
Medical Technology—Bayard McConnaughey
To assume administrative authority over Sacred
Heart School of Medical Technology credit
program.
New Student Orientation—Shirley Wilson
(1) To plan and recommend to the President of
the University specific programs for new student
orientation. (2) To advise the Executive Secretary
of the Committee on the implementation of the new
student orientation programs. (3) To
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