Haworth College of Business
色色啦 Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5457 USA
Main office: (269) 387-5050
Advising office: (269) 387-5075
Governance committees
Members
Jagjit Saini, Accountancy*
Kevin Mu, Business Information Systems
Veronica Rice McCray, Business Information Systems
Utkarsh Shrivastava, Business Information Systems
Bolortuya Enkhtaivan, Finance and Commercial Law
David Flanagan, Management
Bret Wagner, Marketing
Danielle Field (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Devrim Yaman (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to the faculty.
- Designs and implements an assessment strategy for the assessment plans as defined by the undergraduate and graduate education programs.
- Works with the Undergraduate Programs Council and Graduate Programs Council on the ongoing development of direct assessment measures and their implementation.
- Consolidates, evaluates and monitors assessment data and identifies trends and concerns in assessment methods and outcomes.
- Communicates assessment information with Curriculum Committee, Undergraduate Program Committee, Graduate Program Committee, faculty and administration.
- Logs and monitors actions taken by faculty in response to outcomes assessment.
Membership
One coordinator for each learning goal topic identified at the B.B.A./MBA levels (each coordinator is responsible for topic at both undergraduate and graduate levels), appointed by the Haworth College of Business leadership team (dean and associate deans), with consultation of the ALC chair. It is required that each department has at least one, but not more than two representatives on the council. The associate dean for undergraduate programs and associate dean for graduate programs serve as ex-officio members.
Term
Two-year staggered terms.
Committee Chair
One tenured or tenure-track chair appointed by the dean. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Dawn Mason, Accountancy
Jagjit Saini, Accountancy
Bidyut Hazarika, Business Information Systems
Norm Hawker, Finance and Commercial Law
Jennifer Bott, Management
Bret Wagner, Marketing*
Steve Newell (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Devrim Yaman (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to the faculty.
- Provides oversight (not implementation) of the curriculum review process within the college of business.
- Reviews curriculum change proposals from faculty according to guidelines established by the 色色啦 Faculty Senate. These changes may include, but are not limited to, programmatic degree changes (e.g., new majors, changes in major requirements, change in degree requirements for the college) and course changes (e.g., new courses, change in course names and content), and should be consistent with AACSB and North Central accreditation requirements.
- Provides advice to the various departments, the Undergraduate Programs Council and the Graduate Programs Council as needed regarding drafting and submitting curriculum proposals according to Faculty Senate guidelines.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department. The director of academic advising, associate dean(s) or director(s) of undergraduate and graduate programs serve as non-voting members. New members elected by departmental faculty by end of spring semester; if department does not elect members by this date, dean has option to appoint new members to fill impending fall vacancies.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by voting members of committee. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Inna Voytsekhivska, Accountancy
Marie Moreno, Business Information Systems
Tim Scheu, Finance and Commercial Law
Doug Lepisto, Management
Scott Cowley, Marketing
Scope and charge
- Reports to the dean.
- Organizes, manages and promotes faculty research, teaching and technology seminars in the college of business.
- Evaluates annually the faculty nominees for the college of business research, teaching and service awards, and selects recipients.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department. New members elected by departmental faculty by end of spring semester; if department does not elect members by this date, dean has option to appoint new members to fill impending fall vacancies.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Sunday Speer, Accountancy
Alan Rea, Business Information Systems*
Bolortuya Enkhtaivan, Finance and Commercial Law
Christina Stamper, Management
Alhassan Mumuni, Marketing
Scope and charge
- Reports to the faculty.
- Represents general faculty鈥檚 viewpoint on all matters that require coordination between administration of the college and the faculty (includes all tenure-track faculty, term and part-time faculty).
- Provides input to college administrators regarding academic and administrative matters.
- Periodically reviews academic and professional qualification standards to ensure alignment with the college of business mission.
- Convenes faculty meetings at least once a semester to conduct business related to faculty governance.
- Committee chair is a voting member of Policy Council.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department elected by departmental faculty.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Jagjit Saini, Accountancy
Reza Mousavi, Business Information Systems*
David Burnie, Finance and Commercial Law
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang, Management
Marcel Zondag, Marketing
Steve Newell (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Renuka Phillips (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to associate dean for operations and graduate programs.
- Serves as a liaison between the faculty and the MBA program (solicit ideas from and provide information to faculty and to MBA program director and associate dean).
- Reviews reports associated with the MBA program (for example, those generated by the head of the MBA program and staff as well as the Assessment Committee) and makes recommendations.
- Provides advice and acts as a sounding board to the head of the MBA program on educational, operational and strategic issues.
- Assists the head of MBA program with gathering data about the MBA (helping with focus groups, reviewing surveys, helping to distribute surveys, etc.)
- Attends and encourages attendance of faculty at non-classroom MBA events.
- Recommends possible changes to graduate direct learning objectives.
- Maintains a catalog of master syllabi for all MBA core courses.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department. The MBA program director, associate dean for graduate programs and the coordinator of MBA student support services serve as non-voting members. New members appointed by the dean.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by voting members of the committee. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Mingming Feng, Accountancy
Jagjit Saini, Accountancy
Beth Ernst, Business Information Systems
Bidyut Hazarika, Business Information Systems
Onur Arugaslan, Finance and Commercial Law
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang, Management
Duke Leingpibul, Marketing
Bret Wagner, Marketing
Steve Newell (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to the dean.
- Recommends policy and strategy regarding internationalization opportunities for the curriculum, students, faculty and staff.
- Initiates and promotes international opportunities including, but not limited to, dual degree program agreements and other exchange arrangements, funded grants which support international travel, international scholar exchanges, study abroad programs and other endeavors including research in the international area.
- Evaluates international opportunities and programs. Promotes cultural diversity within the college.
Membership
A minimum of one (maximum of two) tenured or tenure-track members from each academic department. New members elected by departmental faculty by end of spring semester; if department does not elect members by this date, dean has option to appoint new members to fill impending fall vacancies. The director of the Global Business Center is a voting member.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
The director of the Global Business Center serves as chair. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Jerry Kreuze, Accountancy
KC Chen (sab), Business Information Systems
Alan Rea, Business Information Systems
Onur Arugaslan, Finance and Commercial Law
Tim Palmer, Management
Ann Veeck, Marketing
Scope and charge
- Reports to the dean.
- Evaluates faculty applications being considered for promotion or tenure and forwards a written recommendation to the dean.
- Evaluates untenured tenure-track faculty members for second- and fourth-year reviews and forwards written recommendations to the dean.
Membership
One member from each academic department at the full professor level elected by departmental faculty.
Term
Three-year terms.
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Tom Schultz, Accountancy
Beth Ernst, Business Information Systems
David Burnie, Finance and Commercial Law
Derrick McIver, Management
Teresa Greenlees, Marketing
Satish Deshpande, Office of the Dean
Steve Newell, Office of the Dean
Renuka Phillips, Office of the Dean
Colleen Stano, Office of the Dean
Devrim Yaman, Office of the Dean
Nancy Owens, Advisory Council
Members
Kelli Carr, Accountancy
Kevin Mu, Business Information Systems
David Burnie, Finance and Commercial Law
Doug Lepisto, Management
Scott Cowley, Marketing
Steve Newell (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Alex Roelandt, Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to associate dean for operations and graduate programs.
- Provides a conduit between all college departments and Business Computing Services regarding training, technology, electronic classroom teaching techniques, and data and equipment security in support of the college of business mission.
- Supports and assists Business Computing Services in the development of technology planning.
- Coordinates with the Faculty Enhancement Committee, Staff Enhancement Committee and the college of business Faculty Senate technology representative where appropriate.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department; one staff representative from a non-academic area of the college. The associate dean for operations and graduate programs and representatives from Business Computing Services and Media/Learning Services serve as non-voting members. New members elected by departmental faculty by end of spring semester; if department does not elect members by this date, dean has option to appoint new members to fill impending fall vacancies.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than two new members appointed in any one year).
Commitee Chair
Elected by voting committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Mingming Feng, Accountancy
Bidyut Hazarika, Business Information Systems
Wenling Lu, Finance and Commercial Law
Chen Wang, Management
Alhassan Mumuni, Marketing
Devrim Yaman (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to the associate dean for undergraduate programs.
- Evaluates the undergraduate core curriculum with the goal of preparing students for the dynamic business environment.
- Reviews the undergraduate core curriculum and recommends changes to the direct learning objectives at least every three to five years.
- Examines emerging business issues and recommends appropriate changes to the direct learning objectives and undergraduate core curriculum.
- Serves as an integrating body that reviews where specific business concepts and principles are taught within the undergraduate core curriculum and recommends logical, systematic and appropriate coverage.
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department. The associate dean for undergraduate programs serves as a non-voting member. New members appointed by dean.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by voting members of committee. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Non-governance committees
Members
Dawn Mason, Accountancy
Tracey Corbett, Business Information Systems
Bidyut Hazarika, Business Information Systems
Alan Rea, Business Information Systems
Utkarsh Shrivastava, Business Information Systems
Amy Zufelt, Business Information Systems
Wenling Lu, Finance and Commercial Law
Doug Lepisto, Management
Scott Cowley, Marketing
Greg Gerfen, Marketing
Zac Williams, Marketing
Danielle Field, Office of the Dean*
Geralyn Heystek, Office of the Dean*
Devrim Yaman (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Advises the Zhang Career Center director.
- Provides advice and guidance to center on matters related to the center.
- Meets at least twice a semester
Membership
One tenured or tenure-track member from each academic department appointed by dean and department chairs (departments with multiple majors can appoint an individual to represent each major if desired), director of academic advising, associate dean for undergraduate programs and director of the Zhang Career Center.
Term
Membership of this committee has no terms.
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Mingming Feng, Accountancy
Smriti Srivastava, Business Information Systems
Tim Scheu, Finance and Commercial Law
Xiaodan (Abby) Wang, Management
Robert Harrison, Marketing
Ann Veeck, Marketing
Amy Coughenour, Office of the Dean
Satish Deshpande (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Geralyn Heystek, Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to dean.
- Addresses diversity and inclusion issues within the college including, but not limited to, student, faculty and staff recruitment; awareness and sensitivity to diversity and inclusion issues; and diversity and inclusion-related programs and events.
Membership
One member from each academic and non-academic unit in the college appointed by the dean.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Jamie Long, Accountancy
Beth Smith, Management
Sheena Bolton, Office of the Dean
Michelle Bouma, Office of the Dean
Amy Coughenour, Office of the Dean
Cyntia Dawson, Office of the Dean*
Danielle Field, Office of the Dean
Lezlie Lull, Office of the Dean
Jane Westra, Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to dean.
- Supports building safety in case of emergencies such as fire, tornado, workplace violence, chemical release or bomb threat.
- Provides training opportunities for committee members including fire safety and fire extinguisher training, tornado safety, emergency preparedness, first aid, CPR, AED, bomb threat awareness, chemical release/handling suspicious mail, information on assisting individuals (blind or low vision, hearing impairment, wheelchair) and workplace violence.
Membership
Voluntary
Term
Membership of this committee has no terms.
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Satish Deshpande, Dean
Devrim Yaman, Associate Dean
Steve Newell, Associate Dean
Jim Penner, Accountancy
Muhammad Razi, Business Information Systems
Jim DeMello, Finance and Commercial Law
Decker Hains, Management
Kelley O'Reilly, Marketing
Lt. Col. Caitlin Hinterman, Military Science and Leadership
Alan Rea, Business Information Systems
DeNel Stoltz, University Advancement
Members
Cari Burke, Accountancy
Marie Moreno, Business Information Systems
Diana Lamphiere, Finance and Commercial Law
Jennifer Bott, Management
Marcel Zondag, Marketing*
Scott VanAvery, Office of the Dean
Devrim Yaman (ex-officio), Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to associate dean for undergraduate programs.
- Meets annually, usually in February, to select winners of the college of business scholarships.
Membership
One tenured/tenure-track member from each academic department appointed by dean and department chairs and the manager of recruitment and outreach.
Term
Two-year staggered terms, (i.e., no more than three new members appointed in any one year).
Committee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).
Members
Trevion Thomas, Business Information Systems
Michelle Bouma, Office of the Dean
Rachael Bower, Office of the Dean
Beth Gasienica, Office of the Dean
Shelby Sams, Office of the Dean
Tamika Seawood, Office of the Dean
Scope and charge
- Reports to dean.
- Works with the dean to provide programs about technology and other innovations that support staff career development and improved service to faculty and students.
- Evaluates annually the staff nominees for the college of business staff awards and selects recipients.
Membership
Voluntary
Term
Two-year terms.
Commitee Chair
Elected by committee members. The chair of this committee is indicated above with an asterisk (*).