Committee on Committees

Annual Report for 2018-19

Queensborough Community College
The City University of New York
Report to the Academic Senate

June 4^th 2019

From: Dr. Helmut Loeffler, Chairperson of the Committee on Committees

To: Dr. Jannette Urciuoli, Secretary of the Academic Senate Steering Committee

cc: Dr. Joel Kuszai, Dr. Steven Dahlke, Prof. Jeffrey Schwartz, Dr. Elizabeth Toohey, Dr. Shannon Kincaid, Dr. Stephen Hammel, Dr. Bryn Mader, Dr. Pete Mauro, Dr. Barbara Blake-Campbell, Prof. Liisa Yonker, Prof. Richard Yuster, Dean Liza Larios

This memorandum presents the Annual Report of the Committee on Committees (CoC) for 2018-19.

I. Members of the Committee on Committees for 2017-18:

Name	Rank	Department	Term Ends
Shenaz Georgilis	Associate Professor	Nursing	May 2021
Dominic Hull	Lecturer	Chemistry	May 2021
Kebedech Tekleab	Assistant Professor	Art&Design	May 2021
Shannon Kincaid	Associate Professor	Social Sciences	May 2019
Liisa Yonker	Assistant Professor	Speech Communication & Theatre Arts	May 2019
Helmut Loeffler	Associate Professor	History	May 2019
Stephen Hammel	Associate Professor	Business	May 2020
Bryn Mader	Associate Professor	Biological Sciences & Geology	May 2020
Elizabeth Toohey	Assistant Professor	English	May 2020

II. Election of new members to the Committee on Committees:

The terms for Dr. Kincaid, Prof. Yonker and Dr. Loeffler expired in May. At the May 14^th, 2019 session of the Academic Senate, Dr. Julia Rothenberg, Prof. Vikki Terrile and Dr. Clara Wajngurt were elected to the CoC for three-year terms (2019-2022). Subsequently Dr. Stephen Hammel was eelected as Chair and Prof. Shenaz Georgilis was elected as Secretary by unanimous vote.

Name	Rank	Department	Term Ends
Tekleab, Kebedech,	Assistant Professor	Art & Design	May 2021
Georgilis, Shenaz	Assistant Professor	Nursing	May 2021
Hull, Dominic	Lecturer	Chemistry	May 2021
Toohey, Elizabeth	Assistant Professor	English	May 2020
Hammel, Stephen	Associate Professor	Business	May 2020
Mader, Bryn	Associate Professor	Biological Sciences & Geology	May 2020
Rothenberg Julia	Associate Professor	Social Sciences	May 2022
Wajngurt, Clara	Professor	Mathematics and Comp. Sc.	May 2022
Terrile, Vikki	Assistant Professor	Library	May 2022
Larios, Liza (Pr.Designee)	Dean	HR &Labor Relations

III. 2018-19: Standing Committee and Academic Senate Vacancies

Whenever vacancies arise on the standing committees of the Academic Senate, the members of the Committee on Committees vote via email to appoint a new committee member. When a vacancy arises on the Academic Senate, the CoC Chair confers with the Senate Technology Officer to review the results of the previous Senate election and determine who will fill the vacancy. During the 2018-19 academic year, the Committee on Committees oversaw the assignment of new Senators, and voted to fill committee vacancies as noted below:

June-September 2018

A. Committee on Publications

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Frank Jacob (History), the CoC named Aviva Geismar (HPED) to this committee. Her term ends in 2020.

B. Committee on e-Learning

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Prof. Eileen White (Speech Communication Theatre Arts), the CoC named Carlene Byfield (Nursing) to this committee. The term ends in 2019.

C. Committee on Food Insecurity

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Nataliya Khomyak (Math), the CoC named Gail Lewis (Speech Communication Theatre Arts) to this committee. The term ends in 2019.

D. Committee on Admissions

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Virginia Masterson (Business), the CoC named Dr. Aliza Atik (English) to this committee. The term ends in 2021.

E. Committee on Cultural and Archival Resources

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Joshua Hall (Social Sciences), the CoC named Dr. Adam Luedtke (Social Sciences) to this committee. The term ends in 2021.

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Leslie Francis (Business), the CoC named Dr. Sarbani Ghoshal (Biological Sciences and Geology) to this committee. The term ends in 2019.

F. Committee on Assessment

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Andrea Salis (HPED), the CoC named Manuel Martinez (English) to this committee. The term ends in 2019.

G. Committee on Bylaws

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Dr. Susan Jacobowitz (English), the CoC named Dr. William Ryan (English) to this committee. The term ends in 2019.

New Academic Senate Member

The CoC conducted the election at the meeting of the Academic Senate in September of faculty at large replacement of Andrea Salis’ senate seat. Pete Mauro was elected and will serve through April 2019.

October – January 2019

A. Committee on Computer Resources

Due to the resignation of Dr. Cheryl Spencer (Nursing) from the Committee on Computer Resources the CoC elected and nominated Dr. Sanjay Koul (Biological Sciences and Geology) as the replacement. The term will run through spring 2020.

February-May 2019

A. Committee on e-Learning

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Gina Capozzoli (Counseling), the CoC elected Zhou Zhou (Chemistry) to this committee.

Committee on WID/WAC

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Chris Mooney (Business), the CoC elected Linda Meltzer (Business) to this committee.

C. Committee on e-Curriculum

To fill a vacancy left by the resignation of Ed Volchokc(Business), the CoC elected Jean Murley ( English) to this committee.

IV. Academic Senate Elections

Nominating petitions were distributed to faculty and staff for the election of new Faculty and CLT Members-at-Large in February. The Senate consists of 41 Faculty Members-at-Large and 2 CLT Members-at-Large. 20 Faculty were nominated for 14 positions and 1 CLT was nominated for one position, all of which will run through April 2022. The election was conducted online for two weeks in March. The online system was managed by Jeffrey Schwartz (Senate Technology Officer) with assistance from Raj Vaswani (Information Technology).

V. Elections to the Standing Committees of the Academic Senate

Faculty and HEOs were invited to select the committees on which they would prefer to serve via an online system. The database was managed by Raj Vaswani and the list of eligible instructional staff was assembled by Debra DiBattista (Human Resources and Labor Relations). At least two reminder emails were sent out during the selection period.

Following the online selection period, the preferences for each committee were examined by the CoC Chair and a master table was prepared. Candidates were eliminated from committee ballots if their Department was already represented on that committee. The CoC met and made its first round of committee assignments. For each committee, the candidates’ qualifications were considered, as well as the need for College service with respect to tenure and promotion. Adjustments to the ballot were made via email. An effort was made to balance the distribution of candidates across departments. This became difficult with large departments outweighing small to mid-size departments. A ballot was eventually approved.

In accordance with Article VII, section 4a of the Bylaws, the ballot must be circulated to the instructional staff at least two weeks before the election. The ballot was circulated via email to faculty, HEOs and CLTs on March 26, in advance of the April 9 Senate Meeting.

Following the election, the CoC will maintain a list of instructional staff not placed on a committee. This list will be consulted to fill vacancies as they arise during the year. The CoC will also make suggestions to the Steering Committee regarding suitable Steering Committee Designees.

In accordance with the Bylaws, the ballots prepared by the CoC were distributed via email on March 26. The members of the Standing Committees for 2019-2022 were unanimously elected as a single slate at the Senate meeting on April 9. A list of those candidates who were not elected will be maintained by the CoC. This list will be consulted to fill vacancies as they arise during the year. The CoC will also make suggestions to the Steering Committee regarding suitable Steering Committee Designees. The CoC worked with David Moretti so that the committee webpages will be updated at the end of the spring semester.

VI. A Final Note of Gratitude

I would like to express my gratitude to everyone on the Committee on Committees. It has been a pleasure serving on this committee and being chairperson. I am grateful to Shenaz Georgilis who served as Secretary of the CoC for the past year. I would like to thank Professor Jeffrey Schwartz, the current Senate Technology Officer, for keeping me on an effective and manageable timeline and for overseeing the online Senate elections. I would like to thank Raj Vaswani for managing the CoC database and for working with me to implement a number of changes that improve the committee selection mechanism for both the instructional staff and the CoC. I would like to thank Dr. Jannette Urciuoli, Dr. Joel Kuszai, Dr. Stephen Dahlke, Dr. Philip Pecorino, and Dean Liza Larios for their constant support, encouragement, and advice throughout the year. Lastly, I want to thank Dr. Chris Mooney who has been a great support and mentor and who did everything she could to prepare and guide me for being the Chair of this committee.

Respectfully submitted,

Dr. Helmut G. Loeffler

Chairperson, Committee on Committees

Appendix A: 2019 Academic Senate Election Results

Faculty Member-At-Large Candidates

Faculty Member-At-Large Candidates
Rank	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1	Emily S. Tai, History	170	62.50	reelected
2	Mi-Seon Kim, Library	138	50.74	reelected
3	Margot Edlin, English	131	48.16	reelected
4	Urszula Golebiewska, Biological Sciences & Geology	125	45.96	reelected
5	Joanne Chang, Music	120	44.12	reelected but declined
5	Jeff Jankowski, Social Sciences	120	44.12	newly elected
7	Jean Murley, English	111	40.81	newly elected
8	Trikartikaningsih Byas, English	107	39.34	newly elected
8	Craig Weber, Engineering Technology	107	39.34	reelected
10	Barbara Rome, Nursing	99	36.40	newly elected
11	Zivah Perel Katz, English	92	33.82	newly elected
12	Matthew Lau, English	89	32.72	not elected, dept. at maximum
12	Hayes P. Mauro, Art and Design	89	32.72	reelected
14	Rezan Akpinar, Health, Physical Education & Dance	87	31.99	newly elected
14	Vazgen Shekoyan, Physics	87	31.99	newly elected
16	Lorraine Cupelli, Nursing	84	30.88	not elected, dept. at maximum
17	Kersha Smith, Social Sciences	79	29.04	newly elected
18	Melida Sanchez, Foreign Languages & Literatures	76	27.94	not elected
19	William J. Ryan, English	73	26.84	not elected
20	Aithne Bialo-Padin, History	57	20.96	not elected

CLT Candidates

CLT Candidates
Rank	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1	Laura Rachiele, Biological Sciences & Geology	28	100	elected

2018-2021: Committee on Academic Development & Elective Programs (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Pham, Davide	Mathematics and Computer Sciences
o	Rhodd, Renee	Academic Affairs
o	Riekert, Susan	Nursing
	Hemraj-Benny, Tirandai	Chemistry
	Srivastava, Anuradha	Biological Sciences
	VanDerHorn-Gibson, Jodi	Speech Communication
	Akpinar, Rezan	HPED
	Schrynemakers, Ilse	English
	Drini, Merlinda	Engineering Technology

2018-2021: Committee on Admissions (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Demas, Jason	Health Phys.Ed. Dance
o	Atik, Aliza	English
	Alleyne, Carol	New Student Engagement
	Urciuoli-Treue, Jannette	Student Affairs
	Dehipawala, Sunil	Physics
	Pearl, Ken	History

2018-2021: Committee on Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Orlofsky, Amos	Biological Sciences & Geology
o	Armendariz, Raul	Physics
o	Kim, Mi-Seon	Library
	Meltzer, Linda	Business
	Martinez, Manuel	English
	Santoro, Maurizio	Foreign Languages & Literature
	Berkhout, Bjourn	Music
	Lee, Whan Ki	Mathematics and Computer Sciences
	Rome, Barbara	Nursing

2018-2021: Committee on Awards & Scholarship (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Miller, Benjamin	English
o	Wei, Sujun	Chemistry
	Roblodowski, Christopher	Biological Sciences & Geology
	Seo, Dugwon	Engineering Technology
	Moody, Anissa	Social Sciences
	Dabkowska, Ewa	Mathematics and Computer Sciences

2018-2021: Committee on Bylaws (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Ferrari-Bridgers, Franca	Speech Communication
o	Golebiewska, Urszula	Biologial Sciences & Geology
	Ryan, William	English
	Micieli, Richard	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Hossain, Shahadat	Engineering Technology
	Murolo, Sebastian	Business

2018-2021: Committee on Ceremonial Occasions (3 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Kuszai, Joel	English
o	Pecorino, Phil	Social Sciences
o	Ford, Wendy	Business

2018-2021: Committee on Computer Resources (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Bellovary, Jill	Physics
o	Bordoni, Adrian	Social Sciences
o	Moretti, David	Marketing & Communication
	Bulawa, Andrew	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Ward, Leslie	Library
	Williams, Darryl	Foreign Languages & Literature
	Cesarano, Michael	Speech Communication
	Spencer, Cheryl	Nursing
	Keogh, Tim	History

2018-2021: Committee on Continuing Education (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Nelan, Philip	Nursing
o	Cimino, Alison	English
	Goldfond, Carol	Business
	Robertson, Rommel	Social Sciences
	Doyle, Alice	Marketing
	Liu, Wenjan	Mathematics & Computer Sciences

2018-2021: Committee on Course and Standing (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Marchese, Paul	Physics
o	Aikas, Rose Marie	Social Sciences
o	Wentrack, Kathleen	Art and Design
	Armstrong, Daniel	Health, Physical Education & Dance
	Capozzoli, Gina	Student Affairs
	Desruisseaux, Katwicia	College Discovery
	Ye, Fei	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Stroehlein, Margaret	Nursing
	McLaughlin, Susan	Biological Sciences & Geology

2018-2021: Committee on Cultural & Archival Resources (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Luedtke, Adam	Social Sciences
o	Huggins, Heather	Speech Communication
o	Osorio, Jose	Foreign Languages & Literature
	Beckford, Ian	Strategic Planning, Assessment & Institutional Effectiveness
	Ghoshal, Sarbani	Biological Sciences and Geology
	Lane, Cary	Academic Literacy
	Lekic, Mirna	Music
	Guo, Wenli	Physics
	Pecinka, Kathleen	Nursing

2018-2021: Committee on Curriculum (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Volchok, Edward	Business
o	Wallach, Patrick	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
o	Lizzul, Isabella	Health, Physical Education & Dance
	Murley, Jean	English
	Petersen, Joan	Biological Sciences & Geology
	Yuster, Richard	Engineering Technology
	Bayer, Tina	Nursing
	Holden, Todd	Physics
	Nichols, James	History

2018-2021: Committee on eLearning (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Goldenberg, Joseph	Engineering Technology
o	Desepoli III, Eugene	Health, Physical Education & Dance
o	Smith, Lakersha	Social Sciences
	Kolack, Kevin	Chemistry
	Tarafdar, Meghmala	English
	White, Eileen	Speech Communication & Theatre Arts
	Akcay, Zeynep	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Sarkar, Nina	Business
	Novick, Peter	Biological Sciences & Geology

2018-2021: Committee on Environmental, Quality of Life & Disability Issues (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Crutchfield, Allison	Speech Communication & Theatre Arts
o	Diaz, Noelia	English
o	Raya, Eladia	Foreign Languages & Literature
	Davis, Edward	Engineering Technology
	Funk, Jonathan	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Freier, Ben-Ami	Services For Students With Disabilities
	Kinneary, Patricia	Nursing
	Danzi, Sara	Biological Sciences & Geology
	Monahan, Tony	Health, Physical Education & Dance

2018-2021: Committee on Food Insecurity (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Brodbar, Dorith	Counseling
o	Traver, Amy	Social Sciences
o	Shin, Jun	Chemistry
	Lewis, Gail	Speech Communication Theatre Arts
	Ikwueze, Chakwudi	Social Sciences
	DiGiorgio, Liz	Arts and Design
	Bales, Peter	History/Social Sciences
	Jacobowitz, Susan	English
	Tai, Emily	History

2018-2021: Committee on Library (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Tokke, Cheryl	Business
o	Mauro, Pete Hayes	Art and Design
	Honey, Larisa	Social Sciences
	Tuszynska, Agnieszka	English
	Mangra, Danny	Engineering Technology
	Wang, Biao	Mathematics & Computer Sciences

2018-2021: Committee on Publications (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Kim, Kwang Hyun	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
o	Shekoyan, Vazgen	Physics
	Ikwueze, Chukwudi	Social Sciences
	Javdan, Mohammad	Biological Sciences & Geology
	Geismar, Aviva	Health, Phys. Ed & Dance
	Quintanilla, Faustino	Art Gallery

2018-2021: Committee on Student Activities (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Sasa, Randelle	Nursing
o	Sporer, Celia	Social Sciences
	Atkins, Stephen	ASAP
	Smith, Kerri-Ann	English
	Riegel, Kimberly	Physics
	Klein, Jennifer	Counseling

2018-2021: Committee on Vendor Services (6 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Cheng, Steven	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
o	Shi, Lucy	Finance & Administration
	Quiroz, Miguel	Accounting & Related Entities (Finance)
	Proteasa, Gheorghe	Biological Science & Geology
	Deninnhy, Mellissa	English
	Franzese, Janet	Nursing

2018-2021: WID WAC Committee (9 Members)

	Name	Department
o	Mooney, Chris	Business
o	Hall, Jeff	History
o	Schanning, Ian	Physics
	Garbin, Daniel	Mathematics & Computer Sciences
	Litroff, Scott	Music
	Tsimounis, Areti (Tsiola)	Biological Sciences & Geology
	Talbird, John	English
	Lam, Raymond	Engineering Technology
	DiGiorgio, Liz	Art and Design