General Education Committee

Last Updated:   6/1/2023

Contact Name

Rhonda Todd, Administrative Coordinator for the Dean of Undergraduate Studies
rtodd@clemson.edu

Description

The General Education Committee responsibilities include:

  1. Providing cohesion, communication, and collaboration in discussions and decisions related to courses functioning as Clemson University general education curriculum, ensuring faculty ownership of general education;
  2. Recommending undergraduate general education student learning outcomes, including revisions when necessary, to the University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee;
  3. Ensuring that the Office of the Registrar maintains accurate general education curricular information;
  4. Coordinating faculty development for implementing general education student learning outcomes and focusing on student learning, including mentoring colleagues, arranging workshops, and employing OTEI resources;
  5. Coordinating faculty assessment of general education student learning outcomes.

Subcommittees are chartered by the Committee as needed, concerning topics such as developing student learning outcomes or approving and reviewing courses for inclusion in the general education curriculum. Each of these subcommittees will have at least one member selected from the voting membership of the Committee.

This committee is authorized and described in the Clemson University Faculty Manual. Changes to its description or composition should be initiated with the current President of the Faculty Senate.

Membership Composition

The Chair is the Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies or designee

Membership Composition - General Education Committee
Seat Type Quantity Term Length Date of Term Initiation Seat Filling Mechanism Voting or Non-Voting Other Factors
Regular Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer or Principal Lecturer (1 per college and the Libraries) 8 3 years August 15 Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college Voting Staggered terms  
Regular Faculty Member (1 per college) 7 3 years August 15 Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college Voting Staggered terms  
Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies or designee 1 By position Non-voting  
Non-voting appointee 0 Non-voting  

Membership List (Last Updated: 6/1/2023)

Changes to the current chair and membership list should be initiated with the Faculty Senate Office.

Chair

Chair List - General Education Committee
Name Chair Type Email* College or Division Department Term Start Term End
Jeff Appling Chair japplin Undergraduate Studies

Members

Member List - General Education Committee
Name Seat Type Email* College or Division Department Service Start Service End
Eric Touya Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college etouya CAAH Languages 8/14/2024
Jim Strickland Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college jrstric CAFLS Animal & Veterinary Science 8/14/2024
Kyle Barrett Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college rbarre2 CAFLS Forestry and Environmental Conservation 8/14/2026
Matt Costello Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college mjcoste CBSHS Sociology/Anthropology/Criminal Justice 8/14/2025
Elizabeth Carraway Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college ecarraw CECAS Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences 8/14/2024
Nigel Kaye Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college nbkaye CECAS Civil Engineering 8/14/2025
Blake Snider Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college sniderb CoB Management 8/14/2024
Anna Hall Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college ah2 CoE Teaching & Learning 8/14/2026
Sarah Stokowski Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college stoko CoE Educational and Organizational Leadership Development 8/14/2024
Lea Jenkins Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college lea CoS SMASS 8/14/2025
Anne Grant Regular Faculty Member , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college anne1 University Libraries 8/14/2025
Jim Jeffries Regular Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer or Principal Lecturer , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college jjeffri CAAH History & Geography 8/14/2025
Leland Fecher Regular Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer or Principal Lecturer , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college dfecher CBSHS Communications 8/14/2024
Judson Jahn Regular Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer or Principal Lecturer , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college judsonj CoB Accounting 8/14/2024
Pooja Puneet Regular Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer or Principal Lecturer , Elected by faculty accorded voting rights in each college ppuneet CoS Physics and Astronomy 8/14/2024
Claire Dancz Non-voting appointee cdancz Teaching Effectiveness & Innovation
Kristine Vernon Non-voting appointee kvernon CAFLS Animal Veterinary Sciences
Sarah Winslow Non-voting appointee swinslo Honors
Rene Schmauder Non-voting appointee aschmau Undergraduate Studies

General Education Assessment Subcommittee 2022-2023

Bridget Trogden, Rene Schmauder, Rodger Bishop, Jennifer Holland, Minory Nammouz, Elizabeth Stephan, Marian Kennedy, Wayne Goddard, Megan MacAlystre

* Emails are @clemson.edu unless noted
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