Campus Committees

Academic Integrity Committee

Charge – The charge to the Academic Integrity Committee is to be the general motivator for campus discussions on Academic Integrity and how to best uphold it. Specific goals of the Academic Integrity Committee are to: be functional home of AI hearings, broadly promote faculty understanding of AI policies and tactics, support faculty in communicating and promoting AI messaging overall and serve as a resource for faculty desiring clarification or advice.

Members

 Andy Landmesser – Faculty (Information Technology) – Chair
John Baffoe-Bonnie – Faculty (Economics)
Alison Feather – Staff (Registrar)
Julie Gallagher – Faculty (History & American Studies)
Gary Miller – Staff (Student Affairs)
Angela Putman – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)
Kim Schultz – Faculty (Mathematics)
Xianfang Tan – Faculty (Engineering)
Terrie Wong – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)

Brandywine LaunchBox Student Engagement Committee – NEW!

Charge – The charge for the Brandywine LaunchBox Student Engagement Committee is to create pathways for student engagement with the Brandywine LaunchBox. This committee is open to interested faculty, staff, and students who have an interest in recruiting students to participate in the new Brandywine LaunchBox programs (in-person, virtual, and hybrid), creating opportunities for students enrolled in the Entrepreneurship Minor to collaborate with new Brandywine LaunchBox programs, and creating a student-led Entrepreneurship Club on campus.

Members

Roger Lee – Staff (Innovation and Entrepreneurship) – Chair
Donald Brennan – Staff (Residence Life)
Nannette D'Imperio – Faculty (Information Technology)
Stephanie Fitzgerald – Staff (part-time Center for Social Impact)
Falesha Ghee – Staff (Police and Public Safety)
Sam Pezzimenti – Faculty (Mathematics)
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Kristen Schaubhut – Faculty (part-time Communication Arts and Sciences)
Julie Stanton – Faculty (Business)
Christopher White – Faculty (part-time Business)
Luna Yang – Faculty (Business)
Martin Yeh – Faculty (Information Technology)

Campus Allocation Committee

Charge – Granted the authority by the Student Fee Board to allocate Student Fee funds for all requests related to student activities, recreation, and services (with exception of those established by the Commonwealth Fee Board) at each of the Commonwealth campuses. The activities portion of the fee includes, but is not limited to, student organizations recognized by the University, college, or department, affiliate organizations, and University units. Activities allocations will be pursuant to the campus allocation committee handbook and local/federal/state law.

Members

Blake Martin – Co-Chair (student voting member)
 Brad Kovaleski – Co-Chair (non-voting member)
Jonathan Asiddao Jr. – (student voting member)
Jessica Gore – (student voting member)
Izzy Griffetts – (student voting member)
Theresa Hamilton – (student voting member)
Denver Nazareth – (student voting member)
Fuchen Wang – (student voting member)
Tina Brackett-Wood – (non-voting member)
Margaret Buban – (non-voting member)
Kimberly Schultz – (non-voting member)
Connie Stankowski – (non-voting member)
Patton Vo – (non-voting member)

Commonwealth Facilities Allocation Committee

Charge – Granted the authority by the Student Fee Board to allocate Student Fee funds for all requests related to student facilities at each Commonwealth campus. This includes, but is not limited to, large- and small-scale facilities projects both independent of and in collaboration with the University administration and/or intercollegiate athletics with the approval of the Board of Trustees when required.

Members

Global Programs

Charge – To promote the educational value of embedding focused immersion experiences in foreign countries within courses.

Members

Paul Greene – Faculty (Ethnomusicology and Integrative Arts) – Chair
John Baffoe-Bonnie – Faculty (Business & Economics)
Evan Bradley – Faculty (Psychology)
Rhonda DelViscio – Staff (Academic Affairs)
Kalpani Dissanayake – Faculty (Business & Economics)
Susan Fredricks – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)
Lynn Hartle – Faculty (Education)
Patricia Hillen – Faculty (English)
Sandra Maria Lawrence - Faculty (Spanish)
Tony Mattei – Staff (Strategic Communications)
Ben Park – Faculty (Human Development and Family Studies)
Joshua Phillips – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)
Andrea Randolph-Krisova – Faculty (Kinesiology)

Scholarly and Research Communications Committee – NEW!

Charge – The charge to this new Scholarly and Research Communications Committee will be to develop initial steps and ideas to better tell the stories, both on campus and through media to our region, of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are positively impacting the world through research, scholarly activities and engagement. This committee will be open to faculty and staff. Specific steps this year will be to explore ways to and develop a list of the research and scholarly outputs, expertise and interests of our faculty and staff, to recommend ideas for ways to share stories of our research with impact (themed publications, podcasts, and so on), and propose themes for showcasing our faculty and staff research, scholarly activities and engagement (such as sustainability, diversity, antiracism, and so on).

Chair – to be selected; Wiebke Strehl will convene the initial meeting

Members

Kari Berton – Staff (Enrollment Management)
Laura Guertin – Faculty (Earth Sciences)
David Macauley – Faculty (Philosophy & Environmental Studies)
Dana Martin – Faculty (Psychology)
Joshua Phillips – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)
Peggy Signorella – Faculty (Women’s Studies & Psychology)
Karen Theveny – Faculty (Communications)
Bill Tyson – Staff (Strategic Communications)
Michael Yatauro – Faculty (Mathematics)
Jennifer Zosh – Faculty (Human Development and Family Studies)

Teaching and Learning Committee – New!

Charge – The charge to this new Teaching and Learning Committee will be to explore ways to improve teaching and learning at Brandywine, utilizing campus data and resources.

Chair-to be selected; Wiebke Strehl will convene the initial meeting

Members

Matthew Bodek – Staff (Instructional Design)
Rhonda DelViscio – Staff (Academic Affairs)
Paul Greene – Faculty (Ethnomusicology & Integrative Arts)
Laura Guertin – Faculty (Earth Sciences)
Donald Haldeman – Faculty (part-time Social Sciences)
Marinda Harrell-Levy – Faculty (Human Development and Family Studies)
Lynn Hartle – Faculty (Education)
Deb Ousey – Faculty (English)
Angela Putman – Faculty (Communication Arts and Sciences)
Aaron Rape – Faculty (Engineering)
Kimberly Schultz – Faculty (Mathematics)
Shruti Shrestha – Faculty (Physics)
Rachel Skinner – Faculty (Biology)

Undergraduate Research Committee

Charge – The charge to this Committee is to promote and support “high-quality mentored undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry” as a high-impact practice for student success. The Committee also will promote and support professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, administrators, and students, and serves a significant role in EURECA and how it relates to and feeds into Penn State’s Eastern Regional Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Members

 Kurt Kistler – Faculty (Chemistry) – Co-Chair
Martin Yeh – Faculty (Information Technology) – Co-Chair
James Berkey – Faculty (English)
Mark Boudreau – Faculty (Biology)
Kalpani Dissanayake – Faculty (Business & Economics)
Marinda Harrell-Levy – Faculty (Human Development and Family Studies)
Lisa Krol – Staff (Academic Affairs)
Josh Marquit – Faculty (Psychology)
Sam Pezzimenti – Faculty (Mathematics)
Hans Schmidt – Faculty (Communications)
Anna Sigmon – Faculty (Chemistry)
Sharon Tan – Faculty (Engineering)
Nasibeh Zohrabi – Faculty (Engineering)