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Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC)

Academic Planning and Programs

Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC)

The Academic Planning Advisory Committee (APAC) was created on the recommendation of the College Park Senate, to advise the Chief Academic Officer concerning academic issues with a significant resource implication. APAC has been involved in various initiatives over the years, including creation/elimination of academic units or programs, strategic planning, major revisions of the undergraduate curriculum, resource reallocation, and the distribution of enhancement and research initiative funds.

APAC is appointed by the Provost, in consultation with the Senate Executive Committee. The 1988 Senate legislation states that "a majority of the members shall be full-time tenured faculty members who do not hold  a position at the level of department chair or higher."  A 1992 amendment states that "the Provost shall appoint a staff member from the Division of Academic Affairs." While members of APAC are chosen with a balance of academic areas in mind, they act as individuals, and rather than representatives of a particular constituency, they are chosen to represent the best of us. As stated in the Senate task force report, "they should be chosen for their judgment, commitment to the campus, scholarship, and teaching accomplishments and should represent a diversity of disciplines, experience, and perspectives."

Description Updated August 6, 2015

Senate Documents explaining the history and establishment of APAC

CURRENT APAC COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Provost Jennifer King Rice

Jennifer King Rice

Senior Vice President and Provost

She/Her/Hers

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Elizabeth Beise

Senior Advisor to Provost

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John Bertot

Faculty Affairs Site

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

James Butler

Associate Professor, Public Health

Sarah Dammeyer

Senior Lecturer, English

Don DeVoe

Wilson H. Elkins Professor and Associate Chair of Research & Administration, Mechanical Engineering

Rebecca Hann

Assistant Dean of Doctoral Programs / Dean’s Professor of Accounting / KPMG Term Professor

Clara Irazabal-Zurita

Professor of Urban Planning and Director of Urban Planning and Studies

Ginger Jin

Professor, Economics / ADVANCE Professor

Alan Kaufman

Professor, Geology

Melanie Killen

Distinguished University Professor, Education

Efrain E. Rodriguez

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Kimberly Schmidt

Assistant Dean Finance & Administration, School of Public Health

Linda Steiner

Professor, Journalism

Rohan Titekar

Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science