Planning Committee

Revision Date: Standing Committee, reestablished April 1994. Revised: January 2000, September 2002, August 2003, February 2004, February 2006, and April 2007.

Purpose: To serve as the central review and recommendatory body for the institution's planning process.

Membership

Voting:

• One Faculty Senator from each college, elected by the body of the Senate
• One Faculty Representative from each college, elected by the faculty of that College
• One Professional Librarian, elected by the Professional Librarians
• Four Staff Representatives, elected by the Staff Congress
• Student Government Association Executive Vice President
• One Department Chair, selected by the Department Chairs
• Institutional SACS Liaison
• Dean of Graduate & Undergraduate Programs
• One Representative from each division appointed by the division Vice President:
• Academic Affairs
• Administration & Fiscal Services
• Development
• Planning, Budgets, & Technology
• Student Success
• University Relations

Non-Voting:

• Vice President for Planning, Budgets, & Technology
• Special Assistant to the President for Planning & Continuous Improvement
• Director of Institutional Effectiveness

Terms of service shall be four-year staggered terms for all administrative representatives, chair, faculty, professional librarian, and staff representatives. The term of service for the Vice President for Planning, Budgets, & Technology, Special Assistant to the President for Planning & Continuous Improvement, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, Institutional SACS Liaison, Dean of Graduate & Undergraduate Programs, and SGA Executive Vice President are automatic for those individuals holding these functional titles. The term of service for faculty senators will be two-year staggered terms.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To annually review, update, and report on the University's Strategic Plan and progress toward achieving the Plan's goals and objectives.
• To annually examine resource allocations for Strategic Budget Initiatives through the analysis of productivity, efficiency, and consistency with the university mission and strategic plan.
• To annually review trends and provide recommendations regarding the University's current operating budget.
• To biennially review and provide recommendations regarding projects submitted in the six year capital plan.
• To annually examine and report on potential mission-related initiatives and/or partnerships.

Officers: A Chair and a Vice Chair or Co-chairs will be elected by the committee from the membership.

Frequency of Meetings: As needed each year.

Reporting Channels: Recommendatory to the President and his/her Cabinet through the Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology.

Minutes and Proposals Copied to: Members of the President's Cabinet, Faculty Senate, Dean's, Chair's, Staff Congress, Student Government Association, and the Special Collections and Archives in the Camden-Carroll Library.

Support Services: Office of the Vice President for Planning, Budgets & Technology

MEMBERSHIP

The procedure for resignation from a University Standing Committee is written notification to the University Standing Committee chairperson, Faculty Senate secretary, and the faculty member’s Department Chair. In the absence of a University Standing Committee Chairperson, the notification may be sent to the Faculty Senate secretary and the faculty member’s Department Chair. Email the Chair.

• Ashraf Aly, Faculty Senator-CBT, 2016-18
• David Long, Faculty Senator-COE, 2017-19
• Cathy Thomas, Faculty Senator-CCAHSS, 2016-18
• Jennifer Dearden, Faculty Senator-COS, 2017-19
• Daryl Privott, COE, 2015-19
• Glenn Ginn, CCAHSS, 2014-18
• Mark Blankenbuehler, COS, 2014-18
• Sam Nataraj, CBT, 2017-21
• Joe Honsucker, Staff Congress, 2014-18
• Michelle Hutchinson, Staff Congress, 2014-18
• Craig Dennis, Staff Congress, 2015-19
• Michael Henson, Associate Provost for Research & Dean of Graduate Programs, Fixed
• Matt Collinsworth, Development/University Relations, 2015-19
• Dieter Ullrich, Library, 2017-21

All 1-year terms end August 15 of each fiscal year.