Faculty Council

Awards:

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Resources:

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The UMSON Faculty Council is the mechanism by which the Faculty Assembly is engaged in:

Shared governance
Policy making
Exchange of information
Staff and student concerns

The Faculty Council consists of nine elected and eight ex-officio members:

The elected members are the chair, chair-elect, secretary, representatives from the associate/assistant deans and each department and the UMSON UMB Faculty Senate representative.
The ex-officio members include the dean, immediate past chair of Faculty Council, and the chairs of the standing committees.

Faculty Council Committee Affiliations:

There are six Standing Committees of the Faculty Council. All members are elected from the Faculty Assembly. The Standing Committees include four Curriculum Committees, Student Affairs, and Appointments, Progressions, and Tenure.
Faculty are members of the Admissions and Academic Standing Committees and the three Judicial Boards. Faculty are elected from the Faculty Assembly for positions on the Academic Standing Committee and Judicial Boards.
The Faculty Council participates in shared governance through their role on the Governance, Academic and Student Affairs, and Technology Councils.

Meeting Times

Faculty Council:
3rd Monday, 10 - 11:50 a.m.
All faculty members are welcome to attend.

Baccalaureate/CNL Curriculum Committee:
1st Monday 1- 2:50 p.m.

MSN Curriculum Committee:
1st Monday, 10 - 11:50 a.m.

DNP Curriculum Committee:
2nd Monday, 1 - 2:50 p.m.

PhD Curriculum Committee:
1st Monday, 1 - 2:50 p.m.

Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee:
2nd and 4th Mondays, 10 - 11:50 a.m.

Student Affairs Committee:
4th Monday, 1:30 - 3:20 p.m.

Judicial Boards:
varies

Faculty Senate:
3rd Wednesday, noon - 12:50 p.m.

Committees

Position	Name
Chair	Kristen Rawlett, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
Chair Elect	Veronica Quattrini, DNP, FNP-BC
Past Chair	Crystal DeVance-Wilson, PhD, MBA, PHCNS-BC
Secretary	Amy L. Daniels, PhD, RN, CHSE-A
Associate or Assistant Dean Representative	Shannon K. Idzik, DNP, CRNP, FAANP, FAAN
Departmental Representatives	Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC (FCH) Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS (PTSS) Nicole E. Smith, PhD, RN, CNE, CHSE, CNE-cl (USG) Mary Regan, PhD, RN (OSAH) Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD, MPH, RN (PPEP)
UMB Senator Representative to Faculty Council	Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC

Baccalaureate/MSN-E Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Hershaw Davis Jr., MS, RN
Chair Elect	Katie McElroy, PhD, RN
Representatives	Denise Owens, MS, RN, CCRN Hershaw Davis Jr., MS, RN Linda Cook, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNP Tabitha Legambi, DNP, RN, CEN, CNE Amanda Henson, MS, RN, CNE, CHSE Mary Pat Ulicny, MS, MHA, RN, CNE, CHSE Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN

Master's Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Carol A. O'Neil, PhD, RN, CNE
Representatives	Linda J. Hickman, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE Carol A. O'Neil, PhD, RN, CNE Regina Phillips, PhD, RN, CNE Michelle R. Spencer, DNP, RN Charlotte A. Seckman, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, FAAN JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN

DNP Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Veronica Y. Amos, PhD, CRNA, PHCNS-BC
Representatives	Priscilla Aguirre, DNP, CRNA, CRNP-AC Taylor Jones Swing, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC Maranda Jackson-Parkin, PhD, CRNP-BC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN-K, CNE Amanda Roesch, DNP, MPH, FNP-C Barb Van de Castle, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, OCN Renee Franquiz, DNP, RN, CNE

PhD Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE
Representatives	Jennifer Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA Kelly Doran, PhD, RN, FAAN Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN Sarah Holmes, PhD, MSW Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN

Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS (Professor Tenured)
Non-Tenured Associate Professors	Veronica P. Njie-Carr, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FWACN
Tenured Associate Professors	Mary Regan, PhD, RN Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE
Non-Tenured or Tenured Professors	Alison M. Trinkoff, ScD, MPH, RN, FAAN

Student Affairs Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Richard P. Conley Jr., DNP, CRNA, CNE
Representatives	Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, PhD, MD, MBA-HCM, MSN, NP-C DeNiece Bennett, DNP, RN (SG) Janet Selway, DNSc, AGNP-C, CPNP-PC, FAANP, FAAN Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM

Judicial Board Members

Position	Name
Chair	AD Student and Academic Services Jennifer Schum, PhD
BSN Judicial Board	Linda Cook, PhD, RN, CCNS, ACNP Sarah Green, MS, RN-BC Michele A. Michael, PhD, CRNP Tarleen Weston, DNP, PMHNP-BC Joan Davenport, PhD, RN Benjamin Canha, PhD, RN Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE
MSN Judicial Board	Susan M. Antol, PhD, MS, RN Cheryl Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN Linda Hickman, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE Nancy Lerner, DNP, RN, CDONA Charlotte Nwogwugwu, DrPH, BSN, RN, HIV PCP, CPH-BC Carol A. O'Neil, PhD, RN, CNE
DNP Judicial Board	Erica Alessandrini, DNP, CRNP, FNP-BC Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC* Richard Conley Jr., DNP, CRNA Paul Thurman, PhD, RN, ACNPC, CCNS, CCRN* Ameera Chakravarthy, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC Barb Van de Castle, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, OCN Jan Wilson, DNP, CRNP, NNP-BC, C-ELBW, FAANP

Governance Council Representatives

Academic Standing Committee

Crystal DeVance-Wilson, PhD, MBA, PHCNS-BC
Amy Daniels, PhD, RN, CHSE-A (added fall ’22 after policy change)
Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN (added fall ’22 after policy change)
Veronica Y. Amos, PhD, CRNA, PHCNS-BC, FAANA

Faculty Senate Representatives

Visit the Faculty Senate webpage to learn more.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

BSN Admissions and Scholarship Committee

Meeting Times

1. Faculty Council: 3rd Monday 10 a.m. - noon
2. BCNL Curriculum Committee: 1st Monday 1 p.m. – 3 p.m.
3. Masters Curriculum Committee: 1st Monday from 10 - 11:50 a.m.
4. DNP Curriculum Committee: 2nd Monday from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
5. PhD Curriculum Committee: 1st Monday from 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
6. APT Committee: 2nd and 4th Monday from 10 a.m. - noon
7. Student Affairs: 4th Monday from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
8. Judicial Boards: Varies
9. UMB Faculty Senate: 3rd Wednesday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
10. DEI Council: Determined by Council