Faculty Council

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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	Veronica Quattrini, DNP, FNP-BC
Immediate Past Chair	Kristen Rawlett, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP
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) Lynn Marie Elizabeth Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC (PPEP) Veronica Y. Amos, PhD, CRNA, PHCNS-BC, FAANA (OSAH)
UMB Senator Representative to Faculty Council	Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC

Entry into Practice Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Hershaw Davis Jr., MS, RN
Chair Elect	Katie McElroy, PhD, RN
Representatives	Mary Pat Ulicny, MS, MHA, RN, CNE, CHSE Amanda Henson, MS, RN, CNE, CHSE Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, PhD, MD, MBA-HCM, NP-C Lawanda Herron, PhD, MSA, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC

Master's Curriculum Committee

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

DNP Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Maranda Jackson-Parkin, PhD, CRNP-BC, ACNP, CCNS, CCRN-K, CNE
Representatives	Renee Franquiz, DNP, RN, CNE Priscilla Aguirre, DNP, CRNA, CRNP-AC Caitlin Donis, PhD, AG-ACNP, AACNS-AG Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Taylor Jones Swing, DNP, RN, CRNP-PC Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC Taylor Melton, DNP, CRNP, AGNP-C, CNE Veronica Quattrini, DNP, FNP-BC

PhD Curriculum Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE
Representatives	Kelly Doran, PhD, RN, FAAN Joan Carpenter, PhD, CRNP, ACHPN, FPCN Sarah Holmes, PhD, MSW Robyn Gilden, PhD, RN Rachel Blankstein Breman, PhD, MPH, RN, FAWHONN Amber Kleckner, PhD

Appointments, Promotion and Tenure (APT) Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS (Professor Tenured)
Assistant Professor (Fellow)	Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC
Non-Tenured Associate Professors	Janet Selway, DNSc, AGNP-C, CPNP-PC, FAANP, FAAN Cheryl Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN
Tenured Associate Professors	Nicole "Jennifer" J. Klinedinst, PhD, MPH, RN, FAHA
Non-Tenured or Tenured Professors	Alison M. Trinkoff, ScD, MPH, RN, FAAN Shijun Zhu, PhD, DrE Veronica P. Njie-Carr, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FWACN

Student Affairs Committee

Position	Name
Chair	Richard P. Conley Jr., DNP, CRNA, CNE
Representatives	Angelica Fernandez-Dizon, PhD, MD, MBA-HCM, MSN, NP-C (Chair Elect) Anjana Solaiman, DNP, NNP-BC, IBCLC, C-EFM Mary Grace "Molly" Renfrow, DNP, FNP Marik Moen, PhD, MPH, RN

Judicial Board Members

Position	Name
Chair	AD Student and Academic Services Jennifer Schum, PhD
BSN Judicial Board	Benjamin Canha, PhD, RN Patricia Schaefer, DNP, RN, CNE-cl, CHSE, CNE Kelley Robinson, PhD, CNM, CNE Karen Clark, PhD, RN, NI-BC, Alumna CCRN Rhea Freeman-Williams, PhD, CNM, FACNM Samantha Hoffman, DNP, CPNP-PC
MSN Judicial Board	Linda Hickman, PhD, MBA, RN, FACHE Nancy Lerner, DNP, RN, CDONA Susan M. Antol, PhD, MS, RN Sandra Lucci, PhD, RN, CNE, CMSRN Marleen Thornton, PhD, RN
DNP Judicial Board	Ameera Chakravarthy, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNP-BC Barb Van de Castle, DNP, RN-BC, ACNS-BC, OCN Richard Conley Jr., DNP, CRNA Paul Thurman, PhD, RN, ACNPC, CCNS, CCRN* Jennifer Fitzgerald, DNP, NNP-BC Johnny Gayden, DNP, CRNA Charlette Pace, DNP, PNP-AC

Governance Council Representatives

Academic Standing Committee

Faculty Senate Representatives

Visit the Faculty Senate webpage to learn more.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council

Chair:

Laura Koo, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC

Representatives:

BSN Admissions and Scholarship Committee

Meeting Times

1. Faculty Council: 3rd Monday from 10 a.m. - noon
2. Entry-into-Practice Curriculum Committee: 2nd Monday from 10 a.m. – noon
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