The purpose of the General Education Committee (GEC) is to provide guidance and direction to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research to improve the quality and relevance of the University's general education curriculum.  The GEC considers proposals for modification of the general education curriculum and reviews each course in the general education program once every three-years to determine its acceptability as a general education course.  The GEC will review assessment data on the general education program provided by the Assessment Office and make recommendations to the VCAAR.

Membership on the GEC consists of one faculty representative from each of these Colleges: Agriculture, Business, Communications, Education, Engineering, Fine Arts, Honors, Nursing and Health Professions, and University College.  The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will be represented by three faculty representatives (from different departments) and the College of Sciences and Mathematics will be represented by two faculty representatives (from different departments).  The Independent Department of Military Science will have one nonvoting, ex-officio faculty representative.  The Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Services (AVCAS)and Director of Assessment Services will serve as ex-officio, nonvoting members.

The committee will select a chair (must be a tenured faculty member) from
among its membership.  The chair will serve a three-year term and may not be reappointed to a consecutive three-year term.  Committee members will serve staggered three-year terms beginning at the start of the academic year.  Members of the committee will be tenured faculty with a minimum of three-years of continuous service prior to serving on the committee.  Each college will be responsible for determining the selection of its representative(s).

In those cases where there is an issue affecting a broad area of the general education core that is not represented by the composition of the current committee, a representative from the area not represented must be invited to attend the meeting and be afforded the opportunity to participate in the discussions before action is taken.

Bert Greenwalt (Agriculture, 2010)            Phyllis Pobst (Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010)

Kim Hester  (Business, 2009)                   Will McLean  (Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010) 

Marci Hayes (Communications, 2009)        Jerry Ball (Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010)  

Karen Yanowitz (Education, 2009)            Sue McLarry (Nursing and HP, 2011)

Brad Edgar (Engineering, 2010)                 Debra Ingram (Sciences/Math, 2009)

Gayle Pendergrass (Fine Arts, 2009)          Derek Teaney (Sciences/Math, 2009)

Mike Cundall (Honors, 2010)                    Jill Simons (University College, 2009)

Lynita Cooksey (AVCAS, Ex-Officio)      

Barbara Doyle (Director of Assessment Services, Ex-Officio)

Maj. Jeffrey Helms (Military Science, 2009, Ex-Officio)

 Note:    Committee Members are appointed as follows:
            *  Appointed by the Faculty Senate
            #  Appointed by the Staff Senate
            +  Appointed by the Student Government Association
            @ Appointed by the Graduate Student Council
            % Ex-Officio - non-voting