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| Standing
Committees |
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Board of Trustees establishes the following Standing Committees: |
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| Executive Committees |
| Executive Committee |
| Duties: |
- The
Executive Commitee ensures that the Board fulfills its collective
responsibilities.
- Serve as the Board's mechanism for overseeing the institutional planning
and budget processes and monitor the progress the institution makes
toward achieving the designated goals and objectives.
- Serve as a sounding board for the president and administration, particularly
in reviewing potential initiatives, policy changes, or other key issues.
- Provide advice, counsel and support to the president; monitor the
president's performance and contract.
- Act on behalf of the full Board in emergencies.
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| Members: |
| Patrick
Miles, Jr. |
Chair |
| Msgr. William Duncan |
Vice-Chair; Academic and Faculty Affairs Committee Chair |
| Ellen Satterlee |
Secretary |
| Tom Czerney |
Treasurer;
Business and Finance
Committee Chair |
| Tom Church |
Immediate Past Chair |
| Sr.
Nathalie Meyer, O.P. |
Prioress, Grand Rapids Dominicans |
| Karen
Palmore |
Development
Committe Chair |
| Dcn. Dennis
Williams |
Enrollment
Committee Chair |
| Kate Wolters |
Trustee Emerita, Past Chair |
| Ed Balog |
President |
| Jan Sommerville |
Recording
Secretary |
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| Committee
on Trustees |
| Duties: |
- Periodically review and update as necessary the profile of the Board
to ensure its composition reflects the needs and directions of the
College.
- Monitor the composition of the Board in order to ensure adherence
to the ideal profile of the Board.
- Identify prospective Board members; work with the President to cultivate
potential members; screen and propose new members for appointment
to the Board.
- Monitor Board and officer performance; at appropriate intervals,
present candidates for officers of the Board.
- Review the group of Board members up for re-election with regard
to their participation in the affairs of the College according to
the standard of attendance at meetings, service through committees,
financial support, and other identifiable evidence of support of
the College and its programs; recommend to the full Board those
members who should continue terms on the Board.
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| Members: |
| Lisa Wurst, Chair |
Board |
| Hon. William Murphy |
Board |
| Sr. M. Aquinas Weber, O.P. |
Chancellor Emerita |
| Debra Bailey |
Trustee Emerita |
| Greg "Igor" Alksnis |
Trustee Emeritus |
| Kate Pew Wolters |
Trustee Emerita |
| Patrick Miles, Jr. |
Trustee and Ex-Officio, Chair |
| Ed Balog |
Ex-Officio, President |
| Mary Alice Williams |
Ex-Officio, Interim Director of Advancement |
| Jan Sommerville |
Recording Secretary |
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| Enrollment Area |
| Enrollment Committee |
| Duties: |
- Engage in a systematic, holistic, and integrated review of College
programs and activities directed at achieving enrollment goals for
all undergraduate and graduate programs, including marketing, recruitment,
admissions, financial aid, orientation, advising, and class scheduling.
- Monitor and support the non-fundraising, public relations,
and image enhancement efforts of the College, both those that are
ongoing and those developed for specific purposes or initiatives.
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| Members: |
| Dcn. Dennis
Williams, Chair |
Board |
| David
Bottrall |
Board |
| Martita
Cudlipp |
Board |
| Sr.
Joyce Ann Hertzig, O.P. |
Board |
| Alan
Ryan |
Emeritus |
| Patrick Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Dick
Durell |
Community |
| David
Aker |
Community |
| Andrew Robel |
Community |
| John
Rice |
Alumni
Board Liaison |
| Jason Duncan |
Faculty |
| Joanne Gorant |
Faculty |
| Andrew Montpetit |
Student |
| Rebekah Potter |
Student |
| Terry
Bocian |
Ex-Officio |
| Ms. Nanette Clatterbuck |
Ex-Officio |
| Paula
Meehan |
Ex-Officio |
| Cindy
Van Gelderen |
Ex-Officio |
| David
Steffee |
Ex-Officio |
| Marty
Fahey |
Ex-Officio |
| Brenda
Hennink |
Ex-Officio |
| Ed
Balog |
Ex-Officio |
| Michael
Keller |
Ex-Officio;
Executive Secretary |
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| Academic
and Faculty Affairs Committee |
| Duties: |
- Through regular program review and other processes, ensure that
all elements of the College's academic program are consistent with
and supportive of its mission and strategies, and that the various
courses of study are appropriate to the needs and interests of the
College's undergraduate and graduate students.
- Review College recommendations for significant changes in curricula
or degree requirements, as well as new programs or initiatives.
- Monitor and evaluate the allocation of financial, personnel, and
physical plant resources to the range of academic programs offered
by the College; recommend appropriate action steps concerning academic
resources to the full Board.
- Provide ongoing review and support of the college's faculty personnel
policies, including appointment, promotion, tenure, and post-tenure
reviews; performance evaluations; compensation schedules and plans;
sabbatical leaves and retirements; and retrenchment plans when the
situation arises.
- Review the recommendations of the President and Provost for annual
faculty promotion and tenure; forward recommended promotion and
tenure decisions to the full Board.
- Validate faculty recommendations of degree candidates; forward to
the full Board an approved list of candidates for specific undergraduate
and graduate degrees.
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| Members: |
| Msgr. William Duncan, Chair |
Board |
| Alex
DeYonker |
Board |
| Bill
Murphy |
Board |
| Luis
Tomatis, M.D. |
Board |
| Edward
Smith |
Emeritus |
| Patrick Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Penny
Avery |
Faculty |
| Chuck
Frydrych |
Chair
of F.A.C. of Faculty Assembly |
| Bruce Nanzer |
Faculty |
| Ed Balog |
Executive
Secretary |
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| Diversity
Committee |
| Duties: |
- Promotes respect and appreciation for racial and ethnic diversity,
as well as for all members of traditionally underrepresented groups.
- Fosters a campus whose policies, programs, and activities is inclusive
and adheres to the ideals of the Dominican tradition.
- Supports programs and initiatives aimed at integration and unity
within the College and broader communities.
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| Members: |
| Patrick
Miles, Jr., Chair |
Board |
| Carretta
Cooke |
Board |
| Sr.
Dorothy Ederer |
Board |
| Dianne
Liggins |
Community |
| Ella
Sims |
Trustee Emerita |
| Sr.
Rosemary O'Donnell, O.P. |
Faculty |
| Vinh Ho |
Student |
| Kimberly Graham |
Student |
| Steve Wolf |
Ex-Officio |
| Joelle
Baldwin |
Ex-Officio |
| David
Weinandy |
Ex-Officio |
| Marnika Brown |
Ex-Officio |
| Lynn
Atkins |
Ex-Officio |
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| Student
and Religous Affairs Committee |
| Duties: |
- Represent students' interests in the Board's
policy-making activities; reviews and affirms policies that affect
students.
- Review the adequacy of financial, personnel, and physical plant resources
for student affairs programs.
- Monitor the relative effectiveness and efficiency of the College's
student affairs programs and initiatives.
- Ensure that Board policies and institutional strategies keep pace
with the evolving needs of the College's
undergraduate and graduate students.
- Monitor and support College policies, procedures, and programs that
contribute to or otherwise relate to the
spiritual development of all members of the Aquinas community:
students,staff, faculty, administration, and
the Board.
- Review recommendations for College policies and programs that foster
the spiritual, intellectual, and moral values
of the Catholic, Dominican tradition of the College.
- Review and incorporate as appropriate in ongoing activities the ways
of ministering to members of the College
community from other religious traditions.
- Foster the continued development of the range of community service
and service learning programs offered by
the College.
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| Members: |
| Sr. Joyce Ann Hertzig, O.P.,Chair |
Board |
| Carretta
Cooke |
Board |
| Sr.
Dorothy Ederer |
Board |
| Sr. Marjorie Vangsness, O.P. |
Trustee Emerita |
| Patrick Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Gary Eberle |
Faculty |
| Bob Marko |
Faculty |
| Angela Haberl |
Student |
| Laura Lyke |
Student |
| Kimberly Graham |
Student |
| David
Weinandy |
Ex-Officio |
| Marnika Brown |
Ex-Officio |
| Mark Mann |
Dir. of Family, Youth & Young Adult Ministry, Diocese of GR |
| Mary
Clark-Kaiser |
Ex-Officio |
| Terry Marshall |
Ex-Officio |
| Eric
Bridge |
Ex-Officio |
| Vacant |
Chaplain |
| Brad
Winkler |
Ex-Officio,
Executive Secretary |
| Dee Wagner |
Recording Secretary |
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| Development Area |
| Development Committee |
| Duties: |
- Create and maintain within the Board an awareness of and commitment
to the importance of private giving.
- Maintain goals for trustee giving and systems for engaging
trustees in College fund raising processes.
- Work with College administration to set annual and long-range
fund raising goals; provide ongoing review and monitoring of progress
toward specific fund raising goals.
- Periodically examine trends in philanthropy and analyze
implications for future College development initiatives.
- Establish for Board adoption and maintain over time College
policies pertaining to the receipt and use of gifts.
- Provide ongoing support to the Vice President for Development
in determining the extent to which professional staff and budget are
distributed in ways to maximize giving by the College's myriad constituencies.
- Identify and recruit new individual, corporate and foundational supporters
to the College.
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| Members: |
| Karen
Palmore, Chair |
Board |
| Greg
Alksnis |
Emeritus |
| Marilyn
Drake |
Board |
| Sr.
Margaret Hillary, O.P. |
Board |
| Patrick
Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Lyle
Morrison |
Board |
| Fr.
Mark Przbysz |
Board |
| Mike
Zagaroli |
Board |
| Sr.
Aquinas Weber, O.P. |
Emerita |
| Doug Dooley |
Community |
| Sue Brennan |
Community |
| Ross Meehan |
Community |
| James
Mitchell |
Community |
| Jennifer Van Horn |
Community |
| Barbara McCargar |
Faculty |
| Deb Steketee |
Faculty |
| Connie
Kowalsyk |
Alumni
Association Liaison |
| Mary Alice Williams |
Ex-Officio;
Interim Director of Advancement; Executive Secretary |
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| Awards
Committee |
| Awards
Committee |
| Duties: |
- Identify candidates for honorary degrees and individuals
to serve as Commencement Speakers; forward nominations to the full
Board for endorsement.
- Review candidates for the College's major awards, including
Reflection and Trustee awards.
- Engage in a periodic review of the College's criteria and procedures
for making awards.
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| Members: |
| David
Bottrall, Chair |
Board |
| Marilyn
Drake |
Board |
| Roger
Schiefler |
Board |
| Marty
Allen |
Emeritus |
| Alan
Ryan |
Emeritus |
| Sr.
Aquinas Weber, O.P. |
Emeritus |
| Patrick
Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Bruce Nanzer |
Faculty |
| Brianna Boedeker |
Student |
| John Guyeskey |
Student |
| Marty
Fahey |
Ex-Officio |
| Sally
Reeves |
Ex-Officio |
| Mary Alice Williams |
Executive
Secretary, Interim Director of Advancement |
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| Business and Finance Area |
| Business and Finance Committee |
| Duties: |
- To monitor the institution's financial operations by making periodic
and regular reviews of the financial affairs of the College, including
but not limited to the budgets and current and proposed revenue and
expenditures.
- To oversee the annual and long-range operating budgets.
- To ensure that accurate and complete financial records are
maintained.
- To keep the full Board fully informed of the college's financial condition
by ensuring that timely and accurate financial information is presented
to each member and by discussing all aspects of the budget with the
full Board, including its underlying assumptions and how it reflects
the college's mission and vision.
- To
serve as liaison between the Investment and Human Resources Sub-Committees
and the full Board.
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| Members: |
| Tom
Czerney, Chair |
Board |
| Patrick
Miles, Jr. |
Board |
| Sr.
Maureen Geary, O.P. |
Board |
| Roger Schiefler |
Board |
| Mike
Lown |
Community |
| Joe
Parini |
Community |
| Robert White |
Community |
| John
Hogan |
Faculty
(Vice Chairperson of Faculty Assembly) |
| Kristel Heinz-Ciullo |
Faculty |
| Tom Mikowski |
Staff
(Vice Chair of Staff Assembly) |
| Ed
Balog |
Ex-Officio |
| William
Shefferly |
Ex-Officio;
Executive Secretary |
| Lisa Stover |
Recording Secretary |
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| Investments
Subcommittee |
| Duties: |
- Formulate investment policy
for the Board and the College, including specific investment objectives
and endowment fund spending rules.
- Recommend to
the Business and Finance Committee and then to the full Board agreements
with the financial manager and/or consultants; monitor performance
of the College's fund managers.
- Annually review the level of expenses its funds management
program incurs each year, including internal management costs, fees
paid to outside active managers, custodial and reporting fees paid
to banks, and any fees paid to general-purpose consultants who assist
the committee.
- Oversee the institution's financial reporting structure for
its various investment funds; ensure appropriate systems are in
place so that individual donor preferences are recognized and investment
management can be carried out in accord with those preferences.
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| Members: |
| Tom
Czerney, Chair |
Board |
| Sr. Maureen Geary, O.P. |
Board |
| Lanny Thodey |
Emerita |
| Kate
Wolters |
Emerita |
| Robert White |
Community |
| Ed Balog |
Ex-Officio |
| Lisa
Stover |
Ex-Officio |
| William
Shefferly |
Executive
Secretary |
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| Facilities
Committee |
| Duties: |
- Monitor the College's comprehensive facilities-management program,
which includes:a. a campus master plan and physical-planning policy that identifies
goals and priorities for enrollment, land use, and facilities; b. audit and analysis of facility conditions, management procedures,
and use of space; c. projections of future requirements, including capital programs
and controlled and deferred maintenance; and d. mandated regulatory
programs.
- Provide ongoing review of the institution's capital improvement,
renewal, or replacement recommendations.
- Review the annual physical facilities budget, including annual maintenance
and operations; plant renewal; and plant adaptation/upgrades/replacements.
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| Members: |
| John Wheeler, Chair |
Board |
| Lyle
Morrison |
Board |
| Ellen
Satterlee |
Board |
| Dcn. Dennis Williams |
Board |
| Patrick Miles, Jr. |
Ex-Officio |
| Larry
Erhardt, Sr. |
Community |
| Ray
Kisor |
Community |
| Paul
McGraw |
Community |
| Robb Bajema |
Faculty |
| Dale Haisma |
Physical Plant |
| Karen Tallman |
Student |
| William
Shefferly |
Ex-Officio; Executive
Secretary |
| Lisa Stover |
Ex-Officio |
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| Faculty
Assembly Officers |
| Penny
Avery |
Chairperson |
| Kristel Heinz-Ciullo |
Vice
Chairperson |
| Robb Bajema |
Secretary |
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| Staff
Assembly Officers |
| Eric Bridge |
Chairperson |
| Tom Mikowski |
Vice
Chairperson |
| Dee Wagner |
Secretary |
| Tim Stafford |
Parliamentarian |
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| Student Senate |
| Student
Senate Officers |
| Josh Marko |
Chairperson |
| Brandon Sexton |
Vice
Chairperson |
| Kara Martin |
Secretary |
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| Student
Senate Cabinet |
| Karen Harag |
Budget
Director |
| Bradley Bosserman |
Political
Affairs |
| John Kalinowski |
Political Affairs |
| Alexander Getz |
Student
Affairs |
| Ken Czop |
Promotions |
| Rebekah Potter |
Clubs
and Organizations |
| Ian O'Brien |
Special
Events |
| Bradley Vanden Broeck |
Sustainability |
| David Weinandy |
Faculty Advisor |
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