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Last Updated:

June 12, 2009 12:49

 

Meet The Executive Committee

AY 2009/2010


The Executive Committee consists of the four officers of the Senate, the President of the Student Government Association, and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. "The Executive Committee shall be responsible to the Senate for the effective and proper execution of its duties and responsibilities."


 


Tih-Fen Ting, Chair
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies

 

email:  Tih-Fen Ting
phone:  (217) 206-7876


 

Lynn Fisher, Vice Chair
Assistant Professor, Sociology/Anthropology

email:  Lynn Fisher
phone:  (217) 206-7938


 


, Secretary

email: 
phone: 

 


 


Jay Gilliam, Parliamentarian

Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice

email:  Jay Gilliam

phone: (217) 206-7910

Harry J. Berman, Ex-Officio

Harry J. Berman is Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Human Services at the University of Illinois at Springfield.  He Holds degrees in psychology from the University of Chicago and Washington University.  In 1977 he joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Springfield (then Sangamon State University), teaching in the gerontology and human services programs.  He accepted an administrative position in Fall 1994 as Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  In January 2001 he assumed responsibility for oversight of graduate education and research administration.

Berman's research is on the psychology of aging and has addressed topics such as retirement decisions, relations between adult children and aging parents, and the turnover of nurse aides in nursing homes.  A major focus of his research has been on personal accounts of the experience of aging.  This research was summarized in his book Interpreting the Aging Self: Personal Journals of Later Life and in a chapter on self-representation and aging in the Handbook of the Humanities and aging, 2nd edition.  He is a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America.

Berman has served as president of the Illinois Associate of Graduate Schools, is chair of the Publication Committee of the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools, and has made presentations at annual meetings of the Council of Graduate Schools on topics related to graduate education at predominantly master's institutions.
 

mail:  Harry Berman
phone:  (217) 206-6615

Matt Van Vossen, President of Student Government Association

email: Matt Van Vossen
phone:  (217) 206-7712


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Duties of the Officers:

Chairperson
:
A. calls, develops agendas for, and presides over meetings of the Senate;
B. may be called upon by the Senate to be its spokesperson and to represent the Senate in other forums within and outside the University as the need shall arise;
C. is responsible for supervising the support services provided to the Senate, and makes regular reports to the Senate on the disposition of such services.
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Vice-Chairperson
:
A. presides at meetings in the temporary absence of the Chairperson;
B. in case of any incapacity of the Chairperson, temporarily assumes the duties of the Chairperson;
C. assists the Chairperson in the preparation of the agenda;
D. chairs the Committee on Committees.
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Secretary
:
A. keeps minutes of each meeting, to be transcribed by the support staff;
B. makes the minutes available to the membership for approval at the start of each meeting;
C. maintains a file of such minutes for perusal, when necessary, by the members.
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Parliamentarian
:
A. advises the chair on questions of parliamentary procedure during meetings, at the request of the presiding officer, or upon points of order raised by the members.
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Contact:
Kathy Rutherford
Program Administrative Assistant
Campus Senate Office
Public Affairs Center, Room 383
University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza, MS PAC 383
Springfield, Illinois  62703-5407
email:  kruth1@uis.edu
 


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voice:  (217) 206-6664
fax:  (217) 206-7462