Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design
Standing Appointed Committee Recommendations
2019-20
EXECUTIVE (elected committee)
Eugenia Pena-Yewtukhiw, Chair (2022) – PSS
Greg Dahle (2025) – FNR
Robert Dailey (2025) – ANS
Mark Sperow (2023) – REM
Jessica Blythe 2023 - DCD
Darrell Donahue (ex-officio)
ACADEMIC STANDARDS & CURRICULUM
MISSION:
The primary mission of the Academic Standards, Curriculum, and Courses Committee
is to safeguard the quality of education and monitor the composition of the
College curricula to assure continued strength and quality in all programs
offered by the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources & Design.
The Academic Standards, Curriculum, and Courses Committee is comprised of
five members, one from each Division of the College. This committee reviews
all proposed curriculum changes, provides feedback, and makes recommendations
to the College regarding proposed changes. The committee also reviews student’s
petitions regarding course changes, substitutions and other academic issues.
After elaboration, the committee provides recommendation of approval/disapproval
to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs. When the academic problem is out
of the expert areas of the committee, the recommendation is based on the
professional opinion of instructors from other academic units of the University.
John Edwards, Chair (2020) – FNR
Elizabeth Byrd (2023) – REM
Michael Dougherty (2021) - DCD
Louis McDonald (2024) – PSS
Jacek Jaczynski (2024) - ANS
Kim Barnes (ex-officio, non-voting member)
STUDENT RESEARCH AND CREATIVE SCHOLARSHIP
MISSION:
The Davis College Student Research and Creative Scholarship Committee is designed
to organize an annual event where undergraduate and graduate students in
agriculture, natural resources and design present selected papers and posters
that represent their research and creative scholarship efforts. It is an
opportunity to provide recognition to the scholarly work of the Davis College
students and to enhance their professional development. The event also allows
for recognition and appreciation of the diversity across disciplines and
students in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design.
Caroline Arantes (2023) – FNR
Aaron Giorgi (2023) – DCD
Elizabeth Rowen (2024) - PSS
Kelli George (2021) – ANS
Xiaoli Etienne (2022) - REM
DIVERSITY
MISSION:
The unifying core of the work for the Diversity Committee centers on promoting
positive character, ethics, responsibility and respect related to the Davis
College faculty, staff, and students.
Debanjan Das (2023) – DCD
Melissa Olfert, Chair (2022) – ANS
Domingo Mata-Padrino (2024) - PSS
Stefanie Hines (2024) – FNR
Dee Singh-Knights (2022) – REM
FACULTY SUPPORT
MISSION:
The Faculty Support Committee (FS) is responsible for identifying and addressing
the needs of new and continuing faculty in the Davis College in a variety
of venues. The FS committee is comprised of five members, one from each Division
of the College. These representatives may recruit other Division representatives
to serve on ad hoc committees to address specific issues or larger projects
as needed. Areas of concentration for the FS committee will include but not
be limited to:
Information Technology – The committee will serve as a channel through
which any member of the College may provide input into College-wide computing
and related technology needs. IT support is centralized at the University
level, so this committee will review, process, and forward relevant requests.
Faculty Development – The committee will propose and coordinate (as appropriate)
activities to support the professional development of the Davis College
faculty and maximize faculty success. This will include the solicitation
of applications and awarding of funding for available College-level faculty
development awards.
Library Resources – The committee will be responsible for receiving and
processing appropriate requests for library resources, and for conducting
periodic reviews of current library serial titles to determine continued
need.
Classroom Facilities – The committee will serve as a voice for the faculty in what
is needed in classrooms to enhance the teaching, research and service missions
and what the quality of life is in these classrooms. Facilities planning
has been centralized at the University level, so this committee will provide
information and support as needed to the Facilities group.
Margaret Minch (2022) – ANS
Teiya Kijimoto (2024) - PSS
Lisa Orr (2024) - DCD
Kirsten Stephan, Chair (2024) – FNR
Heather Stephens (2022) - REM
Ben Groover (Technical Consultant, non-voting member)
MASTER OF AGRICULTURE PROGRAM
MISSION:
The purpose of the Davis College Master of Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Design (MANRD) Committee is to ensure that high quality students with the
necessary prerequisites are admitted to the MANRD program. The Committee
reviews the operation of the MANRD program periodically in terms of whether
it is adequately meeting the needs of nontraditional pre-professional students
and makes recommendations for improvement of its operations.
Kim Barnes, Associate Dean
Jessica Blythe, Design and Community Development
Elizabeth Byrd, Resource Economics and Management
Brett Kenney, Animal and Nutritional Sciences
Joseph McNeel, Natural Resources and Forestry
Thomas Griggs, Plant and Soil Sciences
SPECIAL EVENTS
MISSION:
The Special Events Committee of the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources
and Design is a faculty committee that organizes special events where members
of the college faculty get an opportunity to interact in a social setting
with each other, emeritus faculty, staff, graduate students, and members
of the College Visiting Committee. The committee’s express mission is to:
Promote fellowship and improve communication among college faculty and
Organize events where the college community can meet at social events.
More specifically, the Special Events committee organizes a minimum of:
an annual fall picnic, which provides opportunity for graduate students,
staff retired faculty and their families to interact in an informal setting,
and annual employee recognition luncheon
an annual convocation reception for graduating students and their parents.
Other activities should be planned as a part of the Special Events Committee’s
responsibility based on needs identified by the College governance or
other recommendations.
Colleen Moretz (2024) - DCD
Joe Lynch (2024) – PSS
Brent Murry (2024) – FNR
Kristen Matak (2022) – ANS
Elizabeth Byrd (2022) - REM
STUDENT AID AND GRANTS
(Recruitment staff person to hold an ex-officio position on this committee to coordinate
recruitment with student aid and grants)
MISSION:
To review the criteria of the various scholarships in the Davis College, review
applications for the scholarships funds from students in the College and
make recommendations for award of the funds.
Scott Bowdridge (2022) – ANS
Nicole Waterland (2022) - PSS
Shan Jiang (2024) – DCD
Steve Chhin (2024) – FNR
Levan Elbakidze (2022) - REM
Amber Hines (ex-officio, non-voting member)
DCANRD Graduate Faculty Council (elected committee):
Todd Petty, Chair
Dan Panaccione 2019 – PSS
Joseph Moritz 2019 – ANS
Michael Strager 2019 – REM
Ben Dawson-Andoh 2020 – FNR
Hodjat Ghadimi 2020 - DCD
DCANRD Representatives to WVU Graduate Council (elected members):
Patricia Mazik 2020
Jinyang Deng 2020
DCANRD P&T Committee (elected committee – 1 year term)