College Councils
(FS Bylaws, Article 5.1.1)

Membership to College Council 

5.1.1.1 Composition - The College Council shall consist of tenured faculty of the college. There shall be a minimum of one member from each department elected by and from the faculty of that department. Additional eligibility criteria shall be determined by the faculty of the college. The dean of the college shall serve as chair and shall be responsible for preparing an agenda for council approval.

5.1.1.2 Duties

(A) To act in an advisory capacity to the dean of the college on policy with respect to academic activities of the college;

(B) To serve as the college personnel committee and advise the dean of the college concerning salaries, promotions, tenure and sabbatical leaves;

(C) To make recommendations to the Faculty Senate concerning the policies of the college and the university;

(D) To select the college council's representatives from that college to the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee. Each such appointee must not be a department chair, nor a member of a department, one of whose members is already serving on that committee;

(E) To exercise all of the functions assigned to the college personnel committee by these bylaws.

College Councils Membership 2023-2024

College of Business
Denise Schoenbachler, Interim Dean
Ann Dzuranin, Accountancy
Len Lundstrum, Finance
Bart Sharp, Management
Robert Peterson, Marketing
Yipeng Liu, Operations Management and Information Systems

College of Education
William Pitney, Interim Dean
Todd Gilson, Associate Dean
Melissa Fickling, Counseling and Higher Education
Corrine Wickens, Curriculum and Instruction
Rebecca Hunt, Faculty co-chair, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Paul Wright, Kinesiology and Physical Education
Stephen Tonks, Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Jesse "Woody" Johnson, Special and Early Education

College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
David Grewell, Dean
Brianno Coller, Mechanical Engineering
Veysel Demir, Electrical Engineering
Christine Nguyen, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Robert Tatara, Engineering Technology

College of Health and Human Sciences
Kelly Fiala, Dean
Rachel Gordon, Associate Dean
Liz LeMay, Administrative Assistant
Janet Olson, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Bette Montgomery, Family and Consumer Sciences
Tomoyuki Shibata, Health Studies
Dan Boutin, Interdisciplinary Health Professions
Jie Chen, School of Nursing

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Bob Brinkmann, Dean
Giovanni Bennardo, Anthropology
Virginia Naples, Biological Sciences
Tom Gilbert, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mary Lynn Henningsen, Communications
Minmei Hou, Computer Science
Jim Wilson, Earth, Atmosphere and Environment
Maria Ponomareva, Economics
Nicole Clifton, English
Stan Arnold, History
Alastair Fletcher, Mathematical Sciences
Lenny Clapp, Philosophy
Roland Winkler, Physics
Kikue Hamayotsu, Political Science
Chris Goodman, Public Administration
Brad Sagarin, Psychology
Jeff Kidder, Sociology
Michelle Xia, Statistics
Tharaphi Than, World Languages and Cultures

College of Visual and Performing Arts
Paul Kassel, Dean
David Maki, Music
John Novak, Music (nonvoting)
Stanton Davis, Theatre and Dance
Bob Schneider, Theatre and Dance (nonvoting)
Mary Quinlan, Art and Design
Doug Boughton, Art and Design (nonvoting)


Contact Us

University Council
Altgeld Hall 103

Benjamin Creed
President, Faculty Senate
Chair, University Council
bcreed@niu.edu

Pat Erickson
Administrative Assistant
pje@niu.edu

Linda Saborío
Faculty Advisory Council to the IBHE
lsaborio@niu.edu

Carrie Kortegast
Faculty Personnel Advisor
ckortegast@niu.edu

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