General Education and Core Curriculum Committee 2024-2025
Responsibilities: Bylaws (2022), SECTION 17. The responsibilities of the General Education and Core Curriculum Committee shall be as follows:
- Recommend to the Faculty Senate policy and procedures concerning general education and core curriculum;
- Propose, coordinate, and document the University’s general education and core curriculum outcomes, i.e., those the faculty expect to be achieved by all of the University’s undergraduate students, regardless of their degree program;
- Coordinate with the Undergraduate Committee and staff agencies, as required, to identify the courses and other student experiences intended to achieve general education and core curriculum outcomes;
- Plan, facilitate, and report the assessment of general education and core curriculum outcomes;
- Recommend and monitor improvements, based on the results of general education and core curriculum assessment;
- Address other specific questions in this area that may be requested by the Senate Executive Committee; and
- Report to the librarian, the Senate Executive Committee, and the Senate as described in Article IV, Sections 3 and 11.
SECTION 12. General Education and Core Curriculum Committee
The responsibilities of the General Education and Core Curriculum Committee shall be as follows:
- Recommend to the Faculty Senate policy and procedures concerning general education and core curriculum; propose, coordinate, and document the University’s general education and core curriculum outcomes, i.e., those the faculty expect to be achieved by all of the University’s undergraduate students, regardless of their degree program; coordinate with the Undergraduate Committee and staff agencies, as required, to identify the courses and other student experiences intended to achieve general education and core curriculum outcomes; plan, facilitate, and report the assessment of general education and core curriculum outcomes; recommend and monitor improvements, based on the results of general education and core curriculum assessment; and
- Address other specific questions in this area that may be requested by the Senate Executive Committee.
Voting membership of the General Education and Core Curriculum Committee shall be composed of senators or senate alternates representing each unit, one per unit, appointed by the Senate Executive Committee and faculty members elected by and representing each academic college and the libraries, one per unit, and two elected faculty alternates per unit. Non-voting membership shall be composed of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their delegate, the Associate Vice President for Institutional Assessment and Accreditation, or their delegate, the Vice President for Enrollment Management, or their delegate, an advisor or advising coordinator designated by the Provost’s Office, and the Student Government Association president or Student Government Association Vice President of Academic Affairs.
Note: At the January 2024 Faculty Senate meeting, a change to membership was approved. See page 52-53 of the agenda at https://drive.google.com/file/d/10Hk4a6pUXqEASmBBycaNT4rfCV9lswfH/view for the language of the change which passed vote. Following this change, membership provisions governing the GECC read as follows, “Voting membership of the General Education & Core Curriculum Committee shall be composed of senators or senate alternates representing each unit, one per unit, appointed by the Senate Executive Committee and faculty members elected by and representing each academic college and the libraries, two per unit. Non-voting membership shall be composed of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or their delegate, the Associate Vice President for Institutional Assessment and Accreditation, or their delegate, the Vice President for Enrollment Management, or their delegate, an advisor or advising coordinator designated by the Provost’s Office, and the Student Government Association president or Student Government Association Vice President of Academic Affairs.”
| COLLEGE | NAME | MEMBERSHIP STATUS | TERM ENDING | CAMPUS |
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | Melissa Faris | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| College of Education (COE) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (AEPCEC) | Hayden Wimmer | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| University Libraries (LIB) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | (vacant) | Voting Member (SEC Appointed) | 2025 | |
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | (vacant) | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | |
| College of Arts and Humanities (CAH) | Cynthia Costa | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Armstrong |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | Lara Wessel (Recorder) | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Armstrong |
| College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (CBSS) | Eloise Pitt | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| College of Education (COE) | Kelly Tharp | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | |
| College of Education (COE) | Amanda Wall | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | G. Denise Carroll | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | |
| College of Science and Mathematics (COSM) | Lea Padgett | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | Atin Adhikari | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | Statesboro |
| Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health (JPHCOPH) | (vacant) | Voting Member (Elected) | ||
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (AEPCEC) | Felix Hamza-Lup | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | |
| Paulson College of Engineering and Computing (AEPCEC) | David Calamas | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | Errol Stewart | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | Statesboro |
| Parker College of Business (PCOB) | (vacant) | Voting Member (Elected) | ||
| University Libraries (LIB) | Autumn Johnson | Voting Member (Elected) | 2026 | Statesboro |
| University Libraries (LIB) | Dawn “Nikki” Cannon-Rech | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | Statesboro |
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | (vacant) | Voting Member (Elected) | ||
| Waters College of Health Professions (WCHP) | Gregg Rich | Voting Member (Elected) | 2025 | Statesboro |
| Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, or his/her delegate: | Dustin Anderson | Non-Voting Member | ||
| Vice President for Enrollment Management, or his/her delegate. | Dr. Amy Ballagh, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs | Non-Voting Member | Statesboro | |
| First Year Experience designated by the Provost’s office | Brenda Richardson | Non-Voting Member | Statesboro | |
| Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness, or his/her delegate: | Dr. Delena Bell Gatch, Interim Associate Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness | Non-Voting Member | Statesboro | |
| SGA President or SGA Vice President of Academic Affairs or delegate: | Destiny Williams | Non-Voting Member | 2025 |
Last updated: 10/8/2024