WMU Essential Studies Course Review and Approval Committee Membership
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the committee can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VII: Committees, Sec. 2, and includes at least 12 members including a university advising council representative; the university curriculum manager, the WMU essential studies faculty director; and eight faculty members appointed by the WMU Essential Studies Executive Advisory Committee (one from each academic college and one at large), a WMU essential studies executive advisory committee representative as an ex officio member.
The WMU Essential Studies Course Review and Approval Committee requires 8 out of its current 14 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Carol Weideman, Chair
Beth Ernst, Vice Chair
Kwangmin Lee, Secretary
EX OFFICIO MEMBER
Amy Naugle (fall 2024 substitute for Decker Hains)
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Brian Tripp
WMU Essential Studies Executive Advisory Committee
Permanent Appointed Members
*Jonathan Bush
WMU Essential Studies Faculty Director
*Lisa DeChano-Cook
Curriculum Manager
*Vacant
University Advising Council
Appointed Faculty Members
Kirsty Eisenhart (2023)
Arts and Sciences
Beth Ernst (2027)
Business
Anne-Marie Guidy-Oulai (2026)
Representative-At-Large (Business)
Dana Hammond (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Kwangmin Lee (2027)
Representative-At-Large (Education and Human Development)
Vincent Lyon-Callo (2027)
Arts and Sciences
Matilda McLean (2026)
Aviation
Mustafa Mirzeler (2026)
Arts and Sciences
Nathan Tabor (2027)
Arts and Sciences
Agatha Slupek (2026)
Arts and Sciences
Carol Weideman (2025)
Education and Human Development
Vacant (2025)
Fine Arts
Vacant (2025)
Health and Human Services
ADVISORY MEMBERS
*Jacquelyn Bizzell
Arts and Sciences
*Nick Gauthier
Fine Arts
*Anthony Helms
Honors College
*Melinda Lockett
Health and Human Services
*Christine Robinson
Education and Human Development
*Colleen Stano
Business
*Sharon VanDyken
Aviation