Current Roster - University Review Committee COMMITTEE NAME: University Review Committee ACADEMIC YEAR: 2007-2008 TOTAL MEMBERS: 17
Member	Representing	Elected/Appointed	Voting/Non-Voting	Term Ends		E-Mail Link
Ed Roach	EVC/Provost	Appointed	Voting	NA
Don Hines	Business	Appointed	Voting	NA
Maryjo Cochran	Comm. & Fine Arts	Appointed	Voting	NA
Don Jeffrey	Arts & Sciences	Appointed	Voting	NA
Lance Tatum	Education	Appointed	Voting	NA
Edith Smith	Health & Human Ser.	Appointed	Voting	NA
Dianne Barron	Graduate School	Appointed	Voting	NA
Hal Fulmer	Undergratuate School	Appointed	Voting	NA
Henry Stewart	University Library	Appointed	Voting	NA
Glen Cohen	Arts & Sciences	Elected	Voting	2008
Khamis Bilbeisi	Business	Elected	Voting	2009
Diane Orlofsky	Comm. & Fine Arts	Elected	Voting	2010
Iris Saltiel	Education	Elected	Voting	2008
Donna Bedsole	Health & Human Ser.	Elected	Voting	2009
Ken Snowden	University Library	Elected	Voting	2010
Loraine Magrath	Faculty Council	Elected	Voting	2008
Catherine Allard	Faculty Council	Elected	Voting	2009

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Purpose - University Review Committee

This committee makes recommendations to the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost concerning the tenure and/or promotion of faculty members. A detailed description of the policies defining the responsibilities and composition of this committee can be found in sections of the Faculty Handbook dealing with Policies on Promotion in Academic Rank; Policies on Tenure, Procedures for Review, Promotion in Rank, and/or Advancement to Tenure; or Promotion and Tenure Process. The URC is responsible for the annual review of the promotion and tenure process and approval of any updating of the college or departmental criteria.

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Membership - University Review Committee

(17 members)

One elected senior faculty member from each of the five academic colleges and the Troy Library faculty; the academic deans, plus the Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, the Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, and the Dean of Library Services; two members of the Faculty Council elected by their membership; and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, who is a non-voting member.

1. Faculty members are elected by a vote of the their college’s faculty at the first college faculty meeting in the fall to serve alternating two-year terms for their College Review Committees (CRC).
2. Faculty members on the URC serve as elected members on their respective CRCs and are subsequently elected to serve on the URC by their CRC voting members at the conclusion of the CRC review of candidates.

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Eligibility Criteria - University Review Committee

All faculty members, to include those elected from within the Faculty Council, must be full-time, tenure-track faculty at the minimum rank of Associate Professor, and not under consideration for promotion or tenure during the year in which they serve on the URC.  Faculty members representing their academic colleges must have been elected by their colleges to serve on their College Review Committee, and subsequently elected by their CRC peers per the policies and procedures outlined in the Faculty Handbook.  Academic and Library Deans and the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost serve by virtue of their position.

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Minutes - University Review Committee

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Contact Person - University Review Committee

Name: Ed D. Roach
Title:Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost
Department: Chancellor's Office
Email Address: roach@troy.edu
Phone: 670-3104
Room: 216
Building: Adams Administration
Campus: Troy

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