The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs supports the inclusion of faculty, staff and students in university decision making and promotes awareness of opportunities for stakeholder input.
In the spirit of shared governance, below are standing committees and other groups of university-wide scope that engage faculty, staff, students and other stakeholders in addressing key campus issues, projects, initiatives and policies.
For more about these committees and groups, click on the related links. If you know of other university-wide committees that should be noted here, please alert our office or provide details on the committee that should be included or updated.
A separate page on UCF task forces and work groups relating to COVID-19 issues – including group missions and members – has been created as part of the UCF Coronavirus Website.
Click here for details about current and past task forces and advisory groups created by the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs.
Title | Contact | Responsible Group |
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Title Academic Advising Council
The Academic Advising Council provides leadership and direction for the UCF professional advising community. |
Andrea Small |
Student Development and Enrollment Services
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Title Academic Calendar Committee
The Academic Calendar Committee makes recommendations regarding the academic calendar to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title Admissions and Standards Committee
The Admissions and Standards Committee considers appeals of admissions and readmissions of undergraduate students. The committee also considers appeals of decisions concerning administrative record changes made by the College of Undergraduate Studies for undergraduate students and the College of Graduate Studies for graduate students. |
Mark Gumble |
Faculty Senate
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Title Advisory Committee (Faculty Excellence)
The committee provides input, recommendations and feedback on various Faculty Excellence initiatives to strengthen UCF faculty and assist Faculty Excellence in fulfilling its quest. Membership includes full‐time faculty members of all ranks and types (e.g., tenured, tenure-earning, and non-tenure earning including instructors and lecturers, librarians, instructional designers, research and clinical) selected through an application process. |
Jana Jasinski |
Faculty Excellence
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Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Advisory Consortium
The Advisory Consortium is comprised of a select group of campus and community leaders chosen to provide feedback and input toward the development of a campus-wide alcohol and other drug abuse prevention plan. Members identify prevention needs, resources, and prioritize action. The Consortium meets to review and comment on the progress of campus-wide alcohol and other drug abuse prevention strategies. |
Adrienne Frame |
Student Health Services
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Title Behavioral Assessment and Response Team
This multidisciplinary team assesses and addresses issues relating to potential and pending acts or threats of violence or disruption at UCF. |
Carl Metzger |
UCF Police Department
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Title Budget and Administrative Committee
The Budget and Administrative Committee evaluates and recommends policies and procedures concerning the university budget with special emphasis on the academic budget. The committee also makes recommendations on any administrative procedure that affects faculty members in the performance of their work. |
Shawn Putnam |
Faculty Senate
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Title COACHE Committees
Faculty Excellence utilizes the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey every three years. There are two committees comprised of faculty to identify the priorities and strategies to address the priorities outlined by the COACHE data. |
Jana Jasinski |
Faculty Excellence
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Title Commencements, Convocations, and Recognitions Committee
The Commencements, Convocations, and Recognitions Committee makes recommendations to the president and provost and vice president for Academic Affairs regarding commencements, convocations, awards, honorary degrees, emeritus status, and other forms of recognition. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title Compliance and Ethics Advisory Committee
The Compliance and Ethics Advisory Committee was established to assist the chief compliance and ethics officer in the development of a comprehensive compliance and ethics program and mitigation of compliance and ethical risks at UCF. The purpose of the committee is to ensure consistent communication and development of compliance and ethics programs across the university. The committee members are charged with promoting a culture of ethics, accountability and compliance at UCF. |
Rhonda Bishop |
University Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Office
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Title Disciplinary Sanction Review
The Disciplinary Sanction Review Committee reviews the disciplinary probation or suspension status of students as requested under university policy. The committee is appointed by the director of the Office of Student Conduct or the director's designee. Membership includes an equal number of faculty, staff and students. |
Michael Gilmer |
Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
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Title Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee
The Faculty and Staff Benefits Committee recommends to the vice president for Administration and Finance policies and programs that revise the benefits provided to faculty and staff. |
Lee Ross |
Faculty Senate
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Title Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee
The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning Advisory Committee makes recommendations to the Center director on professional improvement and instructional research activities that will enhance teaching and learning excellence and improve assessment and evaluation in all learning environments. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title General Undergraduate Requirements Committee
The Undergraduate Common Program Oversight Committee provides oversight of courses and alternative plans to fulfill the General Education Program, diversity and technology requirements, as well as other program requirements common to all undergraduate students. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title Golden Rule Review Committee
The Golden Rule Review Committee is charged with making recommendations for updating UCF's Golden Rule student handbook. Seven student members are appointed by the student body president and the vice president for Student Development and Enrollment Services. Meetings are open to faculty, students, staff and university administration. |
Sabrina LaRosa |
Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
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Title Graduate Appeals Committee
The Graduate Appeals Committee hears petitions from graduate students and applicants for variances from graduate program requirements. |
Anthony Byrd |
Faculty Senate
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Title Graduate Curriculum Committee
The Graduate Curriculum Committee reviews issues related to graduate education, including proposals for creating, revising and deleting graduate programs, certificates, tracks and courses. |
Elsie Olan |
Faculty Senate
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Title Graduate Policy Committee
The Policy Committee examines and recommends new policies and procedures or changes to existing ones regarding graduate education. |
Jim Moharam |
Faculty Senate
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Title Graduate Program Review and Awards Committee
The committee provides guidance to the vice president for Research and dean of the College of Graduate Studies about the quality of graduate programs and reviews nominees for graduate teaching and mentoring awards |
Patrick LiKamWa |
Faculty Senate
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Title Greek Expansion Committee
The 11-member expansion committee deals with all matters pertaining to the expansion of UCF’s Greek community or the replacement of any group that is no longer active. |
Woody Joseph |
Fraternity & Sorority Life
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Title Homeless Student Committee
This committee screens students who complete the homelessness waiver in order to determine if they meet waiver qualifications and to make recommendations of appropriate assistance for student success. |
TBD |
Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities
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Title Information Technology Committee
The Information Technology Committee assists in determining and evaluating faculty technology needs and general policies; reviews changes to educational media and communications; and advises on the university and faculty needs and interests in developing information technology resources to enhance the campus environment for teaching, learning, research, and other scholarly activities and service. |
James Gallo and Robert Macy |
Faculty Senate
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Title Institutional Biosafety Committee
Seeks to achieve a comprehensive health and safety program that effectively trains, communicates, and implements safe work practices to reduce or eliminate any risk of working with biological hazards. |
Laurence Vonkalm |
Office of Research
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Title Institutional Review Board
The Institutional Review Board consists of a committee established to advocate for the protection of the rights and welfare of human participants involved in research. The IRB evaluates proposals for new research and conducts reviews of on-going research to ensure that the Guiding Ethical Principles for human subject protection are met. Board members are a diverse group of research and on-research related faculty members and community members. |
Kiminobu Sugaya |
Office of Research
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Title Institutional Safety Council
Serves as an advisory resource for the Director of Environmental Health and Safety, providing guidance and recommendations on a comprehensive campus-wide safety program. |
Renee Michel |
Administration and Finance
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Title IT Professionals Committee
The IT Professionals Committee reviews the strategic and operational needs of service delivery to UCF involving technology. The committee works to establish a comprehensive UCF IT community by identifying areas of opportunity to enhance capability, efficiency, effectiveness and consistency through a transparent process. |
Michael Sink |
UCF IT
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Title IT Strategic Governance Committee
The mission of IT Strategic Governance Committee is to ensure that UCF makes the best possible decisions on advancing the use of information technology. |
Michael Sink |
UCF IT
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Title Laboratory Safety Committee
Educates and promotes open communication among all constituencies regarding the implementation of safe work practices. |
Adam Clayton |
Office of Research
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Title Library Advisory Committee
The Library Advisory Committee provides advice to the Libraries concerning materials and services needed by faculty and students in their teaching and research endeavors. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title Parking Citation Appeals Committee
The Parking Citation Appeals Committee is defined by UCF Regulation 6.007. This committee has jurisdiction over violations of the university’s parking regulations. In those cases heard before it, this committee renders decisions adjudicating guilt and imposes appropriate monetary or restrictive penalties. Go to Appeal a Citation to file an appeal. |
Misty Shepherd |
Administration and Finance
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Title Parking, Transportation and Safety Committee
This committee evaluates and makes recommendations concerning policy and procedures relating to parking, transportation and safety. |
Daniel Topping |
Faculty Senate
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Title Personnel Committee
The Personnel Committee studies and recommends academic personnel policy and standards, including university-wide promotion and tenure criteria, along with procedures to evaluate administrators and department chairs. |
Stephen King |
Faculty Senate
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Title Radiation Safety Committee
Determines policy for UCF's radiation safety program. Advances the highest standards in training, communication, and implementation of protective procedures to eliminate the risk of working with radiation. |
Adam Clayton |
Office of Research
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Title Research Conflict of Interest Committee
This committee reviews and make decisions regarding disclosures of potential conflicts of interest in research and sponsored programs. Committee members help UCF meet federal and state compliance requirements and to ensure the integrity of the university's research and development programs in accordance with university policies. |
Doug Backman |
Office of Research
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Title Research Council
The Research Council recommends policies regarding research activities, facilities, personnel, and patents. |
Natalie Underberg-Goode |
Faculty Senate
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Title Scholarship Appeal Committee
The committee reviews student appeals regarding scholarships and decides whether to approve or deny. Committee members are senior faculty and staff members from throughout the university. The committee is chaired by the executive director of the Office of Student Financial Assistance. |
Alicia Keaton |
Office of Student Financial Assistance
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Title Scroll and Quill Society Evaluation Committee
The Scroll and Quill Society is a faculty recognition program for outstanding achievement in research and creative activities at UCF. The evaluation committee reviews submitted applications. It includes at least one Faculty Excellence representative and at least four faculty representatives previously inducted into the Scroll and Quill Society. |
Jana Jasinski |
Faculty Excellence
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Title Sick Leave Pool Committee
The Sick Leave Pool Committee reviews and makes recommendations regarding sick leave pool requests to the leave pool administrator for both the USPS, Faculty and A&P sick leave pools. |
Benton Anderson |
Human Resources
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Title Smoke Free Committee
The committee meets to review and make recommendations on the university's smoke-free policy and related initiatives. |
Mary Schmidt-Owens |
Student Health Services
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Title Staff Council
The Staff Council’s mission is to build communication, trust and integrity within our diverse community. |
Cissy Glowth |
Staff Council
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Title Steering Committee
The Steering Committee acts on behalf of the Faculty Senate on emergency matters, considers resolutions from Senate committees for forwarding to the full Senate, develops Faculty Senate agendas, and, when requested, serves as an advisory body to the president and the provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. |
Joseph Harrington |
Faculty Senate
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Title Strategic Planning Council
The Strategic Planning Council recommends to provost and vice president for Academic Affairs policies to support the university's strategic planning process, including academic planning, institutional effectiveness, accountability, budget planning, and student services. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title Student Fee Appeals Committee
This committee hears appeals from students who are contesting a late payment fee and/or a late registration fee. |
Fee Appeals Coordinator |
Student Account Services
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Title Sustainability Working Advisory Teams
The teams concentrate on Buildings & Energy will report on university building goals including, but not limited to, the Green Office Certification program, EPEAT Purchasing Policy, cleaning policies, room scheduling, occupant comfort via surveying. They will also report on the university energy goals including, but not limited to, energy procurement, efficiency, conservation, production, security, resilience and storage. |
Nathaniel Boyd |
Office of the President
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Title Technology Fee Committee
Reviews and awards technology fee grants to enhance instructional technology resources for students and faculty. |
Michael Sink |
UCF IT
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Title Textbook Committee
The University Bookstore Advisory Committee advises the bookstore management concerning materials and services needed by all segments of the university community. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title UCF Finance Corporation
The UCF Finance Corporation was created by the University Board of Trustees. The corporation is used as a vehicle to facilitate select future financings where there would be no need for the corporation to be involved in the operations of the whatever entity was the beneficiary of the financing. |
Deborah German |
Administration and Finance
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Title UCF Rising
UCF Rising is a program of individual projects and initiatives aligned with the Collective Impact goal of increasing research awards to $250 million annually by 2020. |
Elizabeth Klonoff |
Office of Research
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Title Undergraduate Course Review Committee
The Undergraduate Course Committee reviews all undergraduate course additions, revisions or deletions and special topics course requests. |
Tina Dow |
Faculty Senate
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Title Undergraduate Policy and Curriculum Committee
The Undergraduate Policy and Curriculum Committee reviews and provides recommendations on undergraduate policies, instruction, standards and university-wide undergraduate degree requirements. |
Kelly Allred |
Faculty Senate
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Title Undergraduate Research Council
The Undergraduate Research Council provides leadership and direction for the UCF undergraduate research community. |
Kimberly Schneider |
Undergraduate Research
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Title University Athletics Advisory Committee
The University Athletics Advisory Committee serves as an advisory and recommending body for intercollegiate athletics on policies and procedures that relate specifically to student-athlete welfare and academic progress. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title University Honors Committee
The University Honors Committee recommends to the dean of the Burnett Honors College policies and plans for the college. |
Sheila Piñeres |
Faculty Senate
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Title University Master Planning Committee
The University Master Planning Committee recommends to the vice president for Administration and Finance short- and long-range issues related to land use, facilities planning, and future development of the campus, taking into account the protection and preservation of natural resources on the campus. |
Patrick Bohlen |
Faculty Senate
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Title University Parking and Transportation Committee
The University Parking and Transportation Committee recommends to the vice president for Administration and Finance regulations governing traffic and parking on the UCF campus. |
Terry Wheeler |
Faculty Senate
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Title University Policies and Procedures Committee
The University Policies and Procedures Committee is a committee designated and appointed by the president to act as the central body for making recommendations regarding the creation, updating, and management of university policies. The committee includes the chief compliance and ethics officer, the chief human resources officer or his or her designee and other representatives appointed by the president. The chief compliance and ethics officer serves as the committee chair. |
Rhonda Bishop |
University Compliance, Ethics, and Risk Office
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Title University Promotion and Tenure Committee
The University Promotion and Tenure Committee reports to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs and provides its recommendations on all applications for promotion and tenure. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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Title University Sick Leave Pool Committee
The committee oversees the sick leave pools at the university and makes recommendations to the sick leave pool administrator to accept or reject requests for using sick pools resources.
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Benton Anderson |
Human Resources
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Title University Space Committee
This committee is charged with overseeing and maintaining best practices for use of space throughout UCF under the guidance of the Space Administration office. |
Christy Miranda Perez |
UCF Space Administration
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Title University Travel Awards Committee
The University Travel Awards Committee makes recommendations to the provost and vice president for Academic Affairs regarding special travel awards to faculty. |
TBD |
Faculty Senate
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