EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH COMMITTEE, FACULTY

Appointed by:	President
Reports to:	Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Number of Members:	7
Faculty	7

Purpose. Encourages research at all levels within the University Faculty and provides recognition for such performance; determines the criteria by which monetary awards and possibly other forms of recognition are to be given to faculty members who display excellence in researc to the University community; and determines the recipients of a $5,000 monetary award for excellence in research to the University community. Members of the committee are not eligible for nomination.

Appointments. The President makes all appointments from University Faculty Senate nominations; Chair is elected by the committee members; committee consists of seven members serving two-year terms expiring at the end of the fiscal year (three members to rotate off the committee in odd-numbered years and four members to rotate off the committee in even-numbered years).

Term for Chair expires August 31, 2013:
To be announced	Chair
Terms expire August 31, 2014
Hayoung Lim	Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Matthew Nobles	Criminal Justice
Rebecca Robles-Pina	Education
Troy Quast	Business Administration
Terms expire August 31, 2015
To be announced	Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert Lane	Sciences
Tyler Manolovitz	Newton Gresman Library

*Name appears twice

Correct as of May 2012

PLEASE NOTE: All errors in committee listings should be reported in writing to
Dawn Caplinger, campus post office box 2478; e-mail dbc001@shsu.edu