Responsibilities

Evaluate and choose winners for the following awards:

• CALS Distinguished Undergraduate Research
• Lawrence K. Forcier Outstanding Senior Award
• Alexander Kende Academic Merit Award

Read more about the CALS EDI committee 

Responsibilities

• Reviews and evaluates all proposed changes to the curriculum of specific academic programs, including additions or deletions of courses, name changes of courses, academic programs or academic departments, modifications of courses including changes in number of credit hours, cross-listing of courses, or change in course level or program designators.
• Reviews and evaluates all proposed changes to requirements of individual degree programs, and the general degree requirements of the College.
• Maintains clear guidelines for the mechanisms to propose changes to courses, programs or degree requirements.  These guidelines should be reviewed and evaluated on an annual basis, or as requested by the Dean.
• Is empowered to solicit additional clarifying information from sponsoring units or academic departments, as necessary to evaluate proposals for curriculum change.
• Shall advise the Dean and appropriate Department Chairpersons of the Curriculum Committee’s evaluation of proposals for curriculum change.
• Shall provide both a written and oral summary of the Curriculum Committee’s recommendations at meetings of college members
• Shall address other appropriate curricular matters as requested by the Dean.

Forms

• Course Action Forms for Course Changes and Deactivations
• CALS Core Curriculum Checklist

Responsibilities

• The CALS Faculty Standards Committee (FSC) is committee is entrusted with the solemn responsibility to evaluate the performance of their peers in instruction, scholarship and service, in relation to the established CALS RPT Guidelines and any Collective Bargaining Agreement between United Academics and UVM, and provide a confidential, written  recommendation to the Dean, on matters concerning:
• Tenure decisions (green sheet promotion review)
• Evaluation of progress towards tenure at the 2-year and 4-year mark (green sheet reappointment reviews)
• Four-year reappointment (blue-sheet reappointment reviews)
• Requests for promotion in rank (green sheet promotional review)
• Requests for sabbatical leave
• Allegations of professional misconduct or incompetence
• Other matters relating to faculty conduct, as requested by the Dean

Conflict of Interest:  A member of the FSC must not be present during any discussion regarding that member, or a relation/partner of that committee member.  A member of the FSC must not be present during any discussion that will result in a direct personal, professional or financial impact on the committee member

Recusals:  A member of the FSC can only cast one vote regarding the disposition of an RPT recommendation; this vote can either be at the department-level review or FSC review, but not both.  FSC members are encouraged to participate in review and discussion of matters concerning Departmental colleagues, however, the CALS Leadership Team recommends that conflicted FSC members cast their vote at the level of Department review and abstain from the FSC vote.

Responsibilities

The CALS Studies Committee is responsible for determining the student status for students who fall below the required 2.0 grade point average for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.