Committees

School of Religion

Pamela Dickey Young’s position as principal of Queen’s School of Religion and head of Religious Studies is scheduled to end on June 30, 2012. Principal Daniel Woolf has appointed a selection committee to advise him on the appointment of the next director of the School of Religion. The selection committee has the following membership:

Elected Members

Herb Basser, Professor
Ellen Goldberg, Professor
Pam Holmes, Assistant Professor
Jason Kelly, Assistant Professor
John Young, Assistant Professor

Appointed Members

Linda Thomas, Administrative Assistant
Rebecca Tan, Undergraduate Student, Religious Studies
Elizabeth Amirault, Graduate Student, Theological Studies
Ariel Salzmann, Cognate Faculty, Associate Professor, Department of History

Non-Voting Members

Alistair MacLean, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science
Sandra den Otter, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies

Chair

Gordon Smith, Associate Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science

Recording Secretary

Diane Reid, Faculty of Arts and Science

Pursuant to Articles 41.3 and 41.3.5 of the Collective Agreement between Queen’s University Faculty Association and Queen’s University at Kingston, you are invited to submit your comments on the present state and future prospects of the School of Religion by November 25, 2011. You are also asked to submit names of possible candidates for the headship.

Please send all comments to the attention of Ms Reid. All letters will be reviewed by the selection committee and will become part of the record of decision-making. At the request of either the department members or the selection committee, a meeting can be arranged between the department and the committee to ascertain department members' views on the qualities required in a head. Once a short list has been established, it will be distributed to members of the department for further input on the merits of the respective candidates.

Senate

Faculty and students required to serve on Senate committees

Committee service is a valuable way in which members of the university community participate in the governance of Queen's. Senate committees discuss issues of broad interest to the academic community, and make recommendations on policy and practice that are essential to the university's operations and evolution.

At this time the Senate Nominating Committee seeks faculty who are willing to put their names forward for committee service, for the University Promotions Committee (must be a tenured professor), the University Promotions Advisory Committee (must hold the rank of full professor) or the Information Technology Committee beginning immediately. Terms are usually for two years, with the number of meetings per year depending on the particular committee's area of responsibility. As well, students are required for the Senate Orientation Activities Review Board (SOARB) and the Queen's University Engineering Society Services Incorporated (QUESSI) and the University Council on Athletics and Recreation. You can click on the committee name to read the terms of reference and composition. An online application form is at the bottom of the vacancy list. For a list of vacancies and application forms, visit the website.

Community members are urged to consider putting their name forward, either for a committee dealing with a subject that is of immediate interest or concern to you, or for a committee dealing with a subject that you know is important. Either way, committee work allows you to directly impact the way Queen's functions as a teaching and research institution, and as a community of scholars, students and staff.

Applications are accepted until the positions are filled.

If you wish to discuss the opportunity of serving on a Senate committee, please feel free to contact the Secretariat Office at (613) 533-6095.

Human Resources

Milestones – October 2011

If you have a milestone of five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 years or more of continuous service coming up and you do NOT wish your name to be included in the listing, please contact Faye Baudoux at ext. 77791.

Congratulations to those who achieved the following milestones in October.

Forty years: Bonnie J Livingstone, Associate Vice-Principal and Dean of Student Affairs.

Thirty years: Barbara Joan Brooks, Financial Services; Andrew S Hooper, ITS; Barbara Louise Paquette, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic).

Twenty-five years: Donald R Conners, PPS; Constance Gail Deschamps, Residences; Douglas Michael Greenaway, Custodial Services; Herbert Henderson, Custodial Services; John P Morgan, Custodial Services; Joanne Surette, Biology.

Twenty Years: Doris Bell, Parking and Grounds; Laurence Pattison, Engineering; Kathleen Gail Williams, Animal Care Service.

Fifteen years: Karl Hinch, Maintenance; Hartmut Schmider, HPCVL.

Ten years: Carol Anne Bell, Career Services; Glen Cavanagh, School of Business; Cathy Dickison, History; Amy Doherty, Clinical Trials Group; Kenneth E Edgecombe, Vice-Principal (Research); Heather Ellsworth-Webster, Clinical Trials Group; Curtis McMahon, Clinical Trials Group; Alison Urton, Clinical Trials Group.

Five years: Diane Begin, Financial Services; Christopher S Burnham, ITS; Tania Carfa, Advancement Technology Services; Barbara Dickson, School of Business; George Farah, ITS; Alison Foo, Clinical Trials Group; Dawn L. Johnson, Residences; Andrea M. McWhirter, School of Business; Brad Murphy, ITS; Yvonne E Murray, Clinical Trials Group; Wendy Phillips, Associate Vice-Principal and Dean of Student Affairs; Diane Margaret Linda Platt, Art; Natasha Lynn Redknap, ITS; Heather Salsbury, School of Policy Studies; Lori Schnare, Human Resources; Maureen Sorensen, Residences.