Undergraduate Studies Council Members
MEMBERSHIP: The composition of the council can be found in the Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article VI: Councils, Sec. 1
The USC requires 10 out of 18 voting members to be in attendance to establish quorum, as long as there are no Vacant seats, any Vacant seat(s) should be removed from the voting member total so that one more than half of the new total is needed for quorum. (*indicates a non-voting member)
Council officers
Diane Riggs, Chair
Jennifer Bott, Vice Chair (fall 2024 substitute for Bret Wagner)
Yuanliang Sun, Secretary
Ex Officio member
David Rudge
Faculty Senate Executive Board
Permanent members
Carrie Cumming
Registrar (designee for Associate Provost for Enrollment Management)
*Lisa DeChano-Cook
Curriculum Manager
Tomika Griffin-Brown
Assistant Dean for Academic Advising, Merze Tate College (designee for Dean of Merze Tate)
Irma Lopez
Dean, Lee Honors College
Elected members
Jessica Birnbaum (2026)
Aviation
Jennifer Bott (2025) (fall 2024 substitute for Bret Wagner)
Business
Dave Karowe (2026)
Arts and Sciences (Sciences and Mathematics)
Dylan McGlothlin (2025)
Unaffiliated Unit (University Libraries)
Diane Riggs (2027)
Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences)
Priyanka Sharma (2026)
Engineering and Applied Sciences
Scott Slawinski (2025)
Arts and Sciences (Humanities)
Katherine Suender (2025)
Education and Human Development
Yuanliang Sun (2026)
Fine Arts
Vacant (2027)
Health and Human Services
Vacant (2027)
Representative-at-Large
Student members
Lucy Clark
Undergraduate student
Vacant
Undergraduate student
Academic advising liaison
*Colleen Stano
Advising Director, Haworth College of Business