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Governance Structure of the College of Nursing

The College of Nursing's governance is vested in the Faculty and Professional Staff Assembly. This body, which meets a minimum of four times during each academic year, elects the Presiding Officer, the Presiding Officer-elect and the members of the College's Standing Committees, all of whom have a two year term of office.

Each of the Standing Committees of the College of Nursing elects its own committee chairperson at the first committee meeting of each academic year. Committee Chairpersons serve a one year term of office and may be re-elected by the members. There are no term limits to the office of committee chairperson. Provision is made for student representation on the Admissions and Recruitment Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Educational Policies Committee and the Faculty and Professional Staff Assembly.

 

 

Bill Urban

The officers and committee chairpersons of the College's standing committees for academic year 2005-2006 are as follows:

Presiding Officer Mary Germain, EdD, APRN, BC
Presiding Officer-Elect Nancy Giordano, EdD, WHNP

Chairs of the College's Standing Committees:

Admissions Committee Nancy Giordano, EdD, WHNP
Sheryl Zang, EdD, FNP
Committee of the Faculty Mary Germain, EdD, APRN, BC
Curriculum Committee Jacqueline Patterson-Johnson, EdD, FNP
Faculty Development Committee Annette Siegel, MS, RN
Committee on Academic and Professional Qualifications Mary Germain, EdD, APRN, BC
Educational Policies Committee Laila Sedhom, PhD, RN
Nominations, Elections and By-Laws Committee Nancy Giordano, EdD, WHNP
Program Evaluation Committee Kathleen Cooper, MS, FNP, PNP
Representatives to the Center wide of the Faculty and Professional Staff of SUNY-Downstate Medical Center Annette Siegel, MS, RN
Yvonne Nathan, EdD, RN