GERC Members & State Gen Ed Reps
General Education at ISU is governed by State policy, regional accreditation requirements, and internal academic standards to ensure students get a well-rounded, high-quality educational foundation on which to build their academic goals.
- ISU’s General Education Requirements Committee (GERC) oversees ISU’s General Education Program.
- GERC members are faculty elected by their college colleagues. GERC, a subcommittee of UCC, reviews and approves all gen ed courses and assessment plans, guides the assessment process, and periodically evaluates ISU’s General Education Program as a whole.
- State-wide Gen Ed Discipline Groups are charged by the Idaho State Board of Education (SBOE) with creating and shaping policies and outcomes to be used and implemented by all public post-secondary institutions that govern general education matriculation (GEM) standards for ISU’s Objectives 1 thru 6. GERC learns from ISU's faculty appointees on the State-wide Discipline Groups what SBOE's stance is regarding general education, and this helps to guide GERC's efforts.
- ISU’s Undergraduate Curriculum Council (UCC) oversees ISU’s Undergraduate course offerings and program curriculum.
- UCC members are faculty elected by their college peers to review and approve all undergraduate course information and degree program curriculum published in the Undergraduate Catalog, including general education courses.
GERC Membership 2024-25
MEMBER NAME |
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY |
TERM EXPIRES |
PHONE |
Jim Skidmore |
ARTS & LETTERS: |
May 2025 |
ext. 2392 |
Edward Kammerer |
ARTS & LETTERS: |
May 2026 |
ext. 2799 |
BUSINESS |
May 2027 |
ext. 5686 |
|
EDUCATION |
May 2026 |
ext. 4516 |
|
Laura Gleason |
LIBRARY/STUDENT SUCCESS |
May 2027 |
208-373-1817 |
SCIENCE & ENGR: |
May 2025 |
ext. 4082 |
|
SCIENCE & ENGR: |
May 2026 |
ext. 7714 |
|
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2025 |
ext. 2619 |
|
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES |
May 2027 |
ext. 4307 |
|
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES |
May 2026 |
208-514-0111/vp |
|
Emily Ramani |
ASISU |
May 2027 |
ext. 3435 |
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting
Laura Ahola-Young |
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE |
ext. 5713 |
Shu-Yuan Lin |
PROGRAM REVIEW & ASSESSMENT |
ext. 3185 |
REGISTRAR'S OFFICE |
ext. 4963 |
|
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER (ITRC) |
ext. 2105 |
|
Laurel Tomin |
ACADEMIC ADVISING |
ext. 5412 |
CURRICULUM COUNCIL (UCC) VICE CHAIR or DESIGNEE |
ext. 4582 |
|
INFORMATION COORDINATOR |
ext. 3334 |
ISU Faculty Representatives on SBOE's Gen Ed Disciplinary Groups:
Objective 1: Written Communication -- Margaret Johnson (primary); Hal Hellwig (alternate)
Objective 2: Oral Communication -- James DiSanza (primary)
Objective 3: Mathematical Ways of Knowing -- Pageant Jones (primary); Xiao Xia (Jessica) Xie (alternate)
Objective 4: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing -- Jessica Winston (primary); vacant (alternate)
Objective 5: Scientific Ways of Knowing -- Samantha Blatt (primary); Eddie Tatar (alternate)
Objective 6: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing -- Ed Kammerer (primary); vacant (alternate)
State General Education Committee Member -- Laura Ahola-Young
UCC Voting Members 2024-25
MEMBER NAME |
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY |
TERM EXPIRES |
PHONE |
ARTS & LETTERS: Fine Arts/Humanities |
May 2026 | ext. 2478 | |
Jona Jacobson |
ARTS & LETTERS: Social & Behavioral Sciences |
May 2027 | ext. 4056 |
Bob Houghton |
BUSINESS | May 2025 | ext. 3707 |
EDUCATION | May 2025 | ext. 3744 | |
Ben Bolin |
LIBRARY | May 2027 | ext. 4582 |
SCIENCE & ENGR: BioSciences/Chemistry/GeoSciences | May 2026 | ext. 7829 | |
SCIENCE & ENGR: Math/Engr/Physics/ComputerSci | May 2027 | ext. 3176 | |
Mona Doan |
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2025 | ext. 8119 |
Wesley Usyak (Chair) |
TECHNOLOGY |
May 2026 | ext. 4142 |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES | May 2025 | ext. 4209 | |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES | May 2026 | ext. 3338 | |
DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES: Pharmacy | May 2027 | 208-535-4767 | |
Yujin Kwon |
ASISU |
May 2025 | ext. 3435 |
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members
Cindy Hill | ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE | ext. 2171 |
Hala Abou Arraj Sarah Mead |
REGISTRAR'S OFFICE | ext. 2979 ext. 5273 |
Ivory Fort | REGISTRAR'S OFFICE - eCatalog Editor | ext. 4963 |
Buck Benson | CENTRAL ACADEMIC ADVISING OFFICE | ext. 2663 |
Tiffany Mitchell | COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT SERVICES | ext. 2622 |
Catherine Read | RECORDING SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT | ext. 4956 |