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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 2023-24

MEMBER NAME
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY
TERM EXPIRES
PHONE

Jim Skidmore

ARTS & LETTERS: Fine Arts/Humanities

May 2025

ext. 2392

Edward Kammerer

ARTS & LETTERS: Social & Behavioral Sciences

May 2026

ext. 2799

Joanne Tokle (Chair)

BUSINESS

May 2024

ext. 2934

Beverly Ray

EDUCATION

May 2026

ext. 4516

Ben Bolin (replacing Kimberly Miller)

LIBRARY

May 2024

ext. 3094 or 373-1817

Anna Grinath (Executive Secretary)

SCIENCE & ENGR: BioSciences/Chemistry/GeoSciences

May 2025

ext. 4082

Kirsten Bernabee

SCIENCE & ENGR: Math/Engr/Physics/ComputerScience

May 2026

ext. 7714

Elizabeth Quick

TECHNOLOGY

May 2025

ext. 2619

Tayo Omotowa
(Vice Chair)

DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES

May 2024

ext. 1117

Jonathan Gaddy

DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES

May 2026

 208 373-1972

Kara Kener

ASISU

May 2024

ext. 3435

 

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting

Karen Appleby

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE

ext. 6311

Shu-Yuan Lin

PROGRAM REVIEW & ASSESSMENT

ext.  3185

Hala Abou Arraj

REGISTRAR'S OFFICE

ext. 2979

Catherine Leavitt
(replacing Sacha Johnson)

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER (ITRC)

ext. 2105

Karen Fullmer

ACADEMIC ADVISING

ext. 5412

Ben Bolin

CURRICULUM COUNCIL (UCC) VICE CHAIR or DESIGNEE

ext. 4582

Catherine Read

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

ext. 4956

 

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 -- Don Allen (primary);  Xiao Xia (Jessica) Xie (alternate)

Objective 4: Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing -- Tom Klein (primary); Jessica Winston (Fall 2023 substitute)

Objective 5: Scientific Ways of Knowing -- Samantha Blatt (primary); Eddie Tatar alternate

Objective 6: Social and Behavioral Ways of Knowing -- Erika Fulton (primary); Kevin Marsh alternate

 

State General Education Committee Member -- Karen Appleby

UCC Voting Members 2023-24

MEMBER NAME
COLLEGE CONSTITUENCY
TERM EXPIRES
PHONE

Jessica Winston

ARTS & LETTERS: Fine Arts/Humanities

May 2026 ext. 2478
Ines Jindra

ARTS & LETTERS: Social & Behavioral Sciences

May 2024 ext. 3369

Bob Houghton (Vice Chair)

BUSINESS May 2025 ext.3707  

Ajit Bhattarai

EDUCATION May 2025 ext. 3744

Ben Bolin (Exec. Secretary)

LIBRARY May 2024 ext. 4582

Sherry Adams

SCIENCE & ENGR: BioSciences/Chemistry/GeoSciences May 2026 ext. 7829

Randa Kress

SCIENCE & ENGR: Math/Engr/Physics/ComputerSci May 2024 ext. 3176
Mona Doan

TECHNOLOGY

May 2025 ext. 8119
Wesley Usyak (Chair)

TECHNOLOGY

May 2026 ext. 4142

Crystal Kanderis Lane

DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES May 2025 ext. 4209

Camille Biorn 

DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES May 2026 ext. 3338

 Erin Berry

DIV. HEALTH SCIENCES: Pharmacy May 2024 208 535-4767
vacant 

ASISU

May 2026 ext. 3435

Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members

Cindy Hill ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE ext. 4945
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