Faculty Service Assignments

Faculty are assigned to the following departmental service positions by the department chair, and delegated appropriate authorities, in order to share responsibility for the welfare and functioning of the department.

Director of Undergraduate Studies ()

chairs undergraduate curriculum committee
coordinates undergraduate curriculum
coordinates undergraduate advisors
also serves as Course Scheduling Manager
- works with advisors to estimate student demands in undergraduate courses
- creates course and room schedule for all courses
- implements teaching assignments from Chair
- coordinates schedule with faculty
- works with program assistant (McNealy) to enter data
- represents department on Statewide Common Course Numbering Discipline Committee

Director of Graduate Studies (Whalley)

reviews incoming transcripts, after students are admitted and agree to come to FSU
evaluates transfer credit
reviews prerequisites
places students
assigns incoming students to faculty advisors
graduation checks
holds graduate student orientation meetings each semester
chairs graduate curriculum committee

Director of Graduate Admissions (Mascagni)

manages graduate admissions & financial aid committee
reviews all applications
applies criteria agreed upon by admissions/financial aid committee to screen out unqualified cases
passes qualified cases to admissions/financial aid committee for ranking and decision on offers of admission & financial aid
allocates assistantships
sends offer letters to students
is assisted by program assistant (McNealy) and undergrad student assistants

Associate Chair (Gaitros)

administrative supervisor of TAs
TA/adjunct duty assignments
TA English language certifications
TA/adjunct training, coordinates with PIE
TA/adjunct evaluation: SUSSAI & visitations
TA/adjunct office assignments
Coordinates with department secretary (Rico) on key/lock authorizations
Manages OPS budget, working with program assistant (Snyder)
Manages tuition waiver budget
Coordinates with Director of Graduate Admissions to determine number of assistantships we can afford to offer
Oversees course offerings taught by TAs
Coordinates with client departments on service course requirements
Other ad hoc duties assigned by the department chair

Director of Internship Programs ()

Manages internship program
Makes contacts with employers
Reviews and approves applications
Supervises student interns, assigns grades

Director of Software Engineering Program ()

Administers master’s track in SE
Chairs SE oversight committee
Receives and processes applications for track
Corresponds or meets as necessary with employers to certify on-the-job experiences to satisfy experience checklist
Calls committee meetings to approve applications for track
Initiates further development of SE curriculum
Coordinates with Director of Graduate Studies to certify completion of experience requirement
Coordinates with Director of Graduate Admissions to ensure incoming students do not bypass the track admission process

Director of CNSA Program ()

Administers master’s track in CNSA
Chairs CNSA oversight committee
Receives and processes applications for track
Corresponds or meets as necessary with employers to certify on-the-job experiences to satisfy experience checklist
Calls committee meetings to approve applications for track
Initiates further development of CNSA curriculum
Coordinates with Director of Graduate Studies to certify completion of experience requirement
Coordinates with Director of Graduate Admissions to ensure incoming students do not bypass the track admission process

Portfolio Review Committee Chair ()

Chairs PhD Portfolio Review Committee
Calls students to update portfolios annually
Convenes committee for annual portfolio reviews
Convenes committee in response to student requests for special admission to candidacy reviews
Writes letters to students, copied to Director of Graduate Studies, reporting on results of portfolio reviews.
Works with program assistant (McNealy) to keep portfolios on file.

Computer & Network Administrator (Yu Wang)

Manages equipment inventory
Manages/administers computer systems
Manages teaching lab facilities
Manages/administers software licenses
Manages/administers departmental network
Manages support staff for teaching labs, network, and computer systems
Administers user accounts and on-line documentation

Faculty Senator (Tyson)

The Senator is responsible for representing the department in the FSU Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Alternate (elected)

The Alternate is responsible for covering meetings at which the Senator is unable to attend.

ACM Advisor (ACM) (Yuan)

This individual is responsible for advising the student ACM chapter. This generally includes meeting periodically with the ACM officers to plan their activities.

Honors Day Organizer (Honors ) ()

This individual is responsible for organizing the annual departmental Honors Day activity each spring. This should be held near the end of the spring term, before the end of classes.

Distance Learning Liaison (ODDL) (Lacher)

This individual is responsible for ensuring that the department is kept informed of developments at ODDL, and vice versa. In situations that call for representing the position of the department on a particular issue, the Liaison should consult with the department chair, who may in turn call a faculty meeting or e-mail poll, in order to develop a departmental position on the issue.

Computer Engineering Liaison (Eng)()

This individual is responsible for ensuring that the department is kept informed of developments in the Computer Engineering Program of the FSU/FAMU COE, and vice versa. In situations that call for representing the position of the department on a particular issue, the Liaison should consult with the department chair, who may in turn call a faculty meeting or e-mail poll, in order to develop a departmental position on the issue.

Library Liaison (Lib) ()

This individual is responsible for ensuring that the department is kept informed of developments with respect to the Library, and vice versa. (This generally includes dealing with periodic requests for us to cut our journal subscriptions.) In situations that call for representing the position of the department on a particular issue, the Liaison should consult with the department chair, who may in turn call a faculty meeting or e-mail poll, in order to develop a departmental position on the issue.

Campus Computing-Related Committee Representatives (CIRC)()

These individuals are responsible for ensuring that the department is kept informed of developments with respect to the activities of the Computing and Information Resources Committee and the Campus Networking Committee of the Faculty Senate, and vice versa. In situations that call for representing the position of the department on a particular issue, the Liaison should consult with the department chair, who may in turn call a faculty meeting or e-mail poll, in order to develop a departmental position on the issue.

Science Area Representative for Promotion & Tenure (PTRep) ()

This individual represents the department on the Science Area Promotion and Tenure Committee, and may be asked to serve on higher level committees also.

Colloquium Chair (Colloq) (TBD)

This person is responsible for organizing and overseeing the departmental colloquium colloquium series. Because this is also a course offered for credit, the job involves both service and teaching.

An important guiding principal is that the buck stops with the colloquium chair. To the extent that one delegates, one has to be vigilant that the delegated duties are carried out. For example, if a speaker shows up at the airport and no one is there to greet him, the department gets a black eye and the colloquium chair is responsible.

Collect info from faculty about desired speakers to invite.
Invite speakers.
Notify the publication STATE so the talk will be given publicity. An e-mail address for such is in STATE (the FSU newsletter).
Arrange overnight accommodations.
Arrange for speaker to be picked up and returned to the airport.
Arrange a room for the talk.
If there is an honorarium to be paid, work with the CS office manager well in advance of the visit to fill out forms to arrange for that.
Well in advance of the visit, have the CS staff person in charge of travel forms make up a TAR form to cover the speakers expenses.
Send e-mail to faculty and grads announcing the talk the end of the week before the talk, and the day of the talk.
Arrange for the speaker to be entertained. Typically this would involve getting up a group to take the speaker to lunch, and getting up a group to take the speaker to dinner. Sometimes a faculty member will volunteer to entertain the speaker at his/her home.
While the speaker is here, take the speaker by the CS staff person responsible for travel to provide social security number and sign the reimbursement forms to receive payments for travel expenses.
Maintain a Colloquium web page and arrange to have it linked off the CS dept pages. Example web pages from the Spring 2000 Colloquium series, done by Dr. Levitz, can be seen at http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/dept/colloquium_2000/index.html
Manage the Colloquium class; that is, the group of students taking Colloquium for credit. Guidelines for this can be found at the URL:
http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~baker/dept/colloquium_2000/inst_to_students.html

Departmental Service Positions and Charges

Faculty Service Assignments