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Committees & Governing Boards: Contact Information

General Inquiries:

For information regarding Faculty Governance committees, rosters, mandates, or meeting minutes, please e-mail the Office of the Provost: committees@calvin.edu

To Submit Meeting Minutes:

Please e-mail committee minutes to committees@calvin.edu

Governance Committee and Governing Board Chairpersons (2009-2010)

Intensive Governance Committees

Core Curriculum: Paul Moes
Educational Policy: Uko Zylstra
Professional Status: Gaylen Byker
Teacher Education: Ken Bergwerff

Faculty Governance Committees

Academic Standards: Gerard Venema
Assessment: Chad Engbers
Athletics: Mary Flikkema
Chapel: Mary Hulst
Cross-Cultural Engagement Coordination: Lissa Schwander
Environmental Stewardship: Bob Hoeksema
Faculty Development: John Ubels
Gender Equity: Brian Ingraffia
Governance: Claudia Beversluis
Hekman Library: (chaired by Calvin Theological Seminary 2009-2010)
Institutional Biosafety Review Board: Steve Matheson
Institutional Review Board: Cheryl Feenstra
Interim Term: Curt Blankespoor
Multicultural Affairs: Michelle Loyd-Paige
Off-Campus Programs: Dan Miller
Planning and Priorities: Gaylen Byker
Scholarships and Financial Aid: Arlene Hoogewerf
Student Discipline: Kevin Vande Streek
Student Life: Brian Fuller

Governing Boards

Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship: Henry Luttikhuizen
Center for Social Research: Sergio da Silva
Calvin Institute for Christian Worship: Mark Fackler
Ecosystem Preserve: Gerry Van Kooten
H. H. Meeter Center for Calvin Studies:Richard Muller (Calvin Theological Seminary)
Kuiper Seminar Board: Claudia Beversluis, convener
Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning: Jim Jadrich
Mellema Program in Western-American Studies: Mary VanderWal
Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity: Peggy Goetz
Paul B. Henry Institute: Simona Goi
Seminars in Christian Scholarship: David Crump
Spoelhof Family Institute for Christian Leadership in Business: Paul Harper
Van Lunen Center: Gord VanderBrug (Van Lunen Foundation trustee)

Advisory Committees

Animal Care and Use: Steve Wykstra
Environmental Health and Safety: Rich De Jong
Information Services Committee: Keith VanderLinden
Writing Program Advisory Committee: Kathi Groenendyk and Karen Saupe