Senate Rosters
Term Ending 8/31/12
Term Ending 8/31/13
Term Ending 8/31/14
Ex officio Members
Gaylen Byker, President
Claudia Beversluis, Provost
Cheryl Brandsen, Academic Dean
Stan Haan, Academic Dean
Mark Williams, Academic Dean
Officers
Chair: Gaylen Byker
Vice Chair: Jennifer Holberg
Secretary: Tom Steenwyk
Parliamentarian: Ruth Groenhout (pending ratification at first meeting)
Term Ending 8/31/12
Department Representatives
David Cook (Business)
David Dornbos (Biology)
Chris de Groot (Religion)
Jeff Nyhoff (Computer Science)
Charsie Sawyer (Music)
Kurt Schaefer (Economics)
Thomas Scofield (Math and Statistics)
Alisa Tigchelaar (Spanish)
Elizabeth Van Arragon (Art and Art History)
Division Representatives
Diane Obenchain (SSCD)
Non-teaching Faculty
Gail Heffner
At-Large Faculty
Michelle Loyd-Paige
Chris Smit
Student Senate
Nana Owusu-Achau (President)
Moon Jung (Co–Vice President)
Josiah Sinclair (Co–Vice President)
Term Ending 8/31/13
Department Representatives
Carolyn Anderson (Chemistry)
Ken Bergwerff (GEO; spring only)
Debra Buursma (Education)
Janel Curry (GEO; fall only)
Doug Koopman (Political Science)
David Noe (Classics)
Garth Pauley (CAS)
David Urban (English)
Frans van Liere (History)
Division Representatives
Cal Jen (SSCD)
Steve VanderLeest (NSM)
Dean Ward (ALE)
Non-teaching Faculty
Cindy Kok
At-Large Faculty
Won Lee
Tom Steenwyk
Term Ending 8/31/14
Department Representatives
Vicki DeVries (French; Germanic and Asian Languages)
Ruth Groenhout (Philosophy)
Mark Mulder (Sociology and Social Work)
Ned Nielsen (Engineering)
John Ross (Kinesiology)
Carol Rossman (Nursing)
Steve Steenwyk (Physics and Astronomy)
Scott Stehouwer (Psychology)
Division Representatives
Dwight TenHuisen (ALE)
Amy Wilstermann (NSM)
At-Large Faculty
Hessel (Bud) Bouma
Judy Vander Woude
Vice Chair
Jennifer Holberg
