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Northwest Missouri State University

Program Committee

The Honors Program Committee is comprised of 19 faculty and staff members as follows: the Director of the Honors Program who is also the chair of the committee, 14 faculty members from departments that either offer Honors sections or will (in the future) offer Honors sections, 3 staff members from the Admissions Office, and 1 representative from Student Housing.

The role of the Honors Program Committee is to articulate what the Honors Program consists of and what it does not consist of. It will generate ideas to improve the Honors Program. The committee has a responsibility to oversee that Honors sections syllabi and enhancement are sufficient. The committee will also participate in a panel to review student portfolios upon completion and serve as the oversight body for other matters related to the program (e.g. Admission appeals, etc).

Name Title E-mail Phone
Dr. Thomas Spencer Director of the Honors Program and Associate Professor, History, Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science tspence 562-1294
Dr. Joel Benson Professor, History, Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science jbenson 562-1613
Ms. Laura Kukkee Assistant Professor, Art kukkee 562-1324
Dr. Mark Corson Associate Professor, Geology/Geography mcorson 562-1672
Dr. Rick Toomey Assistant Professor, Chemistry/Physics toomey 562-1207
Ms. Leslie Chandler Coordinator of Student Orientation and Transfer Affairs/SOAR lchand 562-1951
Mr. Jeremy Waldeier Associate Director of Admissions jeremyw 562-1722
Mr. Brad Landhuis Assistant Director for Advisement bradl 562-1695
Dr. Jerry Donnelly Associate Professor and Chair, Mass Communication  jerryd 562-1333
Dr. Roy Schwartzman Associate Professor, Communication/Theatre/Languages docroy 562-1286
Dr. Rebecca Dunnell Assistant Professor, Music dunnell 562-1791
Dr. Ken Silverberg Assistant Professor, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance ksilver 562-1300
Dr. Jeff Loomis Professor, English jloomis 562-1267
Mr. Matt Baker Associate Director for Residential Life mcbaker 562-1461
Dr. Gregg Dieringer Associate Professor, Biology greggd 562-1814
Dr. Kurtis Fink Associate Professor, Mathematics and Statistics kfink 562-1808
Dr. Mark Jelavich Professor, Accounting, Economics, and Finance mjelav 562-1763
Dr. Blake Naughton Assistant Professor, Marketing Management bnaught 562-1028
Dr. Roger Neustadter Professor, Psychology, Sociology and Counseling rogern 562-1765
Dr. Dean Sanders Professor, Computer Science and Information Systems sanders 562-1932