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Teaching and Academic Policy Committee

The Teaching and Academic Policy Committee (TAPC) advises and consults with the Director of Academic Affairs on matters of teaching and academic policy affecting the college. The TAPC coordinates its activities with those of the College Curriculum Committee and the College Graduate Committee, as specified by the College Advisory Council.

The voting membership of the TAPC consists of three elected faculty members, three appointed faculty members, one undergraduate student and one graduate student. Ex-officio members without a vote are the Director and Assistant Director of Academic and Student Affairs and the College faculty representative on the University Committee on Undergraduate Education.

Fall Semester 2022 Meeting Schedule

Meeting time is 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Approved meeting minutes are linked following the meeting.

  • September 16, 2022
  • October 14, 2022
  • November 11, 2022
  • December 9, 2022 

Spring Semester 2023 Meeting Schedule

  • January 6, 2023
  • February 3, 2023
  • March 3, 2023
  • March 31, 2023

TAPC Members

  • Mark Benbow

    benbow@msu.edu
    517-410-9247

  • Teresa Bergholz

    Associate Professor
    tmb@msu.edu
    517-353-3305

  • Laura Bix, PhD

    Assistant Dean for Teaching, Learning and Academic Analytics
    bixlaura@msu.edu
    517-355-0234

  • Dorcia Chaison, PhD

    Assistant Dean for Academic Advising and Student Success
    chaison@msu.edu
    517-355-0234

  • David Gilstrap, Ph.D.

    Senior Academic Specialist - Sports and Commercial Turf Management Education.
    gilstrap@msu.edu
    517-353-0140

  • Steven Gray

    Associate Professor, Graduate Program Director
    grayste1@msu.edu

  • David Howe

    Specialist and Learning Designer, CANR
    davehowe@msu.edu
    517-355-0234

  • Jacquelyn Jacobs

    Assistant Professor
    jacob175@msu.edu
    517-432-6165

  • Thomas Keene

    PhD Student
    keenetho@msu.edu

  • Deanne Kelleher

    Academic Specialist – Teaching; Assistant DPD Director
    kelleh12@msu.edu
    517-353-3407

  • Maria Claudia Lopez

    Associate Professor
    mlopez@msu.edu

  • Jessica Miesel, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor with Tenure - Fire ecology; ecosystem ecology; forest ecology and management; pyrogenic carbon; biochar; soil ecology and biogeochemistry
    mieselje@msu.edu
    517-353-0485

  • Kelly Millenbah, Ph.D.

    Dean
    millenba@msu.edu
    517-355-0234

  • Destiny Washington

    Undergraduate Student Representative
    washi279@msu.edu

  • Scott Winterstein, Ph.D.

    Professor
    winterst@msu.edu
    517-353-2022

TAPC Minutes

  • December 6, 2018
  • October 4, 2018
  • April 27, 2018
  • March 23, 2018
  • February 23, 2018
  • January 26, 2018
  • September 8, 2017
  • April 19, 2016

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