Beyond my home department I serve Keene State College in a number of ways. I was a faculty representative on the committee that hired the current president of the college, Helen Giles-Gee. I have served for two terms on the College Senate, and I have been selected by my colleagues to serve on the Faculty Evaluation Advisory Committee (FEAC) for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 academic years. And, as an ongoing member of the Writing Task Force, I met bi-weekly with members to draft Task Force Newsletters, plan and attend Task Force sponsored workshops for faculty, and promote other writing-based initiatives at the College. And, working as a member of the Integrative Studies Program Committee, I helped to design our new first-year course, Thinking and Writing.
Service to Keene State College
2008-09
Member, Academic Affairs Assessment Grants Committee
Member, English Department Committee on Learning and Teaching (COLT)
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, Thinking and Writing Committee
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene is Reading Program Committee
2007–2008
Coordinator, Thinking and Writing Program (Fall 2007)
Chair, Thinking and Writing Committee
Member, Thinking and Writing Committee
Member, Interdisciplinary Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC) for Phyllis Benay,
Member, Biology Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC) for Kristen Porter-Utley
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene Reads Program Committee
2006–2007
Chair, Department of English
Chair, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Chair, English Department Search Committees
Member, Biology Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC) Kristen Porter-Utley
Member, Thinking and Writing Committee
Member, Keene State College Senate
Member, Keene State College Senate Executive Committee
Member, Faculty Technology Grant Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
2005–2006
Chair, Department of English
Chair, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Chair, English Department Search Committee
Member, Faculty Evaluation Advisory Committee (FEAC)
Member, Biology Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC) Kristen Porter-Utley
Member, Integrative Studies Program Committee
Member, Schedule 25 Implementation Project
Member, Search Committee for College Relations News Coordinator and Staff Writer
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
2004–05
Chair, Department of English
Chair, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Chair, English Department Search Committee
Member, Keene State College President Search Committee
Member, Faculty Evaluation Advisory Committee (FEAC)
Member, Athletic Advisory Committee
Member, Schedule 25 Implementation Project
Member, Ad Hoc Advising Advisory Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
2003–2004
Chair, Department of English
Chair, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Chair, English Department Search Committee
Member, Assessment Advisory Committee
Member, Keene State College Senate
Member, Keene State College Senate Curriculum Committee
Member, General Education Diversity Task Force
Member, Athletic Advisory Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
2002–2003
Member, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Member, English Department Search Committee
Member, Keene State College Senate
Member, Keene State College Senate Curriculum Committee
Member, General Education Diversity Task Force
Member, Athletic Advisory Committe
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
2001–2002
Member, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Member, English Department Search Committee
Member, Arts and Humanities Dean Search Committee
Member, Keene State College Senate
Member, Keene State College Senate Curriculum Committee
Member, General Education Diversity Task Force
Member, Athletic Advisory Committee
Member, Keene State College Summer Reading Program Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
Member, Council for a Sustainable Future
2000–2001
Member, English Department Peer Evaluation Committee (DPEC)
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
Member, Arts and Humanities Division Curriculum Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Council for a Sustainable Future
1999–2000
Member, Athletic Advisory Committe
Member, Faculty Development Task Force
Member, English Department Search Committee
Member, English Department Curriculum Committee
Member, Arts and Humanities Division Curriculum Committee
Member, Writing Task Force
Member, American Studies Steering Committee
Member, Council for a Sustainable Future
October 30, 2008 at 10:38 pm
Hello, a friend gave me a copy of your KSC Letter from India and I have a comment or two. I do not know whether I am responding correctly as I have yet to catch up with the technology of blogging. In any case, I just want to wish your daughter Ellinore good health as I, too, had amoebic dysentery for many months after I returned to US where the doctors did not have a clue. In the end, by eating tons of yogurt, I was able balance the intestinal flora and return to good health. I picked up the hystolytica on the West Bank of the Jordan where I lived for a year. Actually, it was a good year and I will always cherish those memories. On a healthier note, we have a shrine for Ganesh in the woods of our Chesterfield home. Actually in the village of Spofford. My late husband traveled extensively in India. He was and I am a writer. I worked for the Keene Sentinel and many of your colleagues were sources of many fine feature articles. You and your family are welcome to visit and do puja here. But the hunting season is upon us and you might want to wait until spring. We have had many Hindu events at the shrine and there is an active local community that visits our shrine and reassures me that peace through people is possible. Namaste! Pat Haley