c A list of standing and important ad hoc committees, with a statement of charge, composition and current membership for each.

• Transdisciplinary Evaluation Workgroup (ad hoc) (June 2009-present). The

Transdisciplinary Evaluation Workgroup developed as a need to plan and evaluate the transdisciplinary approach to the program’s curriculum, more specifically for the TPS courses. Faculty currently teaching and past instructors are invited to attend to discuss best practices and suggestions.

In addition to these committees specifically focused on the MPH program, the following committees are School-wide committees that also impact the Brown School MPH program, in particular from a planning perspective:

• Brown School National Council. The National Councils at Washington University are volunteer advisory boards established in 1986 “to carry out, on an ongoing basis, the functions of external review and recommendations on the programs and potential of the Schools, while serving the added function of interpreting the Schools’ programs to the Board and their constituencies.” (Washington University Board of Trustees 1986). The first meeting of the Brown School’s National Council was December 8, 1987. The National Councils evaluate the major units of the University and, as former Chancellor William H. Danforth said when he initiated the Councils, “The Councils help the Schools determine if they are realistic in their planning, if the visions are do-able within a given time frame, and if we are asking enough of ourselves.” The mission of all National Councils at Washington University is to provide ongoing external review of the programs of the eight schools; advise and assist the deans and administrators; exchange information and share expertise with fellow Council members and the University community, and report periodically to the Board of Trustees. The Chairs of the National Councils are members of the University’s Board of Trustees, and the current National Council Chair is Mr. Eugene Kahn, who was appointed to this post in 2009. Appendix 1.5.c.3 presents a list of the members of the National Council.

• The Dean’s Professional Advisory Committee is composed of a select number of leading executives and practitioners in the areas of social work and public health, drawn from the metropolitan St. Louis area and the state of Missouri. The Dean invites members to serve on the Professional Advisory Committee for a two-year renewable term. The committee serves as a resource to interpret to the professional and general community the educational mission, orientation and programs of the Brown School. The committee advises the Dean on matters of educational importance to the School and the professions of public health and social work. These encompass but are not limited to such matters as curriculum (including field education), research, recruitment and admission of students, financial aid, continuing education, resource development, and School-community relationship. The committee meets twice a year for a two-hour business meeting. The Chair of the committee is currently Susan Stepleton, formerly the President and CEO of Parents as Teachers National Center. Appendix 1.5.c.4 presents a full list of the members of the Committee.

At the Brown School, individual service activities are extensive (numbering in the hundreds in any academic year), including service to the School and University committees. A full reporting of all faculty service activities is provided in Appendix Table 3.2.b.1. While the nature of services provided by the MPH program’s faculty and staff varies considerably from year to year, analysis of the service activity by core faculty shows that 78% of core public health faculty report providing service to the Brown School (with the only three not providing such service being assistant professors hired in AY2010-11), with an average of 3.3 committees served. In addition, 39% of the faculty report serving on a University committee, with an average of 2.9 committees served.

Brown School Public Health Committee

The Brown Public Health Committee serves as the main governing body for the MPH program, and membership comprises faculty, staff and students. Two students are members of the committee, serving terms of two years on the committee, and representative of the cohorts admitted into the program. The students on the committee are elected by a vote of the student body. The students on the committee are given a regular reporting role (agenda item) in committee meetings. The Associate Dean for Public Health regularly

communicates with these elected student representatives, as well as leaders of the student groups.

The Student Coordinating Council

The Student Coordinating Council (SCC) is the representative student group of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The purpose of the SCC is to represent MSW and MPH students before faculty, alumni, administration and the University. The SCC is also responsible for disbursing student activity fees to student groups at the monthly budget hearings, coordinating student group programming throughout the academic year, working in conjunction with administration’s representative, organizing the student-led component of New Student Orientation and providing an open venue for students to voice critical feedback. There is one MPH position on SCC, MPH general member, who is the key student liaison to the MPH students and faculty to assure ideas and voices are

communicated with the SCC as well as the Brown School community. Any student, regardless of his/her degree program, is able to run for a position on SCC. Positions for SCC are student nominated and student elected for a 12-month term starting and ending in the month of November.

Public Health Student Organizations

There are currently two public health student organizations at the Brown School. The two student groups are Advocacy and Learning for Public Health Action (ALPHA) and Health Economics and Policy Interest Group (HEPIG). Each student group follows the policies

1.5.d. Identification of program faculty who hold membership on university