About

The Undergraduate Education Council at UMass Amherst serves as initiator and advocate for the quality of the undergraduate educational experience on the Amherst campus; reviews, deliberates and makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate with respect to all areas of undergraduate experience insofar as it relates to academics.

For a complete description of the council’s charge and membership parameters, please view the Undergraduate Education Council section in the Bylaws and Constitution of the UMass Amherst Faculty Senate.

Chair

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

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rost
Membership

Faculty Members

Music & Dance

auerbach
auerbach

Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Katie Beltaire
Katie Beltaire

Senator
Mathematics & Statistics

 

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Senator
Public Policy

 

Bushouse
Bushouse

Senator
Civic Engagement & Service Learning

 

Correa
Correa

Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences

Jamie Davila
Jamie Davila

German and Scandinavian Studies

julia
julia

Senator
Biology 

 

Healey
Healey

Department of Philosophy

Zinhle Mncube
Zinhle Mncube

History of Art and Architecture

noble
noble

Department of Biology

Jessica Rocheleau
Jessica Rocheleau

Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

rost
rost

UMass Amherst Writing Program

Aaron Tilman
Aaron Tilman

Department of Chemical Engineering

Dandan Xu
Dandan Xu

Ex-officio Members

Assoc Dean CHC

Carbone
Carbone

Assistant Provost for Student Success

Associate Provost Student Success Designee

Kelly Gray
Kelly Gray

Provost or designee

Hajir
Hajir

Secretary of the Faculty Senate

paik
paik

Associate Provost Assess & Educ. Effectiveness

alicia
alicia

Five Colleges Ex Dir or designee

Raymond Rennard
Raymond Rennard

Director  of Disability Services

AnnMarie Thorpe
AnnMarie Thorpe

Designee-VC Equity and Inclusion

Webley
Webley
Chair GEC/Designee
Jeff Beaulieu
Jeff Beaulieu
Chair AMC/Designee
connor
connor
Assoc Prov/Dir of Ctr for Teaching & Learning
lisi
lisi

Senator | Rules Committee Member
Computer Science

 

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Ex-officio Student

SGA Senator

SGA Appointee

Ben Baker
Ben Baker

SGA Senator

SGA Appointee

Abibatou Dieng
Abibatou Dieng

Chair of the Academic Oversight Committee

SGA Appointee

Cass Melo
Cass Melo

Vacancies

Vacant Faculty Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Vacant Ex-officio Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Vacant Ex-officio Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Vacant Ex-officio Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Vacant Ex-officio Student Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Vacant Ex-officio Student Position
VACANT 2
(Special conditions may apply in filling this role. Please contact the Faculty Senate Office for further information.)
VACANT 2
Meetings

The Undergraduate Education Council will meet on the following dates during the 2025-2026 academic year. All meetings will begin at 12:15 p.m. and take place in Campus Center Room 905-09, unless otherwise noted.  If a meeting is to be held via Zoom, contact the council chair for the Zoom link.

Spring 2026 Meetings

02
Feb
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Monday, February 2nd, 2026
23
Feb
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
23
Mar
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm ET
Monday, March 23rd, 2026
Documents

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UEC Agenda 9-22-2025.pdf

UEC Draft Minutes_9-22-2025.pdf

UEC Agenda 10-27-2025.pdf

UEC Agenda 11-24-2025.pdf

UEC Draft Minutes 10-27-2025.pdf

 

To access older documents, please visit our archive here.

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