Essential Education Steering Committee

Membership


    • Chair: Mercy Cannon
    • Vice Chair: John Brent
    • Faculty representative from each college, elected by the college
    • Health Sciences: Julie Lasslo
    • Education and Applied Human Sciences:  Peter Edwards
    • Justice, Safety, and Military Sciences: John Brent
    • Business: Cynthia Harter 
    • STEM: Lisa Kay
    • CLASS: Randi Polk
    • Associate dean representative — Michelyn Bhandari
    • Chair representative, chosen by the chair of chairs in consultation with the provost — Jaime Henning
    • Faculty senate representative, chosen by the faculty senate chair in consultation with the provost — Erin Stevenson
    • Dean of students — Lara Vance

    Charge. The Essential Education Steering Committee conducts regular and ongoing reviews of the Essential Education program and makes recommendations for improvement when necessary.

    Such reviews shall include:

    • Current developments in discipline areas
    • Essential skills
    • External environment — including regulatory compliance, state performance metrics, skill development, and workforce needs
    • Student priorities
    • Faculty capacity
    • Transdisciplinarity
    • Adult learner needs
    • Access to credit for prior learning
    • Ease of transfer

    Operational Committees


    Essential Education CommitteePathways & Essential SkillsAdvisor Education & Support
    Chair: Jennifer Wies
    Vice Chair: Jade Robinson
    Chair: Rusty Carpenter
    Vice Chair: Alison Buck
    Chair: Jeremy Mulholland
    Vice Chair: Lindsay Greenwell
    Functions
    Review and approve EE courses
    Transfer and equivalency maintenance
    Year-to-year catalog integration
    Assessment of the EE program
    CPE reporting
    Provides annual written report to steering committee
    Functions
    Review and approve pathways
    Provide professional development to integrate Essential Skills program
    Course development
    Pedagogical support
    Provides annual written report to steering committee
    Functions
    Support faculty and staff advisors with program content
    Evaluate petition patterns
    Provides annual written report to steering committee
    Members
    Registrar Zac Lewis
    Assistant Dean Julie Rutland
    Matt Sabin
    Chairs’ Council: Bill Hicks
    Licensure and compliance: Dee Dee Kasitz
    Dean: Mike Ballard
    IR/IE representative (chosen by committee chair)

    College representatives:
    CHS: Raglena Salmans  
    CEAHS: Heather Campbell
    Business:  Bob Houston
    CJSMS:  Wayne Taylor 
    STEM: Sergio Sgro
    CLASS: Jill Parrott
    Members
    Graduate profile lead: Starr Wentzel
    Tashin Huq
    Perry Winslow
    Karina Powell
    Pete Edwards
    Linda Hunter
    Jeffrey Reed
    Members
    Associate Dean Scott Hunt
    Chairs’ representative: Abbey Poffenberger
    OACS representative (chosen by committee chair)