Essential Education Steering Committee

Membership


  • Chair: Mercy Cannon
  • Co-Chair: Lisa Kay
  • 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: Bob Houston
  • 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
COB:  J.P. Stearns
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)