Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Membership:
The Institutional Effectiveness Committee will be comprised of:
- 2 committee co-chairs and 1 committee co-chair elect recommended by the Provost
- 2 appointees by Student Affairs
- 3 appointees by Finance and Administration
- 3 appointees by Academic Affairs
- 1 appointee by units reporting directly to the President’s Office
- 1 appointee by Military and Veterans Affairs
- 1 Staff Senate appointee
- 1 appointee by Athletics
- Committee Advisor: Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment
- Ex-officio Members:
- Provost
- Staff Senate President
- Student Government Association President
- 1 appointee by Legal Affairs
Terms of Service:
Members of the committee are appointed for three-year renewable terms. There are no limits on reappointment.
Description:
The committee will support the University’s commitment to establishing outcomes assessment as an ongoing and integral part of its culture and emphasis on quality programs and services. To accomplish this charge, the committee provides oversight, guidelines, and resources for administrative and academic support unit-level implementation of assessment and evaluation activities. The committee reviews departmental institutional effectiveness reports of non-academic units and provides feedback to units to support continuous improvement efforts across campus. The committee’s work supports activities pertaining to SACSCOC standards of institutional effectiveness (7.3 and 8.2c).
Please Note, this committee may meet during the summer.
(Approver: Provost)
2026-2027 Membership:
| Name | Title | Department/Area | Service Term* |
| Zac Moore | Assistant Director, Student Life and Engagement | Student Life and Engagement | 2026-2029 |
| Michelle Martin | Chief of Staff and Executive Director (Student Affairs) |
Student Affairs | 2024-2027 |
| Pat Walton | Director (Finance and Administration) |
Purchasing | 2024-2027 |
| Fonda Fields | Director (Finance and Administration) |
Human Resources | 2024-2027 |
| Sherry Lawdermilt | Associate Vice President and Chief Information Officer (Finance and Administration) |
Information Technology | 2026-2029 |
| Loretia Duncan | Senior Instructional Designer (Staff-Academic Affairs) |
Distance Education | 2025-2028 |
| Kay Wadia | Assistant Director of Application Processing | Admissions | 2026-2029 |
| Brittany Grasty | Senior Graduation Analyst | Office of the Registrar | 2026-2029 |
| Kristal McGreggor | Associate Director of Athletics/Student Athlete Success | Athletic Administration | 2024-2027 |
| Lenora Jackson | Executive Assistant | Presidents Office | 2026-2029 |
| Jasmin Linares | Assistant Vice President, Military & Veteran's Affairs | Newton Military Family Resource Center | 2026-2029 |
| Michael Johansen | Specialist, Housing Support | Housing/Residence Life and Dining Services | 2026-2029 |
| Lisa Sullivan | Senior Vice Provost and Senior Associate Vice President for Faculty Affairs | Provost Office | Permanent |
| Allie Michael (Committee Advisor) |
Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment | Institutioal Effectiveness and Assessment | Permanent |
| Mitch Cordova | Provost and Vice President Academic Affairs | Provost Office | Permanent, ex-officio |
| Sidney Miller | Student Government Association President | Student Affairs | Permanent, ex-officio |
| Kat Bailey | Director of Strategic Initiatives | Legal Affairs | Permanent, ex-officio |