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Institutional Effectiveness Committee

Membership:

2 co-committee chairs and 1 committee co-chairs elect recommended by the Provost, 1 college Dean and 1 Department Chair appointed by Provost, 11 faculty appointees by Faculty Senate representing each academic college and Library, 2 appointees by Student Affairs, 3 appointees by Finance and Administration, 1 Staff Senate appointee, 1 appointee by Athletics, committee advisors: Assistant Provost Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment. There are 5 ex officio members: Provost, Vice President for Finance and Administration, Faculty 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 in 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 program-and unit-level implementation of assessment and evaluation activities. The committee reviews departmental institutional effectiveness reports of academic programs and non-academic units. The committee’s work supports activities pertaining to SACSCOC standards of institutional effectiveness and does not supplant the work of existing committees with a targeted role in assessment (e.g., General Education Committee) or the work of discipline-specific accreditation or program review committees. The chairs and/or co-chairs of this committee are responsible for preparing documents and/or presentations for the pre-semester calendar. This committee may convene during August.

Please Note, this committee may meet during the summer.

(Approver: Provost)

2025-2026 Membership:

Name Title Department/Area Service Term*
McLean Fahnestock, Co-Chair Faculty, CoAL Art + Design 2024-2027
Charles Gonzalez, Lead Co-Chair Faculty, CoE Teaching and Learning 2024-2027
Mickey Hepner Dean
(Provost/AA Dean Appointee)
College of Business 2024-2027
Debbie Ellison Faculty, CoBHS Nursing 2024-2027
Ling Wang Faculty, CoE Educational Specialties 2024-2027
Yunying Zhang Faculty, CoAL Communication 2025-2028
Marisa Sikes Faculty, COAL Languages and Literature 2025-2028
John Blake Faculty, CoSTEM Engineering Technology 2024-2027
Samuel Ligo Faculty, CoSTEM Mathematics and Statistics 2024-2027
April Parker Faculty, Library Library 2025-2028
Lesley Rodriguez Faculty, CoB Accounting, Finance, and Economics 2024-2027
Alex Adams Faculty, CoBHS Health and Human Performance 2024-2027
Jeffrey Williams, Co-Chair Elect Faculty, CoAL Music 2024-2027
Anna Leimberg Faculty, CoBHS Criminal Justice 2024-2027
Tammy Bryant Director 
(Student Affairs)
Student Services Administration 2023-2026
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 2023-2026
Julie Hodges Assistant Director, Instructional Design (Staff Senate Appointee) Distance Education 2025-2028
Kristal McGreggor Associate Director of Athletics/Student Athlete Success Athletic Administration 2024-2027
Allie Michael, Committee Advisor Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Institutional Effectiveness and Assessment Permanent

Mitchell Cordova Provost  Academic Affairs Permanent
ex officio
Sharooz Roohparvar Vice President for Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer Finance and Administration  Permanent
ex officio
Brandon Di Paolo Harrison Faculty Senate President Faculty Senate  Permanent
ex officio
Tyler Rose Student Government Association President Student Government Association  Permanent
ex officio
Kat Bailey Director of Strategic Initiatives Legal Affairs  Permanent
ex officio