Undergraduate Retention Committee

Committee Membership

Twelve-member Committee: three administrative representatives designated by the AVP, one staff representative designated by the AVP, one faculty member selected by the MFA from among its members, four elected representatives of the McNichols faculty, one librarian, and two students.

Members

6 faculty representatives

Mary Ann Hazen, Business Administration, College of Business Administration (term expires 3/2012)

Carmen Stokes, McAuley School of Nursing, College of Health Professions (term expires 3/2012)

Cindy Langham, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 3/2013)

Gail Mitchell, Music, College of Liberal Arts & Education (term expires 3/2013)

Jill Turner, Reference Department, School of Dentistry Library (term expires 3/2013)

Stephanie Conant, Secretary, Biology, College of Engineering & Science (term expires 3/2012) (MFA)

3 administrative representatives

Anna Maria Silveri, Co-Chairperson, Personal Counseling (term expires 8/2012)

Dorothy Stewart, Associate Dean of Students (term expires 8/2012)

Sheryl McGriff, Co-Chairperson, Dean, Co-op Education Career Services (term expires 8/2013)

1 staff representative

Jean Krystyniak, Coordinator, Language & Cultural Training (term expires 8/2013)  

2 student representatives

Phillip Trotter (term expires 2012)

Jared Sivec (term expires 2013)

Invited Participants

The chairperson of a Team and/or the administrator to whom the Team reports may add guests in an “Invited Participant” category. Individuals are invited because of their expertise, potential contributions, or history with the team but have no voting rights.  The term of service for invited participants is not to exceed two years.  Invited participants are not eligible for reappointment in this category.  A team may not exceed three invited participants at any given time.

 
Elaine Bell, Director, Institutional Research (term expires 8/2013)

2011-2012 Charge

• Monitor the activities of the Strategic Planning Committee related to retention goals, initiatives and provide feedback if requested.
• Identify topics and possible speaker for Second Wednesday series that supports student retention activities.
  • Focus on Retention: Divergent Perspectives
  • Other suggestions
• Coordinate preparation of "Academic Advising Tip Sheet."

Ongoing Charge

• Complete Focus on Retention: Divergent Perspectives white paper.
• Review annual, semi-annual, & longitudinal retention outcomes and report observations to senior administrators and university leadership.
• Forward recommendations to appropriate administrators/areas regarding student life issues and strategies to improve student-faculty interaction and communication.
• Provide recommendations to the Academic Vice President for key links that could be added to the AVP website pertinent to student retention that would be a resource for faculty, administrators and staff.
• Upon request, provide input for university or college initiatives to support retention activities, i.e. centralized advising.
• Keep the university community informed of committee activities by providing summary minutes of meetings and reports to (sharedgovernance@udmercy.edu).  Information will be posted to the shared governance website (udmercy.edu/governance).  The secretary of the committee is responsible for these postings and for informing Campus Connections of new postings. If there is no secretary identified for the committee, a member should be selected who is responsible for this task

  Initial Organizational Structure and Tasks