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Student Success Advisory Board

In 2019, the Office of Academic and Student Affairs created a Student Success Advisory Board comprised of several committees to inform decision-making and establish broad collaboration and shared resources for a number of critical areas related to student success, retention, and recruitment as well as research grants.

The following committees have a mix of college and departmental representatives. Please contact the committee lead(s) with your questions, ideas, suggestions, and/or requests before creating new initiatives or using resources within your unit(s)—chances are your needs might or could be met through one of these existing committees.

Diversity

Provides suggestions for the recruitment and retention of underrepresented engineering students.

Members

  • Travis Griffin (lead)
  • Richard Bennett
  • Barbie Bigelow
  • Nicholas Brabson
  • Mark Dean
  • Cavanaugh Mims
  • Margie Russell
  • Tonya Shortt
  • Jalonda Thompson

First-Year Studies and Initiatives

Leads FYS course launch and Engage Living & Learning Community initiatives.

Members

  • Amy Biegalski
  • Betsy Chesnutt
  • Amanda Lovelace
  • Darren Maczka

International Programs and Experiences

Creates ideas to promote engineering research, teaching and outreach with an international perspective to help graduate leaders prepared for an interconnected world.

Members

  • Mike Berry
  • Kevin Kit
  • Jamie McGowan

Outreach

Provides suggestions for K-11 activities and broader impact experiences for research grants, as well as coordinating and planning for TCE-level events.

Members

  • Laura Knight (lead)
  • Betsy Chesnutt
  • Jessica Jeffers
  • Anne Skutnik
  • Quannah Washington
  • Bobbie Williams

Recruitment

Provides suggestions for recruitment activities as well as coordinating and planning for TCE-level events.

Members

  • Lisa Byrd
  • Melissa Callahan
  • Andy Gallaher
  • Kevin Kit
  • Anne Skutnik
  • Jalonda Thompson
  • Xiaopeng Zhao

Retention

Provides suggestions for increasing retention, helps with activities and programming.

Members

  • Lisa Byrd (lead)
  • Richard Bennett
  • Rachel Ellestad
  • Travis Griffin
  • Margie Russell

Scholarships

Provides a selection of first-year and continuing scholarship applicant and assist with the TCE scholarship model.

Members

  • Amy Biegalski
  • Travis Griffin
  • Kathleen Kim-Baker
  • Margie Russell

Women in Engineering

Provides recommendations for strategic ideas and initiatives for successful recruitment, retention and graduation and continued engagement of WiE.

Members

  • Ashlyn Bryant
  • Melissa Callahan
  • Anahita Khojandi
  • Jennifer Retherford
  • Javiette Samuel
  • Tiffany Sithiphone
  • Syreeta Vaughn
  • Katie Wiley