Committee: Retention
Membership
The Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management will chair the committee. Staff membership will include representatives from University Advising, Housing, Athletics, Center for Tribal Studies, Financial Aid, Admissions and Recruitment, Bursar, Communications and Marketing, Staff Council, and Director of Student Engagement/Transitions, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, and a Reach Higher Academic Advisor. Faculty Membership will include a faculty representative from each college that serves undergraduate students, the library, and Faculty Council. Two (2) NSGA student representatives will serve on the committee. The Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs and the Dean of the Graduate College will serve as voting ex officio members.
Function
Mission: To facilitate university-wide dialogue and strategy development focused on coordinating student retention efforts and achieving persistence gains.
Vision: To meet or exceed peer institutions’ persistence rates.
Strategic Initiative 1: Create and revise institutional policies and procedures in collaboration with campus community as needed.
Strategic Initiative 2: Advise the cabinet of potential barriers to student success and potential solutions to remove or reduce those barriers.
Strategic Initiative 3: Promote success strategies and initiatives to the campus community.
Meetings
Meetings will be held monthly or more often as determined by the chair.
2023-2024 Committee Members
- Dr. Kelly Jo Larsen, Chair, Student Affairs - AVP for Enrollment Management
- Ms. Julia Carlo, Executive Director of University Advising
- Dr. Kendra Haggard, Director of Student Engagement & Transitions
- Ms. Melody Proctor, Center for Tribal Studies Representative
- Ms. Cynthia Bendabout, Director of Financial Aid
- Dr. Sheila Self, Asst. VP for Student Affairs
- Ms. Meghan Mulcahy, Athletics Representative
- Ms. Whitney Arbaugh, Director of Housing
- Ms. Jennifer Nichols, Director of Admission & Recruitment
- Mr. Brian Manley, Communications & Marketing Representative
- Ms. Michelle Farris, Reach Higher Academic Advisor
- Dr. Raymond Hasselman, Faculty Council Representative
- Mr. Rene Moquin, CBT Faculty Representative
- Dr. Carolyn Cox, COLA Faculty Representative
- Dr. Meagan Moreland, COE Faculty Representative
- Dr. Michael Jones, Library Representative
- Ms. Tina Bolton-Linn, GWCSHP Faculty Representative
- Ms. Chelsea Pappas, Staff Council Representative
- Jackson Rucker, NSGA Representative
- Bradon Bean, NSGA Representative
- Dr. Pamela Fly, ex officio, Assoc. VP for Academic Affairs
- Dr. Cari Keller, ex officio, Dean of the Graduate College
- Ms. Alicia Arnall, Bursar