• Michael Black, Chair, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Susan Walden, Chair, Director, Professional Education Services, COEHS
  • Sudip Chakraborty, Professor of Computer Science
  • Hanae Kanno, Associate Professor of Social Work
  • Talley Mulligan, Associate Professor of Mass Media
  • Josh Pifer, Associate Professor of Music
  • Jeb Sharp, Assistant Professor of English
  • Emily Rogers, Professor and Reference Librarian, Odum Library
  • Yvonne LeRoy-Landers, Associate to the Vice President, Finance and Administration
  • Britt-Marie Piper, Academic Advisor, University Advising
  • Rosalyn Martinez, Program Coordinator, Graduate School

Who Should Be on this Committee?

  • Any VSU employee with a passion for making this institution better through the use of data, assessment, and planning

How Large Should this Committee Be and How Long Should Members Serve?

  • No minimum or maximum number of committee members but should be willing to collaborate with other hardworking peers
  • Serve a three-year term (can renew or rotate)

What are the Benefits of Serving on this Committee?

  • Creating stronger and more successful programs that strive for continuous improvement
  • Faculty can describe their institutional UAC service as a student success activity (assessment of student learning) on the AFARAP and P&T materials

What are the Responsibilities of Committee Members?

  • Review (independently or as a team) institutional effectiveness reports and plans collected in fall semester by applying an online checklist and by the agreed upon deadline
  • Provide feedback and support to departments about their assessment programs and activities
  • Create and sustain an institutional culture of assessment in each department, college, and administrative division
  • Communicate with faculty and staff about promising assessment models and promote unit/program ownership of the assessment process
  • Apply expertise in assessment through a proactive, collaborative, practical, honest, and candid approach
  • Encourage alignment of assessment activities to learning outcomes or program outcomes
  • Coordinate and communicate with the General Education Council about student learning and core curriculum assessment
  • Recommend training materials to support student learning and/or planning
  • Commit to attending all scheduled meetings