Academic Affairs Directors

The Academic Affairs Directors meetings bring all 32 Directors from across the college’s academic areas together for quarterly meetings.  

• Establish connections that open new channels of communication between academic offices. 
• Build and foster a creative and engaging community for Academic Affairs staff leaders.
• Improve communication between the Provost office and academic departments.

• Sharing updates from all offices.
• Providing space for informal conversation.
• Gaining staff input, ideas, feedback.
• Sharing updates from the Provost’s leadership team.
• Serve on subcommittees

Co-chairs:  Maria Lamadrid and Katie Schmitt

Committee Members: Sasha Gribovskaya, Alisha Arthur, Diana Maul, Denise Boneta, Liz Farley, Maria Lamadrid, Dinelia Rosa, Iraida Torres-Irizarry, Katie Schmitt

The Academic Affairs Steering Committee develops the quarterly academic affairs directors’ meeting agendas.  They also collaborate to think through additional potential staff initiatives to share with the Provost.

Priorities

• Develop - Work with the Academic Affairs Director’s community to establish the goals and priorities for the Academic Affairs Directors’ meetings. 
• Coordinate - Coordinate all Director’s meetings so that they meet the needs of the community. 
• Innovate - Allow space for creative thinking and engagement.
• Team Build - Find ways to connect and collaborate.
• Share Information - Provide opportunities for information sharing from leadership and across departments.
• Improve and Grow - Identify additional priorities for meetings.
• Create - Work with the Academic Affairs Director’s community to think about and propose new initiatives to the Provost.

Committee Members:  Kristin Gorski, Myra Luna-Lucero, Rochelle Thomas, Katie Schmitt

The Academic Affairs Staff Recognition committee is charged with developing a Provost-led staff awards program.  

Priorities for a Culture of Recognition

• Create - Momentum of appreciation into the future.
• Develop -  A sustainable staff recognition program.
• Ensure -   Diversity and inclusivity into our efforts. 
• Inspire -  A culture of consideration, kindness, & innovation. 
• Promote  -  A positive work culture that prioritizes staff recognition.
• Recognize - Staff who go above and beyond. 

Co-chairs:  Ashley Pinakiewicz, Katie Schmitt

Committee members:  Amy Deiner, Ashley Pinakiewicz, Deborah Williamson, Patricia Gabriel, Cherie Hargett, Rob Graham, Katie Schmitt, 

In partnership with the Human Resource Office, the Academic Affairs Development committee thinks about and facilitates professional development opportunities for all academic staff members.  This committee would like to offer staff 2-3 opportunities annually.

Priorities

• Creating a culture of continuous development/learning/growth
• Provide a new model of Professional Development  for the Academic Affairs staff
• Create more opportunities for collective learning and development across departments
• Foster a healthy (flourishing?) staff climate