Student Access & Success Committees

Purpose:

The WSU, SAS- EDI Committee is a collective voice that facilitates a culture within SAS where equity,
diversity and inclusion (EDI) are respected and intentionally valued. We will accomplish this by fostering
thoughtful, practical, iterative and innovative strategies that serve as the model for our division, within
WSU’s equity framework.

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

• Lead SAS Division in a summer EDI book challenge.
• Work with the Vice President for EDI’s office to develop a division-wide training program focused on equity and social justice.
• Develop a three-tier diversity related training structure to capture staff at various levels of understanding.
• Bring diversity initiatives on Ogden Campus and Davis Campus closer and develop more cohesion.

Membership:

• Co-Chair: Juancarlos Santisteban, Psychological Services(CPSC)
• Co-Chair: Richard Campos, Student Success Center
• SASC Liaison: Tammy Nguyen, Executive Director for Equity in Access
• Angel Valquinto, Admissions Office
• Andrea Hernandez, Women’s Center
• Cori Horne, Registrar’s Office
• Demitrius Sanders, Dual Enrollment
• Denae Sportsman, Registrar’s Office
• Hal Crimmel, Dual Enrollment
• Kelani Purvis, Admissions
• Lulu Faumui-Latu-Peters, Center for Belonging & Cultural Engagement (CBCE)
• Marc Gangwer, Financial Aid
• Maria Huerta, Admissions
• Maria Volkanova, Student Health & Wellness
• Tawny Choi, Student Success Center
• Tiana Witkamp, Wildcat Advantage
• Trena Roueche, GEARUP Ogden (SAS)
• Karla Hughes, Davis Student Services

Purpose:

• Plan, implement, and assess specific staff development programs based on the committee mission, core competencies, division priorities, and staff requests for additional training.
• Continue to review Student Access and Success (SAS) staff development models at other universities and develop innovative delivery methods for professional development in the division.
• Explore means of aligning WSU-SAS core competencies with the ACPA/NASPA professional competency areas.
• Seek to strengthen the sense of community and purpose within the Division.

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

• Plan and facilitate monthly SAS Professional Development meetings
• Panel discussions, including new positions in SAS, campus adviser roles, etc.
• Annual Self-Care event in January.
• Additional meeting topics and staff-development opportunities, TBD.

Membership:

• Chair: Molly Ward, Director, Shepherd Union
• SASC Liaison: Jeff Hurst, Associate VP/Dean of Students
• Brandon Flores, State GEAR UP
• Brant Brown, Admissions
• Stephanie McKee, Financial Aid & Scholarships
• Camille Gooch, Student Success Center
• Ella Mitchell, Student Access & Success
• Hannah Burke, Admissions
• Jacob Wilkey, Career Services
• Jennifer Wright, Student Success Center
• Mercedes Ziegler, Women’s Center
• Rodney Marchant, Concurrent Enrollment
• Story Sutton, Academic Transition Advising

Purpose:

TBD

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

TBD

Membership

• Chair: Rebecca Mabile, Campus Recreation
• SASC Liaison: Leslie Park, Executive Director for Student Success Center
• Ashley Stewart, High School Dual Enrollment
• Bridget Jensen, Financial Aid & Scholarships
• Ella Mitchell, Student Access & Success
• Gino Moncada, Dual Enrollment
• Hayden Lee, Scheduling, Events & Conferences
• Jessica Alford, Weber Dining
• Leslie Davis, Campus Recreation
• Monse Gutierrez, Student Success Center
• Sarah Winder, Admissions
• Savannah Evans, Dean of Students
• Tara Peris, Student Involvement & Leadership (SIL)

Purpose:

• Refine the student employee training program for the division as well as student employee policies.
• Coordinate and standardize critical elements of student employment across the Division by embracing such issues as position descriptions, pay scales, opportunities for advancement, etc.
• Continue the collaboration between the Student Access and Success (SAS) Student Employment Program and the University 50/50 Employment Funding Program.
• Plan the Get SET training.

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

• Moving forward, this committee needs to figure out how we are going to bridge the gap between student supervisors and career services when it comes to the career readiness program and what our goals are with that. As the career readiness program continues to find its footing, the committee will be instrumental in training supervisors and compiling data.
• Create an “expansion plan” that lays out the process to be used to include student employees who work in divisions other than student affairs.

Membership

• Chair: Jill Montgomery, Student Employment Coordinator, Career Services
• SASC Liaison: Scott Teichert, Executive Director Admissions
• Britnee Ramirez, Student Success Center
• Cali Wille, Admissions
• Caraline Black, Dual Enrollment
• Elizabeth Denucci, Dual Enrollment
• Hayley Prine, Campus Recreation
• Heather Cimino, Student Involvement & Leadership (SIL)
• Katelyn Blanch, Women’s Center
• Lauren Busby, Housing
• Lisa Jamison, Student Success Center
• Marc Gangwer, Financial Aid & Scholarships
• Milo Ann Phillips, Auxiliary Services
• Ryan Copeland, Admissions
• Sara Seefried, Wildcat Advantage & Internships
• Sherri Wilde, Financial Aid & Scholarships

Purpose:

• Explore and recommend ways to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of our talented Division of Student Access and Success (SAS) staff.
• Fairly and equitably administer the SAS Outstanding Performance Award Program. This includes managing the awards process and recommending award winners to the Vice President for Student Access and Success for presentation at the annual spring awards ceremony.

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

• Encourage division participation in Builders of Excellence program.
• Refine division award criteria and create mechanism for passing information from chair to chair.
• Explore additional recognition opportunities for SAS staff.

Membership

• Co-Chair: Sara Triplett, Student Involvement & Leadership (SIL)
• Co-Chair: VACANT
• SASC Liaison: Dianna Abel, Executive Director for Student Wellbeing
• Committee Members:
• Ailey Ukkola, Financial Aid
• Greg Nielsen, Career Services
• Jennifer Wright, Student Success Center
• Rebecca Schull, Financial Aid
• Richard Leary, High School Dual Enrollment
• Shawna Werner, Disability Services
• Story Sutton, Student Success Center
• Warren Loveless, High School Dual Enrollment
• Jenny Eckenbrecht, Registrar’s Office

Purpose

• Steward the funds provided to the Division of Student Access and Success (SAS) in the areas of tuition activity waivers and student scholarships.
• Review internal policies and procedures related to scholarships and waivers, and assist those in the division with adhering to new and existing guidelines.
• Assist with allocation of funds among the various units of the division and make decisions about reallocation of any remaining funds.
• Work with departments to identify student learning outcomes, create methods for helping students acquire these skills and abilities, and help ensure that appropriate measurements of learning are in place.

Specific initiatives for 2023-2024:

• Continue to openly, and proactively work with the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office to address potential issues with new financial awards and criteria being implemented.
• Actively discuss, as a committee, the potential repercussions from the new award limitations (125%)..
• Work with other departments and areas across campus to find positive solutions that will continue to financially support WSU students, and also keep them engaged at high levels on campus.
• Any unused waiver awards should be offered to other departments who are not currently receiving funding, but have created new engagement and leadership positions for students in their departments. This effort can actively contribute to the division’s goal of retaining students through engagement opportunities on campus.
• Proactively urge students to complete their FAFSA and Scholarship Applications as early as possible in the academic year. This will help the committee with being able to meet the waiver award deadlines (such as May 1) and continue to work cohesively with the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office.
• Department websites and information regarding scholarships and waivers within each area can continue to be updated on a yearly basis.

Membership:

• Chair: Tara Peris, Student Involvement & Leadership (SIL)
• SASC Liaison: Daniel Kilcrease, Executive Director of Student Access and Success Auxiliaries
• Connie Frazier, University Housing
• Debbie Cragun, Nontraditional Student Center
• Jed Spencer, Financial Aid
• Morgan Fradley, Campus Recreation
• Rochelle Bronson, Counseling-Psychological Services