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Campus Climate & Engagement Committee

Our Purpose

  • The Campus Climate & Engagement Committee is tasked with developing, reviewing, and evaluating Campus Engagement plans and initiatives to create and sustain an inclusive environment, aiming to enhance the sense of belonging for UVU students, staff, and faculty.
  • To facilitate campus-wide dialogue pertains to the issues of Campus Engagement.
  • To provide a system of accountability for the Engagement Plan action steps.
  • A place to discuss new Campus Engagement initiatives, events, and programs and the impact of on campus climate and sense of belonging.

Objectives

  1. Shared definitions. Facilitate adoption and understanding of campus-wide shared definitions of cultural competence and sense of belonging.
  2. Programs. Coordinate needs, opportunities, and assesments of culturally competent campus programs. Create a system of sense of belongin knowledge dissemination and data collection within and between colleges and divisions.
  3. Curriculum. Coordinate the needs and opportunities assessment of cultural competency components of academic programs and classroom experiences.

Committee Members

Rasha Quidisat

Rasha Qudisat

Executive Sponsor

Zoe Allgaier

Zoe Allgaier

Institutional Advancement

Sayeed Sajal

Sayeed Sajal

Smith College of Engineering & Technology

Stephen Chamberland

Stephen Chamberland

College of Science

Chong Meng

Chong Meng

Woodbury School of Business

Laurie Bowen

Laurie Bowen

School of Education

Jim Godfrey

Jim Godfrey

School of the Arts

Meghana Rawat

Meghana Rawat

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Jennyfer Gaede

Jennyfer Gaede

College of Health & Public Service

Derek Kent

Derek Kent

Student Affairs

Richard Bogdan

Richard Bogdan

Administration and Strategic Relations

Antonia Vazquez

Antonia Vazquez

Administration and Strategic Relations

Aliki Milioti

Aliki Milioti

Smith College of Engineering & Technology

Jenny Nehring

Jenny Nehring

Smith College of Engineering & Technology

Michelle Browning

Michelle Browning

Finance & Auxiliary Services

Dianne McAdams-Jones

Dianne McAdams-Jones

Faculty Fellow

Brett McKeachnie

Brett McKeachnie

Digital Transformation

Leslie Eyerly

Leslie Eyerly

PACE

Emily Burr

Emily Burr

People & Culture

Cameron Evans

Cameron Evans

People & Culture

Sean Tolman

Sean Tolman

Faculty Senate

Elisa Huhem

Elisa Huhem

Institutional Engagement and Effectiveness

Rachel Messenger

Rachel Messenger

Academic Advisors

Maddy Pioli

Maddy Cushman

Innovation Academy

Ellen Treanor

Ellen Treanor

University Marketing & Communications

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