Committees

Administrative Alliance

Chair or POC: Sara Pederson, Institutional Researcher

Purpose:Communication and advocate internally and externally on matters to our membership and to the college as a whole through meaningful exchange between staff, administration, faculty and executive council.

Membership:Any Casper College employee who is classified as an administrator through their job description held at Human Resources is an eligible member.

Art Committee

Chair or POC: Valerie Innella Maiers, Art History Instructor

Purpose:The Casper College Art Committee is charged with recommending policy, placement, and preservation measures for the Casper College Art Collection. Additional considerations include reviewing existing paperwork such as accession forms, condition reports, storage concerns, and display considerations on campus and for museum exhibition loans. Cataloging and handling of individual artworks, as well as any grant writing toward collection concerns, is completed by the Committee Chair and records are housed in the Western History Center database. Minutes and recommendations for the collection are monitored by the Chair.

Membership:Current membership includes the Director of Casper College Museums as well as several members of the Visual Arts Department. Additional meetings are held with the Archivist of the Western History Center, Casper College Foundation Office, and collection stakeholders.

Assessment Committee

Chair of POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose: The Assessment Committee provides facilitation, guidance, and communication regarding Casper College’s institutional student learning outcomes (ISLOs), and institutional assessment processes.

Membership: Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Program Director for the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, Institutional Researcher, and 1-2 faculty representatives from each school.

Awards Committee

Chair of POC: Paul Marquard, Physics Instructor

Purpose: The purpose of the Awards Committee is to solicit nominations for the Rosenthal and Shanklin Awards and to choose the winner from the nominations. Selection is guided by the criteria laid out by the donors.

Membership: Two faculty members from each school.

Benevolent Fund Committee

Chair of POC: Marge Christiansen, Director of Nursing

Purpose: The fund will provide assistance of up to $200 to help the employee pay for an emergency bill.

Membership: Volunteers from all three alliances.

Calendar Committee

Chair or POC: Linda Nichols, Registrar

Purpose: Develop academic calendars for Casper College students and employees.

Membership: Registrar, Academic Dean, 2 Faculty Representatives, 1 Student Services representative, Staff Alliance Rep, Admin Alliance Rep, HR Director.

Campus Safety & Emergency Response Committee

Contact: John Becker, Campus Security

Purpose: Providing a variety of community services on campus, observes and reports violations of law, and maintains and/or enforces campus rules or regulations for students, employees, and guests. Security continuously patrols the college campus and is available to respond to requests for assistance among other areas of responsibility. In times of need and crisis working with local emergency services in Natrona County.

• Natrona County Emergency Management
• Natrona County Crisis Intervention Team
• Casper Police Department
• Natrona County Sheriff’s Office
• Wyoming Highway Patrol
• Emergency Medical Services

Care Team

Chair or POC: Corey Peacock, Dean of Students

Purpose: The CC Care Team is an interdisciplinary group that serves as the centralized coordinating body for reports, discussion and response regarding students who exhibit concerning, disruptive, and/or potentially harmful behavior. The team serves as a resource to the campus community and is designed for early intervention with behavioral issues to help support the health, safety, and success of students.

Membership: Dean of Students (chair), Director of Campus Security, Director of Counseling, Residence Hall Coordinator, and a representative from the following areas: Faculty, Academic Dean, Student Success, and UW-Casper.

Casper College Tri-Alliance

Purpose: To promote professional practices; active participation of all in the solution of institutional matters; and allegiance to a genuine spirit of professional ethics.

Membership: Chair and Vice-Chair of Faculty, Staff, and Administration alliances

• Alliance Activities Committee: To plan and execute social events that support campus activities and to promote involvement in such activities by faculty, staff and administrators. Membership: 3 staff, 3 administrative, and 3 faculty members. Nominations and elections are held at the alliance level.

Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA) Advisory Committee

Contact: Renee Griffith, Director of CTLA

Purpose: The CTLA Advisory Committee provides feedback to the Director of the CTLA on semester/yearly programming, faculty recognition, and sharing the mission and vision of the CTLA to other faculty and members of the college community.

Membership: One or two faculty representatives from each school and AVPAA.

Co-curricular Assessment Committee

Contact: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose: The Co-curricular Assessment Committee provides facilitation, guidance, and communication regarding Casper College’s co-curricular assessment processes. The team further reviews assessment data and makes recommendations for continuous improvement.

Membership:  Includes faculty and other representatives from Academic Affairs and representatives from Student Services.

College Council

Contact: Dr. Brandon Kosine, Casper College Interim President

Purpose: College Council is a representative committee designed to foster and practice shared governance at the institution. The committee not only discusses information to be disseminated across campus, but also makes final recommendations on college policies before they are sent to the Board of Trustees for consideration.

Membership:  The president selects the positions represented on the council. The membership consists of the president, the vice presidents of academic affairs, student services, and administrative services, public relations director, executive assistant to the president/board of trustees, the human resource director, the faculty senate chair and chair-elect, two other at-large faculty, the administrative alliance chair and chair-elect, the staff alliance chair and vice chair, and the student senate representative.

Course Evaluations Committee

Chair or POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose:  In collaboration with faculty and deans, this committee provides facilitation, guidance, and communication regarding Casper College’s student course evaluations.

Membership:  Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Institutional Research, and a faculty representative from each school, appointed by the dean.

Social Science & Constitution Day Committee

Contact: Brianne Weigel & Heather Lloyd

Purpose:To host an annual seminar discussing who we are & our place in society & observe the U.S. Constitution.

Membership: Committee is comprised of various full-time faculty from the Social & Behavioral Science Departments.

Curriculum Committee

Chair or POC: Heath Hornecker, Agriculture Instructor

About: The mission of the Casper College Curriculum Committee is to assure the continuing excellence of curricular offerings at Casper College, including course offerings, degree requirements, certification requirements, and general education requirements.

Membership: Appointed by Deans with two nonvoting members, one from the Registrar’s office and one from Academic Affairs.

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Data Governance Committee

Chair or POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose: The committee is responsible for establishing and monitoring policies and procedures to ensure data availability, consistency, integrity, usability, and security and effective data management throughout the college including the identification of data stewards.

Membership: Representatives from institutional research, informational technology, financial aid, registration and records, human resources, finance, faculty, public relations, and other college departments as needed. Additional committee members include the vice president of academic affairs, vice president of student services, and the associate vice president of academic affairs, who chairs the committee.

Datatel Users Roundtable (DURT)

Chair or POC: Linda Nichols, Registrar

Purpose: Increase collaborative efforts across Colleague users.

Membership: Primary users of Colleague.

Dean’s Council

Contact: Dr. Jerry Hawkes, Interim Vice President of Academic Affairs

Purpose: Discuss matters pertaining to the academic operations of the college.

Membership: VP-Academic Affairs, and Deans

Demorest Humanities Festival Committee

Chair or POC: Valerie Innella Maiers, Art History Instructor

Purpose: The annual Casper College Humanities Festival and Demorest Lecture invited presenters in various disciplines from social and physical sciences, humanities and fine arts, to explore a new theme each year. The week-long event is held across campus and includes theater and dance performances, art gallery exhibitions, and other engaging events.

Membership: Faculty, staff, administrators, community members, and liaison from Natrona County Library.

Diversity Committee

Chair or POC: Sarah Mailloux, Librarian

Mission: To identify the strengths, needs, and shortcomings in the area of diversity within the Casper College community and to provide support and programming to address those needs and shortcomings.

Action Items:

• Research the issue of diversity and how it applies to Casper College.
• Explore the current campus climate and demographics with regards to diversity, including but not limited to diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, income, and sexual identity.
• Implement programming to increase awareness and acceptance of diverse populations.

Membership: Initial appointment by the upper administration; since then by invitation and volunteerism.

Executive Council

Chair or POC: Dr. Brandon Kosine, Casper College Interim President

Purpose: College planning and operation

Membership: President, IT Director, HR Director, Public Relations Director, and 3 Vice Presidents

Faculty Alliance/Faculty Senate

Chair or POC: Amanda Nelson, Paralegal Instructor (Chair) & Nathan Blank, Political Science Instructor (Vice Chair)

Purpose: The Faculty Alliance, of which the Faculty Senate is a representative sub-group, exists “to further the overall objectives of Casper College and seek to determine and establish, through consultation, advice, and participation, educational and academic policies which promote and protect the interests and welfare of the College and further the full and free development and preservation of learning and teaching.”

Membership: All faculty members are members of the Alliance. Faculty Senate Membership: including officers, there are 3 representatives from each of the 5 academic schools and 1 representative from each- Educational Resources and Continuing Education (17 members)

HLC Accreditation Team (Steering Committee)

Chair or POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & HLC Accreditation Liaison Officer

Purpose: The Accreditation Team’s mission is proactively to advise the College on all significant matters related to maintaining institutional accreditation by the HLC. Other missions may arise as College needs dictate.

Membership: Volunteers, approved by supervisors and the HLC Accreditation Liaison Officer

Institutional Review Board

Chair or POC: Scott Woods, Statistics Instructor

Purpose: The purpose of the Institutional Review Board is to: 4.1 The IRB reviews and approves research and grant proposals to ensure research conducted at, or in association with, Casper College is designed to ensure the protection of rights and the welfare of human subjects. 4.2 The IRB reviews research and grant proposals involving animal research designs to ensure compliance with the college’s research procedures. 4.3 Studies involving animals will secure any additional review by appropriate agencies when required (e.g., National Institutes of Health, Food and Drug Administration). 6.1 The IRB is responsible for reviewing and approving, requesting modification, or denying research and grant proposals to ensure research conducted at, or in association with, Casper College protects the rights and welfare of human and animal subjects.

Membership: Membership is open to college employees and is on a volunteer basis

Instructional Technology Committee (ITC)

Chair or POC: David Siemens, Director of the Digital Learning Center

Purpose: The Instructional Technology Committee supports faculty development within the digital learning environment, focusing on Best teaching practices and pedagogy. In addition, the group composed of CC faculty, staff, and student representatives implement standards based on QM rubric / online quality checklist.

• ITC Minutes

Mission:  is to cultivate exemplary student learning environments that promote achievement, retention, and completion) at Casper College by providing instructors with quality and current professional development opportunities.

Membership: One member from each Academic School and an administrator.

Jazz Festival Committee

Chair or POC: Joshua Mietz, Music Instructor

Purpose: Oversee the Casper College Kinser Jazz Festival. Make important decisions including the festival schedule.

Membership: Membership is determined by automatically placing the 3 festival directors on the committee, as well as the Academic Assistant for Fine Arts & Humanities.

Judith Bailey Scully Award Committee

Chair or POC: Erich Frankland, Political Science Instructor

Purpose: This committee awards the Judith Bailey Scully Award for faculty participating in resourcing their educational teaching experiences on and off campus. The function is to decide the recipient of the annual award.

Membership: Committee members are previous recipients of the award.

Literary Conference

Chair or POC: David Zoby, English Instructor

Purpose: Plan the Casper College Literary Conference

Membership: Members primarily are from the English dept.; others are contact people from sponsors and contacts and off-campus contractors.

Management Council

Chair or POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Chelse DePaolo-Lara, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Purpose: To facilitate discussion and training related to institutionally important topics, ideas, and projects

Membership: Deans, Directors, and other management-level employees

Mentoring Committee

Chair or POC: Renee Griffith, Program Director for the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Purpose: Designed to introduce new faculty (and sometimes administrators) over the course of their first year to the inner workings of the college, services, and opportunities available to faculty, teaching pedagogy, academic advising, and a variety of other topics.

Membership: Faculty volunteers or recruiting by the deans from the Schools.

NACEP Accreditation Team

Chair or POC: Michael Moline, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Purpose: Proactively advise the College on all significant matters related to establishing, then maintaining institutional accreditation for concurrent enrollment through the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP).

Membership: Volunteers, approved by supervisors and the HLC Accreditation Liaison Officer

New Student Orientation (SOAR)

Chair or POC: Makayla Ruebush, Assistant Director of Admissions

Purpose: Plan and Implement New Student Programs that “orient” students to the academic attendance process at Casper College.

Membership: A combination of student services staff and administrators and faculty contribute.

Policy Committee

Chair or POC: Marqui Siscoe, Assistant Director of Human Resources

Purpose: The Policy Committee is responsible for researching, drafting, distributing, and managing the policy process for new and revised institutional policies and procedures and the policy sections of the Academic Catalog, Student Handbook, Housing Terms and Conditions, and Athletic Handbook. The committee also recommends policies for decommissioning.

Membership: The Policy and Procedure Committee is made up of two members from each employee alliance and a committee chairperson who are all appointed by the college president. The president solicits three or four names of people willing to serve on the committee from each alliance for his consideration. The president appoints the chair and the committee members.

Safety Committee (Physical Plant)

Chair or POC: Dmitriy Nesterenko, Safety/Facility Planning Analyst

Purpose: Physical Plant safety committee was created to develop safety programs and solve issues related to the safety of Physical Plant employees.

Membership: Determined by the Director of the Physical Plant

Salary and Benefits Committee

Chair or POC: TBD 

Purpose: Review faculty salaries and benefits and consider changes to the salary schedule and benefits pertaining to the College.This has commonly included recommendations to the administration on how raises are applied in regard to how it affects the salary schedule, especially compression in the schedule.

Membership: Two from each School of the College.

Social Science & Constitution Day Committee

Contact: Brianne Weigel Communications Instructor & Heather Lloyd, Criminal Justice Instructor

Purpose:To host an annual seminar discussing who we are & our place in society & observe the U.S. Constitution.

Membership: Committee is comprised of various full-time faculty from the Social & Behavioral Science Departments.

Staff Alliance

Chair or POC: Falon Cole, Administrative Assistant for Community Education

• Staff Alliance Employee of the Month Committee
• Staff Alliance Robert O. Durst Award Committee
• Staff Alliance Executive Committee
• Staff Alliance Developmental Funds Committee

Purpose: To encourage high-performance standards among Casper College classified staff employees, hereinafter designated as “staff”; aid in securing and maintaining adequate salaries and sound retirement systems; to support legislation for the betterment of higher education; to encourage improvements as will enable staff to function properly as a vital component to the progress of education at Casper College, and show recognition for retirement and meritorious service.

Membership: All benefitted classified staff are members of the staff alliance.

Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM)

Chair or POC: Lynnde Colling, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management & Pete Van Houten, Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Purpose: Through collaboration, SEM captures the expertise and experience of all faculty and staff in order to make Casper College a dynamic, student-centered campus where students and a culture of learning thrive. SEM implements projects and initiatives that focus on the student experience, ensure transformative educational experiences, heighten student success, and eliminate barriers to educational access.

Membership: Core Team, Data Subcommittee, Enrollment Subcommittee, Graduation, Career, and Transfer Subcommittee, Marketing and Recruitment Subcommittee, Retention Subcommittee, and Teaching Excellence Subcommittee

Student Fees Committee

Chair or POC: Lynnde Colling, Vice President for Administrative Services, Vice President for Student Services

Purpose: To review, establish and make recommendations of student fees

Membership: All three VP’s, and others as needed or outlined in policy.

Student Senate

Chair or POC: Devin Fulton, Student Activities Coordinator

Purpose: To encourage students to exercise their rights and privileges as citizens and to accept leadership in campus and civic affairs.

Membership: Student Activities Coordinator, Faculty representative, and elected students

Technology Committee

Contact: Kent Brooks, Director of Information Technology

Purpose: To offer guidance for the use of technology, increase the efficiency of college operations, support teaching, and enhance student learning.

Membership: Faculty/Staff core is appointed by Academic Affairs; Student appointees from Student Services; Additional membership appointed by IT.

United Way Campaign Committee

Chair or POC: TBA

Purpose: The committee oversees Casper College’s annual employee campaign each fall to raise money for the United Way of Natrona County.

Membership: The president of the college appoints the members of the campaign each year. The members tend to serve two to three years and often represent one of the three employee groups: staff, administrators, and faculty.

Welcome Back Week Committee

Chair or POC: Jenn Pepple, Employee Recruiting and Training Coordinator

Purpose: The committee plans and coordinates Casper College’s professional development offerings during welcome back week in August and January.

Membership: Employee Recruiting and Training Coordinator, AVPAA, a dean, CTLA Program Director, and faculty volunteers approved by their dean and the committee chair.