Fostering Academic & Co-Curricular Innovation
To respond to the realities of higher education today and to serve the needs of students tomorrow, we must foster both academic and co-curricular innovation. To facilitate this imperative, several working teams are currently investigating initial strategies in areas that emerged during the strategic planning process. As the plan matures additional strategies will emerge and be explored by teams of faculty, staff and students.
Recommendations Implemented
- The Student Success Center was launched in May 2016 after the University College Exploratory Committee's recommendation that a unit be created to enhance student retention, graduation, and time to completion rates.
- In Spring 2016, the Teaching & Learning Advancement Team recommended that additional funds be set aside to enhance a number of classrooms with flexible furniture and/or additional technology. To date, more than 18 classrooms have been enhanced.
- At the recommendation of the Career Development Integration Team, Career Services has been re-named the Center for Career and Professional Development to better reflect its role in integrating career development into all years of a student's experience with us.
- A new Lumberjack GROW (Guided Reflection on Work) program designed to help promote student learning from on-campus employment launched in Fall 2016.
- A marketing campaign entitled "Your Most Important Project in College is YOU" was undertaken in Fall 2016 to promote the development of soft skills to students and faculty.
- Thanks to collaboration between two divisions, a coordinator of financial literacy activities has been hired.
Current Strategy Teams
Student Internships
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Jamie Bouldin
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Center for Career and Professional Development (Co-Team Leader)
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Candis Carraway
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Agriculture (Co-Team Leader)
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Derek Cegelka
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Kinesiology & Health Science/Faculty Senate
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Mitch Crocker
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Business
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Loretta Doty
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Human Resources
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Casey Hart
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Mass Communication
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Cleo House
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Theatre
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Liz Hutchison
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Computer Science
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Lynda Martin
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Human Sciences
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Brian Murphy
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Liberal & Applied Arts
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Adam Peck
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Student Affairs
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Larissa Philpott
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Nacogdoches Economic Development Corporation
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Student Mentoring
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Chay Runnels
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Human Sciences (Co-Team Leader)
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Lacey Folsom
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Student Engagement Programs (Co-Team Leader)
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Brandy Bishop
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Forestry & Agriculture
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Linda Black
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Secondary Education & Educational Leadership
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Leslie Cecil
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Anthropology, Geography, & Sociology
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Carolyn Conn
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Theatre/Faculty Senate
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Marc Guidry
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Liberal & Applied Arts
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Chelsea Heidbrink
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Student Success Center
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Shea Roll
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Residence Life
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Steven Whitman
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Campus Recreation
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Past Strategy Teams (Recommendations Finalized)
Affordability and Student Debt: Instructional Materials
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Lauren Burrow
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Elementary Education (Co-Team Leader)
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Edward Iglesias
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Ralph W. Steen Library (Co-Team Leader)
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Joey Bray
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Agriculture
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Esther Campbell
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Barnes & Noble Campus Bookstore
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Ashley Hall
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Business Communication & Legal Studies
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Chelsea Heidbrink
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Student Success Center
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Paul Henley
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Office of Student Learning & Institutional Assessment
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Janet Kamps
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Center for Teaching & Learning
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Herbert Midgley
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Music/Faculty Senate
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Louise Stoehr
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Languages, Cultures, & Communication/Faculty Senate
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Kimberly Verhines
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SFA Press
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Courtney Wooten
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English
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Teaching & Learning Advancement
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Mary Smith
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Center for Teaching & Learning (Team Leader)
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Lauren Brewer
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Psychology/Faculty Senate
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Cala Coats
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Art
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Randi Cox
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History
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Jenny Gumm
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Biology
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Shelby Laird
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Forestry and Agriculture
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Anjum Najmi
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Ralph W. Steen Library
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Heather Olson Beal
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Secondary Education & Educational Leadership
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Nikki Shoemaker
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Accounting
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Megan Weatherly
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Center for Teaching & Learning
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Affordability and Student Debt: Financial Literacy
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Todd Brown
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Nelson Rusche College of Business (Team Leader)
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Brandi Derouen
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Career and Professional Development
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Lacey Folsom
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Student Affairs
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Steve Kosovich
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Economics & Finance/Faculty Senate
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Mi-Kayla Lemon
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Student Representative
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Gloria Montes
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SFA 101
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Kristan Smith
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Financial Aid
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Co-Curricular Innovation
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Hollie Smith
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Student Affairs (Team Leader)
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Tamey Anglley
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Music
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Nina Ellis-Hervey
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Human Services
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Lauren Gonzalez
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Elementary Education
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Nicholas Long
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Mathematics and Statistics
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Rob McDermand
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Athletics
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Emily Payne
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Agriculture
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Jason Reese
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Management, Marketing, & International Business/Faculty Senate
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Janie Richardson
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Library
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Jamal Smith
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Orientation Programs
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Ty Spradley
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Languages, Cultures, and Communication
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Veronica Weaver
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Multicultural Affairs, Student Affairs Programs
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Amanda Windham
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Student Engagement, Student Affairs Programs
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Career Development Integration
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Adam Peck
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Student Affairs (Co-Team Leader)
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Leslie Cecil
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Anthropology, Geography, and Sociology (Co-Team Leader)
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Daniel Anguiano
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Art
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Jamie Bouldin
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Forestry and Agriculture
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Brandi Derouen
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Career Services
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Korey Kahler
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Computer Science
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Carla Murgia
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Kinesiology and Health Science
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Ann Wilson
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College of Business
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University College Exploration [Recommendations Finalized - Student Success Center]
Files & Minutes
Team List
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Name
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Office/Department
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Dana Cooper
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Academic Affairs (Co-Team Leader)
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Adam Peck
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Student Affairs (Co-Team Leader)
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Mark Barringer
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History
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Tim Clipson
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SFA 101
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Ken Collier
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Government
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Keith Hubbard
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Mathematics & Statistics
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Debbie Kiesel
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Advising
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Mike Martin
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English
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Matt McBroom
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Forestry and Agriculture
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M.E. McWilliams
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Academic Assistance Resource Center
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John Moore
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Chemistry
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Debbie Pace
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College of Sciences and Mathematics
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Scott Shattuck
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Chairs Forum
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Michael Tkacik
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School of Honors
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Janet Tareilo
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Perkins College of Education
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Michael Walker
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Student Affairs
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Ann Wilson
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Rusche College of Business
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