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The Buffalo State College Committee on Undergraduate Retention provides recommendations that will increase the persistence, retention, and graduation rates of undergraduate students.

The committee's charge is as follows:

• Review, gather, and interpret information from other institutions or external programs that can illuminate these concerns.
• Investigate and review best practices that currently exist on the Buffalo State campus.
• Review current Buffalo State information and available quantitative data related to this issue.
• Gather new information or survey portions of the campus community to provide insight into this issue.
• Develop recommendations that are relevant to all or selected portions of the campus student community.
• Make recommendations on short-term and long-term goals related to higher persistence, retention, and graduation rates.
• Submit proposals that address retention needs to the President's Cabinet.
• Report at the end of each semester (orally and in writing) on the state of undergraduate persistence, retention, and graduation rates and the impact of current or new programs to address these issues.
• Advise the cabinet on the continuation, development, or elimination of programs that affect persistence, retention, and graduation rates.

Committee Membership
Co-Chair: Mark Severson, Dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences
Co-Chair: Daniel V�lez, Associate Vice President for Student Success
Daniel Blum, Lecturer of History and Social Studies Education
Lynn Boorady, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Fashion and Textile Technology
Jerry Boyes, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Head Football Coach
Connie Cook, Director of Financial Aid
Leslie Day, Lecturer of Elementary Education and Reading
Brian Dubenion, Assistant Director of Residence Life for Student Success
Dwight Hennessy, Associate Professor of Psychology
Yanick Jenkins, Director of the Educational Opportunity Program
James Mayrose, Dean of the School of the Professions
Lisa Rafferty, Associate Professor of Exceptional Education
Deborah Silverman, Associate Professor of Communication
Ralph Wahlstrom, Professor of English
Susan Wright, Director of Student Accounts

Ex Officio: Hal Payne, Vice President for Student Affairs
Ex Officio: Melanie Perreault, Provost