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I am pleased to announce the following appointments to the 2016–2017 Committee on Undergraduate Retention:

Co-Chair: Mark Severson, Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences
Co-Chair: Daniel Vélez, Associate Vice President for Student Success

Lynn Boorady, Chair and Associate Professor, Fashion and Textile Technology
Jerry Boyes, Director, Intercollegiate Athletics; Head Football Coach
Maria Brickhouse, Coordinator, Academic Center for Excellence, EOP
Connie Cooke, Director, Financial Aid
Brian Dubenion, Student Retention Specialist, Student Success
Stanley Friesen, Associate Professor, Design
Yves Gachette, Director, Institutional Research
Dwight Hennessy, Professor, Psychology (Spring 2017)
Jevon Hunter, Woods-Beals Endowed Chair, School of Education
Kimberly Kline, Chair and Professor, Higher Education Administration
Lisa Rafferty, Associate Professor, Exceptional Education
Jennifer Toohey, Assistant Professor, Theater
Gregory Wadsworth, Associate Professor, Biology
Susan Wright, Director, Student Accounts

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

The 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:

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