From the President
Posted: Wednesday, November 8, 20172017-2018 Strategic Enrollment Steering Committee
I am pleased to announce the following appointments to the 2017–2018 Strategic Enrollment Steering Committee (SESC):
Chair: Erin Alonzo, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management; Interim Director of Admissions
Vice Chair: Karen O’Quin, Associate Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences
David Cox, Director of New Student and Family Programs
Abdollah Hajikandi, Assistant Director of Academic Services, Educational Opportunity Program
David Henry, Associate Professor, Elementary Education and Reading
Kimberly Jackson, Assistant Dean for Strategic and Enrollment Planning, Graduate School
Mary-Jo Jagord, Director of Alumni Affairs
Marguerite “Meg” Knowles, Associate Professor, Communication
Eric Krieg, Chair and Professor, Sociology
Margaret Shaw-Burnett, Associate Vice President for Continuing Professional Studies
James Thor, Comptroller
Amitra Wall, Associate Provost
Timothy Walsh, Associate Vice President for College Relations
Rita Zientek, Interim Dean, School of the Professions
Ex Officio: James Mayrose, Interim CIO and Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing, and Communications
Ex Officio: Melanie Perreault, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
The SESC serves in an advisory role to the president and will address the following strategic enrollment issues:
- Recommend strategies that meet long-term and short-term enrollment goals
- Provide advice on enrollment targets that provide an advantageous mix of undergraduate, graduate, and special populations that maintain the overall enrollment goal set by the President’s Cabinet
- Develop innovative and effective strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of students
- Plan strategic enrollment growth to meet regional and statewide needs
- Develop and propagate plans that are consistent with the mission and values of the college
- Review the results of new programs and policies that enhance recruitment and enrollment efforts
- Report regularly to the president and the cabinet and submit an annual report of the work of the committee
