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I am pleased to announce the membership of the Orientation Advisory Committee for 2017–2018:

Co-Chair: David Cox, Director, New Student and Family Programs
Co-Chair: Kathy Wood, Associate Dean, School of Education

Glenn Bucello, Resident District Manager, Chartwells
Peter Carey, Chief of Police, University Police
Eve Everette, Assistant Director, Anne Frank Project
Tricia Herritt, Director of International Student and Scholar Services, Global Engagement Office
Carlos Jones, Associate Dean, School of Arts and Humanities
Karen Clinton Jones, Chief Diversity Officer, Equity and Campus Diversity
Melaine Kenyon, Director of Technology Support Services, RITE
Lynn Korn, USG Program Coordinator, United Students Government
Michael Lewis, Director, Events Management
Monique Maxwell, President, United Students Government
Lisa Morrison-Fronckowiak, Director, Student Accessibility Services
Karen O’Quin, Associate Dean, School of Natural and Social Sciences
Laura Rao, Director, Civic and Community Engagement Office
Maria Roberts, Head Volleyball Coach, Intercollegiate Athletics
Leasa Rochester-Mills, Coordinator of New Student Academic Programs, Academic Success
Amy Rockwell, Associate Librarian, Butler Library
Lisa Treman, Associate Director, Financial Aid
Sarah Vélez, Director, Campbell Student Union
Charlene Vetter, Associate Director, Weigel Wellness Center
Timothy Walsh, Associate Vice President, College Relations
Aimee Woznick, Director, Academic Commons
Sarah Young, Interim Dean of Students (Ex-Officio)
Stephanie Zuckerman-Aviles, Director, Career Development Center
Rita Zientek, Interim Dean, School of the Professions

Committee Charge
The Orientation Advisory Committee is charged with ensuring comprehensive consultation with campus constituents on the orientation program for new students. The committee provides support, feedback, and advice for the New Student and Family Programs Office and its director. The committee provides input into the design, implementation, and assessment of orientation for first-year students, transfer students, and their families.  

The committee will:

1. Review the existing orientation program and provide feedback on its elements.
2. Provide feedback on the connections between orientation programming, student learning outcomes, service outcomes, and the college mission.
3. Review the college's strategic plan and ensure orientation alignment.
4. Provide advice for the orientation director as new programming is initiated.
5. Act as ambassadors for the New Student and Family Programs Office, with respect to the orientation program, to provide clarity of orientation programming for multiple campus constituents.
6. Provide insight from orientation stakeholders throughout the Buffalo State College community.
7. Provide feedback on new and innovative ways to orient students to Buffalo State College.
8. Review NODA—Association for Orientation, Transition, and Retention in Higher Education—best practices and Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) in Higher Education to ensure programmatic cohesion, as requested. 

The orientation program is an integral part of a comprehensive engagement and completion framework. As such, the advisory committee will consider how its recommendations ensure that Buffalo State College is designing programs that provide students with the right balance of mandatory and essential content that ensures they are learning what is necessary to make the transition into the community.