Prior Accreditation Documents

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The Leadership Team oversees the compliance and QEP processes, ensures unit-level support of both efforts, directs administrative action as needed in support of compliance, approves all final submissions to SACSCOC, and participates in the campus visit of the On-Site Review Committee.

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Jere W. Morehead, Chair –  President
• S. Jack Hu – Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
• Ryan A. Nesbit – Vice President for Finance and Administration
• Kelly K. Kerner – Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
• Tobin R. Carr – Vice President for Government Relations
• Kathy Pharr – Vice President for Marketing and Communications
  and Chief of Staff, President’s Office
• Rahul Shrivastav – Vice President for Instruction
• Karen J.L. Burg – Vice President for Research
• Jennifer L. Frum – Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
• Victor K. Wilson – Vice President for Student Affairs
• Timothy M. Chester – Vice President for Information Technology
• Margaret A. Amstutz – Associate Provost for Academic Programs and
  Chief of Staff, Provost’s Office; SACSCOC Liaison
• David E. Shipley – Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Law
  2019-2020 Chair, Executive Committee of the University Council
• Linda Fox – Dean, College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
  QEP Development and Implementation Team Chair
  November 2020 – July 2021
• Henry J. Munneke – Roy Adams Dorsey Distinguished Chair in
  Real Estate, Associate Dean Terry College of Business, QEP Topic Selection Committee Chair, QEP Development and Implementation Chair, August 2021 – March 2022

The Compliance Team is charged to audit UGA’s state of compliance, make recommendations for action in support of compliance as needed, draft compliance narratives to address SACSCOC expectations, and provide documentation that supports the compliance narratives for the UGA 2022 SACSCOC Reaffirmation.

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Meg Amstutz, Chair – Associate Provost for Academic Programs and
  Chief of Staff, Provost’s Office; SACSCOC Liaison
• Allan Aycock – Senior Director, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• Beth Bailey – Senior Associate General Counsel, Legal Affairs
• Steve Balfour – Director, Office of Online Learning
• Paul Brooks – Associate Vice President, Public Service and Outreach
• Katie Burr – Associate Director, Assessment
• Julia Butler-Mayes – Director, Academic Advising Services
• Katie Chapman – Program Review Coordinator, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• Krista Coleman-Silvers – Assistant to the Vice President, Finance and Administration; Director, Space Management
• Brooke Daniel – Assistant Director, Office of Curriculum Systems
• Nancy Ferguson – Director, Office of Student Financial Aid
• Kara Fresk – Director, Learning and Strategic Initiatives, Student Affairs, January 2020 – December 2020
• Toby Graham – Associate Provost and Director, University Libraries
• David Graves – Interim Senior Executive Director, Undergraduate Admissions
• Darrice Griffin – Deputy Director of Administration, Athletics
• Shelly Hooks – Associate Vice President, Research; Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
• Juan Jarrett – Associate Vice President, Human Resources
• Paul Klute – Associate Vice President and Chief Institutional Research and Data Officer
• Fiona Liken – Registrar and Associate Vice President for Instruction
• Maggie McAllister – Chief of Staff, Development and Alumni Relations
• Vicki Michaelis – Carmical Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Department of Journalism; Chair, Narrative Review Team
• Nathan Moore – Assistant to the President, Office of the President
• Maggie Parker – Associate Director for Accreditation, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• James Shore – Senior Associate Vice President, Finance and Administration
• Jill Tincher – Executive Director, Sponsored Projects Administration
• W. Kyle Tschepikow – Special Assistant to the President and Director for Strategy and Innovation, Office of the President
• Bill Vencill – Associate Vice President for Instruction
• Ron Walcott – Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean, Graduate School
• Matt Waller – Chief of Staff, Student Affairs
• Elizabeth Weeks – Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs; Charles H. Kirbo Chair of Law
• Lynn Wilson – Deputy CIO, Enterprise Information Technology Services
• Henry J. Munneke – Roy Adams Dorsey Distinguished Chair in Real Estate; Associate Dean, Terry College of Business; QEP Topic Selection Committee Chair; QEP Development and Implementation Chair, August 2021 – March 2022

The Narrative Review Team will review all draft compliance narratives for clarity, consistency, and completeness and will provide suggestions for improvement to OAIE and the Compliance Team members.

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Vicki Michaelis, Chair – Carmical Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Department of Journalism
• Carl Bergman – Associate Vice President for Research, Office of Research Associate Director, CCRC
• Shannon Brooks – Director, Office of Service Learning
• Bill McDonald – Dean of Students, Student Affairs
• Marisa Pagnattaro – Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Professor, Department of Insurance, Legal Studies and Real Estate
• Holley Schramski – Lecturer, J.M. Tull School of Accounting
• David Williams – Associate Provost and Dean, Morehead Honors College; Professor, Department of Religion
• Bill Wraga – Professor, College of Education

The QEP Topic Selection Committee is charged to identify potential QEP topics based on the report of the Task Force for Student Learning and Success and the UGA 2025 Strategic Plan, collect existing data and campus input relevant to those topics, and recommend a specific topic for QEP development for the UGA 2022 SACSCOC Reaffirmation.

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Henry J. Munneke, Chair – Roy Adams Dorsey Distinguished Chair in Real Estate; Associate Dean, Terry College of Business
• Sonia Altizer – UGA Athletic Association Professor, Odum School of Ecology
• Peggy Brickman – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Plant Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Rachel Byers – SGA President
• Santanu Chatterjee – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor of Economics, Terry College of Business
• Gary Green – Meigs Professor and Assistant Dean, Warnell School
• Audrey Haynes – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Public and International Affairs
• Jean Martin-Williams –  Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor,
  Associate Dean, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Luke Naeher – Professor, Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health
• Lance Palmer – Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
• Henry Young – Kroger Professor, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Henry J. Munneke, Chair – Roy Adams Dorsey Distinguished Chair in Real Estate; Associate Dean, Terry College of Business, August 2021 – March 2022
• Linda Fox, Chair – Dean, College of Family and Consumer Sciences,
  November 2020 – July 2021
• Malcolm Adams – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Mathematics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Meg Amstutz – Associate Provost for Academic Programs and Chief of Staff, Office of the Senior VP for Academic Affairs and Provost, SACSCOC Liaison
• Allan Aycock – Senior Director, Office of Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• Shannon Brooks – Director, Office of Service Learning
• Katie Burr – Associate Director of Assessment, Office of Instruction
• Krista Coleman-Silvers – Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration and Director of Space Planning and Management
• Leslie De Santos – Undergraduate Student, Accounting
• Chase Hagood – Director, Division of Academic Enhancement, November 2020 – July 2021
• Michele Howard – Associate Vice President, Division of Student Affairs
• Peter Jutras – Professor of Music and Director, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• RajReni Kaul – Graduate Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate, Ecology, November 2020 – May 2021
• Paula Lemons – Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Maria Len-Rios – Professor of Public Relations and Associate Dean, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
• John Maerz – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
• John Mativo – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Career and Information Studies, Early College of Education
• Meg Mittelstadt – Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
• Luke Naeher – Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health
• Naomi Norman – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Classics, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and Associate Vice President for Instruction, Interim Director, Academic Enhancement
• Andy Owsiak – Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, International Affairs, School of Public and International Affairs
• Annette Poulsen – Sterne Chair of Finance and Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professor, Finance, Terry College of Business
• Jose Reyes – Associate Professor, Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
• Jaleesa Reed – Graduate Teaching Assistant and PhD Candidate, Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors
• Toni Rogers – Director of Instruction Fiscal Affairs, Office of Academic Fiscal Affairs
• Sarah Shannon – Associate Professor and Undergraduate Coordinator, Sociology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Hillary Tanner – Senior Lecturer, College of Engineering
• Emma Traynor – Undergraduate Student, International Affairs, Applied Mathematics
• Tiffany Washington – Associate Professor, Social Work, School of Social Work
• Elizabeth Weeks – Kirbo Chair of Law and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
• Craig Wiegert – Associate Professor and Associate Department Head, Physics and Astronomy, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
• Kenneth White – Assistant Professor, Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics, College of Family and Consumer Sciences

Additional support provided by (Name – Title, Office):

• Maggie Blanton – Assistant Director for Services, Academic Enhancement
• Donald Coleman – Director of Student Transitions, January 2021 – May 2021
• Nick Colvard – Assistant Head of Faculty, Academic Enhancement
• Maggie Parker – Associate Director for Accreditation, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• Ruth Poproski – Associate Director for Teaching and Learning, Center for Teaching and Learning
• Mathew Waller – Chief of Staff, Student Affairs
• Annie Carlson Welch – Assistant to the Vice President for Learning and Improvement, Student Affairs

Active Learning at UGA (PDF)

A Leadership Committeeof UGA faculty and administrators has been assembled and charged to ensure the University of Georgia demonstrates compliance with the principles and requirements of the FYIR, due on March 15, 2018.

Members (Name – Title, Office)

• Russ Mumper, Chair – Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and SACSCOC Liaison Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences; Professor, College of Engineering
• Alison Alexander – Chair, University Curriculum Committee; Professor, Grady School
• Allan Aycock – Senior Director, Accreditation and Institutional Effectiveness
• Suzanne Barbour – Dean, Graduate School; Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• Carl Bergmann – Associate Vice President for Research
• Paul Brooks — Associate Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
• Krista Coleman-Silvers – Assistant to the Vice President for Finance and Administration; Director of Space Management
• Sarah Covert – Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs; Professor, Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources
• Paul Klute – Director, Office of Institutional Research
• Marisa Pagnattaro – Associate Dean and I. W. Cousins Professor of Business Ethics, Terry College of
  Business
• Maggie Parker – Associate Director for Accreditation
• Rahul Shrivistav – Vice President for Instruction; Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education
• Kyle Tschepikow – Assistant to the President
• Bill Vencill – Associate Vice President for Instruction; Professor, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
• Matt Waller – Assistant to the Vice President, Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
• Victor Wilson – Vice President for Student Affairs

• September—December 2016 – Team conducts compliance audit of required principles, make recommendations as needed
• January 2017—September 2017 – Team, completes compliance certification and FYOS impact report drafts
• October 2017—December 2017 – Team reviews and refines compliance certification and FYOS Impact report
• December 2017 -Final compliance certification and FYOS impact report delivered for administration review
• January 2018—February 2018 – Team reviews and revises as needed
• March 2018 – Submit FYIR to SACSCOC