WSU’s accreditation process for 2009 is under way.
Larry James, associate executive vice president, is chair of the steering committee, and 22 others will co-chair nine committees that focus on the accreditation standards set by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU).
For more information on the process, see https://olympia.wsu.edu/provost/Accred.stm
Committee members include:
* Steering Committee Chair: Larry James
Project Managers: Jane Sherman, Ken Vreeland
Data, Design, and Administrative Support: Howard Erdman, Laurel LeNoble, Angela Wight-Merrill
* Standard One – (A) Institutional Mission and Goals; (B) Planning and Effectiveness
Strategic Plan – Development, Implementation, Benchmarking, Evaluation
4 Co-Chairs: (A) Erich Lear, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Dan Bernardo, Dean, College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences, ; (B) Karl Boehmke, Executive Budget Director, and Bruce Romanish, Vice Chancellor, WSUV
* Standard Two – Educational Program and its Effectiveness
Strategic Plan Goals I and II
4 Co-Chairs: (Undergraduate) Mary Wack, Dean, Honors College; Interim Director, Office of Undergraduate Education and Bob Olsen, Associate Dean, College of Engineering and Architecture; (Graduate) Howard Grimes, Dean, Graduate School and Tori Byington, Graduate School Analyst
* Standard Three – Students
Strategic Plan Goals I and II
Co-Chairs: Susan Poch, Acting Asst. V. Pres., Educational Development; Director, SALC
Joann Asher Thompson, Vice Chancellor, WSUS
* Standard Four – Faculty
Strategic Plan Goals I and II
Co-Chairs: Fran McSweeney, Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Barry Swanson, Professor, FSHN; Executive Secretary, Faculty Senate
* Standard Five – Library and Information Resources
Strategic Plan Goals I and II
Co-Chairs: Cindy Kaag, Interim Director, Libraries and Leslie Wykoff, Director of WSUV Information Services and Campus Library
* Standard Six – Governance and Administration
Strategic Plan Goal III and IV
Co-Chairs: Mary Doyle, Vice President, Information Systems; Vice Provost, Administration and
Don Lynch, Vice Chancellor, WSUTC
* Standard Seven – Finance
Strategic Plan Goal III
Co-Chairs: Joan King, Associate Budget Director, Operations and Barry Johnson, Executive Director, Business Services/Controller
* Standard Eight – Physical Resources
Strategic Plan Goal III
Co-Chairs: Deborah Carlson, Associate Budget Director, Capital and Ev Davis, Executive Director Facility Operations
* Standard Nine – Institutional Integrity
Strategic Plan Goal IV
Co-Chairs: Tom Brigham, Executive Assistant to the President and John Sutherland, Executive Director of Marketing Communications
