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Accreditation Committee Members and Assignments:
 

|| Steering Committee || Criterion 1 || Criterion 2 || Criterion 3 || Criterion 4 || Criterion 5 || PT || Distance || Diversity ||

 

Committees are composed of faculty, staff, students, trustees, and community members. Unless otherwise noted in parentheses, the period of membership continues throughout the self-study process.

 

Steering Committee

Steering Com. Schedule Form

Bege Bowers (Chair)
Kathy Akpom
Chet Cooper
Heather DiGregorio (Fall 2007-)
Jan Elias
Bob Faulkner
Judy Gaines
Becky Geltz
Peter Kasvinsky
Betty Jo Licata
Nicole Mraz
Nate Ritchey
Sal Sanders
Scott Schulick
Jan Schnall
Sharon Stringer
Dan Suchora
Plus Committee Chairs

SC Agendas:
February 13 , 2008
October 17, 2007
September 19, 2007
August 29, 2007

November 29, 2006
September 13, 2006
July 12, 2006


Criterion 1 Committee:
Mission and Integrity

Criterion 1 Schedule Form

Tammy King (Chair)
Julia Gergits (Co-chair)
Chet Cooper (Steering Committee)
Karen Becker
Franklin Bennett
Bege Bowers
Ron Chordas
Amy Cossentino
Mary Dillingham
Joe Edwards
Jean Engle
Greg Gulas
Susan Moorer (Fall 2006-)
Jimmy Myers (Spring 2006)
Heather Novak
Brenda Scarborough
Dan Suchora (Steering Committee)

 

 


Committee Assignments

Phase 3 (Spring 2007): Check Mark gif imageDone!

For Phase 3 instructions, see the box near the bottom of this web page, below the lists of committee members.

Phase 2 (Fall 2006): Check Mark gif imageDone!

Phase 2 assignments were due December 11, 2006. Instructions appear in the files listed below:


 



Criterion 2 Committee:
Preparing for the Future

Criterion 2 Schedule Form

Teresa Riley (Chair)
Bob Faulkner (Steering Committee)
Joe Blankenship
Bill Bresnahan
Catherine Cala
Suzanne Fleming (Spring 2006)
Becky Geltz
Eileen Greaf
Alice Guerra (Fall 2006-)
Bob Hogue (Fall 2006)
Mike Hrishenko
Ram Kasuganti
Beth Kushner
Steve Lucivjansky
Tom Maraffa
Neal McNally (Fall 2006-)
Tye Patterson
David Ruffer (Spring 2006)
Marilyn Ward



Criterion 3 Committee:
Student Learning/Effective Teaching

Criterion 3 Schedule Form

Sherry Linkon (Chair)
Sal Sanders (Steering Committee)
Jonelle Beatrice
Lauren Cummins
Erin Harvey (Spring 2006)
Crystal Hawthorne
Qi Jiang
Sally Kenney
Sherri Lovelace-Cameron
Louise Popio
Nate Ritchey (Fall 2006)
David Stout
Sharon Stringer
Michael Theall
Nancy White
Mark Womble

 


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Phase 1 Assignments Submitted by Committees [with samples of evidence numbered to make reference to items easier] (Microsoft Word):

 

Distance Learning Committee

Sal Sanders (Chair)
Kathy Akpom
Annette Burden
Mary Ellen Munroe


Criterion 4 Committee:
Acquisition, Discovery, and
Application of Knowledge

Criterion 4 Schedule Form

Nancy Mosca (Chair)
Judy Gaines (Steering Committee)
Heather Baltic
Jeff Carroll (Spring 2006)
Jeff Dick
Bill Jenkins
Jennifer Jordan
Peter Kasvinsky
Jane Kestner
Anne McMahon
Dianne Bitonte Miladore
Rebecca Moore
Ed Orona
Jennifer Pintar
Susan Russo
Ronald Shaklee
Tara Sydney
Gary Walker

Jeff Smiley chaired the committee in spring 2006.

 

Criterion 5 Committee:
Engagement and Service

Criterion 5 Schedule Form

Paul Kobulnicky (Chair)
Kathy Akpom (Steering Committee)
Fawn Allison (Spring 2006)
Ray Beiersdorfer (Fall 2006-)
Millicent Counts (Spring 2006)
Mary Lou DiPillo
Kathylynn Feld
Kate Florig (Spring 2006)
Arlene Floyd
Jim Hall
Paul Harkey
Silvia Hyre (Fall 2006-)
Barbara Jones (Fall 2006-)
Larry Johnson
Karla Krodel
Gordon Mapley
Migdalia (Maggie) McClendon
Pam Palumbo
Erianne Raib (Fall 2006-)
Jane Reid
Jennifer Roller (Fall 2006-)
Rick Shale (Fall 2006-)
Bruce Sherman
Angela Spalsbury (Fall 2006-)
Shannon Tirone
University Outreach Committee Chair

Diversity Subcommittee

Steve Lucivjansky (Chair)
Jonelle Beatrice
Franklin Bennett
Gwenn Clark

Jean Engle
William D. Jenkins
Qi Jiang
Anne McMahon
Susan Moorer
Jain Savage
Zara Shah Rowlands

Physical Therapy Committee

Nancy Landgraff (Chair)
Faculty, Dept of Physical Therapy

 

Self-Study Statisticians

Andy Chang
John Hazy
Qi Jiang
Gordon Mapley
Nancy White

 


Phase 3 Assignments (Spring 2007):

Provided below are links to materials for the Phase 3 (Spring 2007) assignments: Check Mark gif imageDone!

Self-Study Timeline

For an overview of each phase, see the timeline page.

Phase 1 (Spring 2006): Orientation and Planning

Phase 2 (Fall 2006): Information Gathering and Analyses

Phase 3 (January 15-May 31, 2007): Synthesis and Reporting

Phase 4 (June 1-August 15, 2007): Integration and Dissemination

Phase 5 (August 16-December 15, 2007): Dissemination, Feedback, Revision, and Submission

Site Visit: February 18-20, 2008

Useful Information:

   See the following web pages: Links to Accreditation Resources; Link to Five Accreditation Criteria

Committee Schedule Forms:

Each term, download your respective committee's schedule form to e-mail to your committee chair:

March 24, 2006, Kick-off Session (Overview of Higher Learning Commission
Accreditation Process) PowerPoint:

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the session! If you don't have PowerPoint on your computer, you may download PowerPoint Viewer to view the file.

 

Sample Self-Studies:

Links to self-studies organized according to the Higher Learning Commission's new criteria appear on our accreditation resource page at http://www.ysu.edu/accreditation/resources-accreditation.shtml.

Previous YSU Self-Study:

You may view YSU's 1998 self-study document and appendices, which are available as scanned pdf images in Maag Library's digital archive, at the following links: 1998 Institutional Self-Study and 1998 Institutional Self-Study Appendices. (If you have trouble opening some of the links in the archive and you're not using Internet Explorer, try opening them through Internet Explorer.)

Remember that the criteria were different in 1998, and the name of the commission is now the Higher Learning Commission.

1998 Site-Visit Team Report:

You may view the executive summary of the 1998 NCA site-visit team report in Maag's digital archive at the following link: 1998 Site-Team Report. The summary, which outlines findings of the visiting team (institutional strengths and weaknesses and required progress reports), is a scanned pdf image. A "summary of the summary" is available at the following link: Short Summary.

 
 
 
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