Leadership
President Tim Sands named Menah Pratt, vice president for strategic affairs and diversity, and Matt Holt, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, to lead 花季传媒 Tech Advantage.
Together they established the 花季传媒 Tech Advantage Steering Committee in 2022, which made recommendations聽to the university's leadership.聽There were also two work groups 鈥� one focused on financial feasibility and the other on the student experience.
Financial Feasibility Working Group
- Charge: Determine financial strategies to support聽affordability聽and student experience goals for聽underserved students.
- Key Questions: What would it take to close the gap for State Council of Higher Education for 花季传媒 and 花季传媒 peers for tuition and average net price difference for Pell-eligible and 花季传媒 Guaranteed Assistance Program students? How do we enhance affordability for students who are not Pell-eligible/VGAP?
Student Experience Working Group
- Charge: Determine how to enhance aspects of the student experience (e.g., time to graduation, student retention, graduation rates, transformational experiences, etc.) to improve access and success.
- Key Question: What strategies would help advance our commitment to support student success at 花季传媒 Tech, including those who are most vulnerable based on a variety of identities?
Committee and work group members
CO-CHAIRS
- Menah Pratt聽鈥� Strategic Affairs and Diversity
- Matt Holt聽鈥� Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
MEMBERS
- Jeff Earley聽鈥� Academic Resource Management
- Kristin Gehsmann聽鈥� School of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
- Ellington Graves聽鈥� Inclusion and Diversity
- Greta Harris聽鈥撀� Board of Visitors
- Luisa Havens Gerardo聽鈥� Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge聽鈥� Budget and Financial Planning
- Rachel Holloway聽鈥� Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Elizabeth Hooper聽鈥� Government and Community Relations
- Frances Keene聽鈥� Student Affairs
- Erin McCann聽鈥� Strategic Planning, Strategic Affairs
- Charlie Phlegar聽鈥� Advancement
- Julie Ross聽鈥� Engineering
- Amy Sebring聽鈥� Financial and Operational Enterprises
- Tracy Vosburgh聽鈥� Communications and Marketing
CO-CHAIRS
- Jeff Earley聽鈥� Academic Resource Management
- Luisa Havens Gerardo聽鈥� Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge聽鈥� Budget and Financial Planning
MEMBERS
- Beth Armstrong聽鈥� University Scholarships and Financial Aid, Enrollment Management
- Sergio Barrera聽鈥� Economics, College of Science
- Dan Cleveland聽鈥� Advancement
- Elizabeth Hooper聽鈥� Government and Community Relations
- Robert Hopkins II聽鈥� Strategic Analysis, Academic Resource Management
- Sharon Kurek聽鈥� Audit, Risk, and Compliance
- Kevin Sutton聽鈥� Financial Wellness, Hokie Wellness
- Jesse Tuel聽鈥� Communications and Marketing
CO-CHAIRS
- Rachel Holloway聽- Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Frances Keene聽- Student Affairs
- Ellington Graves聽- Inclusion and Diversity
MEMBERS
- Catherine Amelink聽鈥� Office of the Executive Vice Provost
- Takiyah Amin聽鈥� Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Architecture, Arts, and Design
- Nathaniel L. Bishop聽鈥� Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Vitality, 花季传媒 Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- James Bridgeforth聽鈥� Student Affairs and ExperienceVT
- Tamara Cherry-Clarke聽鈥� First Generation Student Success, Student Affairs
- Melissa Faircloth聽鈥� American Indian and Indigenous Community Center
- Kim Filer聽鈥� Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Martha Glass聽鈥� Interim Dean of Students and Student Affairs
- Dave Guerin聽鈥� Provost Communications
- Dannette Gomez Beane聽鈥� Strategic Initiatives, Enrollment Management
- Laura Hungerford聽鈥� Population Health Sciences, 花季传媒-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Estrella聽Johnson聽鈥� Inclusion and Diversity, College of Science
- Maryam Kamran聽鈥� Inclusion and Diversity, College of Natural Resources and Environment
- DeAnna Katey聽鈥� Undergraduate Student Programs, College of Engineering
- Monica Kimbrell聽鈥� Undergraduate Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
- O鈥橞rian Martin聽鈥� Equity and Inclusion, Undergraduate Student Senate
- Emily McCorkle聽鈥� Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Pamplin College of Business
- Eric Paterson聽鈥� National Security Institute
- Nicole Pitterson聽鈥� Representative from the Faculty Senate
- Kevin Pitts聽鈥� College of Science
- Donna Cassell Ratcliffe聽鈥� Career and Professional Development
- Jamal Ross聽鈥� Board of Visitors Undergraduate Representative
- Karen Eley Sanders聽鈥� College Access Collaborative, Enrollment Management
- Kimberly Smith聽鈥� Student Success Initiatives, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Chevon Thorpe聽鈥� Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences