NEASC Students Committee
6. Students Committee
Summary Standard: Consistent with its mission, the institution defines the characteristics of the students it seeks to serve and provides an environment that fosters the intellectual and personal development of its students. It recruits, admits, enrolls, and endeavors to ensure the success of its students, offering the resources and services that provide them the opportunity to achieve the goals of their program as specified in institutional publications. The institution’s interactions with students and prospective students are characterized by integrity. For detailed standards, please click here.
Committee Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth Higgins, Executive Director of Academic Advising & Enrollment Services
Adam Tuchinsky, Associate Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Admissions Sub-Committee
Chair: Scott Steinberg, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions
Robin Audesse, Associate Director, Graduate Admissions
Deborah Daeris, Senior Associate Director of Undergraduate Admission
Deborah Johnson, Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Adam Tuchinsky, Associate Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences
Retention and Graduation Sub-Committee
Chair: Rick Grover, Chair, Business Administration, School of Business
Alice B. Cash, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Business
Laurie Caton-Lemos, Instructor of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Elizabeth Higgins, Executive Director of Academic Advising & Enrollment Services
Kim-Marie Jenkins, Director of Student Services & Diversity, Lewiston-Auburn College
Joyce Lapping, Director, Prior Learning Assessment
Steve Rand, Registrar
Student Services Sub-Committee
Chair: Craig Hutchinson, Vice President, Division of Student & University Life
Paul Dexter, Director, Office of Early Student Success
Keith Dubois, Director, Financial Aid
Al Bean, Director, Athletics & Recreation
Helen Gorgas-Goulding, Assistant to the Dean, Office of Dean of Student Life
Elizabeth Higgins, Executive Director of Academic Advising & Enrollment Services
Diane Hoyt, Associate Registrar
Reza Jalali, Co-Coordinator, Multicultural Student Affairs, Lewiston-Auburn College
Stephen Nelson, Director, Office of Community Standards
Christopher O’Connor, Assistant Dean, Student Involvement & Activities Center
Sarah Parker-Holmes, Coordinator, Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity
Nicole Piaget, Director, Bookstores
Cynthia Quinn, Executive Director, Financial Resources, Student Billing
Sullivan Rizzo, Lieutenant, Police Department
Jason Saucier, Coordinator of Co-Curricular Development, Campus Involvement & Activities, Department of Residential Life and Residential Education
Bonnie Stearns, Director of Student Services, School of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology
Lisa Sweet, Graduate Admissions Counselor, Graduate Admissions
Bart Weyand, Director, English for Speakers of Other Languages, Adjunct Professor, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences
Committee Documents
will be listed and linked as they become available
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This page last updated on December 7, 2009
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