Task Forces

• Academics

  Chair: Dr. Sharon McGee, Dean College of Graduate and Continuing Education

  Staff Lead: Dr. Jodi Polaha Jones, Presidential Fellow

  Members: Whitney Bignell, Allen Gorman, Esther Park, Daryl Carter, Cindy Chambers, Elaine Boone, Robert Plummer, David Smith, Jeff Morehouse

  Purpose: 

  Consider and recommend new and innovative ways of fulfilling our academic mission.

  Explore emerging issues impacting the future of the higher education landscape, embracing any ideas or opportunities regarding course delivery, short-term academic experiences, the academic calendar, and consider linkages to workforce training and development.

• Equity and Inclusion

  Chair: Dr. Janna Scarborough, Dean Clemmer College

  Staff Lead: Dr. Chassidy Cooper, Coordinator for Equity and Inclusion

  Members: Whitney Oliver, Alan Stevens, Ethan Becker, Chasity Drew, Jennifer Mayberry, Felipe Fiuza, Doug Burgess, Aripta Nandi, Karen Brewster, Adam Dickson, Miles Burdine

  Purpose:

  Serve as a locus of discussion on equity, diversity, and inclusion that will better inform ongoing planning as well as provide an analysis of the current campus climate.  From these discussions the task force will develop a long-term and comprehensive vision for Equity and Inclusion at ETSU.

  This vision should be considerate of current action plans being implemented by the Office of Equity and Inclusion. 

• ETSU Health

  Chair: Dr. David Linville, Executive Vice Provost for Academics and Health

  Staff Lead: Dr. Megan Quinn, Presidential Fellow

  Members: Nakia Woodward, Judy Rice, Wally Dixon, Randy Wykoff, Claire Roberson, Skylar Moore, Ferdnando Calogero, Kara Elizabeth Gilliam, Tony Keck, Aldo Noseda

  Purpose:

  Explore opportunities for ETSU Health to maximize the academic, clinical, and research mission of the institution while ensuring strong linkages to the other academic units across the campus and identify current and potential external partners.

  Promote the growth and development of ETSU Health so that it emerges as the practice of choice for our region.

• Student Success & Experience

  Chair: Dr. Chris Keller, Dean Honors College
  
  
  

  Staff Lead: Dr. Leah Adinolfi, Associate Dean of Students

  Members: Wesley Wehde, Susan Epps, Stephen Hendrix, Patrick Brown, Cerrone Foster, Alison Barton, Shivam Patel, Nicholas Jordan, Stefanie Murphy, Joy Fulkerson, Brian Thompson, John King

  Purpose:

  Bring together the diverse perspectives of the ETSU community to develop a focused vision of a destination campus for students, a campus where students from all backgrounds can succeed.

  Explore opportunities to make continued progress towards the objectives of the Complete College Tennessee Act, revising institutional objectives as appropriate.

• Research and Scholarship

  Chair: Dr. Joe Bidwell, Interim-Dean College of Arts and Sciences

  Staff Lead: Dr. Nick Hagemeier, Presidential Fellow

  Members: Jonathan Peterson, Eric Sellers, Ron Roach, Stephen Marshall, Pam Mims, Blaine Shubert, Josie Ward, Ashley McBee, Robert Pack, Greg Ordway, Scott Andrew
  
  

  Purpose:

  Conduct a comprehensive review of the ETSU research and scholarship environment and develop a vision for the future that grows faculty and student participation in research and scholarship as well as increase funding derived from those activities.

  Explore opportunities to advance our research infrastructure, creating business and industry partnerships as appropriate.

• Fiscal Sustainability

  Chair: Mr. David Atkins, Library Dean

  Staff Lead: Ms. Michel Beaver, AVP Tax and Revenue & Ms. Betsy Kearney, Director of Budget Development and Process Improvement

  Members: Chih-Che Tai, Michelle Freeman, Colin Glennon, Taylor Stevenson, Tanner Ball, Caleb Atkins, Candy Massey, David Finney, Whitney Goetz, Sam Mayhew, Stephen Dixon, Jose Castillo, Beth Rhinehart

  Purpose:

  Engage the campus in formulating strategies and actions for sustaining the programs, personnel, and infrastructure necessary to meet the core components of ETSU’s mission: Education, Research and Scholarly Activity, and Community Engagement and Service.

  The task force will consider approaches, including but not limited to new revenue sources, cost reductions, and the development of more efficient systems.