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Each year, KCC staff, administrators and faculty are encouraged to volunteer to serve on a committee. KCC's committees may advise the President and other administrators on matters of importance to the operation of the college.
Committee chairs are responsible for ensuring that recommendations of the committee are appropriately channeled through the college's organizational structure for further consideration.
For more information, such as members, AQIP categories and liaisons, review the 2011-2012 College Committees chart
Academic Appeals
Purpose: To review requests for waiver of academic regulations.
Chair: Frances Hebert
Recorder: Judy Downey
Academic Assessment
Purpose: To develop, revise and monitor the implementation of the college's plan for measuring its effectiveness in meeting established learning outcomes for students.
Chair: Ken West
Recorder: Mendy Corbett
Administrative Communications
Purpose: To promote two way communications. Representatives are encouraged to bring ideas and suggestions to the meetings. Representatives also need to share information with the employees that are being represented.
Chair: Vicki Gardner
Recorder: Michelle Weishaar
Behavioral Intervention
Purpose: To proactively review the behavior of individuals about whom concerns are expressed, determine if intervention is needed, and ensure that those interventions take place.
Chair: Michelle Driscoll
Recorder: Sharon Hoogstraat
Campus Safety and Security
Purpose: To promote a safe environment for all campus constituents; considers matters relative to emergency preparedness, risk management, and security.
Chair: Rich Soderquist
Recorder: Karen Devine
Campus Sustainability Advisory
Purpose: To promote sustainability efforts on campus and provide input on initiatives to accomplish sustainability goals.
Co-chairs: Bert Jacobson, Rich Schultz
Recorder: Liz Becvar
College and Career Readiness
Purpose: To increase the college readiness rate of local high school graduates.
Chair: Julia Waskosky
Recorder: Judy Downey
Cultural Diversity
Purpose: To plan, implement, encourage, and monitor programs, activities and communications that enable the college to recognize and appreciate diversity throughout the district.
Co-chairs: Elise Schultz, Lindsey Fritz
Recorder: TBD
Curriculum and Academic Standards
Purpose: To review all programs and courses of instruction; to recommend additions, revisions and deletions of programs/courses.
Chair: Dennis Sorensen
Recorder: Penny Greene
Employee Morale
Purpose: To identify, recommend, and implement campus-wide programs and activities to increase employee morale and job satisfaction.
Co-chairs: David Cagle, Jessica Corbus
Recorder: Janet Fager
2012 Noel Levitz employee satisfaction survey summary.
Faculty Growth and Development
Purpose: To identify and implement programs and activities which assist faculty members in their continuing professional growth, including faculty in-service days and other avenues for professional growth.
Co-chairs: Cory Lewis, John Bordeau
Recorder: Mary Steichen
Online Leadership
Purpose: To provide direction, leadership, and support to the college's instructional technology initiatives; to assist in providing support to faculty by shaping the guidelines, policy, and procedures regarding online and hybrid instruction and to serve as mentors to newer online instructors.
Co-chairs: Linsey Cuti, Rexann McKinley
Recorder: Diane Berger
Recruitment
Purpose: To examine targeted strategies and opportunities to attract potential students to the college. Reviews enrollment trends and designs unique opportunities for outreach.
Co-chairs: Julia Waskosky, Michelle Driscoll
Recorder: Joyce Cochran
Retention
Purpose: To develop a plan to review and implement strategies to improve student completion rates of courses and programs and improve student learning and successful achievement of educational goals. Examines and implements innovative ideas to maximize the institution’s role in enhancing the quality of the students’ overall college experience.
Co-chairs: Trisha Dandurand, Scott Kistler
Recorder: Cyndy Riordan
Strategic Planning and Oversight Committee (SPOC)
Purpose: To oversee the collaborative development and evaluation of the college’s strategic goals, and recommend new or revised quality improvement processes.
Chair: Faculty
Recorder: Liz Becvar
Supportive Staff Communications
Purpose: To promote two way communications. Representatives are encouraged to bring ideas and suggestions to the meetings. Representatives also need to share information with the employees that are being represented.
Chair: Vicki Gardner
Recorder: Michelle Weishaar
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