Committee Charge Summaries

*Meeting frequency: These groups will serve on a continuous basis and convene as necessary beginning in March until strategic objectives are achieved. It is anticipated that 45-60 minute meetings will be held every week by these groups to plan, troubleshoot, evaluate, and make quick course-corrections.

Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee (UEGC)*

  • Chair: Provost Kate Miller
  • UEGC committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee has oversight responsibility for the successful implementation of the University’s strategic goals for undergraduate enrollment. The committee will have decision-making authority for implementing policies and initiatives. This committee will review information and recommendations received from the other groups and holds the final authority for adopting or implementing specific initiatives or practices. The Governance Committee will also play a leadership role in ensuring adequate progress toward the goals of the Strategic Enrollment Initiative.

Student Success Action Group (SSAG)*

  • Co-Chair: Anne Alexander - Academic Affairs
  • Co-Chair: Kyle Moore - Academic Affairs
  • SSAG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Student Success Action Group (SSAG) will, using predictive analytics,  monitor different student populations for academic risk and deploy appropriate interventions.  These are expected to improve the onboarding and registration process for all undergraduate students, and enhance retention and persistence.  SSAG will respond with ideas, tactics, and data related to orientation, registration, academic capacity, course planning, registration technology and other areas aimed to improve student success and retention.  It will coordinate with the other groups outlined below  SSAG will then present options to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for action.

Advising Redesign Action Group (ARAG)*

  • Chairs: Anne Alexander - Academic Affairs, Jo Chytka - ACES
  • ARAG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Advising Redesign Action Group (ARAG) will recommend strategies and tactics that will implement the redesigned professional advising system for undergraduate students recommended by the Advising Design Rapid Response Team delivered in Fall of 2016. ARAG will evaluate ideas, tactics, technology, and data related to advising for first-time, full-time students and continuing students, work with the Transfer Team on transfer advising issues, and identify and trouble-shoot other areas related to advising with the aim to improve student success and retention.  ARAG will then present options or recommendations to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for action.

Advisory Groups



Orientation and Onboarding Group (OOG)*

  • Chair: Jo Chytka - ACES
  • OOG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Orientation and Onboarding Advisory Group (OOG) will recommend strategies and tactics to support a smooth transition for students to the university.  The committee will provide information and recommendations on processes related to application, recruitment, and enrollment of first time full time freshmen as well as programming related to orientation and transition into the university including the freshmen year experience.  OOG will then present options or recommendations to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for action.

Student Data Group (SDG)*

  • Chair: Mary Aguayo - Transfer Relations
  • SDG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Student Data Group (SDG) will recommend strategies and tactics that support users in planning for onboarding, advising, course planning and sequencing for degree programs and colleges, and other areas related to improving student success and retention . This will build on data and analysis from WyoCloud and other sources. SDG will then present options or recommendations to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for approval.

Transfer Student Group (TSG)*

  • Chair: Mary Aguayo - Transfer Relations
  • TSG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Transfer Student Group. (TSG) will build on the report of the Transfer Success Team delivered in Fall 2016 and will recommend strategies and tactics to support a seamless transition for transfer students. TSG will respond with ideas, tactics, technology, and data related to transfer pipeline development, recruiting, admissions and intake processing, onboarding, transition, and success, and identify and trouble-shoot other areas related to improving transfer student success and retention. TSG will then present options or recommendations to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for approval.

Marketing and Communications Group (MCG)*

  • Chairs: Chad Baldwin - Institutional Marketing, Shelley Dodd - Admissions
  • MCG committee charge
  • Committee is full
  • Marketing and Communications Group (MCG) will recommend strategies and tactics to advance UW’s marketing and communication and website to enhance student recruitment, retention, and success. . MCG will present options or recommendations to the Undergraduate Enrollment Governance Committee for approval.
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