About the NGGE Committee and Their Work

The NextGenUSP Committee is guided by UW Regulation 2-105, by the initial charge delivered to the committee in October 2020, and through ongoing meetings with Executive Vice Provost Kevin Carman. The committee additionally voted to adopt a set of internal guiding principles for their work (adopted Feb. 2022).

Phase I Committee membership was designed to achieve a broad representation across campus units and to include individuals familiar with transfer processes with Wyoming community colleges. In early Spring 2023, the work was restructured into eight sub-committees (Phase II), focused on specific topics identified by the work of the Phase I Committee and guided by sub-committee charges developed by EVP Carman.

By invitation, the committee provides ongoing updates to UW Faculty Senate and to the UW Board of Trustees sub-committee for education.

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Phase III NextGenUSP Sub-committees	Chair(s)
Co-Chair	Dr. Morteza Dejam
Co-Chair	Mandy Gifford
Next Generation Education Fellows	Dr. Nevin Aiken, Dr. Myron Allen, Rick Fisher, Dr. April Heaney, Dr. Eric Krszjzaniek, Samantha Peter, and Dr. Jennifer Tabler

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Phase II NextGenUSP Sub-Committees	Chair(s)
First-Year Experience	April Heaney and John Kambutu
Communication-Intensive Courses	Rick Fisher
UW/Wyoming Government Requirement	Eric Krszjzaniek
Cultural Competence	Christi Boggs and Jennifer Tabler
Digital Literacy	Samantha Peter and Gabrielle Allen
Structural and Pedagogical Innovation	Rachel Watson and Nevin Aiken
Transfer Relations	Wendi Vanlandingham
Assessment	Jake Hayden

 

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Phase I Committee (Fall 2020-Fall 2022)
Member		Primary Affiliation(s)
Treva	Ahrenholtz	Dept. of Family & Consumer Sciences
Gabrielle	Allen	School of Computing
Susan	Aronstein	Dept. of English (Phase I co-chair)
Maggie	Bourque	Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources
Jacquelyn	Bridgeman	School of Culture, Gender, and Social Justice / College of Law (Phase I co-chair)
Kaijsa	Calkins	UW Libraries
Katie	Christensen	Small Business Development Center
Nycole	Courtney	Student Affairs/Dean of Students Office
Nicole	Crawford	University Art Museum
Kami Jo	Danaei	School of Energy Resources
Rebecca	Despain	ACES / Exploratory Studies
Rick	Fisher	Dept. of English / Learning Resource Network (Phase I co-chair)
Alison	Gernant	Learning Resource Network (LeaRN)
Kate	Hartmann	Philosophy & Religious Studies
Jake	Hayden	Assessment, Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning
April	Heaney	Learning Resource Network (LeaRN)
Benjamin	Herdt	Academic Advising
Lori	Howe	Honors College
Brandon	Kosine	Casper College (WY community college representative)
Breanna	Krueger	Communication Disorders
Janet	Lear	School of Teacher Education
David	Mukai	College of Engineering & Applied Science
Linda	Price	Management & Marketing
Amanda	Reeder	Transfer Student Success
Hunter	Swilling	Associated Students of the University of Wyoming
Rachel	Watson	Chemistry / Queer Studies
Heather	Webb	Assessment, Ellbogen Center for Teaching & Learning