Leadership
President Tim Sands named Menah Pratt, vice president for strategic affairs and diversity, and Matt Holt, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, to lead 小猪视频 Tech Advantage.
Together they established the 小猪视频 Tech Advantage Steering Committee in 2022, which made recommendations听to the university's leadership.听There were also two work groups 鈥� one focused on financial feasibility and the other on the student experience.
Financial Feasibility Working Group
- Charge: Determine financial strategies to support听affordability听and student experience goals for听underserved students.
- Key Questions: What would it take to close the gap for State Council of Higher Education for 小猪视频 and 小猪视频 peers for tuition and average net price difference for Pell-eligible and 小猪视频 Guaranteed Assistance Program students? How do we enhance affordability for students who are not Pell-eligible/VGAP?
Student Experience Working Group
- Charge: Determine how to enhance aspects of the student experience (e.g., time to graduation, student retention, graduation rates, transformational experiences, etc.) to improve access and success.
- Key Question: What strategies would help advance our commitment to support student success at 小猪视频 Tech, including those who are most vulnerable based on a variety of identities?
Committee and work group members
CHAIR
- Menah Pratt听鈥� Vice President for Strategic Affairs
MEMBERS
- Jeff Earley听鈥� Academic Resource Management
- Kristin Gehsmann听鈥� School of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences
- Ellington Graves听鈥� Inclusion and Diversity
- Greta Harris听鈥撎� Board of Visitors
- Luisa Havens Gerardo听鈥� Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge听鈥� Budget and Financial Planning
- Rachel Holloway听鈥� Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Elizabeth Hooper听鈥� Government and Community Relations
- Frances Keene听鈥� Student Affairs
- Erin McCann听鈥� Strategic Planning, Strategic Affairs
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- Julie Ross听鈥� Engineering
- Amy Sebring听鈥� Financial and Operational Enterprises
CO-CHAIRS
- Jeff Earley听鈥� Academic Resource Management
- Luisa Havens Gerardo听鈥� Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge听鈥� Budget and Financial Planning
MEMBERS
- Beth Armstrong听鈥� University Scholarships and Financial Aid, Enrollment Management
- Sergio Barrera听鈥� Economics, College of Science
- Dan Cleveland听鈥� Advancement
- Elizabeth Hooper听鈥� Government and Community Relations
- Robert Hopkins II听鈥� Strategic Analysis, Academic Resource Management
- Sharon Kurek听鈥� Audit, Risk, and Compliance
- Kevin Sutton听鈥� Financial Wellness, Hokie Wellness
- Jesse Tuel听鈥� Communications and Marketing
CO-CHAIRS
- Rachel Holloway听- Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Frances Keene听- Student Affairs
- Ellington Graves听- Inclusion and Diversity
MEMBERS
- Catherine Amelink听鈥� Office of the Executive Vice Provost
- Takiyah Amin听鈥� Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Architecture, Arts, and Design
- Nathaniel L. Bishop听鈥� Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Vitality, 小猪视频 Tech Carilion School of Medicine
- James Bridgeforth听鈥� Student Affairs and ExperienceVT
- Tamara Cherry-Clarke听鈥� First Generation Student Success, Student Affairs
- Melissa Faircloth听鈥� American Indian and Indigenous Community Center
- Kim Filer听鈥� Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Martha Glass听鈥� Interim Dean of Students and Student Affairs
- Dave Guerin听鈥� Provost Communications
- Dannette Gomez Beane听鈥� Strategic Initiatives, Enrollment Management
- Laura Hungerford听鈥� Population Health Sciences, 小猪视频-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Estrella听Johnson听鈥� Inclusion and Diversity, College of Science
- Maryam Kamran听鈥� Inclusion and Diversity, College of Natural Resources and Environment
- DeAnna Katey听鈥� Undergraduate Student Programs, College of Engineering
- Monica Kimbrell听鈥� Undergraduate Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences
- O鈥橞rian Martin听鈥� Equity and Inclusion, Undergraduate Student Senate
- Emily McCorkle听鈥� Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Pamplin College of Business
- Eric Paterson听鈥� National Security Institute
- Nicole Pitterson听鈥� Representative from the Faculty Senate
- Kevin Pitts听鈥� College of Science
- Donna Cassell Ratcliffe听鈥� Career and Professional Development
- Jamal Ross听鈥� Board of Visitors Undergraduate Representative
- Karen Eley Sanders听鈥� College Access Collaborative, Enrollment Management
- Kimberly Smith听鈥� Student Success Initiatives, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Chevon Thorpe听鈥� Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences