Accreditation
RCC Accreditation Steering Committee
Committee Membership:
Pat Schwerdtfeger, Chair
Vice President, Academic Affairs
Accreditation Liaison Officer
Ed Bush
Vice President, Student Services
Norm Godin
Vice President, Business Services
Administrative Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Executive Council
Shelagh Camak
Executive Dean Workforce Development
Tom Allen
Associate Professor, English
Accreditation Editor, 2007 Self Study and 2008, 2009, 2010 Follow-up Reports
Tim Brown
Associate Professor, Reading
Accreditation Steering Committee and Accreditation Liaison Officer, 2007
Immediate Past Chair Strategic Planning Committee
Richard Davin
Professor, Sociology
Academic Senate President
Faculty Co-Chair, Strategic Planning Executive Council
Richard Mahon
Associate Professor, Humanities
Past President Academic Senate
Standard IV Committee
Marilyn Martinez-Flores
Dean, Academic Support
Standard I Committee, 2007
Susan Mills
Associate Professor, Mathematics
Accreditation Steering Committee and Editorial Group, 2007
Ginny Haguewood
Outreach Specialist
Standard I and III-B Committee, 2007
Michelle Davila
Administrative Assistant, Business Services
Standard III-A Committee
Denise Terrazas
Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs
Recorder
TBD
Student Representative
Charge
The Council provides leadership for the college’s accreditation efforts.
Elements of the Charge:
- Review the ACCJC Accreditation Standards
- Encourage an institution-wide dialogue on student learning and institutional effectiveness
- Receive and respond to suggestions and queries regarding accreditation-related issues
- Provide information on accreditation to the college constituencies and community
- Facilitate the organizational structure for comprehensive self studies
- Oversee the preparation of accreditation reports (follow-up, annual, comprehensive, etc.)
- Establish guidelines for cataloging and maintaining evidence to support accreditation
- Facilitate and prepare for accreditation team visits to the college.