领导
President Tim Sands named Menah Pratt, vice president for strategic affairs and diversity, 和马特·霍尔特, professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 领导弗吉尼亚理工大学的优势.
Together they established the 弗吉尼亚理工大学优势 Steering Committee in 2022, which made recommendations to the university's leadership. There were also two work groups — one focused on financial feasibility and the other on the student experience.
Financial Feasibility Working Group
- 负责: Determine financial strategies to support affordability and student experience goals for underserved students.
- 关键问题: What would it take to close the gap for State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and Virginia peers for tuition and average net price difference for Pell-eligible and Virginia Guaranteed Assistance Program students? How do we enhance affordability for students who are not Pell-eligible/VGAP?
学生体验工作小组
- 负责: Determine how to enhance aspects of the student experience (e.g., time to graduation, student retention, graduation rates, transformational experiences, etc.)，以提高获取和成功的机会.
- 关键问题: What strategies would help advance our commitment to support student success at 弗吉尼亚理工大学, including those who are most vulnerable based on a variety of identities?
委员会和工作组成员
联合主席
- Menah Pratt – Strategic Affairs and Diversity
- Matt Holt – Agricultural and Applied Economics, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
成员
- Jeff Earley – Academic Resource Management
- Kristin Gehsmann – School of Education, College of Liberal Arts and 人文科学
- Ellington Graves – Inclusion and Diversity
- 格里塔·哈里斯，来访委员会
- Luisa Havens Gerardo – Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge – Budget and Financial Planning
- Rachel Holloway – Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Elizabeth Hooper – Government and Community Relations
- Frances Keene -学生事务
- Erin McCann – 战略计划ning, Strategic Affairs
- Charlie Phlegar -进步
- Julie Ross -工程部
- Amy Sebring – Financial and Operational Enterprises
- Tracy Vosburgh – Communications and Marketing
联合主席
- Jeff Earley – Academic Resource Management
- Luisa Havens Gerardo – Enrollment Management
- Tim Hodge – Budget and Financial Planning
成员
- Beth Armstrong – University Scholarships and Financial 援助, Enrollment Management
- Sergio Barrera – Economics, College of Science
- 丹·克利夫兰-进步
- Elizabeth Hooper – Government and Community Relations
- Robert Hopkins II – Strategic Analysis, Academic Resource Management
- Sharon Kurek – Audit, Risk, and Compliance
- Kevin Sutton – Financial Wellness, Hokie Wellness
- Jesse Tuel – Communications and Marketing
联合主席
- Rachel Holloway - Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Frances Keene -学生事务
- Ellington Graves - Inclusion and Diversity
成员
- Catherine Amelink – Office of the Executive Vice Provost
- Takiyah Amin – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, College of Architecture, Arts, and Design
- 纳撒尼尔·L. Bishop – Diversity, Inclusion, and Student Vitality, 弗吉尼亚理工大学 Carilion School of Medicine
- James Bridgeforth – Student Affairs and ExperienceVT
- Tamara Cherry-Clarke – First Generation Student Success, Student Affairs
- Melissa Faircloth – American Indian and Indigenous Community Center
- Kim Filer – Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Martha Glass – Interim Dean of 学生 and Student Affairs
- Dave Guerin – Provost Communications
- Dannette Gomez Beane – Strategic Initiatives, Enrollment Management
- Laura Hungerford – Population Health Sciences, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
- Estrella Johnson – Inclusion and Diversity, College of Science
- Maryam Kamran – Inclusion and Diversity, College of Natural Resources and Environment
- DeAnna Katey – Undergraduate Student Programs, College of Engineering
- Monica Kimbrell – Undergraduate Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts & 人文科学
- O’Brian Martin – Equity and Inclusion, Undergraduate Student Senate
- Emily McCorkle – Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Pamplin College of Business
- Eric Paterson – National Security Institute
- Nicole Pitterson – Representative from the Faculty Senate
- 凯文·皮茨-理学院
- Donna Cassell Ratcliffe – Career and Professional Development
- Jamal Ross – Board of 访问ors Undergraduate Representative
- Karen Eley Sanders – College Access Collaborative, Enrollment Management
- Kimberly Smith – Student Success Initiatives, Undergraduate Academic Affairs
- Chevon Thorpe – Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences