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The newsletter of the Office of Planning and Assessment
Promoting
Institutional Effectiveness
through
Planning and Assessment
Texas Tech University Prepares for
SACSCOC Reaffirmation
Spring 2013
Dr. Catherine Parsoneault
SACSCOC Liaison
Catherine Parsoneault currently serves as Associate Vice Provost for Planning and Assessment at Texas
Tech University, with oversight of the Office of Planning and Assessment and the TTU Ethics Center.
She serves as the institution's liaison to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on
Colleges, and as the chief contact with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for all matters
pertaining to academic programs. Prior to joining the Provost's staff at TTU in February 2013, Dr. Parsoneault served for twenty years on the staff of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in Austin, Texas. Her areas of responsibility at the Coordinating Board included the statewide core curriculum,
transfer student success, and academic program review.
Team 1: Governance & Administration
Grace Hernandez (L), Kyle Clark (L), Steve Fritz, Sharon Williamson,
Jodie Billingsley, Noel Sloan, Elaina Cantrell
Dr. Catherine Parsoneault
Team 2: Institutional Effectiveness
Birgit Green, Noel Sloan, Jason Rinaldo, Jennifer Hughes (L), Craig
Morton (L), Hansel Burley, Not Shown: Kyle Clark, Gary Smith,
Courtney Brown, Sharon Williamson, Kurt Hunsaker, Dianne Reyes
Team 3: Undergraduate Education
Team 4: Faculty Credentialing & Faculty Issues
Katie Garner, Cindy Akers, Michele Moskos, David Roach, Michelle Kiser,
Gary Elbow (L), Peggy Johnson, Patrick Hughes (L), Andrew Martin,
Dave Ernst, Juan Munoz (L)
Elaina Cantrell, Kimberly Wagner, Catherine Parsoneault, Rob Stewart (L),
Melanie Hart, Ralph Viator, Bob Henry, Not Shown: Malinda Colwell,
Audra Morse, Mark Wallace
To view an electronic version of this newsletter, visit the OPA website: http://www.depts.ttu.edu/opa/
Team 5: Student Services
Juan Munoz (L), Cathy Duran (L), Ethan Logan, Becky Wilson, Amy
Murphy, Nichole Morelock, Scott Hall, Craig Morton
Team 6: Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
Justin Louder (L), Grace Hernandez, Jonathan Marks, Irene Arellano, Wes
Cochran, Lisa Rogers, Amy Heard, Gary Smith, Lisa James
Team 7: Graduate Education
Bill Poirier, Dom Casadonte (L), Stephen Ekwaro-Osire, Peggy Miller,
Katie Garner, Not Shown: Cliff Fedler, Scott Ridley
Team 8: Distance Education
Justin Louder (L), Peggy Miller, Cliff Fedler, Andrea McCourt, Randy
Reddick, Brent Guinn, Suzanne Tapp, Matt Baker, Devin DuPree
Team 9: Learning/Information Resources
Don Dyal (L), Marina Oliver, Donell Callender, Cynthia Henry, Jon
Hufford, Devin DuPree
Spring 2013
OPA
Our Mission
To promote institutional
effectiveness through
planning, assessment,
findings for
Team 10: Substantive Change
Craig Morton (L), Lynn Huffman, Richard Murphy, Jennifer Bard,
Jennifer Hughes, Megan Graham, Lisa James
OPA Offline The newsletter of the Office of Planning and Assessment
Associate Vice Provost for Planning and Assessment
Catherine Parsoneault, Ph.D.
Administrator
Devin DuPree, M.S.
Director
Jennifer Hughes, M.S.
Section Coordinator
Lisa James
Associate Director
Craig Morton, Ph.D.
Senior Business Assistant
Dianne Reyes
Senior Program Administrator
Elaina Cantrell, M.B.A.
Research Assistant: Curtis Craig
Graduate Assistants: Matt Leinart,
Courtney Smith, Ganeshmani Jayaraman
improvement, and related
resource issues in
academic, administrative
and institutional
environments.
Administrator
Katie Garner, M.A.
Student Assistant: Ashley Alvarado