Persistence to Degree Committee
The Persistence to Degree Committee was formed in 2023 to provide deliberate focus and university-wide collaboration on improving MSU’s persistence and graduation outcomes to attain Goal 1.1 of MSU’s strategic plan, Choosing Promise.
AY25-26 Membership
|
Name |
Position |
Affiliation |
|
|
Carina |
Beck |
Associate Vice President |
Student Success |
|
Nicole |
Berg |
Student Success Coord. |
Gallatin College |
|
Jeff |
Bondy |
Director |
Residence Life |
|
Beth |
Burroughs |
Dept. Head |
Mathematics |
|
Jess |
Carroll |
Asst. Director |
Writing Center |
|
Ryan |
Christensen |
Director |
Student Accounts |
|
Julian |
Collins |
Director |
TRiO SSS |
|
Ariel |
Donohue |
Senior Access Officer |
Access and Success |
|
Carter |
Dorsett |
Instructional Technologist |
Academic Technology & Outreach |
|
Jennifer |
England |
Asst. Prof. |
Music |
|
Riley |
Finch |
Asst. Dir. of Student Success |
Nursing |
|
Sheila |
Gilbertson |
Asst. Director |
Advising Commons & Univ Studies |
|
Brian |
Gillespie |
Assoc. Dean |
Business |
|
Ian |
Godwin |
Assoc. Director |
University Data & Analytics |
|
Kandi |
Gresswell |
Assoc. Registrar |
Registrar |
|
Anna |
Herbert |
Admissions Counselor |
Admissions |
|
Joe |
Hicks |
Assoc. Prof. |
Education, Health & Human Dev. |
|
Andrew |
Hill |
Assoc. Prof. |
Ag Econ & Economics |
|
Michael |
Reidy |
Professor |
History & Philosophy |
|
Abigail |
Richards |
Dept. Head |
Chemical & Biological Engineering |
|
Chad |
Schreier |
CEO |
MSU Bookstore |
|
John |
Sheppard |
Professor |
School of Computing |
|
Durward |
Sobek |
Vice Provost |
Academic Affairs |
|
Will |
Thomas |
Dean |
Letters & Science |
|
Lenny |
Triem |
ASMSU President |
ASMSU |
|
Christina |
Trunnell |
Asst. Dean |
MSU Library |
|
Anna |
Tuttle |
UG Research Director |
Research Administration |
Charge
The committee is advisory to MSU’s executive team and charged with:
- Monitoring key metrics and methods related to improving undergraduate student persistence, time to degree and degree completion.
- Advancing efforts to encourage adoption of student persistence best practices and innovations across the university.
- Cultivating an informed Community of Practice focused on outcomes indicative of our public land grant mission.
- Generating and prototyping fresh ideas for programs that instill a sense of belonging, belonging, focus, and expectation from the earliest stages of the student journey through graduation.
- Assessing impacts and making recommendations to university leadership.
- Reporting a summary of the committee’s work annually.
Co-Chairs
Associate Vice President of Student Success. Currently Carina Beck
Vice Provost. Currently Durward Sobek
Appointed By: Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Length of Term: Term of office
Meetings
2-3 times per academic year semester.
Length of Term
One year, renewable.
Membership
Appointed by the Committee’s co-chairs
Reports Due
Annually, in May