Membership

*Jim Baker, Assistant to the President, Chair
John Keiser, Missouri State University President
Don Aripoli, Vice President, Student Affairs
John Black, Missouri State University General Counsel
Greg Burris, Vice President, Administration and Finance
Kent Kay, Chief Financial Officer
Paul Kincaid, Associate Vice President, University Advancement
John McAlear, Director, Internal Audit
Greg Onstot, Vice President, University Advancement
Kathy Pulley, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs
Bruno Schmidt, Vice President, Academic Affairs
John Strong, Assistant to the President
Kent Thomas, Chancellor, Missouri State University-West Plains
Jim Giglio, Chair, Faculty Senate
*Lois Shufeldt, Chair-Elect, Faculty Senate
Rhonda Ridinger, Chair, Faculty Senate Budget and Priorities Committee
Tom Tomasi, Chair, Graduate Council
Ron Fairbairn, Representative of the Deans
Phil Nichols, Chair, Staff Senate
Diana Garland, Chair-Elect, Staff Senate
Lisa McEowen-LeVangie, Chair, Staff Senate Budget and Priorities Committee
Rafiel Warfield, President, Student Government Association
Andrea Smith, Vice President, Student Government Association
*Bill Cheek, Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Steering Committee
*Roger Sell, Director, Academic Development Center

*Member HLC Steering Committee

Steering Committee Charges to UPAC

1. UPAC will conduct a coordinated planning process centering on the university’s mission and that mission will help define vision, values, goals and strategic priorities for the university. The planning process will be coordinated with the Higher Learning Commission Self-Study.
    
2. UPAC will identify steps to be followed in the planning process to ensure that the university’s board, administration, faculty, staff, current students, alumni and relevant external constituencies participate fully in developing the university’s long-range plan.
    
3. UPAC will collect evidence to demonstrate that the university has met continues to meet the goals developed in its long-range plan.
    
4. UPAC will develop a long-range plan that takes into account emerging factors such as technology, demographic shifts and globalization that will impact Missouri State University during the next five years.
    
5. UPAC will develop measures to monitor the university’s history of financial resource development in areas such as faculty development, technology, learning support services, and facilities (new and/or renovated).
    
6. UPAC will develop performance measures specific to the long-range plan which will provide the university with an effective system for collecting, analyzing and using organizational information to support continuous improvement. The performance measures will reflect the current Higher Learning Commission Criteria and corresponding Core Components.

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