Charge

• Oversee the implementation of widely-tested curricular and co-curricular programs that increase student engagement, inclusion, and equitable outcomes for students (i.e., High-Impact Practices or HIPs) including, but not limited to, first-year experiences, learning communities, undergraduate research, study abroad, internships, and service-learning
• Recommend new HIPs or improvements to existing HIPs
• Assess the effectiveness of HIPs implemented at UCA

Membership

• Amy Baldwin, Senior Lecturer of Writing, Literacy, and Academic Success in Student Transitions
• Bo Blew, Associate Director, Norbert O. Schedler Honors College and Learning Communities
• Alexandra Depner, Director of Education Abroad and National Student Exchange
• Lesley Graybeal, Director of Experiential and Community-Engaged Learning (chair)
• Jacob Held, Assistant Provost for Academic Assessment and General Education
• Wendy Holbrook, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
• Kimberly Little, Lecturer II of History
• Jayme Millsap Stone, Director of Learning Communities
• Kari Naylor, Associate Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
• Jessica Riedmueller, Torreyson Library Faculty
• Karen Shaw, Associate Director of Internships and Cooperative Education
• Lindsey Shurley, Director of First Year Experience
• Patricia Smith, Dean of the Norbert O. Schedler Honors College
• Alexandria Smith-Todd, Assistant Director of Student Affairs / Bear Experience Record
• Jen Talbot, Associate Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Information Design
• Angela Webster, Associate Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

With questions about the High-Impact Practices Working Group’s meetings or activity, please contact Lesley Graybeal, chair, at lgraybeal@uca.edu or (501) 852-7416.