Documentation:Vantage College Curriculum/Committees/2016-2017
Vantage College Committees
Service Committee Assignments 2016–2017
Listed below are committee descriptions and suggested goals. It is recommended that each committee meet at least twice per term. At the end of each academic year, the chair of each committee will be asked to write a short summary (maximum one page) of the committee’s activities that year.
Academic Executive
- Fox, Joanne (Chair)
- Lam, Mark
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Rea, Jaclyn
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra
Curriculum Committees
Goals: coordinate the curriculum in a Vantage stream (Arts, Applied Science, Management, or Science) or in the Vantage Academic English Program, promote collaborations between instructors, advocate teaching innovations.
The Academic Director and the Director of the Academic English Program are ex officio members of all curriculum committees.
Curriculum Committee, Academic English Program
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Fox, Joanne (ad hoc member)
- Gradin, Christopher
- Hellwig, Liet
- Kim, Won
- Leveridge, Neil
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Murphy, Mike
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Shaw, Amber
- Todd,Brett
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Chair)
Curriculum Committee, Applied Science
- Berg, Celina
- Chan, Tina
- Fox, Joanne (ad hoc member)
- Goh, Ernest
- Hellwig, Liet
- Labun, Carolyn
- LeBoe, Renee
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Miller, Gregor
- Motavas, Saloome
- Murphy, Mike
- Najarian, Siamak
- Potvin, Gabriel
- Prodanovic, Vladan (Chair)
- Taheri, Ray
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ad hoc member)
Curriculum Committee, Arts
- El-Bezere, Nazih
- Fox, Joanne (ad hoc member)
- Kim, Won
- Kobari, Mehrnaz
- May, Lillian
- McPhee,Siobhán
- Peterson, Jenny
- Rea, Jackie (Chair)
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Shaw, Amber
- Thieme,Katja
- Todd,Brett
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson,Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ad hoc member)
Curriculum Committee, Management
- El-Bezere, Nazih
- Fox, Joanne (ad hoc member)
- Hewitt, Jennifer
- Kim, Won
- Lam, Mark (Chair)
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Lyon, Katherine
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Roberts, Cheryl
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ad hoc member)
- Zvaniga, Eric
Curriculum Committee, Science
- Allen, Meghan
- Berg, Celina
- Brett, Wendy
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Fox, Joanne (ad hoc member)
- Gilley, Brett
- Gradin, Christopher
- Ives, Joss
- Johnson, Kayli
- Lekhi, Anka
- Leung, Fok-Shuen (Chair)
- Leveridge, Neil
- Rieger, Georg
- Thomas, Anne
- Welsh, Ashley
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ad hoc member)
Other Committees
Academic Outreach
Goals: work with the Student Outreach Committee to communicate information about the Vantage programs to the academic community and the public, spread successful practices and innovations, generate a public annual report on activities at Vantage.
- Berg, Celina (Chair)
- Jhangri, Sukh
- Rajan, Zafira
- Rieger, Georg
- Welsh, Ashley
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra
Access, Diversity and Equity
Goals: advocate diversity and equity, respond to access, diversity and equity issues, promote a culture of inclusion and justice.
- Allen, Meghan (Chair)
- Gilley, Brett
- McPhee, Siobhán
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Shaw, Amber
Admissions and Transition
Goals: adjudicate admissions and transition into degree programs, report on the composition of the entering class. While adjudication is done by stream, this committee meets to provide updates and spread successful practices.
The Academic Director is ex officio chair of this committee.
- Brett, Wendy
- Chan, Tina
- Fox, Joanne (Chair)
- Kobari, Mehrnaz
- Lam, Mark
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Rea, Jaclyn
- Schmiesing, Susanne
Health & Safety
Goals: ensure Orchard Commons meets the standards set out by Worksafe BC.
- Myers, Emily
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Sharpe, Steve
- Wilson, Brian
Intercultural Communication
Goals: organize programming to enhance intercultural understanding, respond to intercultural issues, develop a vision for intercultural communication at Vantage.
- Hellwig, Liet
- Labun, Carolyn
- Lekhi, Anka (Chair)
- Rajan, Zafira
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
Professional Development and Awards
Goals: organize educational and professional development programs, nominate staff and faculty for awards.
- Krijgsman, Emily
- Prodanovic, Vladan (Chair)
- Rea, Jaclyn
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra
Space & Facilities
Goals: coordinate allocation of space and approve alterations at Orchard Commons, develop IT initiatives for Vantage programs, respond to Vantage-specific IT issues.
- Ives, Joss
- Kim, Won
- Leveridge, Neil
- Schmiesing, Susanne (Chair)
- Wilson, Brian
Student Awards
Goals: Propose and adjudicate student awards, including the Vantage One Excellence Award.
- Advising representative: One of Brett, Wendy; Chan, Tina; Kobari, Mehrnaz (will rotate based on availability)
- Leung, Fok-Shuen (Chair)
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Rea, Jaclyn
Student Engagement
Goals: work with other groups at UBC to organize orientation events for Vantage students, work with other committees, as well as with Vantage student representatives and other units on campus to arrange a coherent, principled set of activities for Vantage students throughout the year, promote student engagement with the academy. Because of this committee’s broad purview, there are multiple co-chairs instead of a single chair.
- El-Bezre, Nazih
- Gradin, Christopher (Co-chair)
- Ives, Joss (Co-chair)
- Johnson, Kayli
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- May, Lillian
- McPhee, Siobhán
- Piper, Emily
- Rieger, Georg
- Sekhon, Manbeena
- Taheri, Ray
Student Outreach and Peer Programming
Goals: support the community of past and present Vantage students, communicate about Vantage to other students and the public, develop and maintain peer programming initiatives, work with the Outreach Committee to support the community of Vantage students.
- Advising representative: one of Brett, Wendy, Chan, Tina, Kobari, Mehrnaz (will rotate depending on availability)
- Ferreria, Alfredo
- Johnson, Kayli
- Piper, Emily (Co-chair)
- Potvin, Gabriel (Co-chair)
- Thieme, Katja
TA Training
Goals: organize Vantage-specific instructional training for TAs and new faculty.
- Allen, Meghan
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Motavas, Saloome
- Murphy, Mike (Chair)
- Roberts, Cheryl
- Wilson, Brian
Wellness
Goals: organize social events and other programming to maintain the health and wellness of Vantage staff and faculty.
- Gilley, Brett
- Krijgsman, Emily
- Jhangri, Sukh
- Lekhi, Anka
- Myers, Emily
- Peterson, Jenny (Chair)