Documentation:Vantage College Curriculum/Committees/2017-2018
Vantage College Committees
Service Committee Assignments 2017–2018
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
- Gilley, Brett
- Lam, Mark
- Levangie, Daniel
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Rea, Jaclyn
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (Chair)
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra
Program 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.
Academic English Program
- Avalo-Rivera, Alys
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Gradin, Christopher
- Kim, Won
- Leveridge, Neil
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Lynch, Sarah
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Mehdian, Noosha
- Pringle, John
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (ex officio)
- Shaw, Amber
- Todd, Brett
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (Chair)
Program Committee, Applied Science
- Abello, Juan
- Berg, Celina
- Chan, Tina
- Eikenaar, Jannik
- Elnaggar, Ayman
- Goh, Ernest
- LeBoe, Renee
- Mahmood, Fatimah
- Motavas, Saloome
- Najarian, Siamak
- Potvin, Gabriel
- Pringle, John
- Prodanovic, Vladan (Chair)
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (ex officio)
- Sanchez, Antonio
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ex officio)
Program Committee, Arts
- Borys, David
- Campbell, Shane
- El-Bezere, Nazih
- Kim, Won
- Lyon, Katherine
- Lolliot, Simon
- McPhee,Siobhán
- Peterson, Jenny
- Rea, Jackie (Chair)
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (ex officio)
- Shaw, Amber
- Thieme, Katja
- Todd, Brett
- Turan, Serbulent
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ex officio)
Program Committee, Management
- El-Bezre, Nazih
- Gateman, Robert
- Kim, Won
- Lam, Mark (Chair)
- Levangie, Daniel
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Lyon, Katherine
- Riccardi, Daniel
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (ex officio)
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ex officio)
- Zvaniga, Eric
Program Committee, Science
- Allen, Meghan
- Berg, Celina
- Brett, Wendy
- Ferreira, Alfredo
- Gilley, Brett (Chair)
- Gradin, Christopher
- Ives, Joss
- Johnson, Kayli
- Lekhi, Anka
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Leveridge, Neil
- Rieger, Georg
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (ex officio)
- Thomas, Anne
- Wilson, Brian
- Zappa-Hollman, Sandra (ex officio)
Other Committees
Academic Outreach
Goals: communicate information about the Vantage programs and educational innovation 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
- McPhee, Siobhán
- Riccardi, Daniel
- 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
- Levangie, Daniel
- 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
- Gilley, Brett
- Kobari, Mehrnaz
- Lam, Mark
- Levangie, Daniel
- Prodanovic, Vladan
- Rea, Jaclyn
- Ruitenberg, Claudia (Chair)
- Schmiesing, Susanne
Health & Safety
Goals: ensure Orchard Commons meets the standards set out by Worksafe BC.
- Myers, Emily
- Schmiesing, Susanne
- Tsiu, Oscar
- Wilson, Brian
Intercultural Communication
Goals: organize programming to enhance intercultural understanding, respond to intercultural issues, develop a vision for intercultural communication at Vantage.
Intercultural Communication Committee Reading Group Resources
- Eikenaar, Jannik
- Lekhi, Anka
- Thieme, Katja
- Walsh Marr, Jennifer
Professional Development and Awards
Goals: organize educational and professional development programs, nominate staff and faculty for awards.
- 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; Campbell, Shane; Chan, Tina; Levangie, Daniel (will rotate based on availability)
- Baik, Sarah
- Lekhi, Anka
- Rea, Jaclyn (Chair)
- Prodanovic, Vladan
Student Engagement
Goals: work with Vantage Peer Mentors and other groups at UBC to organize 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.
- Advising representative: one of Brett, Wendy; Chan, Tina; Kobari, Mehrnaz (will rotate depending on availability)
- Baik, Sarah (Co-chair)
- El-Bezre, Nazih
- Ives, Joss (Co-chair)
- Johnson, Kayli
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Lyon, Katherine
- Sekhon, Manbeena
TA Training
Goals: organize Vantage-specific instructional training for TAs and new faculty.
- Allen, Meghan
- Leung, Fok-Shuen
- Motavas, Saloome (Co-chair)
- Pringle, John
- Wilson, Brian (Co-chair)
Wellness
Goals: organize social events and other programming to maintain the health and wellness of Vantage staff and faculty.
- Avalos-Rivera, Alys
- Gilley, Brett
- Jhangri, Sukh
- Lightfoot, Jennifer
- Myers, Emily
- Peterson, Jenny (Chair)