Student Affairs Committee

Committee Members

Name	Role	Term
Dr. Ulrich Foerster	Chair (Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly)	2010
Dr. Katherine Karpinia	Vice Chair (Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly)	2012
Dr. Fong Wong	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2012
Dr. Enrique Bimstein	Full-time faculty elected by Faculty Assembly	2011
Mr. Gary Palsis	President of ASDA	2010
Mr. Tyler Jacques	President of Dentistry College Council	2010
Ms. Mikilena Hall	Dental Student elected by students (freshman)	2010
Mr. Gabe Nossa	Dental Student elected by students (sophomore)	2010
Ms. Monet Ducksworth	Dental Student elected by students (junior)	2010
Ms. Erin Smith	Dental Student elected by students (senior)	2010
Dr. Patty Xirau-Probert	Director, Student and Multicultural Affairs
Dr. Sam Low	ASDA Faculty Advisor
Ms. Ayleen Alexander	Support staff

Committee Composition

The committee consists of the president of the A.S.D.A., the president of the Dentistry College Council, four student members, one from each class, the Director of Student and Multicultural Affairs, the A.S.D.A. faculty advisor, and four full-time faculty members elected by the Faculty Assembly. The Assembly elects the chairperson and vice chairperson from among the members. The vice chairperson will become chairperson upon completion of the chairperson’s term.

Standing Committee Charge

This committee serves as a general forum to promote scholarship, motivation, professionalism, and extracurricular activities among the students and between the students and the faculty.

Additional Charge from the Dean for 2008–2009

The Student Affairs Committee should take an active role in identification and discussions on current issues concerning students, e.g., laptops, electives, corporate interactions, etc. This year, I am asking the Student Affairs Committee to monitor DMD student response to the new clinical education model and develop strategies to promote professional, productive relationships between students and faculty. Also, I would like the committee to continue its work developing a video program for students illustrating aspects of ethics and professionalism in the clinical arena. Similar, to the vignettes related to academic integrity produced last year, these examples should focus on clinical scenarios.

This year, each standing faculty committee will be charged with reviewing relevant outcome measures from the college strategic plan. The measures which should be reviewed by the Student Affairs Committee include:

Educational expenses and indebtedness for DMD students.
Trends in career selection for DMD students.
The ratio of DMD students accepted/applied to advanced education programs.

The committee should evaluate performance on these measures and when appropriate, action plans for improvement should be instituted using the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle. The PDCA is the college’s model for outcomes assessment and evaluation.

Individual Faculty Member Responsibilities

The Student Affairs Committee meets approximately 3 times per year for 1 to 1½ hours. Additionally, some project work is done outside of meetings. This past year, members of the committee (including students) were instrumental in preparing video vignettes for student learning related to ethical issues.

Time commitment: Minimum of 1½ hours per quarter for meetings plus additional time for project-based work.

A GroupWise distribution of this committee is located in GroupWise at %STU_AFFAIRS_COMM.

Schedule of Meetings

The Student Affairs Committee meets from 12:00-1:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

2009–2010
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
TBA	TBA	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008–2009
2007–2008
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
March 4, 2008	D4-16	N/A	[9K]	N/A
August 16, 2007	D4-16	N/A	[8K]	N/A
2006–2007
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
June 28, 2007	D4-16	N/A	[9K]	N/A
March 5, 2007	D4-16	N/A	[12K]	N/A
2005–2006
Date	Room	Agenda	Final Minutes	Attachments
May 22, 2006	D4-16	N/A	[7K]	N/A
November 15, 2005	D4-16	N/A	[7K]	[7K]