AUC Student Affairs Subcommittee

2024–2025 Student Affairs Subcommittee Members

Administrative Members

  • Summer Fetterroll – Student Accounts
  • Elizabeth Swartz – TRIO Student Support Services
  • Jacalyn Kremer – Amelia V. Gallucci-Cirio Library
  • Matt Lechter – Housing and Residential Services
  • Jason Smith – Student Success and Retention

Faculty Members

  • Dr. Soumitra Basu – Engineering Technology
  • Dr. Jane Fiske – Humanities 
  • Petri Flint – Humanities
  • Dr. Elizabeth Kilpatrick – Biology and Chemistry
  • Dr. Nellipher Mchenga – Nursing

Student Members

  • Zachary Carlson – Student Representative
  • Adriana Padilla Salgado (Vice-Chair) – Student Representative
  • Alexis Sandmann (Secretary) – Student Representative

Meeting Schedule

All meetings will be held from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. in Hammond 214 unless otherwise noted.

  • Oct. 1, 2024
  • Nov. 5, 2024
  • Dec. 3, 2024
  • Feb. 4, 2025
  • March 4, 2025
  • April 1, 2025
  • May 6, 2025

Current Minutes

AUC Student Affairs Tuesday, April 1, 2025 3:30 p.m.

Members in Attendance: Zachary Carlson, Summer Fetterroll, Petri Flint, Elizabeth Kilpatrick, Jacalyn Kremer, Matt Lechter, Alexis Sandmann, and Elizabeth Swartz.

Committee Members Absent: Adriana Padilla Salgado, Jane Fiske, Nellipher Lewis Mchenga, Soumitra Basu and Jason Smith.

Guests: Steven Fielder, Kisha Tracy

Fielder called the meeting to order at 3:33

Fielder asked the committee to re-elect a chair

Voting for Chair Re-Election

Re-Election of Chair: Summer Fetterroll nominated Matt Lechter. Petri Flint seconded. All candidates approved.
Vote: Unanimously Passed (8/0/0)

Proposal #78: General Education for Dual Enrollment Students

Lechter made a motion to discuss proposal #78. Flint seconded the motion.

Tracy seeks to apply the same rules as transfer students to Dual-Enrollment students. She noted that there were issues regarding dual-enrollment students, stating that there is no policy indicating how Dual-Enrollment credits would be applied. Tracy specified that dual enrollment students would only follow the rules of transfer student rules for general information.

Tracy called for a friendly amendment stating that, due to current technological constraints, students to whom this applies will need to self-identify to the Registrar’s office. When the current technological constraints change, the process will become automatic.

Kremer brought up how this affects or helps Dual-Enrollment students. Tracy responded, saying that there are block systems when students bring in so many credits, and that certain credits have
different requirements and rules. Bringing in an example that certain credits make it so students don’t have to take gen-eds or the FYE course.

Lechter motions to recommend AUC 78 with the friendly amendment back to the general AUC.
Flint seconds Lechter.
Vote: Unanimously Passed (8/0/0)

Next Meeting Location
Kilpatrick motions to move the meeting set for Tuesday, May 6th, to online.
Carlson Seconds.
Vote: Unanimously Passed (8/0/0)
Adjournment
A motion was made by Kilpatrick to adjourn the meeting.
Flint seconds the motion.
Meeting adjourned at 3:50 pm
Vote: Unanimously Passed (6/0/0)
 

AUC Student Affairs  Tuesday, October 1, 2024 3:30 p.m.. Hammond 214  

Member’s in Attendance:  Alexis Sandmann, Adriana Padilla Salgado, Jason Smith, Matt Lechter, Jaclyn Kremer, Carin Bullis, Jane Fisk Committee

Members Absent:  Zachary Carlson and Dr. Robert Hynes  

Guests: Franca Barricelli and Steven Fielder

Steven Fielder called the meeting to order at 3:35 p.m.

Fielder asked the committee to elect a chair, vice-chair, and secretary for the academic year.

Voting for AUC Student Affairs Committee  

Election of Chair: Carin Bullis self nominated with Matt Lechter seconding. All candidates approved.  

Vote: Unanimously passed (7/0/0)

Election of Vice-Chair: Adriana Padilla Salgado self nominated with Jason Smith seconding. All candidates approved.

Vote: Unanimously passed (7/0/0)

Election of Secretary: Alexis Sandmann self nominated with Matt Lechter seconding. All candidates approved.  Vote :

Unanimously passed (7/0/0)

Proposal: AUC 1 Academic Calendars for 2025-2026 and 2026-2027

Kremer made a motion to review and discuss the proposal AUC 1. Smith made a second motion.

Barricelli explained the first change in the proposal is to move the Residence Hall opening date in the Fall from Tuesday September 2 to Wednesday September 3.

Barricelli explained we currently have a Graduate Student Commencement ceremony in December, a Thursday night Commencement ceremony in spring for graduates and then Saturday’s undergraduate commencement held on the Quad. The second change to the calendar is to hold a single combined commencement ceremony for all students in May. This would remove the snow day, and also in spring 2026 remove the Thursday night Ceremony for Graduate Students.  

Lechter brought up a concern regarding the spring move in date. There are too many days between move in and start of class that will be expensive to staff and program. He recommended changing the move in date to MLK day.  Kremer made a motion to accept the AUC 1 proposal and add a friendly amendment to the move in date to be changed to Martin Luther King Jr day.

Lechter made the second motion.

Vote: Unanimously passed (6/0/0)

Adjournment

Motion was made by Kremer to adjourn. A second was made by Salgado. Meeting Adjourned 4:15 P.M.

Vote: Unanimously passed (6/0/0)

Conclusion - We passed the proposed calendar change to change move in day to MLK day and are in support of one graduation during the spring that combines all graduate and undergraduate students.