First Year Council
Charge and Membership
The First Year Council will be charged with the following responsibilities:
- Gain knowledge of all initiatives/programs/policies on campus affecting first year students (and would be the successor to the Foundations of Excellence Task Force).
- Set campus-wide priorities among competing first year initiatives. Coordinate and align first year programs, policies, and practices.
- Plan and advocate for first year student success initiatives.
- Increase the visibility of first year issues and programs within the university community.
- Sponsor regular First Year forums/open meetings/workshops to diffuse knowledge about, and commitment to, first year issues and programs across all campuses.
- Advocate for faculty development in first year teaching.
- Design and advocate for a faculty reward structure to encourage excellence in first year teaching and advising.
- Identify current first year student advocates among faculty on all campuses and recruit more.
- Consult widely with instructors of first year classes including but not limited to continuing faculty and teaching assistants.
Committee Roster
Faculty
Rebecca Barlag
barlag@ohio.edu
Chemistry
Marcy Keifer Kennedy
keiferm1@ohio.edu
Education
Becky Munhall
brooksb1@ohio.edu
Health Sciences and Profession
Maria Postigo
postigo@ohio.edu
Modern Languages
Ana Rosado Feger
rosadof@ohio.edu
Management
Ryan Shepherd
shepherr@ohio.edu
English
Administrators
Michael DePerro
deperro@ohio.edu
Senior Events Director
Ashlee Tatman
tatman@ohio.edu
Director of Student Services
Logan Waldie
waldie@ohio.edu
Academic Advisor, Nursing
Administrators, Ex-Officio
Grusha Amatya
amatya@ohio.edu
International Student and Faculty Services
Tricia Barrick
barrick@ohio.edu
Bursar
Debra M. Benton
bentond@ohio.edu
University Registrar
Duane Bruce
bruced1@ohio.edu
Division of Diversity and Inclusion
Jen Maskiell
flowersj@ohio.edu
Director of Residence Life Operations
Wendy Merb-Brown
merbw@ohio.edu
Assistant Dean for Operations and Learning Community Programs
Valerie K. Miller, MBA
millerv@ohio.edu
Executive Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
Suraiya Padiyath Abdulla
padiyath@ohio.edu
Advising, The ACE
Vincent Prior
priorv@ohio.edu
Director of Undergraduate Orientations
Barb Remsburg
remsburg@ohio.edu
Director of Learning Community Programs
Katie Troyer
troyer@ohio.edu
Enrollment Marketing
Joni Wadley
schallej@ohio.edu
Institutional Research
Undergraduate Students
Emma Ellis
ee817120@ohio.edu
All University committees follow the academic-year calendar.
All students serve one-year terms. Faculty, administrators, and staff generally serve three-year terms. Ex-Officio appointments have voting privileges unless otherwise noted.