Committees & Workgroups
Student Affairs committees are essential to driving the implementation of the Strategic Plan and advancing the ongoing efforts of the Division of Student Affairs.
These committees bring together diverse perspectives and expertise, ensuring that key initiatives align with the Division’s goals and objectives. By collaborating on important projects, committees help shape policies, enhance student experiences, and support the Division’s mission to foster student success and well-being. Their work ensures a coordinated, thoughtful approach to addressing current and future needs within the student community.
Committees
Assessment
Goals: collect, evaluate, and share data regularly to reach informed decisions and link processes for assessment, evaluation of operations, planning, and budgeting
SALT Champion: Kelly Ball
Chair: Kelly Ball, Chelsey Tennis, MacKenzie Ringle
Benefits/Skill Development: Learn more about assessment, dig into divisional data, tell the story of divisional impact
Campus Life
Goals: Maximize student engagement, from point of entry to graduation, in a distinctly UWM experience and create intentional opportunities for students to make meaningful connections to other students, faculty, staff, and the greater Milwaukee community
SALT Champion: Amanda Braun and Adam Jussel
Chairs: Mike Schmit and Adam Ahearn
Benefits/Skill Development: Work with 2030 goals, help coordinate activities across departments, have fun with students
Campus Cares
Goals: The Campus Cares team works towards the UWM health and wellbeing Framework and Vision
SALT Champions: Adam Jussel and Aamir Siddiqi
Chairs: Adam Jussel and Renee Joos
Benefits/Skill Development: Campus Cares is the campus-wide strategic initiative focusing on health and wellbeing for the entire UWM campus community. Members of the Campus Cares team seek planned and emergent solutions to challenges affecting campus culture and community
Equity and Justice
Goals: Develop and improve policies, organizational structures, programs, and services to foster and sustain an inclusive campus community
SALT Champions: Kelly Haag
Chair: Amanda Ford
Benefits/Skill Development: Develop and implement divisional policies, programs, and services to strengthen campus culture.
Development and Operations
Goals: Enhance employee development by investing in centralized onboarding and training, regular professional development, and coordinated opportunities that support employee development and morale
SALT Champions: Kelly Haag
Chairs: Kacie Otto and Abby Meddaugh
Benefits/Skill Development:
- Work with different populations within Student Affairs, learn more about professional development, encourage growth of colleagues
- Develop and cultivate partnerships, build teams, provide a model for student-centered customer service
- Plan informal events, recognize colleagues, strengthen morale
Student Learning and Development
Goals: Structure and sequence learning and development opportunities outside the classroom
SALT Champion: Kelly Ball
Chairs: Lori Bokowy
Benefits/Skill Development: Build infrastructure for student learning outside of the classroom, help sequence learning and development opportunities, increase opportunities for student self-reflection
Well-Being
Goals: Provide high-quality holistic support services that are easily accessible and available to students
SALT Champion: Aamir Siddiqi
Chairs: TBD
Benefits/Skill Development: Work with 2030 goals, help coordinate activities across departments, assist students with basic needs