To prepare for the reaffirmation, four major committees have been appointed to handle the major "lifting" during our self-study process. Each of the workgroups will also be soliciting members for sub-committees.

Donna Dickerson has been appointed UT Tyler's SACS Liaison.

SACS Leadership Team
Dr. Rodney H. Mabry, President and Leadership Chair
Dr. Richard L. Osburn, Provost and V.P. Academic Affairs
Gregg Lassen, VP Business Affairs
Howard Patterson, VP Student Affairs and External Relations
Dr. Donna Dickerson, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate Studies
Dr. Sherri Whatley, AVP Business Affairs, Technology
Dr. Lou Ann Berman, AVP Student Success
Jim Hutto, AVP Enrollment Management
Beverley Golden, Dir. News and Info.
Dr. Robert Sterken, Director, QEP
Dr. Jeff Mountain, Pres. Faculty Senate
Dr. James Nelson, Dean, Engineering and Computer Science

Compliance Workgroup
Donna Dickerson, Chair
Jesse Acosta, Chief of Staff, President's Office
Dr. Sherri Whatley, AVP, Business Affairs
Joe Vorsas, Dir. Human Resources
LaTonya McCoy, Registrar
Pam Morrow, Enrollment Management
Carrie Clayton,Dir., Financial Services
Kathy Kapka, Auditor
Eva Burnett, Business Affairs
Angel Rivera, Library
Michael Vick, Campus Computing
Dr. Ross Sherman, Educational Leadership
Dr. Wes Hickey, Educational Leadership
Dr. Torey Nalbone, Civil Engineering

Institutional Effectiveness Workgroup
Dr. Lou Ann Berman, Chair
Dr. M. Sathyamoorthy, AVP Academic Affairs
Dr. Alisa White, Dean, Arts and Sciences
Dr. Jim Tarter, Dean, Business and Technology
Dr. Bill Geiger, Dean, College of Education and Psychology
Jeanne Pyle, Dir., Library
Mary Barr, Compliance
Sheryl Davis, AVP Business Affairs
Shari Koukl, Institutional Planning
Dr. Ron Welch, Chair, Civil Engineering
Dr. Gloria Duke, Nursing
Dr. Ross Sherman, Educational Leadership
Dr. Pam Martin, Assoc. Dean, Nursing

QEP Committee (this group of hard working faculty and staff has completed its task of identifying our QEP --the GATE project --and they are handing off the job of developing the QEP to our QEP Council --see below)
Dr. Robert Sterken, Dir. QEP
Dr. Linda Klotz, Dean, College of Nursing and Health Science
Dr. Marsha Matthews, Communications
Dr. Fredericka Brown, Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Paul Streufert, Literature and Language
Dr. Barbara Haas, Nursing; Pres., Faculty Senate
Dr. Keith McCoy, Health and Kinesiology
Dr. Alex Mendoza, History
Dr. Shawn Keough, Business
Dr. Peggy Gill, Educational Leadership
Dr. Kathy Morrison, Education
Dr. Leanne Harbison, Biology
Janna Chancey, Academic Advising
Ida MacDonald, Student Services

QEP Council
Dr. Robert Sterken, Dir. QEP
Dr. Paul Streufert, Literature and Language
Dr. Peggy Gill, Educational Leadership
Dr. Jim Nelson, Engineering and Computer Science
Dr. Barbara Haas, Nursing
Dr. Steve Krebbs, Philosophy
Dr. Jill Blondin, Art
Dr. Debbie Mahoney, Nursing
Dr. Choong-Nam Kang, Social Sciences
Dr. Kevin Shanahan, Business
Ms. Beverly Golden, News and Information
Mr. David Hill, Residence Life
Ms. Dana Welch, Academic Advising
Ms. Ashley Ward, Academic Advising