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Subject: Announcing the Retention, Persistence, and Graduation Group
September 19, 2024
Dear Reed Community,
In our continued efforts to ensure that the promise of a Reed education is made a reality for every enrolled student, I have formed a cross-functional group that will lead efforts focused on retention, persistence, and graduation at Reed. This group is the next phase of the Enrollment Management Group (EMG), which I called together in September of 2020. The EMG did a great deal of excellent work, gathering data that has led us to implement changes at Reed to improve retention and support students through graduation.
I am charging the Retention, Persistence, and Graduation Group to prioritize, track, support, and assess initiatives that will increase our four-year graduation rate.
Thank you to the members of this group for undertaking this critical work:
- Kathy Oleson, Dean of the Faculty, Patricia and Clifford Lunneborg Professor of Psychology (co-chair)
- Milyon Trulove, Vice President and Dean of Admission & Financial Aid (co-chair)
- Kara Cerveny, Admission and Financial Aid Committee (AFAC) Chair, Ronald A. Laing Professor of Biology
- Troy Cross, Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) Representative, Professor of Philosophy & Humanities
- Phyllis Esposito, Vice President and Dean of the Office for Institutional Diversity
- Karnell McConnell-Black, Vice President for Student Life
- Sheena McFarland, Executive Director of Public Affairs & Communications
- Hieu Nguyen, Vice President for Advancement & College Relations
- Kyle Ormsby, Committee on Academic Success Chair, Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Suzy Renn, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Roger M. Perlmutter Professor of Biology
- Jon Rork, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Former Admission and Financial Aid Committee Chair, George Hay Professor of Economics
- Lynn Valenter, Vice President of Finance & Treasurer
Sincerely,
Audrey
Audrey Bilger
President