Purpose
The primary purpose of the College of Health Sciences’ Community Advisory Board are
to:
- Counsel the Dean of the College of Public Health on strategic and policy related matters;
- Be a resource to students, faculty, and staff in enhancing the quality and reputation
of the College, and
- Take a leadership role in assuring that the College of Health Sciences has the financial
resources to accomplish its objectives.
Functions
More specifically, the Community Advisory Board members will assist the College of
Health Sciences:
- By providing an outside perspective to assure that the College’s curriculum and programs
are relevant and responsive to the changing needs of the health care system, government,
and not-for-profit organizations.
- By forging strong ties between students and the health care community to give students
direct contact with organizational leaders and to maximize their career development
opportunities through internships and full-time positions.
- By sharing their clinical expertise with students.
- By being a resource for faculty members: supporting their programs of research; confirming
the currency and relevancy of our curriculum; and identifying opportunities for clinical
internships and other collaborations.
- By taking a leadership role in providing financial support to the College of Health
Sciences.
Term of Office
- Members will serve 6 year term that is renewable.
- Advisory Board meetings are held twice a year (April and November)
Community Advisory Board Members
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Mission
The College of Health Sciences at CSU educates a caring and competent, non-traditional
student body, many of whom are underrepresented in the healthcare professions. Through
innovative teaching strategies and interdisciplinary educational experiences, we empower
our graduates to be critical thinkers, life-long learners, advocates for reducing
health disparities, and providers of quality health care services.
Vision
The College of Health Sciences at CSU strives to be recognized as a national leader
in interdisciplinary healthcare education and excellence in teaching, research and
service. We strive to inspire and prepare our students to seek and create innovative
healthcare opportunities locally, nationally and globally.
Duties
- Be responsible for studying, accepting, or returning for revision all proposals submitted
by College of Health Sciences’ Departmental Curriculum Committees for establishing
new courses, programs, or curricula; for deleting or substituting courses; and for
changing existing courses, programs, or curricula.
- Ensure that assessment tools and procedures are in place to support the achievement
of learning outcomes and that results are reported to demonstrate progress towards
the achievement of these outcomes.
- Submit all proposals involving the general education program and new programs to the
University’s Curriculum Committee with its recommendations.
- Have power to initiate curricular proposals.
- Establish standards and process for curricular oversight for all health sciences courses
and other college-wide curricular requirements.
- Have final authority for the substitution, alteration, addition, or deletion of courses
other than those involving the general education program. The Committee shall report
final recommendations to the Dean of the College of Health Sciences, the University’s
Curriculum Committee and the Office of the Provost for final approval.
Committee Members
Members are nominated by their respective department, during a regularly scheduled
departmental meeting and upon their acceptance are voted on by all tenured/tenure-track
& fulltime temporary faculty members in attendance. The composition of the committee
is as follows:
- Four (4) elected faculty, one (1) member from each of the respective disciplines which
are Health Information Administration, Nursing, Occupational Health, Public Health;
all with equal speaking and voting privileges.
- The Chair of the committee is voted on by its members and will vote only to break
ties. In the absence of the Chair, the faculty assistant chair/secretary will chair
the committee meeting.
Membership 2022 – 2023
- Dr. Yashika Watkins - Chair (Public Health)
- Dr. Stephanie Zuba-Bates (Occupational Therapy)
- Charita Barlow-Wells (Nursing)
- Professor Mary Bowman (HIA)
Meeting Schedule Frequency
Meetings are to be held at least once a semester, however, special meetings may be
held, if required, to respond to necessary issues.
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