Student Success Steering Committee
The UC Santa Cruz Student Success Steering Committee (SSSC) provides leadership and guidance to improve outcomes for undergraduate and graduate students on our campus. We recognize that systematic disparities in these outcomes are rooted in lack of opportunity, poverty, and racism. Our approach to student success rests on three broad principles. First, we are committed to educational equity, addressing the needs of low- to middle-income students from historically underserved and under-resourced communities, students of color, and those who are the first in their family to attend college. Second, our focus is on the whole student, recognizing that success in the classroom depends on academic achievement as well as wellbeing and a sense of belonging both inside and outside of the classroom. Finally, we understand student success as a joint responsibility of the student and the institution, and we work to create institutional structures and conditions that support all students on their educational journey.
Read more about the committee's vision and commitment.
| Zsuzsanna | Abrams | Representative, Academic Senate, Committee on Planning and Budget; and Professor, Languages and Applied Linguistics |
| Chessa | Adsit-Morris | Director, Center for Creative Ecologies; PhD candidate, Visual Studies; and represenative, Academic Senate, Committee on Teaching |
| Brian | Arao | Senior Director for College Student Life, Oakes and Rachel Carson Colleges |
| Danette | Buie | Director, Student Opportunity, Success and Equity, Arts Division |
| Greg | Careaga | Head of Assessment and Planning, and Head of the Undergraduate Experience Team, University Library |
| Rebecca | Covarrubias | Faculty Director, Student Success Evaluation and Research Center, and Assistant Professor, Sociology |
| Gary | Dunn | Director, Counseling and Psychological Services |
| Julian | Fernald | Director, Institutional Research, Assessment and Policy Studies |
| Ben | Fisher | Coalition of Department Advisers and Math Undergraduate Adviser |
| Sam | Foster | Assistant Vice Provost for Educational Effectiveness and Managing Director, Student Success Evaluation & Research Center |
| Jody | Greene | Associate Vice Provost for Teaching and Learning; Director, Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning, and Professor of Literature and Feminist Studies |
| Charis | Herzon | Director, Learning Support Services and Director, Hispanic Serving Institution Initiatives |
| Richard | Hughey | Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education |
| Galen | Jarvinen | Special Assistant, Chancellor’s Office |
| Mary | Knudtson | Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Health and Wellness, and Executive Director, Student Health Center |
| Jessica | Lawrence | Academic Management Professionals and Department Manager, Department of Sociology |
| Flora | Lu | Provost, College 9 & College 10, and Professor of Environmental Studies |
| Garrett | Naiman | Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Development and Engagement, and Dean of Students |
| Jaye | Padgett | Committee Chair, Vice Provost for Student Success, and Professor of Linguistics |
| Rosa | Plaza | Director, Orientation |
| Lauren | Reed | Lead Preceptor, Rachel Carson College |
| Pablo | Reguerín | Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Achievement and Equity Innovation, and Director, Educational Opportunity Programs |
| Tchad | Sanger | University Registrar, Office of the Registrar |
| Teresa Maria Linda | Scholz | Campus Diversity Officer for Staff and Students, Office for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
| Barbara | Silverthorne | Director, Career Center |
| Stacey | Sketo-Rosener | Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Advising |
| Deana | Slater | Senior Director, College Student Life, College Nine and College Ten |
| Lisa | Swaim | Director, Global Programming, Division of Global Engagement |
| Shonté | Thomas | Director, African American Resource and Cultural Center |
| Michelle | Whittingham | Associate Vice Chancellor, Enrollment Management |
