In January 2015, the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor established a Steering Committee to oversee UC Merced's re-affirmation of accreditation by the WSCUC. The Steering Committee began in meeting in Feburary 2015, and anticipates meeting monthly during the academic year.
The charge to the Steering Committee is available here. The Committee's membership follows.
WSCUC Steering Committee for Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Faculty
Nathan Monroe, SSHA1, Steering Committee Chair
Christopher Viney, Undergraduate Council Representative
Marcos Garcia-Ojeda, SNS2, SNS Representative
Sholeh Quinn, SSHA, Graduate Council Representative
Susan Varnot, Lecturing Faculty Representative
Robert Rice, SoE3, Representative
Ala Qattawi, SoE, Representative
Administration
Elizabeth Whitt, Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education
Marjorie Zatz, Vice Provost and Dean for Graduate Education
Charles Nies, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Veronica Mendez, Interim Vice Chancellor for Planning and Budget
Donald Barclay, Deputy University Librarian
Laura Martin, Accreditation Liaison Officer
Students
Pending for 2017-18, GSA Representative
Levi Martin, 2017-18 ASCUM Representative
1School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
2School of Natural Sciences
3School of Engineering