Student Outcomes Committee

The Student Outcomes Committee (SOC) at Mesa Community College fosters and supports assessment for student learning. SOC inspires faculty inquiry to transform our practice by responding to student learning in a continuous cycle of improvement. The SOC faculty senate committee aims to advance positive academic experiences and outcomes for all learners at our college.

Student Outcomes Committee Guidelines

If you are interested in joining this committee or if you have any feedback that you would like to share, contact Megan Garvy.

Committee Member Expectations

  1. Cultivate and maintain a culture of assessment for learning among college faculty
  2. Represent departments, pathways, and fields of interest during committee work
  3. Participate in work teams to reach committee goals
  4. Attend a minimum of 75% of monthly committee meetings
  5. Provide assessment leadership to faculty by regularly reporting assessment results, holding assessment discussions among different faculty groups, sharing information about best practices, hosting assessment events, and actively pursuing our own scholarship in areas related to assessment

AY2023-2024 Voting Committee Members

  • Amaranth Weiss, Anthropology Faculty
  • Brian Dille, Political Science Faculty
  • Christine Besaw, Counseling Faculty
  • Cody Anderson, Engineering Faculty
  • Dennis Kibbe, Computer Informations Systems Faculty
  • Evonne Bowling, Business Faculty
  • Jennifer Strickalnd, Faculty Director Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Kathleen Mead, Nursing Faculty
  • Kimberly Focht, Veterinary Science Faculty
  • Layne Goodman, Communications Faculty
  • Ly Tran-Nguyen, Psychology Faculty
  • Megan Garvy, Service Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Committee Chair
  • Nadine Arroyo Rodriguez, English Faculty
  • Owen Dix, Physics Science Faculty
  • Safiya O'Brien, English Faculty
  • Sara Sanders, Life Science Faculty
  • Tawn Hauptli, Education Studies Faculty

AY2023-2024 Non-Voting Committee Members

  • Dennis Mitchell, Interim Vice President Academic Affairs
  • Trisha White, Director Institutional Effectiveness
  • Aurelie Buffin, Life Science OYO Faculty
  • Bernice Belmote, OYO Faculty Center for Community and Civic Engagement
  • Pamela Lizardi, Administration of Justice Adjunct Faculty
  • Pedro Rodriguez, Sociology Adjunct Faculty