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Accreditation Self-Study Process
Self-Study Committees

Printable Committees List

Self-Study Steering Coordinators

  • Shirley Antes, Vice President, Learner Services and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Scott Lucas, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Terry Smith, Manufacturing Chair / Instructor, Welding

Self-Study Steering Committee

  • Shirley Antes, Vice President, Learner Services and Institutional Effectiveness, Steering Committee Co-Chair
  • Ginnie Cary, Vice President, Finance and Operations
  • Steve Field, Controller, Finance and Operations
  • Margaret Harris, Associate Vice President, Adult Literacy
  • Tina Lott, Health Sciences Chair / Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Scott Lucas, Director, Institutional Effectiveness, Steering Committee Co-Chair
  • Melanie Mitchell, Program Director/Instructor, Dental Assistant
  • Shanna Roberson, Administrative Assistant, Learner Services and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Jessica Ross, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Trish Schmidt, Director, Professional Services
  • Terry Smith, Manufacturing Chair / Instructor, Welding, Steering Committee Co-Chair
  • Helen Thomas, Chief Marketing Officer, Marketing and Community Relations
  • Barb Wenger, Program Director/Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Gerry Winters, Director, Testing Services

Self-Study Editing Committee

  • Shirley Antes*, Vice President, Learner Services/Institutional Effectiveness
  • Paula Kirkpatrick*, Production Artist, Marketing and Community Relations
  • Laurel Larson, Adjunct Instructor, Technical Communications
  • Scott Lucas, Director, Institutional Effectiveness

* Denotes co-chair

Self-Study Criterion Committees

Criterion One: Mission and Integrity

  • Patty Aubert, Program Assistant, Aviation, Manufacturing, Skilled Trades and Transportation
  • Cindy Ball, Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Laura Fowler, Admissions Representative, Admissions
  • Marla Hengel, Human Resources Assistant, Human Resources
  • Paula Kirkpatrick, Production Artist, Marketing and Community Relations
  • Justin Lilburn, Instructor, Computer-Aided Drafting
  • Tina Lott*, Health Sciences Chair / Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Sara Medina, Communications Specialist, Marketing and Community Relations
  • Jessica Ross*, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Gerry Winters*, Director, Testing Services
  • Joyce Young, Supervisor, Accounts Receivable

* Denotes co-chair 

Criterion Two: Preparing for the Future

  • Shirley Antes*, Vice President, Learner Services and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Ginnie Cary, Vice President, Finance and Operations
  • Willow Dean, Registrar
  • Margaret Harris*, Associate Vice President, Adult Literacy
  • Scott Lucas, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Melanie Mitchell*, Program Director/Instructor, Dental Assistant
  • Sherry Parsons, Instructor, Medical Assistant and Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Kirk Peterson, Director, Operations
  • Tom Rose, Maintenance Technician, Operations
  • Jessica Ross, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Robert Vierthaler, Consultant, Management Information Systems

* Denotes co-chair 

Criterion Three: Student Learning and Effective Teaching

  • Laura Rae Barker, Director, Student Success Services
  • Danean Belton, Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Beth Buchholz, Program Director / Instructor, Medical Assistant
  • Willow Dean, Registrar
  • Joyce Drydale, One-Stop ACCESS Associate, Admissions
  • David Duncan, Director, Financial Aid
  • Paul Jackson, Director, Online Learning
  • Denice Klassen, Instructor, Medical Assistant
  • Scott Lucas*, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Joanne Pafume, Instructor, QTTP/Horizons Project/IAM Boeing
  • Kris Pfeifer, Instructor, Medical Assistant
  • Jessica Ross, Associate Vice President, Enrollment Management
  • Trish Schmidt, Director, Professional Services
  • Rita Sevart, Director, Library
  • Joe Smith, Instructor, Automotive Service Technology
  • Barb Wenger*, Program Director / Instructor, Medical Laboratory Technician
  • Gerry Winters, Director, Testing Services

* Denotes co-chair 

Criterion Four: Acquisition, Discovery and Application of Knowledge

  • Sherry Aguirre, Program Director / Instructor, Surgical Technology
  • Tess Carter, Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Samantha Eggleston, Administrative Assistant, Academic Affairs
  • Sandra Herder, Instructor, Practical Nurse
  • Yolanda Jarmen, Adjunct Instructor, General Education
  • Laurel Larson*, Instructor, Technical Communications
  • Scott Lucas, Director, Institutional Effectiveness
  • Lynn Murabito, Instructor, QTTP/Horizons Project/IAM Boeing
  • Carmen Ned, Human Resources Assistant, Human Resources
  • Shanna Roberson, Administrative Assistant, Learner Services and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Trish Schmidt*, Director, Professional Services
  • Aaron Tuttle, Instructor, Aviation Cabinetmaker

* Denotes co-chair

Criterion Five: Engagement and Service

  • Rosemary Erwin, Instructor, Certified Nurse Aide
  • Steve Field*, Controller, Finance and Operations
  • Joyce Garrard
    Team Leader, One-Stop ACCESS Center
  • BreAnn Collins, Student Success Specialist, Student Success Services
  • Tina Lott, Health Sciences Department Chair / Instructor, Certified Nurse Aide
  • Morgan Paxson, Administrative Assistant, Finance and Operations
  • LaVerne Schmidt, Associate Director, Financial Aid
  • Rex Smith, Director, Environmental Health and Safety Services
  • Terry Smith*, Manufacturing Chair / Instructor, Welding
  • Marlin Staley, Adjunct Instructor, Aerostructures Technician
  • Anne Wenger*, Executive Director/Champion for Industry, WATC Foundation
  • Lindy Wood, Purchasing Agent, Operations
  • David Young, Instructor, Commercial Driver Education and Diesel Technology

* Denotes co-chair

The Future WATC

Plans are being laid now for the programs and infrastructure needed for the new campus. The new campus will feel more like a business center than an educational institution. Workers for the county's five aircraft manufacturers and hundreds of businesses that support them will receive training at this new campus. A few of the programs selected for the new campus are various kinds of aviation training, manufacturing, welding and robotics.

This facility will allow for the hands-on training students and employers expect.

WATC is the managing partner of Sedgwick County’s National Center for Aviation Training at Jabara Airport: a world-class facility dedicated to educating students to work in high-paying aviation and manufacturing jobs. The first phase of construction will be complete this summer and the second phase should be finished and ready for students by fall 2010.

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