Campus Steering Committee
Body
Founded in 2023, the First Gen Campus Steering Commitee brings together faculty, staff, and student representatives to help advance initiatives aimed at supporting and improving the experiences of First Generation students at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign.
Chairperson
Jennifer Mendez Director, First Generation Student Intiatives
Committee Membership
- Kimberly Alexander-Brown - Staff
- Andy Bender - Staff
- Jason Chambers - Faculty
- Domonic Cobb - Staff
- Maria Emerson - Faculty
- Melissa Kisubika - Staff
- Jeffery Lindsey – Staff
- Elizabeth Mason - Staff
- Jennifer Mendez - Staff
- Misumi Sadler - Faculty (FA25 Only)
- Nehemiah Scott - Faculty
- Kasey Umland - Staff
- Ryan Young - Staff
- Emily Wuchner - Staff
- Michelle Tomaszycki- Staff
- Opening Available-Student
- Opening Available- Student
- Opening Available- Faculty/Staff
- Briana Landeros - Staff
Subcommittee Working Groups
- Marketing & Assessment
- Faculty & Graduate Student Development
- Policy Research & Benchmarking
- Student Belonging Programming
For membership interest or nominations, please contact the Steering Committee Chair (mendez6@illinois.edu)
Terms: one semester required, full academic year is highly encouraged for continuity of working group projects.