VandalStar Leadership Groups
Faculty, staff, and students have an active, guiding voice and provide regular, collaborative input throughout the year to determine current and future development goals and management of the VandalStar system. By partnering with diverse community members and focusing on student success, VandalStar leadership group members have the goal of establishing and building a thoughtful, sustainable, responsive, and supportive system that serves U of I students holistically.
The VandalStar Advisory Board is open to any faculty, staff and students who are interested in providing feedback and insight into the VandalStar program and its priorities. The purpose of the advisory board are to gather advice and opinions regarding VandalStar, to work on responding to them and to increase transparency of VandalStar initiatives and data collection. Work expectations are minimal and should include no work outside of a once a semester meeting via Zoom. We encourage diverse perspectives and collaboration across our branch campuses. We encourage anyone interested to reach out to vandalstar@uidaho.edu to join the board.
- Madison Griffin — Student Retention/VandalStar Coordinator
- Dwaine Hubbard — Senior Associate Registrar – Office of the Registrar
- Christopher Hyde — Program Analyst – Registrar
- Kristen McMullin — Associate Director of Advising, Student Success
- Don Miller — Solutions Architect – Information Technology Services
The VandalStar Implementation Committee is a community of faculty, staff, and students who meet regularly throughout the year to collectively collaborate, provide guidance and diverse input, and offer oversight for current and future development goals for the VandalStar student success system. By partnering with diverse community members, our goal is to establish and build a thoughtful, sustainable, responsive, and supportive campus system that serves U of I students holistically and our greater campus stakeholders.
- Cynthia Castro — Executive Director of Student Success Initiatives
- Alyssa Bovinette — Academic Advisor – College of Natural Resources
- Madison Griffin — Student Retention/VandalStar Coordinator
- Dwaine Hubbard — Senior Associate Registrar – Office of the Registrar
- Christopher Hyde — Programmer/Analyst – Office of the Registrar
- Dean Kahler — Vice Provost – Strategic Enrollment Management
- Kallyn Mai — Associate Students University of Idaho (ASUI) Senator
- Wes McClintick — Institutional Research Coordinator and Senior Analyst
- Kristen McMullin — Associate Director of Advising (Student Success)
- Rebecca Nelson — Academic Advisor – College of Art and Architecture
- Mark Nielsen — Associate Dean – College of Science
- Mary Oswald — Faculty Senior Instructor Biological Sciences – College of Science
- Kelly Quinnett — Head of Acting, Professor – Theatre Arts, CLASS
- Lauren Smith — Office Administrator – University Advising Services
- Cynthia Castro — Executive Director of Student Success Initiatives
- Joseph De Angelis — Associate Professor – Sociology & Anthropology, CLASS [Served spring 2020]
- Matt Doumit — Associate Dean – College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Dwaine Hubbard — Senior Associate Registrar – Office of the Registrar
- Christopher Hyde — Programmer/Analyst – Office of the Registrar
- Jennifer Johnson-Leung — Associate Professor of Mathematics – College of Science
- Dean Kahler — Vice Provost – Strategic Enrollment Management
- Jesse Martinez — Director – Office of Multicultural Affairs
- Wes McClintick — Director – Institutional Research
- Kristen McMullin — Lead Advisor – Advising Services
- Lisa Ormond — Student Retention/VandalStar Coordinator
- Mark Nielsen — Associate Dean – College of Science
- Celiannie Rivera — Office Administrator – University Advising Services
- Dilshani Sarathchandra — Associate Professor of Sociology – CLASS